DON'T Buy a CD Transport, Player, or All-in-One Unit Until You Watch This!

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• BI

  @billthestinker · 4 months ago

  I live in a van down by the river and still use my Walkman

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• JA

  @jamesmachado8874 · 6 months ago

  I hope people don't think this video is giving good advice.

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• JO

  @josegallardos4265 · 3 months ago

  I bought a used and old Kenwood  at a  yard sale for $10 dollars and it sounds good!!! Lol.

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• GR

  @gregstewart7288 · 3 months ago

  This video was extremely helpful and informative! I no longer have any desire to upgrade my music listening experience!

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• RI

  @richardwalley2862 · 4 months ago

  So these are the people they warned me about

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• AD

  @Adibarum · 6 months ago

  You do not need to spend anywhere near the amount of money for a good quality CD player or any other audio component that will extract every ounce of digital/analogue goodness of your chosen format as you are reffereing to even on your "budget friendly" $1200 model..yes there are people out there that will spend outrageous amounts of money on components, speaker cables, Inteconnects etc for a 1% gain overall that 95% of people wont even be able to hear,..if you have $3000 cd player then you need all your other components to match quality wise and then before you know its you have spent $15000 just to listen to music, which is somethin you really do not need to do uless you have money to burn

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• JG

  @jgor8855 · 5 months ago

  High performance,  low cost option. Shanling ET3 CD Transport, with a Fiio K13 R2R Dac. Sounds incredible for $1000 USD total.

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• 1D

  @1donjuego · 6 months ago

  If a DAC, fed by a transport, needs anything special to prevent jitter then it is a very crappy DAC.  Any good DAC fills a decent sized buffer and the effective source file is in the buffer. All timing handled by the DAC.

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• DO

  @domfjbrown75 · 6 months ago (edited)

  LaserDisc players make EXCELLENT transports :) As do the Pioneer stable platter jobbies. I also use a Nail CD5/Hicap as I love the tactile process of putting a CD on. Love the fully manual drawer lol :)

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• IN

  @inspector4133 · 6 months ago

  You don't need a standalone DAC if your amp has a DAC. Or, you can use the integrated amp's DAC and use a CD player as a transport if you it has a digital (optical, coax) output. If it's a high quality integrated amp, like Advance Paris, a transport is a good option. No external DAC needed. It's even better than most of the Rotel CD players. You should give folks ALL their options.

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• BR

  @brimar4298 · 6 months ago

  The most important element is that important burn-in time for CDs. I personally use matches.

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• DY

  @dylanmenzies3973 · 3 months ago (edited)

  Big up Cambridge Audio for high quality at way lower price. Quality falls off rapidly as you get into this price range.

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