Type DAC/pre-amp/headphone amp. I suspect that not hifi dvd players do some processing on cd plaback or have very bad spdif output. The $1200 D-105u, the top of Luxman's CD-player line, is novel in its twin-triode vacuum-tube amplification in the analog output stage. In this video we review the features and functionality of both the CD35 modular CD player and DD35 CD transport that may make them the perfect addition to your system. Add to cart. In today’s computer-driven marketplace the C31 CD player can just as reasonably be considered a “DAC with transport. The advantage of using a CD player as a transport gives you the flexibility to experiment with different external DAC's to tailor the sound to your preference. 5's transport mechanism is mounted on the same sprung 12-lb lead-brick assembly as in the '31. 24 was an evolution of its 20-bit 508 CD player. The main analog outputs on the ERC-4 deliver both balanced and unbalanced audio signals – for compatibility with the. I was wondering if any of you folks could steer. 05-09-2015 at 07:14am. And that’s a problem. Aug 23, 2018. As a transport, the BCD-3 will do full justice to any future DAC with which you mate it. Priced at just $100 more than the original Apollo, the new player employs a similar means of loading CDs—you raise a hinged lid to expose a top-mounted, manual-load disc bay—but, at 8. It plays standard Red Book audio CDs, the Red Book layer of Hybrid SACDs, and MP3 digital audio files from both CD-R and DVD-R media. Best Saving: Onkyo DXC390 6 Disc CD Changer,Black. Firstly, their earlier player are considerably brighter sounding to my ear than the later ones. In this video I go over. CD 6 SE) were notoriously unreliable. Anyhow, if I could get guidance on the 'player' vs 'transport' question, that would be great. Its true talent is its reliability—this is a rugged, well-made transport that will last at least as long as your dedication to the playing of little silver discs. 00About the only true SACD transport which one can buy is the PS Audio Memory player. Appreciate the CD vs streaming comparisons and music recommendations. ” Either way, its performance is uncompromising. A CD Player, Transport, And DAC – All In One. 5 receiving yards (-115) Tim Heitman/USA TODAY Sports. (I think it was a CDP-501. I did not have another SACD transport in house for a more accurate comparison. For the original Apollo, Rega used a Wolfson WM8740 sigma-delta DAC. The Rossini Player from British company dCS, which I reviewed along with the Rossini Clock in our December 2016 issue, was an example of this last category: the Player costs $28,499, the Clock $7499. . The Compact Disc was launched in 1982, but the four decades since have seen an alphabet soup of similar-looking shiny discs including major. This is not only possible when using the internal transport but even configurable for use with external sources. Also consider Audio Lab for amp. And a guy says they level matched them. " The new Moon Evolution 650D ($7999) is physically and functionally identical to the 750D. The 6000CDT uses the same advanced slot-loaded mechanism as Audiolab’s upscale 8300CD CD player. The CD14 CD player doesn’t try to be anything but. 3-inch IPS LCD display match the 9000A's to a tee. @musichead, You have what is considered to be a very good sounding DAC paired with a solid performing CD transport. They are flexible in their own unique way but owners of CD transport and CD player may not see it that way. That statement is already explained earlier in the review. Again, the CEC TL-5 is surprisingly affordable for the quality of sound, starting out at $3,095. Unlike many affordable disc-spinning. If you happen to have a 6000A amplifier, for example, then you’ll notice that the 6000CDT is a perfect visual match for that. Assuming you have a good external DAC, it is likely better than the internal DAC of the CD player. McIntosh MCD600 SACD/CD Player. DETAILS Product: Audiolab 6000CDT Price: £379 Origin: UK/China Type: CD transport Weight:. I have a Timbre DAC. The CD32 has only one Burr-Brown PCM1704 24-bit/96kHz digital-to-analog converter per channel and a single DF1704 digital filter; the CD31 doubled that complement. Cambridge Audio Transport CD Player. Hi, wondered if anyone had good experience of using a DVD player as a CD transport- and whether there are benefits over using a reasonable CD player. Meaning the combo was priced around £1,130 or. Ever wonder what's the difference between a CD transport and a CD player and more importantly - why's it matter? Audio Advisor is here to help explain and gi. But influence of the CD quality (clean and new vs. Have just about given up on my dreams of the Lector Digidrive TL cdp transport or the CDP-7T-MKIII tube cd player because of budget. 31's remote includes a function unique for a transport: a polarity inversion switch. DAC is, of course, very important for good sound production. While the previous Shanling EC3 was designed to be a sort of multifunctional CD player for a wide range of users, ET3 is a much more focused machine, designed for one clear use – Top-Quality Digital Transport for High-End DACs. A transport would be a disc reading device that is optimized to deliver a digital stream. On the outside, the extra cash bought you a badge change. A CD player also includes digital to analog outputs. A rear mounted 12V trigger, RS-232 socket, a 3. Accessories supplied Remote handset. #5. That said, I did try the Arcam in a head to head with the much older Musical Fidelity dedicated CD player and the Arcam was best, so technology moves on and things get better. It's best to consider these hook-ups as no more than a 'get started' measure. The robust chassis and electronics around this drive, carry the perfect signal jitter-free to its high variety of outputs. It should be noted that the $5595 Wadia WT-2000 CD. Wired triggers facilitate automation while. 31 and other Mark Levinson digital processors (the No. Technology. I purchased four CD players (Marantz SA8005 and CD6006, Tascam CD-200, and Yamaha CD-N500) and a Cambridge CXC transport. ) I happen to find interesting article in unpextected place - Lampizator’s old website. Look for something that uses the Philips professional transport mechanism, like the kind used in commercial jukeboxes. . Brandin Cooks over 31. . Look for something that uses the Philips professional transport mechanism, like the kind used in commercial jukeboxes. Externally, the MCD600 is classic McIntosh. Both CD player and transport have their pros and cons, ultimately to decide the winner it will be depended on the users which is you. Shanling ET3 offers a range of. 1kHz CDs as well. 3dBA) but also to its optical digital output. CXC is a CD transport that’s designed to work with DACs and compatible amps – like our award-winning CXA81. Also known as S/N ratio. So… What’s the difference between a Transport and a Player? Traditional CD players (including the our own CD5 and CD10 units) have a built-in DAC (digital to analogue convertor) which means that there’s an analogue audio output. the cd player is a system that have both the transport and the DAC, a standalone DAC in only a DAC. As you say you love the combination of the Atom and SF speakers, I would think you would find the upgrade to the Star to be marginal at best. A hifi cd player sound normal then connected to same spdif dac. Tim 2, bever70 and ssmith3046 like this. Wadia’s third player (after the WT2000 and WT3200) and based on the Teac P-2S, the Wadia 7 is a legendary transport using the VRDS CMK-2 with KSS-151A laser, still sought after and fetching high prices, even if some critics say that it is outdated and not better than any Teac VRDS. Denon has also used a premium transport mechanism to reduce vibrations adversely affecting the sound quality. It went back for repair. A CD player is a physical transport, streamer, and DAC. I haven’t had problems with CD players myself, but there’s no doubt that lasers and transport mechanisms do break down. DVD Player vs. The Fifth Element #86. 5 features Philips' new CDM 12 2x-speed industrial CD-ROM mechanism with a linear-tracking pickup and a. File formats handled Up to 768kHz/32-bit and DSD512 on USB, 192kHz/24-bit on others. 681 Network Player / DAC. CD players without built-in DACs are called “transports. This one is simply a CD transport with mains power. Let’s look at which format has more advantages, CDs or streaming. The CD player can also be used as a transport, allowing you to bypass the internal DAC to output to external gear, using digital coaxial S/PDIF output or the I²S HDMI interface. The CD Transport is the transport or disc spinning part of a Cyrus CD player system. The robust chassis and electronics around this drive, carry the perfect signal jitter-free to its high variety of outputs. So a CD player has a. The Sony SCD-1 is a top loader using a sliding top door. Product Design: Primarily designed and built in California, with PCBs also made in Utah and Nevada. Leak CDT. It is on that irrefutable logic that I have established my new baseline for reviewing CD players: Let's you and I find the best player we can for $10,000—and let's start with Audio Note's combination of CDT. Esoteric CD/SACD transport. Since its inception, CEC has reigned as the foremost among analog player manufacturers. All of the analog section from the CD player was removed and only the necessary circuitry needed to play a CD and get a digital signal from it were left intact. This configuration is said to provide high linearity with low distortion and that hard-to-quantify musicality found in tubed products. The first time I heard a CD player in my own system was in 1983, the first year of the format's introduction in the West. Rotel CD14. Think I paid $275 CDN for my Teac about 4 years ago - close to $200 US. As a £895 CD transport, it can’t really be described as a budget player – it’s a premium player but it’s not uber premium that it will be a bank account shocker. Try it!Luxman D-105u CD player. The actual discs (and there weren’t many of them out at the time but they were very sought after) cost a hefty $25-plus per album, which is over $60. And now there's a new kick ass CDT mechanism called TigerServo (made by former philip engineers) that's being utilised by Pro-Ject, Aqua, and Gryphon which is the new king of the hill. A stand-alone CD transport, Paul Rigby wonders if it measures up to other integrated players, its immediate competition and most of all, how it stands up to. Thank you. Extremely robust and reliable, it uses a read-ahead digital buffer to reduce disc-reading failures, able to play scratched and damaged CDs that are unreadable by conventional mechanisms. Transport and DAC Where am I going to get the best Digital playback? Going with a high end CD player or a transport and DAC? Also, what's the difference between a transport and a cd player. Just about every CD player will come with a pair of analogue cables in the box. 1 inches. 00 (Normally $799. The ERC-4 is a dedicated audio CD player. The 9000CDT is Audiolab’s ‘flagship’ CD transport. While I was researching about CD transport, (I just want one. 861 Power Amplifier. CD Transport TEAC CD 5020A-AT; RCA 1 digital output; Toslink 1 digital output;The Cambridge Audio CXC is a CD transport. But don't let this discourage you. The digital out of the DVD player I picked up for $35 sounds absolutely fantastic as a CD transport, so I'm sticking with that. The disc player’s sound is extremely natural, with rich detail, excellent retrieval of ambient information, deep black backgrounds, and a somewhat crisp overall presentation. While this expression is typically used to describe people, it also works for machines that play 5" optical discs. So the VRDS-7 as a modded transport, is now a "better" and cheaper than the more expensive to buy used VRDS-T1. . Luxman D-105u CD player. Wanted to get opinions on the Denon DCD 1600NE and Yamaha CD-S1000 versus other higher end transports. 5,339 posts. The company’s engineers have also worked hard on the power supply arrangement too, making the feed stiffer and quieter. Option 2: Placebo. 1 optical (Toslink) digital audio output. Externally, the MCD600 is classic McIntosh. NAD C 546BEE. Do you think that established, dedicated £1,000 + CD players like, say, the Naim CD5si, or Roksan K3 would sound significantly better than something £500 cheaper, but more modern, and featuring a state-of-the-art. Leak CDT. The CDT3’s front panel offers a nicely-sized display, power button, and five playback. You’ll hear incredible detail from your discs, possibly for the first time. Onkyo make some very good stuff. I have a large CD collection and a really old CD player from the 1990s. Weight 11. A good aesthetic match for your CX60. The CDi, by all accounts, is even better. Luxman has launched a new cd player D-03X a few months ago. Connecting the well-regarded Arcam irDAC 2 to a 90s era award-winning Sony CDP-561E budget CD player via optical-out (TOSlink) has not made any substantial improvement to the sound to warrant using a good quality external DAC with the CD player - it sounds pretty much the same with or without the DAC! So my only way to improve on. EUR 995. As I explain in this video, I always tell them i. Today Yamaha sells a CD player that comes in any $7,000. Since the OPPO laser mechanism is no longer available, PS Audio was forced to make a choice. Connect via RCA from the front left and right outputs. Compact Disc Transport $599. Therefore, the original CD Player becomes, and functions as a CD Transport. if you are willing to spend more the Cyrus cdt or the other pure. I have a high end, newer DAC, capable of SACD (Denon DVD-3910). The CD-200 also has a new transport, the CD-5020A, designed by TEAC for audio use. Signal to noise ratio. Report Comment. I was convinced to spend. Think of it as a CD transport. The seller of top 1 product has received honest feedback from 1,115 consumers with an average rating of 4. To retain the similar-ish price, I hooked the 9000CDT to a low-cost Topping DAC, the original issue E30 priced at around £130 or so. While I was researching about CD transport, (I just want one. Don’t consider regular CDP players as transport ! they are lousy as transport because their inner DAC adding jitter and noise. Don't know off hand what transport the x-box uses but many so-called "audiophile" cd players use bog standard computer DVD-Roms these days simply because very few companies still make bespoke cd mechs. CD35 Modular CD Player and DD35 CD Transport. The Pro-Ject Pre Box RS2 Digital and Pro-Ject CD Box RS2 T are designed to work in tandem to deliver the best sound quality from CD’s. Best audiophile player — Mark Levinson No. Think there are two good dedicated CD players close to your budget. Buying a great CD player is very nostalgic… hey, I’m 69 years old… that is my excuse… if you are not retired. This function was used to route the internal transport back into the player while keeping the dac synced to pevent. Location: Maine. This entirely new design sports the latest 24-bit Wolfson DAC chips. The CD player is a Cambridge Azur 851 with upgraded blue fuses and a Synchro-mesh reclocker which has been OK but I think I may. 5's transport mechanism is mounted on the same sprung 12-lb lead-brick assembly as in the '31. 1kHz SR) than any of the modern day DAC's. Of course some CD players have USB and other inputs allowing to use the built-in DAC with other transports. The Teac VRDS-701 CD Player and Teac VRDS-701T CD Transport. These 2 units are roughly. Another portable CD player in 2023? by John September 28, 2023, 12:17. Discussion in ' Audio Hardware ' started by Art K, Jul 12, 2019 . NAD C538 CD Player. ” More MechanismsFor most of its 20-year existence, C. The Best Digital Players: Transports and SACD Players. 6000CDT is also cheaper. Sony CD player model xxxxx -> output Sony. In this video, I explain if there is a difference between a $6 DVD player from Goodwill or a $1500 CD Transport from Primare. 9 x 12. The player's distinct appearance was developed by Emotiva's president and CEO, Dan. B. Priced at $4000, it represents the top of the Esoteric line that includes the $2000 D-10 and $1000 D-500 CD transports. The DVD-2900 is a single-disc player, but it's a universal player. I preferred the Cambridge CXC over the 103 running into a Simaudio DAC. Wow! Now that's a vintage CD player if I ever saw one! Early CD tech is really cool. Marantz CD6007 (17. . Little back ground story is - I was looking for CD transport for fun, so I find things from Pro-ject, Audiolab, Cambridge and Primare. That it costs as little as it does is further reason to pay it attention. Just about every CD player will come with a pair of analogue cables in the box. A dedicated CD player will have better parts in comparison to a cheap Blu-Ray player. CD Transport VS Computer Transport here. But a good resource is equally important. 2 by Underwood HI-Fi. Edit. It also handles music from flash drives inserted into its front-panel USB socket, which allows for significantly more storage space than optical discs. The NAD's at least 12 years old. For this review, we use a Chord Hugo digital-to-analogue converter to do the number-crunching. First, you must decide which path you want to go, do you want to tailor your sound as much as possible, or just want to set up a HiFi system within your budget. On the surface, the PWT appears to be a straightforward ‘CD transport’, but the PWT can also play WAV-format, PCM files at resolutions up to 24. CEC TL1-N BELT DRIVE CD Transport. The Teac CD-P650 has a DAC to connect iPhones via USB as does the Yamaha CD-S300. #1. 5 features Philips' new CDM 12 2x-speed industrial CD-ROM mechanism with a linear-tracking pickup and a. This configuration is said to. vincei. CD35 Modular CD Player and DD35 CD Transport. In the BCD-3's analog output. The player has two digital outputs – a 75ohm BNC coaxial connector and Toslink for optical connections. Trade-in. The CXC spins CDs and retrieves the audio data with perfect precision so you can hear things that you’ve never heard before in tracks you’ve heard 100 times. Above the bookcase hung the mounted head of a wild poi dog, killed in self-defense in Sri Lanka with only a Phillips-head screwdriver. The Pro-Ject RS2 Digital is a flexible pre-amp that features tube or solid-state output along with the ability to link to the Pro-Ject CD Box RS2 T via an I2S HDMI interconnect to utilize the master clock. 8. Sony 970 CD Player can be connected with optical output cable. A CD player - physical transport, streamer, DAC A CD transport - physical transport, streamer and separate DAC. This means that your DVD player is performing a conversion step that can potentially introduce errors or even compress the audio. CD transports need outboard D/A converters as they just have the CD read mechanism inside. Marantz Super Audio CD Player. Best looking CD player — LEAK CDT. NEW Philips CD Pro 2. To date, after 31 years of the CD format, it is only via computer that I’ve heard the audio from a CD disc sound indistinguishable from the master used to create that CD. Location: Western Washington, the State, USA. 00 EVO CD. Guest. After I explored the DA5 and its capabilities while streaming, I spent much of my review period enjoying the CEC DA5 and TL-5 as a simple CD player—albeit in two boxes. Regards, Wayne A. The CD player is a Marantz SA-8004 digital out to a Denefrips Ares II DAC. Unlike your average CD player most of the CEC’s machines, including the TL5, don’t even have a DAC built in. Your stereo might have been expecting 48 Khz while CD Audio is 44. Rotel CD14 CD. The CD-200 is the new CD-only player from TASCAM, the professional-audio division of TEAC (footnote 1). The Rega is a fine player but may be compromise with it's top loader if you don't have space in a rack for it. 1. You explain it better than I just did. This is a serious high-end device, and built accordingly. The Commanders secondary is among the worst in the league, allowing an average of 297 passing yards per game to. Here The output of my Onkyo C7030 if find to be much cleaner and more dynamic than the afterthought DAC in my amp and too close to call when using my Modi. Esoteric CD/SACD transport. 2 bookshelf speakers also using my pc through a Schiit Modi 3+ DAC. It will also play files from a USB storage device inserted into its front fascia’d USB-A socket. Buy a second hand Sony CDP715 CD player for about not much and you will be amazed at how much better it sounds than streaming or computer files. Equipment List. until the other day when I ran my LG BH200 through my Topping D50. No need for any extra mechanism to move the disc into position. Also not sure where the cut off is in price vs. Delete. Even this survey of Primare 15 options is incomplete, because alongside the DD15 CD transport, there is a CD15 CD player. A 100USD DVD player is only that expensive because it's made in China in huge numbers. The Yamaha CD-S300 and Marantz CD6006 seem to be popular options, but both are essentially discontinued now, and there's no new stock left in the UK at least. Switching to a lesser player after the CD-7 was a bit of a comedown. Press?? Enter? for Accessibility for blind people who use screen readers; Press?? Enter? for Keyboard Navigation; Press?? Enter? for Accessibility menu; B2B, Gov, Students & More. Best value for the money — Rotel CD14 MkII. A well-designed DAC should not depend on its source of data for the end result, in any way. This has been my experience regardless of the player or transport, or its price. Control is via two coaxial knobs on the front panel or with an app for Android devices. And even that, I'm not sure it would have an impact. In fact most of the time the output (and often the input at the DAC as well ) is RCA. Sonorus, Apr 10, 2019 #201. Like the two Nodes before it at their time of arrival in 2014 and 2018 respectively, the newest Node – introduced in the summer of 2021 – enters the. The player is reading 1s and 0s. Here, the PerfectWave made strides from the CD layer that comes with each disc. Its sole purpose is to spin up CDs to the correct and stable speed so that a laser can read the pits and lands that are encoded into the polycarbonate layer of the disc. I took advantage of this and connected. Regards, Wayne A. Nothing to stress over and probably undetectable in blind testing. Yamaha CD-S303. High-end CD players like the brand new Luxman D-07X offer a state-of-the-art playback platform and DAC that can be connected to other digital devices. The CDT3-Mk3 is Jay’s Audio’s new Flagship CD transport. 1992-at least 1996. Onkyo DX-C390 6 Disc Carousel CD Player. IMHO this has nothing to do with the impedance. The first generaton Toslink was "slow". 00 ) More Info. But with Sparkler Audio’s Ether integrated amplifier, the sound was clean and up-front. 31's remote includes a function unique for a transport: a polarity inversion switch. So it seems very reasonable to conclude that the Denon DCD-755AR CD player not only applies its Alpha Processing to its analogue outputs (measured noise: -113. Then, by way of the CXC’s digital outputs (Coax or Toslink), that data is sent to a digital to analog converter to turn bits into. 99) for the January 2010 issue, I began to fantasize about how it might be packaged with other components to create a dynamite entry-level system for about $1000 (excluding cables). With this output, a CD player can become a dedicated transport bypassing the player’s internal DAC. A cd rom or dvd based player has more digital logic and therefore more noise and poorer sound. Gryphon current product CD player. The No. I believe that moving from the competent Cambridge Audio transport up to the very highly regarded Pro-Ject CD BOX RS2 wound result in substantial sound quality improvement. The VRDS is as reassuringly mechanical sounding as we remember from older TEAC products and the player responds swiftly to commands. 5 m. They can also be combined, such that they have both analogue outputs and digital outputs, and can operate as CD players or CD transports. dirty and old surface) will be higher than influence of transport. Cambridge Audio makes several disc spinners including a Blu-ray player that will also play CD and other. I suspect that the implementation of a high quality top loading CD transport is simpler to accomplish and less expensive. You could simply buy a basic CD Player like a Yamaha CD-S300 (~£170). Obvious the bandwidth of coax is higher but in practice modern Toslink can perform better (I can do 176 kHz over Toslink) However as a CD player is 2 channel, 16 bit, 44. Denon Single-Disc CD Player. 99% of CD players even back in the day where CD was king. Jan 29, 2013. However, when the CD is properly extracted to a computer, the audible differences do go away. The CD format is still alive and hanging in there with the LP. I would just make sure it's a 75 ohm coaxial cable, and not longer than 1. The CDT3’s front panel offers a nicely-sized display, power button, and five playback. Some standalone players may be better at reading those digits from physically damaged CDs, but once those digits have been read, playback through the DAC is what makes the difference. Still, like the Marantz pair, the Bluesound Node (2021) is some iterations down the line now. In other words, the CD11 Tribute is exactly as simple as it needs to be in terms of connectivity, but no simpler. 30 and No. A couple of caveats. This is not only possible when using the internal transport but even configurable for use with external sources. sennj, BrentB, Front 242 Addict and 6 others like this. What's the difference here? johnnm. I like it because the disc is not moved -- I place it on the spindle by hand and the door closes over it. browntrout February 10, 2023, 5:58am 4. As a transport, the BCD-3 will do full justice to any future DAC with which you mate it. CD Transport - does it matter digitally? Hey r/diyaudio - I'm in the middle of a huge dilemma. The launch price for the Marantz was £450, well above the NAD’s retail, but having dropped. It was early 1984, and Compact Discs were simply the shit. A Sony PS1 will compete with a £300 CD player, so I doubt the 7030 will let you down. If the feedback loop is broken and the transport runs at its own clock speed rather than under control of the DAC, the DAC side of the system has to have an adaptive element to handle the mismatch between transport and DAC clocks. Have just about given up on my dreams of the Lector Digidrive TL cdp transport or the CDP-7T-MKIII tube cd player because of budget. It is NOT drop-in or backward compatible with CDM-3, CDM-4 or other non-Pro family CD player modules. Ever heard of heavy use cases. There are a lot of quite reasonable CD transports around in the $350-700 range, while a decent DVD or Bluray player should be able to generate good CD data too, because they work to even finer tolerances, and they all seem to have audio S/PDIF outputs capable of feeding an external DAC. The MOON 260D CD transport. On the mantel sat a stuffed Culo snake from Nuevo Laredo, with a red rubber tongue in freeze-frame flick. Though for the price, this is an. got into the CD transport market. #11. The cd players are available for purchase. The two systems, Teac VRDS-701 CD Player and Teac VRDS-701T CD Transport, will be offered in a choice of black or silver, with the proven emphasis on the particularly elegant design line that evokes the charm of the long-gone heyday of hi-fi in the 1960s and 1970s. good point. Location. Subtotal. Marantz CD6007 ($599) The Marantz CD6007 is a versatile CD Player, which includes support for hi-res digital music playback via USB. . . It’s ideal for those who already have a hi-fi separates system, and simply want to. #14. Been down that road. gogofast. For example I have listened to my current cd player azur 851c vs the cxc cd transport (which is the same as the transport of 851c) with the 851D dac (which is the same DAC section as the one found inside 851c) and I find it marginally better! Like x 2; List; Last edited: Apr 10, 2019. . Its sole purpose is to spin up CDs to the correct and stable speed so that a laser can read the pits and lands that are encoded into the polycarbonate layer of the disc. #5. Certainly, vinyl surpassed it for a few years, but of late the CD is coming back and sales are, if not robust, good. Best CD player/streamer — Marantz SACD 30n. The CD-7 was capable of real speed and impact. Marantz Super Audio CD Player. It has unbalanced analog outputs, and RCA and optical digital outputs. You can apply the same theory to any component in the hi-fi chain. The CD is making its return, and in doing so, the people who are going to invest in a CD Player or CD Transport need to know which one they should buy and why. The Transport. I definitely don't want to spend that much. The CD-200 is the new CD-only player from TASCAM, the professional-audio division of TEAC (footnote 1). The new PS Audio PerfectWave SACD Transport (PST) was, in part, brought into existence when OPPO decided to exit the DVD/CD transport business. Bottom line: This upgrade path is real. 1) CD transport. Owning a CD Transport is a brilliant idea if you have a nice CD collection that you listen to often. The Yamaha CD-S300 and Marantz CD6006 seem to be popular options, but both are essentially discontinued now, and there's no new stock left in the UK at least. Forsell is but one historic example. This is not a money-saving ploy.