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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote BackinBlack Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 25 Feb 2018 at 2:43pm
Hi Ian,
I'm more than pleased with the CXC. The initial brightness has long since disappeared and it's turned out to be a good reliable player. The apparent brightness may have been due to the almost new interconnects I used then.
I would recommend it, it was certainly an improvement on my old Analoge Audio Maestro player even when used purely as a transport into the Majestic.

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Good to know - thanks.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Aussie Mick Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 25 Feb 2018 at 9:02pm
I bought a CLC TL5 from buysmartjapan.com. The CXC could be had for $700 here in Australia at the time, and shipped to my the CLC cost $1,150. I can thoroughly recommend it as a terrific sounding and reliable transport. There are so few in the market!
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Thanks Mick - food for thought.

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What are the current thoughts on a CD Transport?
Which model s are worth putting on the audition list?
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New CD transports are rare these days but still relevant given all the CDs still in use..
I've used an MF M1 transport for a few years & it has been very good - unfortunately 
no longer made.
The Audiolab 6000CDT has been well reviewed & looks solid & well made.


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When I was looking into a new CD player / Transport a couple of years ago, I was advised by John Sampson (who was rebuilding my MF A1) that the then, unbeatable choice was an Oppo BDP105. quote.... 'Forget everything else.' 

The consensus of those to whom I spoke was this... 

Nothing comes close for a CD player under £2.5k 

If N**m or L**n made this it would retail at around £4.5k they simply can't make the volume which gave Oppo such a price advantage.

JS told me of the numerous 'High End' CD players  he had auditioned and that many were NOT High Fidelity circuits nor performance, Big priced Brand BS, strike a chord?? His own modified MF A3.5CD was for the money 'unbeatable' and that his Oppo BDP105  was a very close second. 

I purchased an ex dem model from a local hifi specialist with full 2yr guarantee as Oppo introduced the 205bdp.

Oppo have now stopped all future disc based players. Obviously this means S/H but I had no problems with mine, which may have done significant service as a demo model. Highly recommended and..... they throw in a BluRay player. Which is Nice.Smile

IMHO I expect soon the usual hi-fi industry response to a now increasingly niche market with silly prices for mid-fi performance. Am I just terribly Cynical.....?  Big smile


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