newbie help with speakers and cd players


Hello and thanks for reading this post. I guess I'll ask my easy question first... What exactly is the difference between a CD player and a transport? Now, for my next question (Please be gentle as I'm currently unable to afford Tube based Amps and $5000 Speakers :)...I recently purchased a Harman Kardon AVR55 Receiver and am looking for a good set of speakers to run on it. The models I'm currently looking at are as follows : Snell Acoustics E-5, Mission 773, KEF Q75, Paradigm Legend, and Klipsch SF-2. Also, any input on the reciever would be nice too..btw I paid $179 for it. Thanks for the input
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dint ewe have this thread in another topic? re: speakers, there were a pair of thiel 3.5's adwertized here for $650 - yer receiver may not have enuff grunt to drive 'em (they're not wery efficient, & they're rated at 4 ohms), but yule have a hard time getting better sound for the money. *and*, they're full-range - an honest 20h-20kh, +/-2db...
thiel's *are* notoriously revealing, but are *not* difficult to system-match. which means that a mid-fi receiver *won't* be the best match for them but, i *still* say thiel 3.5's can't be beat, for $650 if the receiver has enuff grunt. *and* when the source/amps can be upgraded, yule have something still worthy... ;~) doug