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classe cdt-1 10 years old....good buying??

i would like to know if anyone is familiar whit this cd transport. I can have it for 390$ cad but i dont know about the durability of it. I think that the price is good but if the laser have 90% of is life done i will regret my purchase...Any opinion about that?
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thenis OP
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i found it on e bay :phillips 12.4 for 45$....real joke hahaha
usblues
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I remember calling a couple years ago about one I was thinking of buying and Classe said no more transports were available so I didnt.I am about 90% sure of that memory,B
impaler
21 posts
 

I've had one purchased in 2001 and it's still going strong. I believe it uses an Analogue Devices DAC which was state of the art at the time. Honestly my only reference (besides analogue table) is a Schiit Bifrost II fed by a PC. I prefer the Classe' in general. For $380 sounds like a steal, I see them on fleabay for $1800 and I paid over $2k at the time (new)

mahler123
3,362 posts
 

Classe has been terminated by parent company Massimio.  So if you have an issue I suspect it will be difficult to repair.  I would get something new for all the reasons the OP discussed, such as Laser Life

dmk_hifi
67 posts
 

What makes you say that Classe has been terminated? Classe has just released a new version of their preamp. 

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