Dont waste your money on old technology. Get a good recent DVD player and get it modded. The Sony's or Philips with dual-laser are superb tranports. The mechanisms and control systems are far superior to any CD-only transport. you ge tthe best of both the DVD precision and the CD-optimized read laser.
Old used high end transport vs new same price ?
Im seeking for a good transoprt to use with my Forsell DAC or my incoming Audiomeca DAC (I keep the best). For about 4000USd I can have a new Mephisto IIX or Accustic Art drive 1 or ca 10 years old, once really expensive transports, like Forsell, Jadis 1 or ML 31.5. Unfortunatly I cant test them myself in my system. Which is the way to go?