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15 May 2013
CD Mechanism Masterpieces – Sony
This may come as a surprise but Sony has made some of the finest CD transports!
23 February 2015
Wadia Digital – (SA)CD Player
While the S7i pictured above with its StreamUnlimited transport is definitely a very good CD player, I still have a soft spot for the older 861 with its less resolving but fuller sound and super-sturdy, indestructible […]
14 May 2013
CD Mechanism Masterpieces – Mark Levinson
For the longest time Mark Levinson was the epitome of high end, and to this day, their products hold their own.
9 January 2012
CD Mechanism Masterpieces – Accuphase
Accuphase make some of the most beautiful CD players
14 October 2012
CD Mechanism Masterpieces – Meridian
Meridian have made quite a few excellent digital products and their 500 series players are all real classics
15 October 2012
CD Mechanism Masterpieces – Wadia
Wadia 7 1992-at least 1996 Retail price 17.016 euro Wadia’s third player (after the WT2000 and WT3200) and based on the Teac P-2S, the Wadia 7 is a legendary transport using the VRDS CMK-2 with […]
15 October 2012
CD Mechanism Masterpieces – Teac / Esoteric
Teac, the brand most famous for their VRDS drives issues their top products under the Esoteric monicker and the VRDS-Neo really is something to behold.
23 February 2015
Wadia Digital – (SA)CD Transport
Transport types From the start and for the longest time Wadia used a Teac VRDS transport. It was only when Teac stopped producing it that Wadia needed to look elsewhere. The Pioneer Stable Platter mechanism […]
14 October 2012
CD Mechanism Masterpieces – Pioneer
There were only a few specialist CD mechanism makers and the two most important ones were VRDS by Teac and the Stable Platter system by Pioneer.
14 May 2013
CD Mechanism Masterpieces – Marantz
Marantz is well known for its collectable CD player classics such as the CD94, CD7 and the CD12. What they all have in common is that they look great, sound even better and are utterly reliable.
12 October 2012
CD Mechanism Masterpieces – Linn
Linn is known perhaps most for its legendary LP12 turntable, but their CD12 also has made quite a name for itself
9 October 2012
CD Mechanism Masterpieces
Remember when CD players were built immaculately and used heavy, smoothly operating CD mechanisms?
7 January 2013
Marantz CD player DAC chipset and transport list
The most complete Marantz DAC/Transport Mechanism overview available, courtesy of Vasiltech.
7 January 2013
Philips CD player, DAC, Filter, Decoder, DOBM and Transport List
The most complete Philips DAC, Filter, Decoder, DOBM, Transport Mechanism overview available.
15 May 2008
Classic Philips and Marantz CD Player Comparison – part 4
Fast forward 3 years – Later addition to the original review – July 2011 Three years after the review above was written, after moving house and having quite a different system, I have bought a […]
7 January 2013
Marantz CD player Timeline
Timeline overview of the most interesting classic Marantz CD players.