You should give the Marantz Sa8005 a try. Used is around your price range. Excellent sound and build quality. I use it as a transport till I can afford the directstream memory player.
Recommend A CD Player With A Good Transport To Feed My DAC - Maybe Under $700.
I’ve been reading about the Cambridge CXC, but have heard some mixed reviews about limited functionality. Are there any CD Players with a comparable quality transport for under $700? It’s been like 18 years since I bought my Arcam and am out of the loop of current players. I'm interested in transports in that price range too. Also, does anyone have experience with the NuPrime CDT 8 Pro transport?
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My customers tell me that my S/PDIF coax BNC-BNC cables, the Standard for $275 and the Reference for $499 are both giant-killers. They send me many cables to try for comparison and none of them stack-up. Both cables come with RCA adapters. 30-day money-back, less shipping. Here are some jitter plots comparing cables: https://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?topic=154425.0 As you can see, the plots look identical with the device connected directly or with the 4-foot Standard BNC cable in-line. Steve N. Empirical Audio |
I have a Musical Fidelity M1 CDT transport and an April Music Stello CD100. They're both very good. I'm selling both as I've replaced them with a Jay's Audio transport. When I was looking for a transport last year, I considered the Cambridge, but ultimately decided to go with the April Music. It seemed to be better built, was favorably reviewed, and is a top loader. |
Just use your Arcam player and add a Synchro-Mesh reclocker and a cheap Markertec BNC coax cable. It will beat anything you can buy for 10X that. $699 for the Synchro-Mesh. 7psec of jitter: https://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?topic=157348.0 Steve N. Empirical Audio |
I'd buy a cheap but reliable CD or DVD player with a digital out and then buy this... https://www.empiricalaudio.com/products/synchro-mesh since you'll probably want a jitter-reduction device anyway. Best of luck. |