Aurender Music Server and CD Transport comparison


I am in the market for a CD transport and I want it to sound as good as my Aurender N100C. How far up the chain do I have to go to get sound that is equal or better than my Aurender? My choice so far is a Jay's Audio CDT2 Mk3 but could I go to an Audiolab transport like the 9000CDT? Should I go as high as the Jay's Audio CDT3-Mk3 I don't want to spend anymore money than I have to since the more I spend the more I get diminishing returns.

The system is Aurender, NAD M2 Digital amp, B & W 805 D4 standmounts.

blakcloud

Get a CD transport with USB output and send it to the Aurender. It should sound identical to music played off the hard drive.

I think you all are missing the point. Ok. lets change the parameters as I actually have two systems.

In my first system I have Herron Line Stage, Herron Mono Blocks,
Denafrips Terminator DAC and an Aurender N100 H (USB not the Coaxial version) into Tetra 606 speakers. Cabling is Audio Sensibility Statement.

I am in the market for a CD transport and I want it to sound as good as my Aurender N100C. How far up the chain do I have to go to get sound that is equal or better than my Aurender?

The rest of the downstream in irrelevant to the question what transport equals or betters the Aurender within a reasonable price point.If you don't know you don't know. I am asking people that do know.

Very typical here and on other forums. I ask for an apple and you all tell me I need an orange. Somebody knows the answer and that is who I am waiting for.

 

You might want to buy a few transports and do a shootout with your streamer and keep the CDT that sounds best to you. Avoid the forums altogether with this kind of attitude and your inability to provide a full system context in order to get a proper response.
Good luck!

Well, the OP has a point. He asked for recommendations for a CD transport and did not receive one recommendation.

What he did get was responses from persons who appear to know his system and its needs better than himself.