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CD transport - newbie advice sought

Posted by psgary on May 5, 2024 at 10:39:09:
For the first time in my life I'm contemplating using a DAC and transport. It turns out that there might be room on my audio rack for both.

With a self-imposed limit on cost, I was looking at the Cambridge Audio CXC v2. Any thoughts?

Are there any other transports in that price range, say under $1000, worth buying?

Or would it be better to use the digital output on my Rotel CD11 Tribute and put the extra money into a DAC? Is a dedicated transport really that much better than the digital out of a CD player?

By the way, I still can hardly believe how good the CD11 Tribute is. Bought as a stop gap player after my Cary 303/300 died, it has bested the Cary in almost every area.

Would I be better off buying a higher priced CD player and using the digital out on that?

So many questions . . .

Thanks for any comments.