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Who makes half size transports thes days?

Looking to WAF upgrade the living room with half size components due to separate audio room for me now available - yay!!

Who make them new ala MF Xray size or what older ones should I consider??

It will be run into a BenchMark dac to a small fully balanced tube pre to a good small gainclone to Paradigm Studio 40 V 4's or Sig Version 1.s. I am going to use all custom length Signal Cables and maybe a PS Audio Duet for power conditioning.
iggystooge
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reubent
6,935 posts
 
In addition the the Xray, I know of Audionote and possibly Teac/Esoteric.

BTW, a really cool system for WAF is a half size transport connected to a Red Wine Audio Reali-T preamp/DAC/amp (all in one tiny box). The Clari-T amp built into the Reali-T combo requires high efficiency speakers, but it sounds excellent and it is tiny. The reali-T combo box is about the size of a half size CD transport.
aball
2,016 posts
 
For something off the beaten path, there is the Sugden Bijou CDmaster and Audio Analogue Primo. Then there is a balanced, transport-only design called the ISEM eGo Phase 2. It is very cool but hard to find the USA.

Arthur
seandtaylor99
1,262 posts
 
Audio note and Cyrus come to mind, though Cyrus only makes CD players, not transport-only devices (though they're reputed to be very good).

Meridian transports are 2/3 width and very high on the WAF.
sutts
697 posts
 
47 Labs Flatfish
jaybo
4,478 posts
 
cyrus...accept no substitute.
cytocycle
1,043 posts
 
Buy a Slimdevices Squeezebox and have your whole library at your fingertips!
celtic66
1,609 posts
 
Cyrus does make a shoebox transport. Check their website.
restock
831 posts
 
Apple Mac Mini (+HagUSB) - exactly the size you are looking for.
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