Personally, I'd go with a higher end older unit as a transport over a cheap newer one. Many of the cheap ones only have toslink out and my preference is coax. Also, you should get a better power supply, better sound dampening and better connections by buying an older unit. Open up a $99 special and compare it to a 10 year old unit and you will see the quality difference.
What CD drive to use with DAC?
I just purchased a Cambridge DacMagic. So to play CDs, is all I need is something to spin the disk, read the ones and zeros and send them to the DAC? Or is there more to it than that? My old CD player does not have digital out. So do I just get the cheapest CD player I can find with digital out? If so, any recommendations? As I am somewhat ditially impaired, so please be gentle with your responses.