Here's the link:
https://audioenvy.com/product/home-car-pro-interconnects/digital-coax-3ft/
All the best,
Nonoise
https://audioenvy.com/product/home-car-pro-interconnects/digital-coax-3ft/
All the best,
Nonoise
A phenomenal new CD transport-Pro-Ject CD Box RS2 transport
I have had in-house for the last week Pro-Ject's new CD Box RS2 transport to review for the website Stereo Times. I was very curious to assess its performance because it uses the Pro 8 drive with the Blue Tiger CD-84 servo card. This drive was developed and built by StreamUnlimited a company started by the original Phillips designers that historically built the finest CD mechanisms. Only two other companies use the StreamUnlimited 8 drive and Blue Tiger CD-84 servo card, their pieces cost $16,000 and $39,000 compared to Pro-Ject's sane price of $3,000!
My reference for the last two years has been the excellent Jay's Audio MK-II transport that had out-performed much more expensive highly regarded transports in my system. Well, across every sonic parameter (transparency/micro-details-overall dynamics/bottom-end extension/purity of tonality- a much more airy sound-stage with wonderful 3D imaging) compared to the Jay's Audio transport.
That's way I titled this thread a "phenomenal new CD transport" because while not inexpensive, it just might be a bargain based on its performance. Mind you, this superlative level of performance is based on using the switching power supply that Pro-Ject ships the transport with. I have shortly coming a custom 20 watt 3 amp linear power supply from Linear Tube Audio and Pro-Ject's own upgraded power supply to see if the RS2 transport performance will even go to a higher qualitative level of performance.
I'll be writing a full detailed review for Stereo Times in the near future. However, I wanted to share this information to GON members who still spin CDs. I have had numerous CD transports in for evaluation and this just might be the best sounding of all of them.
Teajay (Terry London)
My reference for the last two years has been the excellent Jay's Audio MK-II transport that had out-performed much more expensive highly regarded transports in my system. Well, across every sonic parameter (transparency/micro-details-overall dynamics/bottom-end extension/purity of tonality- a much more airy sound-stage with wonderful 3D imaging) compared to the Jay's Audio transport.
That's way I titled this thread a "phenomenal new CD transport" because while not inexpensive, it just might be a bargain based on its performance. Mind you, this superlative level of performance is based on using the switching power supply that Pro-Ject ships the transport with. I have shortly coming a custom 20 watt 3 amp linear power supply from Linear Tube Audio and Pro-Ject's own upgraded power supply to see if the RS2 transport performance will even go to a higher qualitative level of performance.
I'll be writing a full detailed review for Stereo Times in the near future. However, I wanted to share this information to GON members who still spin CDs. I have had numerous CD transports in for evaluation and this just might be the best sounding of all of them.
Teajay (Terry London)
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For those looking for a LPS to use besides what's been offered here, here's a review of several models that took the reviewer about 4 months to conduct:https://audiobacon.net/2021/08/06/the-worlds-best-audiophile-linear-power-supplies/ All the best, Nonoise |
To those who are on the fence with the two Jays models (MK2 & 3), there's a new youtube video of The Audiophiliac (Steve Guttenberg) on the differences, and he feels the Mk3 is that big enough a difference to warrant getting it over the Mk2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hRMl4oAYNA&t=818s I asked him about the Pro-Ject and how he felt it compared to the Jays and although he felt the Pro-Ject sounded better, he never warmed to the feel and use of the Pro-Ject. Different strokes for different folks. Oh, and there's a bit of a discount (not for long) if you use the code he shows towards the end of the video. It's only $168 but it's something. All the best, Nonoise |
I just now came across this video review of the Burson Supercharger 3A over at YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-SMtirVrKk They seem to like it. A lot. All the best, Nonoise |
I got an email from Burson Audio (Australia) about their 12V-3A power supply. Maybe they heard someone talking about it 😄 https://www.bursonaudio.com/product/super-charger-3a/?utm_source=Burson+Customer&utm_campaign=cf4eebf276-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_05_10_06_38_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_dcbad555fe-cf4eebf276-31111047 It uses multi stage MosFet Noise Filtering and goes for $285 until mid August and then goes up 20%. All the best, Nonoise |
@amorstereo, Ah shucks. I thought it was a cheaper implementation of the one you're using. On another (musical) note, did you find the coax out to give just as great results? I ask because I'm thinking of getting the Technics SU-G700 and feeding it, for now, with the coax out from an older CDP I have until I can save up for the Pro-Ject Box RS2. It's all in the planning stages but I need to know what I'm in for. All the best, Nonoise |
Here's something on a cheaper version of a Pro-Ject CD player in their line up and the reviewer just loved it. http://www.enjoythemusic.com/magazine/equipment/0621/Pro_Ject_Audio_CD_Box_DS2_CD_Player_Review.htm I don't know if it uses the Tiger platform that the top loader uses but it's way cheaper and really impressed the reviewer. All the best, Nonoise |
Sounds like maybe the limiting factor in the old CD vs Streaming debate was the transport, and in most cases that I've read, the CD still won out. Now with this CDT that reads better than all that's come before it, will it lead to a revival of the CD and the simplification of the DAC to the point that just using the one in the preamp (or integrated) will suffice? Just my usual, meandering thoughts....🤪 All the best, Nonoise |
Steve Guttenberg said as much on his YouTube site awhile back. He said it bettered his Jay's Audio CDT as well. I read, somewhere, that the ProJect CD box simply reads the CD better than any previous design due to it's new transport and servo drive in a way that the older styles just can't. If I had the dosh, I'd get one in a heartbeat. Hey Terry, how do think the ProJect CD box would play feeding into a SPL Director (with the built in DAC)? All the best, Nonoise |