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CD transports

I recently started running my CD player ( Luxman D380) through my external DAC and have found a significant sonic improvement.  I wonder if I would achieve further improvement in sound quality if I traded in the Luxman and bought a dedicated CD transport ( price range 3-4 K ).

Has anyone gone down that rabbit hole?

mdrone
mofojo
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If your going up to 4K I would be looking at the Pro-ject flagship. 

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fuzztone
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Love the P-J RS2 T CD.

You can still get it for ~$2500 delivered.

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jasonbourne52
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Save your money! Any competently-designed player/transport (including DVD) will work just as well as a high-priced transport. Digital is not like analog where more costly turntables sound better. Bits are bits! The old analog ideas do not apply to digital! I use a secondhand JVC DVD player into a DAC with excellent results. 

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jasonbourne52
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Confirmation bias increases with price! 

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jasonbourne52
2,863 posts
 

Keep and use your Luxman CD player as a transport until the laser gets too weak to read a disc. Then toss it or buy a replacement laser pickup. Me, I'll just keep buying cheap secondhand DVD players.

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