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Old used high end transport vs new same price ?

Im seeking for a good transoprt to use with my Forsell DAC or my incoming Audiomeca DAC (I keep the best). For about 4000USd I can have a new Mephisto IIX or Accustic Art drive 1 or ca 10 years old, once really expensive transports, like Forsell, Jadis 1 or ML 31.5. Unfortunatly I cant test them myself in my system. Which is the way to go?
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jwaugh
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I personally would err on the side of a very high quality older transport like the 31.5, Jadis, CEC, Oracle etc if I were you - as long as it is not from the very early stages of digital. Just my $0.02, but the concepts of a well-isolated CD transport were pretty well established including attention to power supplies and jitter, though both have improved. I would go for the typically higher build quality and tweak from there. In that range, you should do pretty well either way, though. I would suggest that you talk to people as you narrow down the list to particular units, though, since there are a few to avoid from rumors...

I'm sure people will have a bunch of specific transports for you to consider...

Best of luck!
Jacob
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