As a preface to CD replay, I’ll point you to my CD Replay: A Preface article where I get into some of the back story behind playing CDs from an experiential perspective. I continue this story in my review of the Cambridge Audio CXC CD Transport, where I shared, In the end, playing CDs strikes me as a lifestyle choice. Spending time with the Cambridge CXC was a very pleasant reminder that real time and attention spent listening to music pays dividends and sometimes having less to choose from makes the experience more thoughtful. My CC Pay
PS Audio CD Transport - fun story!
Found the PS Audio Lambda CD Transport in Goodwill store for $59.00!!!
I guess this was almost $1800 back in 1992 or thereabouts?!
The matching DAC was sitting right there too but I rejected it!
Online review from back then said the DAC was very good for the price but there were one or two better ones available elsewhere. I figured with the subsequent 30 years there must be A LOT of better ones by now!? Don't tell me if I made the wrong decision! :)
So anyways, sounds mostly great from what I can tell. I miss having no remote. The CD drawer is a bit noisy.
Found the remote on Ebay! It's on its way home now! I did have to add $100 to what it is really worth, but I will forget about that soon enough.
An Ebay seller in Germany even has a plastic gear available to rebuild the CD drawer. Once 10 cents, now 25 Euros, haha! Requires some thought, but I haven't ruled it out yet!
So with the remote I may be able to do a better A-B test vs. my Marantz CD player that is perhaps 10 years old.
I am hoping the PS can win. At least I am the only kid on the block who has one!
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