
Originally Posted by
CageyH
My Pioneer PD-S703 is between 30 to 32 years old and still operates flawlessly.
So does my old Pioneer PD-S505 Precision and I have a spare back-up. They sound fine as a stand alone player and work great as transports if I bung the Monarchy M22B DAC into the equation or the very worthy Musical Fidelity V-DAC. I also have the Trichord Research 'Digital Turntable' transport, which also uses a similar Pioneer mechanism. Had loads of other makes, but won't change now.
It is impossible for anything digital to sound analogue, because it isn't analogue!