I have the cdt 8 and love it! |
Cdt 8 allows easy DAC upgrade! |
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The nuprime transport is $800. Be sure to read the specs as the cdp 9 has functions you may not need or want. I have the 8, and use the dac10 with it as a pure DAC. Lovely. |
I doubt you could tell the difference using an exterior DAC. |
What didn’t nuprime answer. While it may be moot, I may know. Did you email John Casler in the U.S? The Phillips transport is so fast you can very quickly reach any track. The Phillips transport likely will long outlast the Marantz. It jitter is very low. |
The remote will remain as is, but the codes are now published so any universal can be used.
SRC can be used, or not, and varied up to its ceiling. |
Today, I tried upsampling. Oh, my-everything is in near perfect 3d, with ultra wide and deep soundstage. Wow. |
Bluegrass! Put on Ralph Stanley, he will burn it in!
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It is a Phillips unit, that’s why I bought it. |
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Huh? I think most agree the Jays is superior, and expensive. |
Try the u.s, rep, John Casler. Nuprimeaudio.com. |
This Summer, I finally sold a fully functioning Rotel RCD 990, famous for its out of production Phillips transport. I bought it around 1996 and used it weekly.
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Aren’t all Phillips units out of production? |
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Well, I absolutely love my cdt 8. If it is as you imply, all I can say is that it works like a dream, it loads very fast, and upsampling works very well for me. |
Which, applied here, means....
I absolutely love the cdt 8.
If the transport isn’t a Phillips, it’s fine. Soon, the used market will be flooded, should I need another transport.
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Well, your basic assumption is that people will want them repaired. This is a declining truth. |
You impute beliefs to me I don’t hold and confuse the issue. Cd is a dying and soon to be dead medium. At its height, of course more owners would want devices repaired, but as the medium dies, owners will decline and lose interest in repairs. This is not metaphysics. |
Or, more likely cd transports and players will decline in numbers and the parts will simply sit on eBay.
Meanwhile, I’m enjoying my cdt 8 pro and dac10. |
I have a node 2 streamer and a huge cd collection that I will not sell.
my personal preferences are entirely separable from the market trend. |
Yes, and few turntables got repaired. QED |
Well, the guy seems thorough. I absolutely love mine with my dac10, so much that I’ve ordered an evo DAC! |
