Hi Don…this might be of interest to you…
Dedicated CD Transport vs DAC
Greetings,
Just some honest questions...
In your opinion, based on what you have actually experienced....
1) Which accounts for the most sonic improvement? A quality dedicated CD Transport or a Quality DAC?
2) If a person could assign a percentage... by what % did your cd transport improve your sound? By what % did your new dac improve your sound?
3) If you honestly gained an improvement in sound... was it like, " Oh my God, I can't believe how great this improvement is " or is it more like, " I can hear an improvement but no wheres nearly commensurate with the increase in price it cost me."
Coming from being highly invested in vinyl playback for the last 50 years... I'm struggling trying to decide how to improve the cd playback side of my system.
Up to this point in time, I've usually found cd playback to oftentimes sound hard, glaring, sterile, two dimensional, etc.
Which in your mind, helps to eliminate the above sound qualities that I dislike? A new dedicated cd transport or a new dac?
Thanks much for taking the time to reply and help me better understand!
Best wishes,
Don
Showing 8 responses by aolmrd1241
Hi Don.
The Jays simply sounds like music... It really does not have a sound signature per-se... I can say without question it is the most naturally organic tonally pleasing sounding transport I have ever heard!
The way it lets the music flow in a most quiet and black soundscape without obscuring the details within the fabric of the music is astounding.
Fresh out of the box it sounds nice... but patience is needed for it to really shine as intended after some burn-in time...It really took the horse by the reigns at about the 500 hour mark. Patience will pay off big time!
I believe that my Jorma AES/EBU cable feeding the Gryphon Diablo 300 dac module also contributes to the musicality of what I am hearing from the Jays... As a front end I can highly recommend the CDT3 MK3 to any music lover!!!
Mark
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Don, I bought from Alvin because he helped me along the way with all of my inquiry’s... and besides... I prefer going straight to the source. I’m sure Todd would be fine too. I have used EAD and PS Audio transports in the past and my Luxman D10x as a transport just prior to purchasing the Jays. Along the way I have owned Denon,Electrocompaniet,Wadia and the Luxman cd player as well. I think I have a good feel for transports and their contributions as a whole and the Jays is top notch in my book! I really can’t assume what you may or may not like in your own system... so your choice can be yours only! But if I had to bet the farm on it... the Jays would be a much better transport than the Rotel without question. I would also not advise you to spend any amount of money if you are not comfortable doing so. Mark
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Hi Don…maybe this will work for you! Nice price…😁 https://www.usaudiomart.com/details/650151236-jays-audio-cdt3-mk3-transport/ |