Looking for a Cd player/ transport.

Great that it worked out for you! The Onkyo is truly well built for it's price point. Have you tried it direct to your amp to know how it sounds as a stand alone player?

Hi Michael & Mesch:
Got the Onkyo 7030 ($130) to pair with Topping d50 thru coax cable. This is a Very Nice combination. Compared to Flacs thru JRiver and USB to the Topping, right off more body, more there there, increased detail from lower mids on up, Harshness greatly reduced. Some vocals still somewhat recessed, but I think that's more a function of my setup. Anyway, a great price per pound combination. Listening to a Lot more CD's these days. Thanks for all our suggestions.  

Thanks Michael, the link was definitely worth the read, though I might give the onkyo a try first. Not happy, I can return, then maybe get a bit more adventurous and consider used Mag.

Hope the 7030 works out for you. Let us know what you think of it. Seems like a great budget CD player. If looking to purchase a CD player I would also give it a try.

Thanks Mesch. Coincidently, that is what I dug up also. Probably give it a try.

You might consider the Onkyo 7030. Sells for under $180 new. Built like a tank. Has SPDIF output for use as a transport.

I believe a CD player or transport would be an improvement over the blueray players. Should equal the file playback.

Thanks George, and very much worth checking out.

Just got the Cambridge Audio CXC transport, only early but very good so far.

Scoped the spdif output and from what I’ve seen on the net from Lampizator’s waveform shots, it has a very good output wave form 1vpp @1.5mHz
https://ibb.co/RzHbRDG

Cheers George