transport for Chord DAC64

Thanks everyone for replying. Martian_23 hit it on the head: will any (relatively speaking) CD/DVD player do, or are there substantial improvements in going with a CEC or Vecteur product?

Jond: I actually sold my CD2 - it was a great a player.

YES, transports make a HUGE difference. They all have different sounds and will impact the sound more than you ever thought possible. They are a major factor and I have tested this personally using my DVD out then the transport, then comparing transports. Truely night and day, even to the layperson who is not into audio can tell the difference (I tried this on a non audio friend).

I played the transport game a while back and found that they made a very big difference...CEC very liquid and analog sounding, somewhat limited in dynamics but the best midrange this side of vinyl....vecteur...more balanced and almost the perfect compromise. Bottom line, listen for yourself to decide which transport but trust me it is every bit worth the investment!

Fatcataudio...

...I know that transports can make a huge difference. But given that the Chord has a 4-MB buffer and is reported to be very transport-insensitive because of this, it makes sense to rely on people who have heard the effect from different transports on this special DAC.

AFAIK, 'CD drive' in CDP is one of the major jitter generators, since almost none of them is able to read 100% data 'on the fly', the really good reading is possible with approach of several attempts and then comparison (CRC, whatever). Reclocking DAC would 'approximate' the lost information, but it's not as good as a better transport that would loose less.

Fatcataudio, you're right on the money about the CEC transport, I just got a mint (rare black) TL-2X and could not be happier, except a good turntable of course !