EAD-T7000 - If you don't take my word for it, take it from the posters above. The T7000 is far superior to transports costing thousands more. No joke. That damn thing embarrassed quite a few of my high end transports and one box units. Through a Krell DAC in the HTS home theater processor (its the only DAC I had available to make the comparison), the EAD was on par (different - not better or worse) or better than the following one box players played direct/through a preamp: Audiomeca Mephisto II, Audio Aero Capitole, Marantz SA-1, Accuphase 75V, Sony XA777ES, Krell 300CD, Krell 250CD, Sony DVP9000ES, Meridian 508.24, and Electrocompaniet EMC-1 MkII.
The soundstage on the EAD is huge.. The sound is warm, relaxing and inviting... detailed, and dynamic - air transparency... all that! This thing is quite amazing. I wonder what it would sound like with a good DAC? Audionote 4.1x? :)
Unfortunately the T7000 has problems with the tray closing prematurely. If you can find a Theta Data original (not the BASIC) I think it has the same guts as the T7000, doesn't have the tray problem and is still supported by Theta.
Ultimately I sold the EAD because of the tray problems and its quite ugly. I settled for an Audiomeca Mephisto II which was one of the few players in the same league as the EAD.
The soundstage on the EAD is huge.. The sound is warm, relaxing and inviting... detailed, and dynamic - air transparency... all that! This thing is quite amazing. I wonder what it would sound like with a good DAC? Audionote 4.1x? :)
Unfortunately the T7000 has problems with the tray closing prematurely. If you can find a Theta Data original (not the BASIC) I think it has the same guts as the T7000, doesn't have the tray problem and is still supported by Theta.
Ultimately I sold the EAD because of the tray problems and its quite ugly. I settled for an Audiomeca Mephisto II which was one of the few players in the same league as the EAD.