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Re: CD and Non-disc Transports, What's the Effin' deal?
« Reply #50 on: January 30, 2013, 07:06:13 AM »
Whelp, Oppo's going back.  Facerolled by a 14 year old Denon via monoprice Coax.  Optical couldn't quite hang versus coax either in my current test configuration.
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Re: CD and Non-disc Transports, What's the Effin' deal?
« Reply #51 on: February 06, 2013, 07:55:53 AM »
Anyone know of any Cambridge Audio transports not breaking?
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Re: CD and Non-disc Transports, What's the Effin' deal?
« Reply #52 on: February 06, 2013, 06:04:12 PM »
What is the use of paying $1k for a CD player that both only acts as a transport, and plays only redbook discs that many people consider inferior?
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Re: CD and Non-disc Transports, What's the Effin' deal?
« Reply #53 on: February 06, 2013, 06:50:19 PM »
'Many people' are pretty stupid, not a good metric. 


Sounds better than a shit cd player w/ crappy parts and engineering.  Are you the only person with all your music on DSD?  I didn't know every album ever released had already been remastered in DSD.  I have some DXD discs I can play on a normal CD player that sounds better than most DSD recordings/mastering.



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Re: CD and Non-disc Transports, What's the Effin' deal?
« Reply #54 on: February 06, 2013, 07:03:54 PM »
I think he means inferior to higher rez PCM (or maybe vinyl) rather than something like DSD.


Simplest answer is lots of people have thousands of CD's, and as an analog device parts/build does matter more than something purely in the digital realm.  I think the players that buffer to memory and thus play without error are the way to go and are often pretty cheap to boot.
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Re: CD and Non-disc Transports, What's the Effin' deal?
« Reply #55 on: February 06, 2013, 07:41:55 PM »
I know the Cantata buffers. Any other good ones to look out for?
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Re: CD and Non-disc Transports, What's the Effin' deal?
« Reply #56 on: February 06, 2013, 07:47:36 PM »
Quote from: lmswjm on February 06, 2013, 07:41:55 PM
I know the Cantata buffers. Any other good ones to look out for?


Used PWT's go pretty cheap on Audiogon and USAM.
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Re: CD and Non-disc Transports, What's the Effin' deal?
« Reply #57 on: February 06, 2013, 08:54:35 PM »
I have a Denon 2910 that while sounds pretty good, the tray/motor/belt might be broken. I bought it for $60 on ebay. Is there a way to pop out the tray without screwing things up?

Not off-topic, it is a cd player huehuehuiehueheue
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Re: CD and Non-disc Transports, What's the Effin' deal?
« Reply #58 on: February 06, 2013, 11:11:27 PM »
Quote from: BlackenedPlague on February 06, 2013, 06:04:12 PM
What is the use of paying $1k for a CD player that both only acts as a transport, and plays only redbook discs that many people consider inferior?


IMO there isn't much of one. A few years ago back when computer audio was pretty much shit yes, but now, I would be more inclined to spend a similar amount on a DIY server or something like the Auraliti... provided one has a good USB DAC or converter.

The vast majority of my music is (unfortunately) Redbook, but EAC ripped FLAC versions are as good as the originals, other than perhaps on mega priced transports in which I have no interest. The sooner the CD is gone for good, the better. I'm trying to convince bands to start considering two releases per album - one at least 24/48 with full dynamics for folks like me, and an iTunes or MP3 version, brickwalled if they want, for everyone else. If you use something like Bandcamp and cut out the CD entirely, that's easy to do.
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Re: CD and Non-disc Transports, What's the Effin' deal?
« Reply #59 on: February 06, 2013, 11:53:28 PM »
Quote from: BlackenedPlague on February 06, 2013, 08:54:35 PM
I have a Denon 2910 that while sounds pretty good, the tray/motor/belt might be broken. I bought it for $60 on ebay. Is there a way to pop out the tray without screwing things up?

Not off-topic, it is a cd player huehuehuiehueheue

Remove the lid and have a look. Usually the entire transport mechanism unit (tray, laser, motor, belt, digital board) can be removed. Then further disassembled.
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