i had one for about 2 days before i returned it. admittedly it was traded-in to a local dealer. but it was very "sensitive" from what i remember and skipped among other things. it is true however that at the time it was a top-rated transport.
as an aside, i already had the matching META-RESEARCH DAC which i bought new- IT would not sit flat on a shelf (no, the legs all matched!) so i got another one, but it died from power outages and brown-outs. i sent it back for repairs to make it immune to bad power. now the good news- it sounded absolutely amazing and i kept it for several years before finally upgrading to a levinson 360S (which was more dynamic and had better bass and better staging). but it held its own for a very long time; it just had "quirks" as described above.
so the bottom line is that you need to be able to return it if it has any hiccups or acts funny. one more thing- i also purchased the goldmund sp-dif cable which was considered one of the best digital cables on the market back in the day. my guess is that it would work very well with this particular transport.
as an aside, i already had the matching META-RESEARCH DAC which i bought new- IT would not sit flat on a shelf (no, the legs all matched!) so i got another one, but it died from power outages and brown-outs. i sent it back for repairs to make it immune to bad power. now the good news- it sounded absolutely amazing and i kept it for several years before finally upgrading to a levinson 360S (which was more dynamic and had better bass and better staging). but it held its own for a very long time; it just had "quirks" as described above.
so the bottom line is that you need to be able to return it if it has any hiccups or acts funny. one more thing- i also purchased the goldmund sp-dif cable which was considered one of the best digital cables on the market back in the day. my guess is that it would work very well with this particular transport.