Reimyo cdp 777 vs Reimyo CDT 777

Impossible to compare, since one is a CD Player, and the other one a CD transport only (no analogue outs).

And yes, the JVC transport mechanism is much more robustly build than the Philips CD-Pro2.

The comparison needs to be done between the Reimyo CDP-777 and the Reimyo CDT-777 transport/ EX-999 DAC.

... in which case, the integrated CDP-777 sounds better than CDT/DAC combo.

A friend of mine, a big Reimyo fan, has sold his CDP-777 when 777/999 combo came out, but felt disappointed and quickly sold the CDT/DAC combination. Shortly after he bought ... another Reimyo CDP-777. He have been using it ever since, with Reimyo pre, Reimyo power amp, Reimyo power conditioner and no intention to sell it.

I meant the combo of course.
Whitewind.You confirmed what I heard about superiority of CDP - 777 to CDT777/DAC999

IMO the difference can be atributed to both better transport mechanism in the CDP-777 and the lack S/PDiF interface in the integrated player - eveything is in one box, so you do not have to encode the data and clock signals into S/PDiF (coaxial digital out) and then decode them back in the DAC. The S/PDiF interface is very prone to jitter, if the DAC and transport are not clock linked - and in case of Reimyo stuff, they aren't.

The digital part - BB1704 24-bit DACs and JVC Extended K2 processing - is the same in both.