A 'transport' CD DAC. A CD player by any other name, but it's clearly been following what Shanling, SMSL etc have been doing.
Pro-Ject CD taking a leaf from the Chinese
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Versatility is one thing but if you already own a decent DAC, wherever it is, it seems pointless to buy a transport with a DAC built in.....
Not for me as I am still looking for a transport that will also play SACD.
However, it will obviously find a market somewhere.
Question: Don't most modern CD players have a digital out??
And as for £1800??????
Shanling, SMSL make several SACD transports - but your DAC will need to have I2S inputs. That's the norm today. DSD rarely, if at all, is capable via optical/coaxial. Which is why I say I2S should become the new norm for digital inputs. Coax/optical just don't cut it today.
As for the price, they are using a truly custom Redbook CD mechanism engineered by ex-Philips guys, an aluminium chassis, with a top-loading drive. These things alone may not fully the price, but then again look at Lumin streamer prices.
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.Project have offered valve outputs for many a year
Counterpoint , Cal audio labs made them in the 1980s
lampizator , audionote , Sw1dx , Audio research and many others still make them
Counterpoint , Cal audio labs made them in the 1980s
lampizator , audionote , Sw1dx , Audio research and many others still make them
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I hear you and quite agree, however as a CD Transport it sort of leaves me cold.
As a CD player it appears very good.
If you want a transport then buy one. No point in paying out for an inclusive DAC if you don't need it.
I sometimes wonder where this DACs in everything is going....
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How are Pro-Ject taking a leaf out of the books of those other manufacturers? The non-valve version has been out since at least 2019, and the original, also 'CD Transport and DAC' they did, the CD Box RS, came before that too. I want to say 2014.
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It was here too!
And it really is just a transport…
This 1960s-inspired hi-fi product is about to be on every CD fan's Christmas wishlist
The Quad 3CDT transport is yours for £599
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IAG's transport is very hard to beat in my experience. It's quieter than most (actually pretty much silent), and will read almost anything reliably. That's all the transport needs to do - get the 1s and 0s out to the DAC with minimum fuss.
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Note: "high-precision CD mechanism and custom-designed servo control" tells you nothing about who actually manufactured it....
I don't know of any European CD manufacturers that design and byild their own mechanisms.
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IAG's transport is very hard to beat in my experience. It's quieter than most (actually pretty much silent), and will read almost anything reliably. That's all the transport needs to do - get the 1s and 0s out to the DAC with minimum fuss.
Must get rid of my esoteric & buy the superior IAG
22kilos of japanese junk with the cd drawer out can only support a weight of a small child
I don't know of any European CD manufacturers that design and build their own mechanisms.
Pro-Ject Vienna have a interest in Blue Tiger/Suos same used in £30-£50,000 CD players from metronome , gryphon and many others
Must get rid of my esoteric & buy the superior IAG
22kilos of japanese junk with the cd drawer out can only support a weight of a small child
I don't know of any European CD manufacturers that design and build their own mechanisms.
Pro-Ject Vienna have a interest in Blue Tiger/Suos same used in £30-£50,000 CD players from metronome , gryphon and many others
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