Old Vs New ..... Transport and dac.

Are you able to hear the Reimyo combo in your system?   

One of the primary considerations with an older CD transport is the availability of a replacement CD drive/reader mechanism.   The original might not be available, but are there substitutes?   If so, perhaps buy one now - as a future backup.

I have a modded high-end DAC from 2007 that competes quite well with modern DAC’s of today, if not better.  I can also tweak the SQ with the digital IC and/or power cord.  

Hi Guys, Thanks for your kind and helpful comments....

HK, I think I will get them, As long as it all works well. We're sorting out a listening session over a couple of drinks, so I'll be able to decide if its going to do what I want. I'm sure it will. And in the scheeme of things it's not huge amount of money, so not a lot of risk. 

Mich..I'll be able to listen to it using the sellers system, I'm familiar with the sound of his speakers(Sonus faber Guarneri Homage) etc. and while they couldn't be more different from what I'm doing I think I'll be able to tell whether the characteristics I like are there. That Review is interesting in that It talks about the upgraded Dac that I'll be looking at. Lots of great information in there. The review does nothing but encourage me to buy it !!! 

Steakster. I won't be able to hear it in my system, that would have been nice. But I'll be able to have an extended listen in the seller's system They are 7 hours drive away. Which I'm happy to do.. It'll be an road trip adventure. You make a couple of interesting points about tweaking the IC and PC. The seller is also selling a High Fidelity CT-1 Digital Interconnect. which he says brought an improvement over the OEM harmonix cable. Maybe I'll buy that as well if it works well for me. I've never really investigated the Power cable tuning thing. Can this be used to tune with as great an effect as the digital interconnect ??The Philips mechanism is the CD Pro 2m . Which I see is still available at 1000usd on a website I found, I also found a company that was looking at manufacturing a replacement called the cd Pro V. but I think that's a ways off yet. I also think that I read Kuichi San had bought enough transports at the end for all future servicing requirements.... It would be nice to proactively find an OEM one somewhere that I can hold just in case. Good idea and peace of mind ( somewhat ). 

Once more, thanks for your comments, I'll let you know how I get on. 

In the meanwhile if anyone out there has listened or still has the Reimyo Trans and dac. I'd appreciate your thoughts on how you enjoy them as well. 

Thanks everyone...

So it's an upsampled Burr-Brown PCM1704U. For what it's worth. The Pontus will sound better. 

Hi Eric, I wouldn’t be surprised at all… however, worst case scenario is I can use the transport as a classic great looking thing, and if I don’t like the dac as much as I’d hoped I can just get a new dac. Even though it only has a spdif over coaxial , no i2s. Not sure how restrictive that might end up being. I have a friend who has a Denafripps dac, not sure which one. Maybe a comparison will be in order. 
 

Thanks for your help. 

With CD player/transport, I would worry most about gapless playing ability. Read reviews and go from there. I assume you will use digital out from CD and feed it into DAC, so "sound quality" of the CD player is a non-issue. The other factor to consider it the remote, and where you place your CD player in relation to your seating position. Some remotes require line of sight and have narrow acceptance angle, whereas others are more forgiving in that regard.

With DACs, digital technology is moving fast, so I would tend to go with newer iteration. However, I have not heard significant objective quality differences with DACs differing 20x in price (250 vs. 5K). A bit of flavor difference, but not one is clearly and all the time better than the other. 

my 2c.