A decent upgrade for CD transport

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At the moment I'm using transport+DAC combo with intergrated amp and a pair of bookshelves. I have come to realise that the transport is just as important as DAC. I know some of you may want to get technical about the jitter issue, that's why i bought CEC 51xr to function purely as a transport, it's a top loading with a heavy puck, belt drive technology, my DAC is NOS MHDT Havana(a tubed DAC) which I intend to keep as I'm really into NOS sound but can't afford Audio Note. My intergrated amp is Plinius 8200mk2, which drives a pair of Spendor(SP2/3R)

The sound is quite musical, organic and smooth, but when listening to rock or electronic music it lacks a bit of edge.

My question is should I take the amp route or transport? I think apart from the jitter theory, every component plays a part in travelling the signal, those of you who are familiar with the Spendor speakers, they're not the last words in detail, i just wanna get a better balance without losing that musical and organic sound. A better CDP which emphasises more on detail but not all mid range? I'm thinking Roksan Caspian 2 (as transport), here's what i fancy, clean and defined bass, with realistic timbre, and smooth high. Not sure if I'm on the right track. Thank you all in advance.

andy

 

[Anonymous]

mac music server plus lavry or similar dac cuts out the transport and most of the jitter

 

[IJ]

Just sitting here trying to imagine what a musical organic sound sounds like.

For me i think a speaker change would give me a better option to change the edge/sound rather than the transport.

 

[a91gti]

Altho a lot of fuss is made about the belt drive in your transport a few corners were cut elsewhere in production. It may be that a replacement would yield better results.