Looking for suggestions for a <$3K CD transport

[nicoff]

To the OP:
Find a used Oppo 95 and use it as a transport, or better yet, get rid of your current DAC and use the Oppo 95 DAC function as well!
See link to a review

OPPO BDP-95 Review (Blu-ray/DVD/SACD/CD Player)

Hello everyone, This is a review and measurements of the OPPO BDP-95 Blu-Ray, DVD, SACD, CD player and transport. It is on a kind loan from a friend who wanted to know how it performs. Sorry for the dark image, I did not manage to do better than that. OPPO BDP-95 - Presentation Released...

www.audiosciencereview.com

 

[JDC]

A dedicated CD transport brings no advantage over streaming.

I hear ya, but I'm not a streamer yet.
Maybe it's silly and I should jump into the streaming world.
- But I'm old and I love my DAC.

 

[JDC]

To the OP:
Find a used Oppo 95 and use it as a transport, or better yet, get rid of your current DAC and use the Oppo 95 DAC function as well!
See link to a review

OPPO BDP-95 Review (Blu-ray/DVD/SACD/CD Player)

Hello everyone, This is a review and measurements of the OPPO BDP-95 Blu-Ray, DVD, SACD, CD player and transport. It is on a kind loan from a friend who wanted to know how it performs. Sorry for the dark image, I did not manage to do better than that. OPPO BDP-95 - Presentation Released...

www.audiosciencereview.com

Thank you very much for your reply, but I can't get rid of my current DAC. It sounds great and I like tubes..

 

[JDC]

Anyway, thanks all. I would have bought something by now but I've been traveling too much the past few months. I don't want something expensive sitting on the front stoop collecting rain while I'm away..

 

[Randy Myers]

Anyway, thanks all. I would have bought something by now but I've been traveling too much the past few months. I don't want something expensive sitting on the front stoop collecting rain while I'm away..

I have been into semi-high-end audio for 40+ years but do not enjoy streaming either. I do love my digital setup and copy all of my digital albums to my PC server. I recently sold my Oppo because I no longer have a need of ripping my SACDs and found that it had sat in my rack for almost a year without being listened to. Every silver disc I get is ripped to the server, and I have all the SACDs I need (ripped to my server). Moving forward I purchase my digital albums from places like HDTracks and DSD albums from NativeDSD. Along with vinyl I feel I am well supplied with music and have a difficult enough time choosing what to play. I do not have a need of the selections available on streaming services, at a lower quality standard than what I currently have. Also, the Oppo DAC was very good, but my separate DAC is far superior.