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What’s the deal with high end CD transports not having the ability to program tracks!?

First it was the Pro-Ject CD Box RS2, now I find out that the Jay’s Audio transports also lack this feature. I am scratching my head wondering why on earth anyone would deliberately leave out such a basic feature that has been a part of CD playback since the very beginning? I can’t see how including it could possibly have any impact on sound quality. Sure, some don’t use, or care about this feature, but others do. Why tick off potential customers in an already limited market? Are they trying to make the experience more like vinyl? If so, that seems pretty lame. The other thing that is frustrating, is that none of the professional reviews even bother to mention this lack of a very basic feature. Has anyone purchased one of these transports unaware of this, and been disappointed?

tommylion

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Been using CD’s since their inception. Never once programmed a CD for playback. I don’t get it, never have. Play the CD as it was intended. Maybe an obvious transition from LP’s. 99% of the time, I would play both sides on an LP too. Still do.

My CD transport does not have a programming option either. Can’t miss what you never used, even all the way back to the 80’s.

Never understood why someone would want to use the ‘feature’. Never understood shuffle either, or repeat. 

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