I must have unusual luck. I have been using a Cambridge Audio Azur 540C player as my transport for over 15 years now. I've rarely have had any problem with it. Occasionally, there is a disk that it won't play, but that's like 1 in 200.
Bought the 6000CDT to replace a Sony CD/SACD that worked OK but was 10 years old and wanted to secure a new good transport while they are still available at a reasonable price. The CDT feeds a Wadia16 via Toslink. Wadia 16 outputs via balanced Kimber XLR to a Krell KSA80. The new transport works well ie remote and panel controls. I appreciate the large display size. There were a number of CDs that skipped after 20-30 years of use. Every one plays perfectly. I recent bought a box of CDs a a garage sale. A copy of Counting Crows CD was so scratched it would not start playing on the Sony. It was this CD that got thinking it was time for something new. The Audiolab plays it perfectly. I am willing to forgo SACD and higher than Redbook Resolution to Keep using the variable out (5v) on the Wadia. Eliminating a good preamp, in my case a Krell Pam5, was huge step change for the better. Transparency, sound stage, and dynamics all improvedAnybody using a 6000CDT CD transport ? Experience good or bad - have a Benchmark DAC and maybe feedin it CD's thru a new transport might be worthwhile ?
Are you expecting that new cable to make a difference?I just bought a 6000CDT, secondhand. I was really excited to get it because regarding music playback quality you can hardly see any issues about this transport over the internet. I just wired up quickly, but my current experience is not good at all….and this is the polite way to explain. I have a Cyrus One HD amp and I tried the transport with a SMSL SU-1 dac and the Cyrus internal dac as well (I have a Topping E50 as well, but didn’t try that yet). All units connected to a Tacima mains conditioner. The optical cable is the cheap one currently I’ve got to my Wiim mini…however that sounds great with the streamer. I’ve ordered a AQ Carbon Toslink cable so I will try that in the next couple days….but I still can’t believe it how awful this chain sounds through the transport (with different cd’s of course). Speakers are KEF R3’s. Is any of you have any idea what could be the problem? Many thanks in advance guys! Have a great day!
try using the sp/dif output instead, see if that's the same. Although can't think of a fault that would make it sound crap as opposed to dropping out and/or not working at all.Honestly...don't know... cables can make a difference sometimes, but I just would like to find the issue and don't know where is it. As the sound is generally crap (compare to wiim mini streaming...should be the other way around) I don't think cable will turn the whole thing upside down and then everything will be just perfectI have a good experience with the small SMSL SU-1...it's a great sounding dac...and the same with the integrated dac in Cyrus. So I may have an issue with the transport itself....
It shouldn't be any different than any other competent CD player.I think the Jay's Audio unit is the closest you'd likely find on the current market to the old Teac. I would not claim myself that the audio performance as a transport is any better than a Marantz CD6007, but the build quality is unique.
No they don’t. If you insert and remove horizontally they will do no damage to a cd. I have 2,000 cd’s and no problems.These scratch CDs by the way. Buyer beware. Had to sell mine.
Others have also reported scratching. It may be a unit to unit issue.No they don’t. If you insert and remove horizontally they will do no damage to a cd. I have 2,000 cd’s and no problems.
No problem here with CD’s getting scratched by the 6000CDT The 6000CDT does an amazing job of playing severally scratched CDs… many that I bought used
The lens is only on the play side of the CD.If scratched CD won't play, car headlight restorer can work magic, only on the non printed side. Have not figured out how to repair the other side, probably impossible
Yes, but it reads the other side through the plastic I understand.The lens is only on the play side of the CD.
With standard CD there is one layer, with the plastic lens stuff and that's about it for CD operation. Pretty simple as for the layout.Yes, but it reads the other side through the plastic I understand.
Could be but I doubt it. There's reports of the rollers marking the discs but I've not seen any reports of discs being rendered unreadable due to this?Others have also reported scratching. It may be a unit to unit issue.
Further to this I have now replaced the Audiolab with a TEAC VRDS 701T - draw loading and a better looking device to my eyes.I do have some criticisms though:
I don't like the slot loading it's awkward in use. Not that keen on how it looks either, it's not offensive but it's not 'proper' either and the display seems like it was left over from the 1990s.
Sadly it seems it is impossible to buy a decent-looking current model CD transport with drawer-loading or slot loading without going pro and getting a recording facility I don't need.