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People used to speak highly of machines that used the Pioneer stable drive transport, like the PD-65, but they are getting a little scarce I think.
The Enlightened Audio Designs (EAD) machines used stable platters as well.
..Belt drives are technically wrong and total marketing hype. That works in turntables, not optical, digital drives. There is nothing to isolate in a digital system but you from your wallet...
The used Sony S7700 and S7000 DVD players look like good candidates.
Thanks for all the suggestions,The reasons why I don't want to heavily invest in digital playback are:1. Unknown future of SACD, DVDa, etc. (Seems like very few SACD/DVDa re-releases are much better than the CD versions, and even fewer new releases are of music that I'm particularly taken with.)2. Relatively rapid advances in transport/DAC technology. (I'm too cheap to see my expensive stuff blown away by stuff for 1/5 the cost 5 years later.)3. The promise of audio PCs. (I'm still wai ...
Doug, I've heard that Aiwa 5 disc changer before(DrPhoto's). IMO with a coax digital output, it sucked as a transport.With Stan Warren's optical output mod and his seemingly proprietary optical cable, it was Very Very nice as a transport. I hope you have a Stan Warren modded one. Don't know how you would hook it to the D/IO though. I heard it with a Stan Warren modded MSB.
Doug S.,My pockets aren't all that deep to want to spend $2K for transport and DAC. icon_redface.gif The benchmark would also serve as my preamp in a dedicated CD system. And as I'd hoped, good used transports such as the Sony S7700 or S7000 are available for around $200 that can be modded later on to provide even better performance.BTW I have a pair of single driver speakers that are rated 25 - 20,000 Hz in room and am seriously considering chip amp monoblocks (again extremely simple designs). And I'm building a house with a dedicated (and hopefully properly designed) sound room. Note that designing insulation, isolation, and proper room proportions up front cost about $800 extra.So for $1200 what I'd have in effect is a very good CD player in a very simple system (saving on a pair of analog interconnects and a pre-amp).IMO not getting the source "right" is a big mistake. If the foundation of the house is "off" you'll fight it throughout the rest of the construction and well beyond.