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Replacement of Cary CD player

Looking for some recommendations:
I am using tube CD player Cary CD 308T as a transport, which I own for the last 10 years and recently thinking about replacing it with dedicated CD transport. The Cary is 16-17 years old and transport can be up to 10 years old. 
I am now using Cary with Audiobyte Black Dragon DAC, Bryston  monos and with tube preamp, I love the resulting warm and very musical sound.
So if you guys replaced this Cary model with CD transport I would love to hear from you which one.
I tried Primare DD15 and NuPrime 8 Pro, both were not even close to old Cary. My budget is up to $1700USD for used transport.
rohlim

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mozartfan
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I seen many friends/acquaintances that sell up on their huge CD collection to go to servers or streaming.

^^^ 
This is the latest <<craze>> Not a  bandwagon I will ever jump on. My 20th C classical cd collection is complete, my  Cayin cd17 Mark 1,  just finished modding ///sounds ,,superr high fidelity>> just added a  Shanling 3000 and is being upgraded /new M caps + Sparksoslab descrete op amps, ..not sure which will beat out which in <,The Great tube cdp shootout>> 
My bet is on the Shanling once mods are completed in 3 weeks. 
anyway, my suggestion is geta  Cayin CD17 Mark2, which has a incredible INDESTRUCTIBLE trans(12 yrs use /zero issues) + tube DAC. Bal/unbalnced employs 6922 in both circuits. 
You will not regret it. 


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