CDROM：The cheapest CD transport with great sound

[jeffery8341]

I know there are many people talk about 2nd handed CDROM as transport before, but I want to mention again, because the price is DAMN CHEAP and the sound is DAMN GOOD.

1.The CDROM must have playback bottom on front panel


2.The CDROM must have digital(spdif) output on rear panel, remember, don't use the analog output.


Sony' Asus' Benq 52x cdrom are both good choice.

3.In order to have great sound, you must have a great power supply, and the best power supply is the power supply in the 5.25" SCSI external box, the SCSI or IDE interface is useless here, so tear all interface apart.


4.Put the CDROM into the box and connect the power source, the following step is most important, there is a pair of RCA jack on rear panel, use one of them as the digital output (coaxial).





It cost me only USD$10 to have this CDROM transport, but the digital sound is much better then my Marantz CDP.

[SoNic_real_one]

The sound will not be decent, because those drives cannot play data at 1x speed properly. Audio signal with no controller, no buffer, will have a VERY high amount of jitter.
It was 1995 when I did try it the first time, with a CLV drive (with less than 12x maximum speed) and still sucked... You can find now exclusivelly Zone-CAV drives.

PS: That plastic think that you press on it is called "button", not "bottom".

[erin]

Originally Posted by SoNic_real_one

PS: That plastic think that you press on it is called "button", not "bottom".

PS: That thing you press is actually a thing not a think.

[oshifis]

Think pink

[paul_peraic]

Originally Posted by erin

PS: That thing you press is actually a thing not a think.

No that think is not a thing or a button but an actuator