Any good cheap old/new CDP's out there to act as Transport?

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Hey,
I'm looking for a suitable transport to work with my Monica 2 Dac.
My Wharfedale DVD player isnt up to the job, and the 30seconds load time is irritating.

Are there any Cheap old/new CD Players out there that have a particularly good transport? The Phillips CD723 looks decent enough...

I'm not looking to mod yet, but it may be something I look at in the future.

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I dare somebody somebody smarter than me to answer this... basically because I have axed this question several times without to much response. So come on you old goats.. help a brotha' out.

My limited experience... have a Sony single player and a Pioneer 5 disk. just bought a Panasonic DVD $60 POS that I haven't tried out yet...

My favorite is an AOpen 32X out of a trash pile. Made a decent cable out of the "audio out" pins. Ugly, but I think it's the best sounding.

My $0.02
 
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How do you control the CD-rom drive though?

I'm more looking for a pre-built unit..

I just sold my Arcam 7SE, which was good, but I felt I was wasting it using it as a transport. I've been offered a "vintage" sony player for €20, so I might give that a shot..


Any other opinions?
I've been looking at the Arcam Delta 170/250 & Meridian 200 but they're all mad money.
 
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Are there any Cheap old/new CD Players out there that have a particularly good transport? The Phillips CD723 looks decent enough...
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Most of the older Philips and Marantz players are pretty good as transports. Some are better than others - search the archives. A new clock and SPDIF circuit will work wonders.

The reason the old timers give no answers is because talk drives up the price until they're not cheap anymore!
 
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What are you looking to play? Just cd's and cd-r's or also cd-rw's?

Most older equiptment won't play cd-rw's, but if you're like me its not a problem. That said, I've been very pleased with my Sony cdp ca70es which I got on ebay for $70 used. Its fast, never skips and has a damn good DAC. Its a newer model with optical out, buy maybe you should look at some of the older versions with spdif, I think the build quality on these early ES series players will impress you.
 
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Cheap - ideally less than $50, but I suppose I could go to $100.

I know of an Arcam 6 for sale for about $150, but that is more than I think I need to spend.

I was looking at the CD-63 & CD-67 marantz players - do they have a decent transport stage?

I will probably re-clock whatever I buy in the future, but I'm looking for something reliable and good sounding out of the box!

Getting a DVD player would be handy for the obvious convenience but it's not really an issue.

Chipco - what CD-rom drives have a skip back button?

Mark
 
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This is a little OT but I have been fooling with transports and kind of given up.

I just fired up the Panasonic DVD S29 that I ordered last week ready to admit defeat and disapointment.

Sounds great. Perhaps I will pull the top off and see what's up. It's definitely a good sounding player for sixty bucks. I would recommend it.
 
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