Jay's Audio CD Transport Repair

Is this the CDPRO2 LF reader?

Likely the Philips CD reader. Contact Jays and tell them you want a new reader. I had to send my malfunctioning reader to them. Upon receiving it they sent me a new one I was out the postage but that was all.

On my player last year I was treating the cd's by first sanding the the edges and then blackening the edge with a black marker. Even though I was careful to remove all dust before playing it is probable that some remained embedded in the plastic rim along with tiny aluminum oxide particles remaining stuck in the plastic whereupon when spinning they were flung about in the spinning gallery and scratched the laser.

I needed a quick replacement but did not want to wait on sending mechanism back to China and then waiting for it to come back home again. Jay said I could pay for a new mechanism while mailing the defective unit back to China. Upon receipt of payment they sent a new unit. When they received the defective unit they repayed me for the original payment.

CDT3 Mk3

Seems to be a very good sounding transport with very little jitter. It is paired with a:

Holo May KTE DAC

Holo May Serene PRE or sometimes a Primaluna EVO 400 Pre Tube amp

AGD Audion mk3 monobloc power amps.

Previous DAC was a Jay's CDT2 mk2 which was also a good dac..

I can say that the previous CDT2  MK2 sounded quite good. I have not listened to a lot of CD transports, so take me with a grain of salt.

Geez, I just realized that my original CDT2 Mk2 had the upgraded soundboard in it which was being called "Mk3." This is a replacement I did myself as soon as I heard of the new sound board which was easy to install. That was an improvement. This was 3 years ago, so can't quite remember how good the upgrade was, but it seemed worth it at the time.

The Hans Beekhuyzen Channel - CDT3 Mk3

HiFi Huff - CDT3 Mk3

These reviews convinced me, and they were right.