[jeffnesh]

I know I’m running against the trend, but after ripping over 1000 CDs (and about 30 SACDs) and serving them through Roon, I miss the physical album-by-album experience I get with my vinyl. So I’m looking for a solid CD transport.

I have a Directstream JR DAC, so would like opinions on a good match. I’m thinking Cambridge CXC, NuPrime CDT8, or Marantz HD-CD1 (as a transport). Others that would be a good fit? I’d like to keep it around/under $1k.

With Oppo out of the picture, it’s hard to find something that does SACDs in that price range (Arcam, Denon, Panasonic?). It’d be a ‘nice-to-have’, but maybe not a deal breaker to go without SACD. It’d have to be great at RedBook and I’d probably run CDs through the Directstream and SACDs analog (The PS Audio Direct Memory Player is NOT in the budget right now!)

Thoughts?