Advice on CD transport

The Audiolab 6000CDT worked great for me too. Paired with the PS Audio Stellar Strata.

I have several Marantz players which work well as a CD transport.

I recently picked up a used Rega Apollo R and a Woo Audio WTP-1.

The Woo Audio is my first choice as it is a bit more definition than the Marantz
The Rega comes in last due to it being a bit light in the bass

You can get the Rega or the Woo used for around 600

I use the Cambridge CXC. It’s okay. It’s pretty picky. There are various very standard CDs that somehow don’t quite meet red book (I assume that’s the issue) that won’t play on the Cambridge. I think one is Booker Ervin’s The Freedom Book, which is on the Prestige label. It plays on other CD players, including my old car CD player. There are others.

The display is terrible. Totally invisible from the distance at which you’d sit with a remote. And the remote is huge, with only a tiny portion of the buttons working on this unit. The others must be for components I don’t have.

Does the job though, usually.

Bel Canto CDT3 is a transport only.  I  don’t have anything to compare it to but it seems very good and is very basic in operation.  I like the slot loader also.  Might find a used one for around a $1k