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| Which Vintage CD Player To Use As A Transport? @lanx0003 I had a PD 65 for maybe 5 years, not always in my system, A few years back, it died. Parts not available | |
| Annoying newbie CD/SACD player question I didn't see your budget mentioned I have ~ 30 SACDs. I bought a Oppo 105 maybe 10 years ago specifically for them. I also had a Pioneer PD 65 for redbook, but it died. I replaced it with a Marantz HD CD-1, which also eventually died but before ... | |
| Seeking Budget CD Player Suggestions Several years back I had a slightly modified (new chips) Pioneer PD 65 (inverted player) the only out was optical which wasn't very good | |
| What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report Mac McAnally Southbound for Orchestra | |
| Transport Recommendations @tyray Old man here/hear, I recognized nothing aside from the ET3 🤔 | |
| Transport Recommendations @jbuhl 😎 | |
| Transport Recommendations The Shanling ET3 looks to be great value, but Im more inclined toward the SCD1.3, a player/transport that plays SACDs too $1279 | |
| Transport Recommendations @tyray Ive owned a CDT 6000 for 2+ years. Great value. Never an issue, unless the remote batteries were too low. I highly recommend it, especially when they often show up used for ~ $350. That said, the Shanling appears to be even better, but at 3... | |
| Seeking Budget CD Player Suggestions I have a Audiolab CDT 6000. It’s a really good transport, and reads many of my SACDs. They can be found on the used markets for ~ $350. Many are moving up to new transports like the Shanling ET3 $750 which I plan to upgrade to soon https://en.shan... | |
| Which Vintage CD Player To Use As A Transport? Not a good idea because the dac outputs on old CD players leave a lot to be sonically desired and/or your replacement dac won't have the old outputs | |
| What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report I watched the movie Yesterday, interesting plot, so I dug out Beatles # Ones. Ouch, very digital | |
| Best investment; cartridge or line stage? Mad Scientist Contact Enhancer can work wonders when all connections are treated. Cartridge is the likely better upgrade. Be sure to treat the ends HTH | |
| New speakers unveiled from Clayton Shaw - Caladan @vthokie83 Great report. I prefer OB to box speakers, especially when boxes are < 10K. If possible bring speakers out another foot. either way listen to a well known song from your seat, then stand up and walk toward the speakers. If the soun... | |
| A good cd transport for my Chord HugoTT2 DAC with Chord M-Scaler I am quite happy with my CDT 6000, especially with upgraded iso devices, PC and coax cable, BUT, am budgeting for the new Shanlings | |
| Annoying newbie CD/SACD player question I have ~ 50 SACDs with hybrid DSD layer. My CDT 6000 plays them well enough, BUT, Shanling just introduced an SACD transport for <$1400 that I am now budgeting for |