New EMM LABS transport

I would say for insurance purposes (Philips failures) at least you know you can get the CDSD fixed if something goes wrong.

Pretty soon the cost will add up to what it cost to buy a new CDSD. Plus the time of being with out the Meitner optical transport if something went wrong. With all the failures (although mine never gave me problems) it was an easy decision to make the switch.

I hope the person who I sold my Philips to has the same performance with it as I did.

Michael

The new transport is a significant improvement over the Phillips, even straight out of the box. Just received mine.
It was immediately obvious on the Naxos Bruckner 9th that the transport achieves a level of resolution that the Phillips does not. The shimmering strings emerge from a blacker background and with a clarity that was formerly not present, at least to that degree. The brass orchestral sections pack an immense wallop and are more clearly delineated. The bass is much improved.
This is also apparent on Cyrus Chestnut's "You are my Sunshine," where the piano reaches stygian levels of bass with far more decay than the Phillips supplied. In addition, the drums have dynamics and slam that was not present previously.
Similarly, a cut on one of my other favorite CDs, Snoop Dogg's "baby boy," track two, "Just A Man," attains unprecedented levels of clarity; where some lines had been previously somewhat obscure, they are now easy to follow.
In sum, the new transport offers a much smoother, fuller, more detailed, and dynamic presentation.

Gladstone: You had me until Snoop Dogg? :)

It's a marvelous CD. For about a minute! After that...

Gladstone: How 'bout any Eminem on the CDSD ?