Jay's Audio transport

Along with buying a replacement CDM4 /19 I also decided to purchase a back-up disc clamp.  To me, the clamp looks like something I could accidentally drop, sit on, or misplace.  I ended up buying the clamp directly from Jays Audio and Vinshine is sending it.  
Since I was in comunication with Jays I thought I would verify the info for myself, so I asked:

"Thanks for the quick shipping of the clamping disc.
Could you please answer a question. Many potential buyers are afraid the CDM4 laser might break down, at some point, and the buyer won't be able to find a replacement. Because this could be a possibility I purchased a CDM4 /19 replacement laser - just in case.
Did I buy the correct model CDM4? If not, what is the correct model?

Thank you again,
Tim"

The answer from Jays

"Hi Tim,
You're most welcome. The CDM4/19 is the correct laser for CDT2-MK2 :)"


I used the link nonoise supplied in his post above - dated Nov 30, 2018.  My cost with shipping came to $43.58.

@garrard, meet Geoff. Now you understand why he has over 14,000 posts in the Forum. He’s always educating folks. 

@toolbox419: Thank you for your recent post. Great info to have!

celander, I thought he was referring to you. My bad.

I do like what I am reading on this transport and it is a thing of beauty, but why would this transport (or any transport) be better than a decent cd or dvd player with a good drive to read the discs then send that to a good dac? As the transport is feeding a digital signal of 0s and 1s and as long as these are fed correctly to the DAC - and given there is no conversion to analogue - surely it is the dac that is the determining factor?