Digital transports do not have much of a sonic signature. The digital cable will influence the sound far more than the transport. A quality transport should have high mechanical integrity and a stable, low jitter output.
Which Transport? Theta Jade, Proceed CDD, Sonic F. SFT-1
Has anyone compared these transports? Which one would be your first choice, and how would you characterize their sonics.
Basically, none of them is in production now, but all seem to be highly respected. I was informed by Theta that Pioneer has stopped production of its Stable Platter transport for CD play, although not for DVDs. I believe the Proceed's CDM 12 Pro is still available.
I would be using it with a Theta Pro Basic IIIa, Vandersteen 2Ce Signatures, Sonic Frontiers SFL-2, McCormack 225.
Basically, none of them is in production now, but all seem to be highly respected. I was informed by Theta that Pioneer has stopped production of its Stable Platter transport for CD play, although not for DVDs. I believe the Proceed's CDM 12 Pro is still available.
I would be using it with a Theta Pro Basic IIIa, Vandersteen 2Ce Signatures, Sonic Frontiers SFL-2, McCormack 225.