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CD Transport Choices...Audiolab CDT-6000 vs NuPrime CDT-8...sort of

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peet_pete

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So my cd player (Music Hall cd-25 from 2003) died and have been looking into affordable replacements. I was using it exclusively as a transport into my Nuprime IDA-16 Integrated Amp/Dac for the past two years and before that used it's analog connection to my old Onkyo Amp. I really liked it. I have put in my bedroom player the Onkyo 7030 and it just doesn't sound as good to me or more like something is missing.

Now I have read some enthusiastic posts on the Audiolab and it is appealing on price but the CDT-8, since it's same brand as my integrated, seems like maybe I should go that route but at $795 vs $550 I don't know if brand matching is really that important to performance and it's probably more than I'd want to spend right now. I did find one person posting that they thought the match of CDT-8 to the IDA-16 was very good. And I just noticed the latest Audio Advisor catalog shows $499 price on the Audiolab player.

So does anyone have any thoughts on this brand matching concept?
Anyone compared the two players? thanks
 
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If the IDA-16 had an I2S input the CDT-8 would be a no brainer so save a few $$ and go for the audiolab. I was on the hunt for a CD transport last summer and spent time with both units.
-Matt
 
Thanks. I agree if my amp had that input, I would be for the cdt-8. But otherwise the upsampling feature not as worth it to me.
I have played around in foobar with that enough to know, it's fun but generally not great for most recordings.
 
Yes absolutely, the CDT-8 resampling works for some recordings and not so well for others.
 
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