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I hate seeing the CD disappearing in the drawer in order to be played ,, and to my knolege ,,only one CD player maker " Ancient Audio " from Poland who makes a top loading CD player "without cover" ,, do you know any other manufacturer who does the same ?,, I am not talking about top loading only ,, I am talking about top loading without covering the CD ,, it is a pleasure for me to watch the CD spinning ,, this reminds me the turnetable ,,
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Both their ZZ8 and Wizard spin their cds in open air.
Try the Raysonic cd-128. It uses a small (about 1 1/2") magnetic puck to clamp the cd and then a clear plexiglass cover overall (but only if you want to use it. I never use it and the puck is not obvious. Hope this helps Bob
Glass lid.Small clamp.
Relatively unimpeded view of the CD spinning around and around.
Hours of fun.
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Shanling CD T-100 CD player....(The player has ASRC, but it's defeatable.)
Some nicer ones even have digital outputs (usually optical)... so you could use it as a transport to feed a nice dac.Only thing is, you'd have to figure out how to defeat the switch that tells the circuitry that the cover is open/closed. Should be rather easy to do!
it can be programmed to be translucent.
Krell kps25s.
Too bad, the original *star* clamp was a lot cooler than the pancake one shown in the pix.
This doesn't fit the toploading criteria but the Aiwa XC-37M is a cd changer that had a (6 inch X 6inch) window on top that let see the spinning cd. The cd isn't in the center of the window, you can see a good portion of the spinning cd. You can view a lit clamping system that was slightly angled.I don't know if is still made but I see them on ebay. (There are 3 currently (March 23, 2007))
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47 Labs offers a nice industrial looking CD transport with the CD spinning completely exposed:
Also, Rega CD players have a window that shows the CD spinning.
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But the new Bel Canto e.One Series CD-2 player appears to be a top loader with the CD exposed. Use the link below and go to page 8.Gerry
CEC TL51XZ and XR are both top loaders with glass covers, making CD watching easy and fun for the whole family.
I am very curious about 51XR (see topic above) at 1200 USD from China. I would appreciate if you could share your views about it.
The Audio Aero Capitole also has a window in the cover so you can see the disc spinning.
How about this Altmann-like cd-pro based transport? Sounds extremely good with the Altmann DAC of course.
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