New Jays Audio flagship cd transport

My guess is that RJ45I2S is only output that don't use a output transformer and this is why it sounds superior 

REF: Jay's Audio  CDt-2 Mk3 vrs CDT-3 Mk3    Can anyone tell me please, other than the price difference, why I should spend double the price, and what you get for the money, most likely my last CD transport, mirrored with a Meitner MA 1 DAC  Currently running a Audio lab 6000CDT.

Robert TN   Thanks    Ps was also considering a CEC tL5 and a Project RS2T 

Well.. Other than the fact that it's a true all-out engineering effort to make the best CDT possible, has an array of outputs including I2S via HDMI and RJ45, sounds fantastic and is built like a tank to extreme high quality.. No reason I suppose :D TK 

To answer the above, One of the most important considerations of purchase ( CDT 3 Mk 3, is your business affiliation with the above unit. So far everything I've researched of your business is stellar.  Service and repair is paramount to me, as I'm sure as it is to others. In the event I do order one, should it be through TEK specialists? Thanks Robert TN

Yes, if you're in the US order through Todd's website. 

Thank you so much for the very kind words Robert, Jack, a1uc, ..

And lately I've been using a CDT3 at my place as well.. For now I've been feeding AES to a Gaia -> RJ45 I2S to a Termi Plus (and I2S or SPDIF to a couple of other very high resolution DACs).

And I'll try it with direct feed as well. But I find the CDT3 to be very transparent to the source recording, etc and I absolutely love it.  TK  

Also take note CDT2 uses CDM4/19 Laser and 

CDT3 uses CDPRO2-LF Laser which is superior 

I have a couple friends that own both players and 

the CDT3 is a big leap forward . 
 

Another friend owns the Project RS2T but let's get real 6 pounds vs 50 pound CDT3 and you still need to upgrade the power supply for the Project RS2T .  

Got a Project RST-2 today for other home , what a piece of junk . I'm sending it back  

@robshaw

I had CEC transports, the big issue was the belts stretch regularly (unless they’ve corrected the cause) and the company prices replacements as though they are made of gold.

I just checked the price of the Jays 3/3: GULP, but to use a line from an old Paul Simon song from One Trick Pony, if you want some quality, that’s that’s the price you got to meet, but $4995? Yikes.

You might try Pro-Jects DS3 CD player, which has a massive aluminum chassis provides the best basis for the CD drive and which incorporates the Blue Tiger CD-80 servo developed by Stream Unlimited from the RS 2T. I am curious to discover whether it is significantly better than my Audiolab CDT 6000, also a slot loader

hth

So did the Pavane work with I2S to the CDT3 after all?

I just got a Jay’s Audio CDT3-MK3. It arrived yesterday. Out of the box, it’s by far the best CD transport I have ever had. And I have have been spinning CDs on dedicated CD transports and players for 20+ years. Some of them at more than double the price, and several years ago (in those day’s prices). 
 

Fantastic service from Todd @tekaudiospecialties1 ! And the guys in Singapore. It took three business days to arrive from China (yeah, China) via FedEx. It takes longer to get stuff from California or Texas (to East Coast US)

Someone besides PS Audio needs to come out with a reasonably priced and robust CD/SACD transport that will be flexible enough to use a multitude of DAC's.

Thyname, thank you for the kind words. And I agree, actually the CDT3 is proving to be one of the best sounding sources available at any price. Kind of hard to comprehend, especially for a Redbook format, but true story.

Mojo Audio uses a CDT3 to demo their DACs as well, for example. I met them at Axpona '22 and enjoyed talking with Ben very much. They had one of the first CDT3 in the US at the time there for the demo; I have a picture of that around here somewhere.. Ben has a very good ear it seems ;)

Speaking of, I happen to have a Mojo Mystique X DAC in house currently and have to say, I am really liking what I hear from it as well. Bravo Mojo! TK

Upsampling on a CDT2? I did not know that was available. Not sure if I would use it, but it seems to be worth a try. I have the CDT2-MK3. I’ll have to take a closer look at my remote.

Have any of you played with this? Is there any further discussion about this somewhere?

I’ve tried the upsampling with my CDT2-MK3 but I’m using the transport with a Chord Qutest. It automatically upsamples 44.1 and I prefer to let it do what it is designed to do.

But, that said, I haven’t extensively listened to it with upsampling turned on. Just a song or two back to back with it off. It didn’t harm anything. But I didn’t hear an improvement in this limited session.

I need to spend more time listening to have a firm opinion.

You simply click the "Program" button on the remote to toggle between upsampling and no upsampling.