Selling my beloved CD player. This was the final CD transport to me.
I have had quite many transports before this one, including other Sony's like newer top of the line, Esoteric, Wadia, etc. I have had this for about 2 years. This was honestly the first and the only time I could really hear the difference between transports - in a positive way. Of course, this is just my subjective opinion.. but just saying that there is night and day difference between the late model transports that are mostly based on a cheap multi norm computer drives. This one is actually sturdy and well build for audio purposes.
I can not say anything about the DAC in this player except that it works, since I have only used it as a transport.
I'm considering the best Sony transport (and player) to be XA7ES. This is the same device, except that in XA7ES there is more copper insulation in the chassis and the DAc is a bit different.
About the price, just make me an offer and this might be yours. Just check Hifishark or ebay to get a ballpark where these go but this will be cheaper since I don't need this anymore 😉 I have finally moved to streaming.
Everything works as expected but the only drawbacks are the missing remote control and there is some wear on the top plate of the chassis (note, this is aluminum, not plastic.
This weighs a lot but can be shipped anywhere, just ask for shipping price.
I have had quite many transports before this one, including other Sony's like newer top of the line, Esoteric, Wadia, etc. I have had this for about 2 years. This was honestly the first and the only time I could really hear the difference between transports - in a positive way. Of course, this is just my subjective opinion.. but just saying that there is night and day difference between the late model transports that are mostly based on a cheap multi norm computer drives. This one is actually sturdy and well build for audio purposes.
I can not say anything about the DAC in this player except that it works, since I have only used it as a transport.
I'm considering the best Sony transport (and player) to be XA7ES. This is the same device, except that in XA7ES there is more copper insulation in the chassis and the DAc is a bit different.
About the price, just make me an offer and this might be yours. Just check Hifishark or ebay to get a ballpark where these go but this will be cheaper since I don't need this anymore 😉 I have finally moved to streaming.
Everything works as expected but the only drawbacks are the missing remote control and there is some wear on the top plate of the chassis (note, this is aluminum, not plastic.
This weighs a lot but can be shipped anywhere, just ask for shipping price.
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