New Ruark cd transport - R-CD100

[Al ears]

Good news! Ruark and Arcam can share my Award for Under-Developed CD Player of 2024 now!

It makes you wonder if anyone ever actually tried one at home. Unbelievable!

I would agree as they are obviously designed to work in partnership with the likes of the R410 it would seem their QC regime is rather lacking....

 

[manicm]

Good news! Ruark and Arcam can share my Award for Under-Developed CD Player of 2024 now!

It makes you wonder if anyone ever actually tried one at home. Unbelievable!

The Arcam CD5 has been fixed via firmware - it now does gapless. On the other hand the way more expensive Emotiva CD player does not do gapless.

I agree, it's unacceptable from a testing point of view to let products slip into production like this.

 

[plastic penguin]

To be fair they are not reknown for anything vaguely hifi, if you bought a 610 why would you then want a CD transport??

Ruark used to make cracking hi-fi speakers. When I heard the Sabre III they sounded great. I preferred them over the ATC SCM11 from the era.

 

[Al ears]

Ruark used to make cracking hi-fi speakers. When I heard the Sabre III they sounded great. I preferred them over the ATC SCM11 from the era.

Indeed, however my comments were directed at what they produce today.

 

[manicm]

To be fair they are not reknown for anything vaguely hifi, if you bought a 610 why would you then want a CD transport??

The 610 requires seperate speakers, and Ruark is veering off their beaten path a bit. So why would you NOT want a CD player? Cambridge did it with the Evo? Marantz does it.

I'm dead sure some 610 buyers would buy a turntable too - a Rega with a nice wood finish plinth would not go amiss.

Your question could actually be why would anyone want a 610??? Because until now Ruark have only been making speaker playback systems, be it internet/DAB/FM radios or whatever.

They've identified a certain segment in their market who wants a bit more flexibility. So now they can choose their own speakers. And the 610 has a built-in phono stage. So again, why not a matching CDP?