Best Buy or Good Value in a Transport CD

My recommendation, and what I use in my megabuck system, is the EAD T-7000 transport.

Richard

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.

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.

I would be looking at some of the used DVD players, I use a Pioneer DV 09 as both DVD player and transport, remarkable, IMHO. A lot of the big DVD/CD players of the last few years drop dramatically in price with the technology changing everyday, My Pioneer DV 09 was $2500 as recently as 18 months ago, I bought it last Thanksgiving for $300 because it did not have progressive scan, which the previous owner decided he had to have. Panasonic 1000 is another that comes to mind. These are large stable units weighing over 20+ pounds, which I believe helps. I have also used large laser disc players(CLD 52 comes to mind) as transports with excellent results, and for around $100 used they are a steal, just not sexy. For what is worth I have owned a # of CD players/DACS in the last few years, most do not sound as good as these later generation high end DVD players, again, thats in my opinion. Good luck