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CD players that make for a great transport

For those who have an extensive CD collection, own a quality DAC used for streaming, and occasionally enjoy spinning disks, what current model or recent vintage CD players within a budget of $500-$1000 are noted for having a good transport and quality coax digital output?  
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audiolabyrinthandbirdiemayarecommericalshills
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oros37 posts06-25-2016 6:50pmJVC XL-Z series CDP’s - great transport mechanisms. Bullet proof last forever.
Make great transports can be Picked up for Peanuts.

But hush it is a secrete, how can anything like that be good.
Keep it under your hat before they all get snapped up.
At the prices they go for what you got to loose.
Also sound great as stand alone CDP’s
.+ 1. I used to own an XL-Z1050 for 18 years and it never skipped a beat. It is a very smooth, sophisticated sounding player and has excellent build quality for its price. Because the transport mechanism is smooth and solid & benefits from JVC’s legendary K2 processing, it is cherry ripe for connecting to a good outboard dac.

If looking for this player on the used market, the usual advice applies; look for an example which has no more than 2 owners, ask to see lots of photos from all angles, make sure all original items (incl: the orig shipping box) are included, check the seller’s f’back & use Paypal. I’d also ask for the history of the player & S/N to check when it was sold & to which Distributor.
thecablepro
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McCormack Audio built a CD transport called the SST-1 back in the early to mid 90's. Still competitive sonically with today's gear. This is a very musical unit and exceptionally reliable.
jl35
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As for DVD players, I found the Lexicon RT-20 a great CD transport and the Sony DVP-9000ES not very good...not sure if the RT-10 uses the same transport
grm
72 posts
 
Hi,
I used to own a CAL Audio Delta CD transport feeding my THETA Pro-Basic 3 DAC. The CAL is built like a tank and has 3 separate digital outputs, Balanced, RCA, and Toslink. If there are any out there I'm sure you could get one on the cheap.

By the way, I replaced the above set-up with a Cambridge 840C CDP/DAC and have no regrets and may be another option for you. If you read reviews on the 840C its noted as being a very good CD transport. The 840 has been replaced by the 851, so you can probably pick up an 840 on the cheap as I did. One last option I would like to suggest is a Sony SCD C2000ES 5 disk CD changer. Its my SACD player and of course CD's, it has RCA Coax and Toslink outputs (outputs CD only and mutes when playing back SACD's). Again, it's an older unit you can probably pick up for around $300? It sounds great through my 840C and you can load up 5 disks!
minorl
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For the money, one would be hard pressed to beat the Pioneer Elite BDP-09 player.  It can be used as a player and as a great transport.  It has four internal DACS and I have compared the transport and cd player with many others and with external dacs and it bettered just about every DAC and transport I found.  You can get this used for about $800. 

Also, the Pioneer elite BP95 and 79AVI make great transports. 

Another one is the Pioneer elite DV-09.


The BDP-09 and DV-09 are literally built like bricks.  They are seriously over built and make wonderful transports.

enjoy

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