Which Transport for Rega Dac?

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i am currently using my pioneer blu-ray player as a transport to my rega dac and it does a very good job, only thing is it is a bit slow loading/skipping ect.. and i was wondering if buying a cheap second hand cd player off e-bay would be a solution, there are so many great cd player/transports out there its hard to know which way to go.

I was thinking of buying a high end player from yester-year and using it as a dedicated transport, now all i need is a short list!

I would like to spend no more than £200 and for that i would like a bombproof cd player with top specs/mechs if possible..

Any ideas???

 

[Inter_Voice]

I am afraid there are not too many choices even 2nd handed for a decent transport under 200 quits

 

[Al ears]

Cannot name specific models but I would look out for any Sony / Pioneer / Teac player only make sure that which ever laser mechanism they use is still available to buy today!

 

[Anonymous]

Hi, I would suggest considering buying a laptop (you can probably buy a decent new one on sale for that kind of money) and use that as a transport. If you upload all your CDs onto it in Lossless format you wont get any degradation in quality from a CD player and the convenience of being able to use a media player such as iTunes or J River Media Center, Foobar etc to select a track to play is great. You can achieve bitperfect playback easily (the music file playback is unaffected by the laptop's processing card) and with near instant access to any song of your choosing. You can also get a remote function if you have an iPhone, iPad or iTouch.

I would never go back to a CD player personally.

 

[nopiano]

I have never tried this combo, but I'd be tempted by a TEAC vrds model, as they are repairable, and indeed the transport is used in top machines like the Scarlatti.

There is only one on uk ebay for £300 right now but you might get lucky at around your budget.

 

[plastic penguin]

i am currently using my pioneer blu-ray player as a transport to my rega dac and it does a very good job, only thing is it is a bit slow loading/skipping ect.. and i was wondering if buying a cheap second hand cd player off e-bay would be a solution, there are so many great cd player/transports out there its hard to know which way to go.

I was thinking of buying a high end player from yester-year and using it as a dedicated transport, now all i need is a short list!

I would like to spend no more than £200 and for that i would like a bombproof cd player with top specs/mechs if possible..

Any ideas???

Funny you should mention this: Last week I spoke to my usual dealer about the new Rega Apollo-R. Amongst other things we discussed, the subject got onto DACs. Told him I recently heard the original Apollo and he said my Arcam 73 would be as good as the Apollo (original) as a pure transport with the Rega DAC.

Whether that's just sales spew or not I couldn't say TBH. Certainly the Arcam has fabulous build, looks nice - and I would guess - would be a decent uplift in SQ over a Blu-ray player.

 

[ID.]

Funny you should mention this: Last week I spoke to my usual dealer about the new Rega Apollo-R. Amongst other things we discussed, the subject got onto DACs. Told him I recently heard the original Apollo and he said my Arcam 73 would be as good as the Apollo (original) as a pure transport with the Rega DAC.

Whether that's just sales spew or not I couldn't say TBH. Certainly the Arcam has fabulous build, looks nice - and I would guess - would be a decent uplift in SQ over a Blu-ray player.

I'd read that it's meant to be a decent transport

http://www.lampizator.eu/lampizator/REFERENCES/ARCAM%20CD73/Arcam%20Diva%20CD73.html

 

[Anonymous]

i am currently using my pioneer blu-ray player as a transport to my rega dac and it does a very good job, only thing is it is a bit slow loading/skipping ect.. and i was wondering if buying a cheap second hand cd player off e-bay would be a solution, there are so many great cd player/transports out there its hard to know which way to go.

I was thinking of buying a high end player from yester-year and using it as a dedicated transport, now all i need is a short list!

I would like to spend no more than £200 and for that i would like a bombproof cd player with top specs/mechs if possible..

Any ideas???

Funny you should mention this: Last week I spoke to my usual dealer about the new Rega Apollo-R. Amongst other things we discussed, the subject got onto DACs. Told him I recently heard the original Apollo and he said my Arcam 73 would be as good as the Apollo (original) as a pure transport with the Rega DAC.

Whether that's just sales spew or not I couldn't say TBH. Certainly the Arcam has fabulous build, looks nice - and I would guess - would be a decent uplift in SQ over a Blu-ray player.

he is right, there would be no difference between the apollo and arcam except the appearance, sound wise they would be the same or as near as damm it.

I do like the arcams and would consider buying one, ive got the itch to buy something and as usuall there is nothing about when you have the money..and everything around when you don't!

my dealer told me to save my money and buy £200 quids worth of music..i think he has a point!

 

[Anonymous]

ok itch well and truely scratched for now, i just got 2 purple 1m chord powercords for £46 each with free shipping..

and still got change for some music!

Happy days

 

[Anonymous]

i had a little bit left and saw a nice example of a Cambridge audio azur 640C V2 cd player in black, and before i knew it i had pulled the trigger on it, delivery monday

should do the trick...