Open CD player design


Anyone with experience with players spinning cd's in the open (Ancient Audio, Isem, 47Labs et.al.), have you noticed sonic, mechanical or operating advantages or drawbacks or is it really merely a reminiscence of playing vinyl, nothing gained, nothing lost?
Thanks in advance.
karelfd

Showing 1 response by kgturner

i owned the 47 labs shigaraki combo for almost two years and never "dusted" the lens mechanism. i had no issues at all with the combo. i still use the dac, but i sold the transport in favor of my SB3.

the SB3 didn't outperform the shigaraki transport, but i could not honestly tell the difference between the two. my motto is, if two components sound the same, keep the cheaper and sell the pricier.