WTD CD Transport

[grimwould]

Looking to buy a CD Transport around the £500 mark WHYG

Regards Rob.

[CageyH]

You could get a Cambridge Audio CXC new for £300.
It is supposed to be quite good.

[Vince]

The Cambridge Audio CXC is very good. I had one but I now mainly stream. The Cambridge was almost as good as a Cyrus CDT.

[symon]

I've got a Rega Apollo R that can be used as a transport, for £300.

PM me if you're interested.

Cheers
Peter

[mongeddavid]

Tad over budget but i have a audiomecca mephisto with a spare transport and laser assembly

[Lawrence001]

If you are happy to spend less my HHB CDR100 is the best of many Pioneer stable platters I've owned. It's an upgraded Pioneer elite recorder with a copper chassis. I don't have the remote but I've seen one on ebay. I would let it go at £150.

[Yomanze]

£500? You're wasting your money, especially considering it *will* break eventually. Get a Pioneer DV-505 or DV-717 for around £30.

...if you're happy to, then at your budget you could move to a USB to SPDIF front end, use a laptop or desktop, and get a Halide Bridge with an AQVOX power supply, which will spank a CD transport.

[Johnny nocash]

Hi Grimwould, why don't you use the Consonance player as a transport? Or are you wanting a change of scene on the rack.
I've got a lovely MIT Digital ref interconnect available if you wanna match up to your existing loom;)

[struth]

Yes the dv717 is an excellent transport. Maybe £30 is hopeful these days but 40/60 for a good one is still cheap. A lot of excellent old dvd players with no hdmi can be had cheap and some are works of art inside. Many cost thousand plus

[grimwould]

I have been using as a transport however because it is a valve player you have to turn off on all the time and it just seems to be a waste not to use it as a normal player.:)




Hi Grimwould, why don't you use the Consonance player as a transport? Or are you wanting a change of scene on the rack.
I've got a lovely MIT Digital ref interconnect available if you wanna match up to your existing loom;)

[walpurgis]

Yes the dv717 is an excellent transport. Maybe £30 is hopeful these days but 40/60 for a good one is still cheap. A lot of excellent old dvd players with no hdmi can be had cheap and some are works of art inside. Many cost thousand plus

I actually use mine for playing DVDs believe it or not. :D

[struth]

I actually use mine for playing DVDs believe it or not. :D

And very good they are at it. Need a scart though. Lot of tellys dont use em now

[Ninanina]

£500? You're wasting your money, especially considering it *will* break eventually. Get a Pioneer DV-505 or DV-717 for around £30.


+1

I have 2 x DV-717's and used as a transport they are very good indeed and so cheap to buy so if it goes wrong can be replaced for next to nothing. The DV-737 is about the same as I had one of those as well. I also use a Pioneer Stable Platter as a transport and that is superb as well

I did try a Rega Apollo (non R) a while ago and was not that impressed with it either as a stand alone or as a transport and the 717 sounded better to me

[grimwould]

PM sent.




Tad over budget but i have a audiomecca mephisto with a spare transport and laser assembly

[Yomanze]

Looks pretty, but... http://www.lampizator.eu/lampizator/REFERENCES/mephisto/Mephisto1/Mephisto1.html

[grimwould]

Thanks for the information interesting.

Rob.


Looks pretty, but...

Rob.

http://www.lampizator.eu/lampizator/REFERENCES/mephisto/Mephisto1/Mephisto1.html