Jays Audio cdt2 mk3 burn in and user experiences

Glad to hear you're so pleased with the Jay's transport! You might try contacting Berkeley Audio Design about HDCD recognition, bet they'd know what it takes for their DACs to recognize and decode an HDCD signal.

This was listed in the specifications section of the Jays website.

“** Redbook CD transport only. Doesn't support HDCD/SACD/DSD”

@egrady 

What do you think of the oppo compared to the Jay's transport?

With the Oppo I’m using HDMI, with the Jay’s AES/EBU. In addition, the Jay’s goes directly to my Berkeley whereas the Oppo goes through a GeerFab HDMI converter. Given there are differences, CD’s sound better through the Jay’s. I bought the Jay’s just for CD and I’m thrilled with it.

Regarding HDCD, at the time I bought mine their website didn’t address HDCD. I asked them about it, and I really didn’t think they understood what I was talking about. While they gave me a bunch of double talk, they finally did address it on their website.

I purchased the Jay's Audio MK3-CDT3 back in August, after continual listening it's just begun being broken in now... 😂