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In Reply to: RE: What's the Best CD/DVD player from the past to be used as CD transport? posted by Ki Choi on February 04, 2017 at 11:12:58
My trusty Classe CDP 1 which I had been using as a transport for years recently died terminally,parts no longer available. I replaced it with a Cambridge CXC TRANSPORT and I'm pleasantly surprised. In keeping what others have said,it's. Probably the DAC that's more important today within reason.That said, I can't tell any difference in the sound of my system between this $500 transport and my multi-thousand CDP from 20 years ago. This is despite the fact that the old unit had an AES/EBU interface and the new unit has only an RCA jack.
Given that CD's are largely a dead end medium.this relatively inexpensive solution was very attractive.
Edits: 02/05/17 02/05/17Follow Ups:
Does the Cambridge transport allow for progamming tracks with the remote?
Thanks for the info, Batman. I was considering that unit, but my listening habits require programming capability.
Turns out my 20 year old rotel remote operates the Cambridge, suggesting an off the shelf remote mechanism, and that it might not be difficult to find a 3rd party programmable remote for the CXC, which is a really good transport.
Edits: 02/14/17
No, just randomly play individual tracks.
The one thing I don't like about the unit is the remote. It's designed to control other CX series components so it has buttons for CX SERIES amplifiers, receivers, and DVD players so it has many more buttons than I need to control the transport. But that's kinda normal for today's electronics so I'll live with it.
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