It's really just zeroes and ones, right? Better transports provide more stable platforms and better read capability. A very knowledgable friend with an EE degree who competently builds his own tube gear was not a believer of this until I sold him my modified CEC 2000 transport which is the most analogue he's ever heard. He was shocked at the difference. Much smoother and detailed than anything he had owned, so it is real.
What is the benefit of a good transport?
I'm trying to understand the role of the transport - i.e., what does it need to do and what differentiates one from another? How old is too old when it comes to used transports? I know it reads the disc, but I don't really get how one is different than another. Thanks for any advice.