Paul Bjernklo
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I'm don't listen to CD much these days but have an old Marantz CD player (63 I think) that I could connect to my Dave via toslink for this purpose. How much do CD transports matter sound quality wise? Would I be better off getting a newer CD transport? Cambridge makes one (the CXC) which is low'ish money and has some good reviews. How is toslink rated? The Marantz also has a digital coax out. Better than Toslink?
I have used CD Transports for along time and they do make a significant (massive to me) difference. I have a Cyrus CDT Signature that was around £1795 new when I bought it, but from reviews the Audiolab 6000 CDT at around £380 seems a steal and a bit better than the Cambridge according to for example a review by David Price at Hifi Choice. My recommendation would be to upgrade to that with a cheap Kabeldirekt Optical cable from Amazon. And yes Optical Toslink sounds a lot better.
https://www.audiolab.co.uk/6000cdt/