There is a reason why all the really high performing CD players and transports do not play SACDs. There a compromise made in doing so. If you do a side by side on an adequate system it stick out like a sore thumb. Anything that will play them all is going to be noisier and have more jitter by design. If your CDRs were recorded at over 4X then they are full of mistakes, not opinion a fact as a result any really good CD transport or player will have trouble reading the disks. I would suggest 2 machines with one only playing true REDBOOK. I have two separate machines. But then I sell CEC players and transports.
CDP or Transport and DAC? Recomendations?
Current setup:
Rega Apollo CDP
BlueSound Node 2i
Rega P6 TT (upgrading to P8 after 1st of 2022, when I can hopefully find a new one)
Rogers High Fidelity KWM88 Integrated
Tekton Moab
Looking for advice on a CD upgrade. Budget around $5000. Want new equipment. Is it better to look at a separate transport/dac or a cdp in that price range? What are your recomendations?
Have around 3000 cd’s dating back to the mid 80’s when cd’s first came out. Have SACD’s as well as burned cdr’s. Need to play everything.
The Audiogon members are always the most helpful and I appreciate your time/thoughts.
Thanks