Thanks guys
A lot of good advice, much appreciated!
Many new brands to research, just what I hope for...inspiration
I have had the pleasure of borrowing an Esoteric dv-50s, a Tascam 9010 and a Micromega “something rather”
But over time, so never side by side...as I recall the Esoteric was great, the Tascam was good and the Micromega didn’t really impress/beat my TEAC vrds 1, so not really a contender in my book
The Japanese Esoteric recommendation from Johnny nocash, great name by the way
is waaay out of my league
Its also my personal experience that the quality of the Transport makes a difference, why I’m on this quest
When we tested we used the same setup only changing the transports (and also the same CD & cables of course), but the sound changed with the better transport also more than a better cable could have done IMO
There is actually a Audiomecca llx for sale locally, but as far as I can tell, they ore anyone else don’t service these 15 year old CD transports any longer + he wants a lot of money for it 1500£
I might just fix my old TEAC VRDS 1 & maybe upgrade it... but I’d much prefer a new unit
I actually have tried to demo the Audio Note unit, but no luck so far, Denmark is just to small, sometimes