Transports

[Gadusmorhua]

A few minutes research told me this is another audio can of worms, but nevertheless:

Could I expect to notice a difference between my Marantz 6000 OSE CD player (which I use as a transport) and the Audiolab 6000 CDT transport ?

I've been offered one at a very good price from a friend, but up until now was happy enough with the Marantz, so naturally I am becoming totally eaten up by the idea I may be missing something. Or not .

 

[Roger_A]

A few minutes research told me this is another audio can of worms, but nevertheless:

Could I expect to notice a difference between my Marantz 6000 OSE CD player (which I use as a transport) and the Audiolab 6000 CDT transport ?

I've been offered one at a very good price from a friend, but up until now was happy enough with the Marantz, so naturally I am becoming totally eaten up by the idea I may be missing something. Or not .

As it's from a friend could you not ask to try it out perhaps with a commitment to buy if you consider it gives a worthwhile improvement?

 

[Dave_]

Could I expect to notice a difference between my Marantz 6000 OSE CD player (which I use as a transport) and the Audiolab 6000 CDT transport ?

No.

 

[darch]

I use my blu-ray player as a transport via coax to a Topping E50 DAC, a reveiwer in a HI-FI magazine claimed his blu-ray player had better error corection than his CD player, true or not I don't know, but having moved some of my stuff around I'm thinking of trying my CD/SACD player as transport to see if I notice any difference. Dave

 

[Revolutions]

FWIW, I had a cheap NAD cd player connected to the amp as a transport. When I replaced it with the Cambridge audio cd transport it definitely sounded better to me.

 

[matthewpianist]

No.

Seconded.

 

[Gadusmorhua]

As it's from a friend could you not ask to try it out perhaps with a commitment to buy if you consider it gives a worthwhile improvement?

Unfortunately he's in London and I'm in Wales, and i get the impression he would like to move it on so he has the cash for his upgrade.

 

[Gadusmorhua]

Seconded.

From my research it seems equally divided between the 'get yourself a Lidl CDP' or the 'audiophile transport'.

 

[Gadusmorhua]

FWIW, I had a cheap NAD cd player connected to the amp as a transport. When I replaced it with the Cambridge audio cd transport it definitely sounded better to me.

When I changed from a Marantz 52 to 6000 OSE (for the digital outputs) I wasn't sure if I could hear a difference, but when I gave the old one away it sounded inferior.
Without a doubt, better players read discs and correct better, I'm hoping a transport sounds better. I hadn't even thought about it until his offer, but it isn't a huge sum to find out for myself, and I guess my Marantz won't go on forever.