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Best Buy or Good Value in a Transport CD

I've been using a Cal Delta / Cal Alpha transport DAC for a number of years and have been very happy. Well, the Delta transport needs repair and I'm was wondering if I should consider anything other thant having my Delta repaired or purchasing another Delta. There are many used Delta's here on Audiogon for sale. My budget is $500. I don't want to invest in too much since I hope that this will be a short term fix with the newer generation upsampling CD players and SACD. Bottom line is, for around $500 used, is there anything better out there?
islandflyfisher
drrdiamond
671 posts
 
My recommendation, and what I use in my megabuck system, is the EAD T-7000 transport.

Richard
basement
245 posts
 
Theta data's II's are going for that now. Funny how all the stuff that was state of the art back when the delta was really good for the money are now really good for the money.
joe_b
421 posts
 
I have briefly owned a Cal Delta and was not very happy with it. I have a Parasound CBD-2000 which I have been very happy with. Parasounds are no longer made but are available used for $5-700. In another system, I have recently bought a Sony SCD-e555es changer and found that for a changer, it also performs well as a cd transport. The Sony is available new for $600. It also will play SACD's but not thru it's digital output. While I have only compared the Parasound directly to the Cal; going from memory, I would also prefer the Sony over the Cal.
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