Buckingham - the EAD transport you want is the T-7000. That transport plus nearly any decent DAC will smoke many of the one box players people mostly dream of. If you're looking for sheer "analog" magic from digital and have a little money to spend, the T-7000 transport plus an Audio Logic 2400 DAC would be hard to beat, save you tons of money and make the Wadia 301 sound like garbage - provided you have a decent digital cable.
Oh....by the way the Theta DATA II transport is the same mechanisim as the EAD T7000 but Theta still supports that machine. The EAD is a flakey unit and the Laser Disk drawer will close prematurely so you will need to hold it open to put in a CD. This problem isn't found on the Theta DATA II.
Plus for what its worth, EAD was recently purchased by another company.
Oh....by the way the Theta DATA II transport is the same mechanisim as the EAD T7000 but Theta still supports that machine. The EAD is a flakey unit and the Laser Disk drawer will close prematurely so you will need to hold it open to put in a CD. This problem isn't found on the Theta DATA II.
Plus for what its worth, EAD was recently purchased by another company.