CD Transport recommandation

try a Barcley transport.

I have heard ikemi with dac64 and blu with dac64.
I felt the blu gave noticeably better image,depth,width and detail.....however the ikemi sounds to be more transparent & up front.
The blu is warmer in sound.

DVD players make excellent transports once modded. They typically beat CD-only players hands-down. They have the advantage of high-precision mechanisms and servo control systems for DVD's and with some players, like Sony and Philips, there are two lasers, one optimised for CD and one for DVD. This gives you the best of both formats. I highly recommend Sony DVP-S7700, DVP-S9000es and Philips 963SA as transports. All of these can be picked-up quite cheaply used on ebay or Audiogon.

However, all players have significant jitter on the S/PDIF output, so they need modding to fix this.

For approximatedly $900 used, the new 47 Labs Shigaraki transport, smooth, flawless reader that read strange discs...great low end. Pair this up with an affordable, but world class ScottDixon DAC that is ALL the rage now. No DVD player, which I have used as transport (2 Panasonics) unit yesterday can ever hold a candle to it.