CEC Belt Drive CD Transports vs Jay's Audio CD Transports

@jaudio1 Thank you for your post.  I will admit, I am afraid to order the Project, simply due to the many reports of reliability issues with the product.  I understand that if you happen to get one that works, that it performs at a very high level.  

However, I think I will be deciding between the Jays and CEC, as I am not hearing any negatives about reliability concerns and that their owners seem to be quite smitten the the sound quality too.

I appreciate you sharing your recommendation with me though!

Best wishes,

Don

@mofimadness Thank you for your post!

It certainly seems as though CEC is providing some great longevity! 

I can handle $10 for new belts... but charging $100 I feel is insane.  I have to wonder if that might have been a typo?

I appreciate the recommendation for Stephen Sank from Talking Dog Transducers in case any repairs need to be made.

Best wishes,

Don

@fthompson251 Hello and thank you for your post!  The reliability that you have experienced with your TL1X is a testament to CEC.

Comments like these give me more faith and trust in purchasing from CEC.

Thanks again for your comment!

Best wishes,

Don

@nonoise Hello and thank you for your post!

When you say... "To hear about power supplies, upcharges for $10 replacement belts, etc.,"

I don't understand what you mean about the power supplies.  Are you talking about power supplies for CEC transports?  Are they having issues with them, or do you mean you need to add a LPS to the CEC transport?  I may have missed something, but I guess I am confused and am not quite understanding what you mean. 

I hope you can clarify for me.

Thank you and best wishes,

Don

@no_regrets 

I was referring to what bigkidz said here:

Understand that power supply is where most of the sound comes from.  If it can filter the noise of the AC, then you get a blacker background, faster transits, more detail, better control of soft to loud and loud to soft speed, etc.  Transformers is where most of this begins. 

The fact that he felt the TL-5 wasn't as good as it's more expensive models and others that he's tried (he's mentioned this before in other threads over the years) helped me decide to go with the Technics.

As for going with a LPS, there is no way to do that as it's not plug 'n play or swappable. You only have an IEC outlet for a plug and that's it.

Hope that helps.

All the best,
Nonoise