For the best sound, I would think a current portable cd player, such as what Headroom recommends would be the best. The Radio Shack 3400 is a good sounding player but is a few years old and may not be repairable. It does have a coaxial digital output, which few (if any) other portables have. It is a competent, but not great, cd transport and needs some form of jitter reduction device to work its best. There are a few current Sony portables that have toslink digital outputs but I do not know how they sound. My experience is only with the Radio Shack and I will not sell mine.
Best Sounding Portable CD Players???
I just bought a used Headroom Cosmic headphone amp with the BaseStation power supply upgrade through an auction here on Audiogon. I am looking for advice on the best sounding portable cd players out there to replace my 10 year old Sony. I will be using Sennheiser 580s with this setup. Headroom recommends the Panasonic SL-SX460, and I remember reading something in Sensible Sound a while ago about a good Optimus unit, but that's all I know about portables. Any advice out there on portables I should listen to?
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