Old used high end transport vs new same price ?

I just received an Accustic Art Drive I. At first it sounded laid back and the bass was fat. It is now on about hour 36 and it is improving beautifully. Lower frequencies are extended and taut. It is now lively but not bright. It has enormously improved the coherence of the music. Realize that I was using a Sony DVD player, prior. The Drive I is exceptionally well built and looks somewhere in between funky and cool. Try one. If you do not have a dealer near you, call Jay at Tri-Cell. He told me that they have a loaner that they send out to people who cannot otherwise hear one.

Dont waste your money on old technology. Get a good recent DVD player and get it modded. The Sony's or Philips with dual-laser are superb tranports. The mechanisms and control systems are far superior to any CD-only transport. you ge tthe best of both the DVD precision and the CD-optimized read laser.

I bought a used belt drive transport and sent it to Danny Boy. He's doing some serious work--especially on the power supply--and when finished it should outperform the more expensive belt drives at a fraction of the cost ( about $1,100-$1,200 for transport & mod )

Thanks for respons! Busciz2 what do you use for cable btwn DAc and transport and what power cable do you use?

Hello Again Ulf, I am using LAT cable throughout my whole system. From transport to DAC I am using an LAT DI-20 MK II digital interconnect (balanced), and LAT IC-200 MK II interconnects (balanced), from the DAC to a YBA Passion Integre amp. I use LAT AC-2 power cords on every component in my system.

I find both the Audiomeca and YBA components to be very natural, musical, and uncolored sounding. I like my cables to be the same. LAT wire does not add any coloration. It is also shielded in a manner in which the cable is extremely quiet but yet does not reduce dynamics.

Overall the system has a very wonderful sound that you can listen to for hours on end, exhibiting incredible detail without any accentuation at any specific frequencies. It took me almost a year of auditioning different components before deciding on the Audiomeca/YBA. I listen to a lot of acoustic jazz and female voice, and this system reproduces both with smoothness and ease.

If you click on my system, you can see the system complete.

I'm providing you with the link to LAT. Read "Cable Hype", it is quite interesting. Best of luck with your final decision and please feel free to contact me if I can help.

http://www.latinternational.com/index.php/page-10020.html

Happy Listening, Ed.