I would like to demo some cd transports but don't know many apart from the Cyrus 6SE2, can you suggest any others upto about £800.
...or even find out if there are still any NOS Rega Apollos (pre 'R' version) you could pick up for a discount.stevebrock said:try an Apollo R?? I did and i think it sounds great!
Electro said:What about one of these Little dot transports from china , they use a good Philips mech and seem well built at £224 including postage .
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Little-Dot-CDP-I-CDP-1-CDP1-CD-Transport-with-Remote-Control-digital-display-/180729428720?pt=UK_AudioTVElectronics_HomeAudioHiFi_Amplifiers&hash=item2a14503af0
if you scroll down to the pictures there is a de-constructed one to look at .
They have some good feedback from users on other forums so it might be worth investigating
Electro said:Yes that is the down side of these Chinese products .
Failing that I would recommend any transport or cd player that uses the Philips CD pro 2 mechanism, it is one of the best and most reliable transport mechanisms ever made .
Electro said:No the Philips Cd pro 2 is a top loading mechanism and as far as I know has never been used by Cyrus .
It is usually found in very good quality transports and cd players and commercial players found in recording studio's and even the commercial juke box machines found in pubs etc because it is so reliable and strong .
http://www.armoniahifi.com/EN/CD1.html
http://www.dutchaudioclassics.nl/Philips_cdm12_cdm-Pro/
The Musical fidelity A1 cd pro uses this mech .
http://www.hi-fiworld.co.uk/cd-dvd-blu-ray/62-cd-reviews/189-musical-fidelity-a1-cd.html
BigH said:Thanks for the MF.
Do I need to spend that much? Well that is why I need to try a few to test the difference between a decent transport and my old Marantz 63SE cd player and a Sony Blu-Ray DVD player. It will be going into a DAC either a Rega or Cyrus/Musical Fid. or into an AVI AMD9RSS.
I believe my dealer has both the Cyrus and Musical Fid in stock.
BigH said:I would like to demo some cd transports but don't know many apart from the Cyrus 6SE2, can you suggest any others upto about £800.
grazie said:Brilliant set of links, cheers. I'm very tempted to send some cash in Armonia Hifi's direction.
BigH said:grazie said:Brilliant set of links, cheers. I'm very tempted to send some cash in Armonia Hifi's direction.
Really I gone off the idea of a new cd player, next I will probably buy a BD player.
BigH said:grazie said:Brilliant set of links, cheers. I'm very tempted to send some cash in Armonia Hifi's direction.
Really I gone off the idea of a new cd player, next I will probably buy a BD player.
davedotco said:BigH said:grazie said:Brilliant set of links, cheers. I'm very tempted to send some cash in Armonia Hifi's direction.
Really I gone off the idea of a new cd player, next I will probably buy a BD player.
Have you considered the possibility of moving to computer based music?
A Sonus connect with the Cullen/W4S mods will drive ADMs directly, add a NAS drive and a cheap usb optical disc reader, probably cost under a grand.
davedotco said:BigH said:grazie said:Brilliant set of links, cheers. I'm very tempted to send some cash in Armonia Hifi's direction.
Really I gone off the idea of a new cd player, next I will probably buy a BD player.
Have you considered the possibility of moving to computer based music?
A Sonus connect with the Cullen/W4S mods will drive ADMs directly,
The_Lhc said:davedotco said:BigH said:grazie said:Brilliant set of links, cheers. I'm very tempted to send some cash in Armonia Hifi's direction.
Really I gone off the idea of a new cd player, next I will probably buy a BD player.
Have you considered the possibility of moving to computer based music?
A Sonus connect with the Cullen/W4S mods will drive ADMs directly,
So will an unmodified Sonos Connect...