Jays Audio cdt2 mk3 burn in and user experiences

bill-k,

I got my CDT2 Mk3 from Tek Audio, thank you for the heads up.

So far I'm thrilled with what I'm hearing. I've only burned it in for 48 hours and it already sounds great.

One odd thing. My DAC is a Berkeley Alpha 3 which is HDCD capable. I realize the Jay's isn't, but neither was the Oppo 203 I was using. But with the Oppo the HDCD signal was recognized and decoded by the Berkeley. With the CDT2 Mk3 the Berkeley doesn't recognize the HDCD signal. All the research I've done indicates that the transport doesn't make any difference with HDCD. As long as the DAC is HDCD capable you should be able to take advantage of it. 

I've asked Jay's about this and am waiting to hear back. Anyone have any ideas? 

Glad to hear you're so pleased with the Jay's transport! You might try contacting Berkeley Audio Design about HDCD recognition, bet they'd know what it takes for their DACs to recognize and decode an HDCD signal.

This was listed in the specifications section of the Jays website.

“** Redbook CD transport only. Doesn't support HDCD/SACD/DSD”

@egrady 

What do you think of the oppo compared to the Jay's transport?

With the Oppo I’m using HDMI, with the Jay’s AES/EBU. In addition, the Jay’s goes directly to my Berkeley whereas the Oppo goes through a GeerFab HDMI converter. Given there are differences, CD’s sound better through the Jay’s. I bought the Jay’s just for CD and I’m thrilled with it.

Regarding HDCD, at the time I bought mine their website didn’t address HDCD. I asked them about it, and I really didn’t think they understood what I was talking about. While they gave me a bunch of double talk, they finally did address it on their website.