CD Transport recommendation

fredtam

I just acquired Jeff Rowland Aeris Dac, looking for a good CD transport, any recommendation ?

CKKeung

fredtam hing,

What's your budget & other hifi components?
What's your music/sound taste?
What's your preference: front-loading or top-loading; coaxial/BNC/AES/ST&T outputs...

fredtam

CKKeung 發表於 2012-1-20 07:59
fredtam hing,

What's your budget & other hifi components?

Dear CK,
Thanks for your response.
My budget is no more than USD8K
I am using Jeff Rowland Aeries with Modwright KWA100SE, but going to get Rowland 625 by April.
Speaker is Wilson Audio Sophia 3.
I am now using both Accuphase DP-77 and a very old Wadia 23 as transport.
Music : classical : Chamber music and opera; jazz + Chinese music
thanks again and looking forward to your recommendation.

racewong

fredtam 發表於 2012-1-20 12:34
Dear CK,
Thanks for your response.
My budget is no more than USD8K

係咪一定要有SACD?

如CDT既話, 暫時我聽過最靚聲既CDT只有ESO P-0s.

CKKeung

Hi Fredtam 兄,

IMHO Jeff Rowland Aeris Dac's character is 清麗幼細 so I would suggest a CD transport with high dynamics & punchiness to pair with it.

Why not getting a Wadia 571 which exactly fits your budget of US$8k?

fredtam

racewong 發表於 2012-1-20 12:46
係咪一定要有SACD?

如CDT既話, 暫時我聽過最靚聲既CDT只有ESO P-0s.

Dear Racewong,
thanks for your input.
No need to have SACD as I don't think the DAC can decode SACD anyway.
Will look into ESO P-0 then.

fredtam

CKKeung 發表於 2012-1-20 12:58
Hi Fredtam 兄,

IMHO Jeff Rowland Aeris Dac's character is 清麗幼細 so I would suggest a CD transpor ...

Dear CK,
Is Wadia the new one can play FLAC files ? Can it play DVD data file or just CD ?
I do like Wadia's product as I am still keeping the old Wadia 23.
Will have to arrange audition then.
Thank you.

CKKeung

fredtam 發表於 2012-1-20 13:08
Dear CK,
Is Wadia the new one can play FLAC files ? Can it play DVD data file or just CD ?
I do li ...

Hi Fred,
If you want the transport to be so versatile and can play various files/formats, you may consider MSB's Universal Media Transport.  It again suits your budget and can have future power-supply unit upgrade.
http://www.msbtech.com/products/universal.php?Page=platinumHome
http://www.ultraaudio.com/index. ... eviews&Itemid=2

fredtam

Thanks CK,
I do not need universal drive, the reason why I asked for DVD playability was because the Wadia claims to be able to play FLAC files, that's why I was wondering if they can play FLAC files being stored in DVD instead of CD.
While for MSB, my humble opinion is it's transport will only shine with MSB DAC which I tried it at home and the bass is just too overwhelming with my room set up. No disrespect to MSB, just my room and set up don't do well with this and that's why I decided to go for Aeries.
Will explore the Wadia to see what happened then.
Thanks again for your input and wish you a healthy and fruitful year of dragon.

nagramen

May consider AA Drive II

fredtam

nagramen 發表於 2012-1-21 00:21
May consider AA Drive II

Thanks Nagramen.
I am not too familiar with AA, will have to check further then.

bergkamp0828

besides eso P-0s, you may also consider P-0s vuk (with dual aes upsampling to 176.4khz) or p-70, which I am currently using. You can easily get one in Japan for hkd2xk. Comes with former flagship VRDS transport, word clock in/out, upsampling to 88.2/176.4khz .... at this price you may save the rest of the $$ to get a word clock or even a different Dac....

a link for your reference, cheers!
http://www.hifido.co.jp/KWesoter ... C11-60932-21350-00/