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Need a transport recommendation

My current CDP is over 8 years old and slowly I'm having problems with it. Just bought a new TeddyDAC and am thrilled with it's analog sound but now need some recommendations on a great sounding transport. Are Esoteric transports worth the $$$? Have never listened to one transport vs. another so don't have much experience here.
rsf507
pani
1,236 posts
 
Esoteric makes awesome transports !!
Other really good ones are CEC TL1 and 47 Labs Flatfish
nglazer
857 posts
 
CEC TL-1x. Beautiful sound, beautiful unit and they last forever. Can be repaired in US.

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erikminer
433 posts
 
PS Audio Perfect Wave Transport (PWT) is probably the best sounding transport at anywhere near it's price. It use an inexpensive CD Rom drive to buffer and play back from memory. Since it uses a computer drive it will never be expensive to replace or be difficult to get a new drive if it fails.
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charles1dad
10,250 posts
 
Rsf507,
The PS Audio PWT sounds exceptionally natural, open and transparent. The use of buffer and memory storage is well implemented, highly recmmended. Top level performance for a quite reasonable cost.
tonyptony
628 posts
 
Erik, Charles, have either of you had an opportunity to compare the PWT to well-regarded transports of yesteryear or today?
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