Best mid-priced CD transport
Jim Hannon -- Sat, 04/22/2006 - 14:13
What are considered to be the best, most musical, mid-priced CD transports (say $1K to $2K)?
I didn't think the difference between transports with my Musical Fidelity TriVista DAC 21 would be that noticeable (since it reclocks the signal) but I was wrong.
Hi,
What CD transports have you tried ?
Hi,
I've only tried CD/DVD players as transports.
These include the Cambridge Audio Azur 540D, the JVC XV-SA600, and the NAD C542.
Jim,
This response falls under the "informed hunch" category, but I think one new CD player that will turn out to be an excellent transport is the new Rega Apollo.
Why? Mostly because the Rega goes through a very clever initialization procedure to optimize the laser/reader for each disk loaded in the player. You might this all Redbook CDs are pretty much alike in terms of physical characteristis, but Rega says disc-to-disc variances are in fact larger than most listeners suppose. By doing precise, disk-by-disk optimization, the player is said to read discs much more accurately, with audible benefits.
The Rega also features a very large RAM buffer, which ensures that the player has adequate time to do proper data error correction (according to Rega, not all players do).
Best,
Chris Martens
Audio Editor, The Perfect Vision
Senior Writer, The Absolute Sound
Chris Martens
Editor, Avguide.com/Playback/The Perfect Vision
this thread kind of died out.....some more names for the best mid priced transports would be good to know.
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