I have ripped my CDs, however I find they often sound different than when played on a decent transport. My old Sony CD player has quit and I’m looking for a decent transport that will feed my two DACs via USB. I’m using a Schiit Lyr3 with Unison USB DAC and Audeze LCD-X ‘phones for desktop listening. I also use a Schiit Yggdrasil, Freya +, First Watt M2, Quad 2805s for living room listening. |
I thank all of you that have responded. It was not my intent to start a discussion about the relative pros and cons of having ones CDs stored on a HDD/SSD versus streaming versus playback from a transport, that topic is like a black hole. I use ROON as my main playback tool running on a NUC/ROCK server, I have a library of 46,000++ albums, all redbook or hi-res, files are stored on a Synology NAS and I use Sonore products as ROON endpoints. I also subscribe to Qobuz for streaming. In my setups the sound of a particular Album is different depending upon whether I play the actual CD on a transport, play it from my library, or play it from Qobuz, (this is even when I take care to play the same mix/version). I also enjoy playing CDs directly, it's good exercise. I'm interested in acquiring a CD transport with a USB output and I would appreciate any feedback about the new Schiit and Shanling products. |
Thanks michaelmshaw, your comments are useful, look forward to hearing more.
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