Oldies but Goodies?

I think the older transports are built much nicer than the new ones. I was checking out a new krell transport and the table was built like crap! cheap thin plastic like you see on the $99 wal-mart units. however it did sound pretty good considering it was $3500. I use a PS Audio Lamda II transport and it has the Phillips PD pro 9 table and it's not cheap plastic mostly alloy! I was talking to theta about transports and the person I was talking to said most of the transport mechisms are made over seas in bunches and it's been a problem for them, I dont know how much truth is in this but I would agree from what I've seen recently. Happy Listening

JSAW, Theta has had to cease making dedicated CD transports due to the discontinuation of the various OEM mechanisms they used over the years (my own Pearl transport uses the late lamented Pioneer Stable-Platter unit). Everything they make now is based upon DVD mechanisms, which they apparently feel are either better or more cost-effective than anything currently available to them in a straight CD-only configuration. (And even that Stable-Platter, beyond the alloy platter itself, is mostly plastic on the inside, albeit of a heavy and ribbed construction.)