I remember that Stereophile talked about that issue several years ago. I can't remember what, if any, conclusions or agreements resulted.
Soaking in pause mode improves CD transport snd?
I've noticed with all the transports I owned or own (all high end), after listening for a while, placing it in the pause mode for a few minutes vastly improves the sound when returning to play. I'm curious if anyone else has noticed the same thing. My present system is a DCS stack.