khorn58 Posted October 1, 2004 Share Posted October 1, 2004 I have a nice bencmark DAC 1 DA converter. My old nakamichi oms 7's are becoming fussy some cd's wont play ect. Should i rebuild the old nacs or look for a good Cd transport to use with the DAC1? the old naks shure sound good and have last many nmany years the build quilty was preety high. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audio Flynn Posted October 1, 2004 Share Posted October 1, 2004 I have researched Theta Digital and Meridian and find them to be first class machines. used would be most likely about as much money as the DAC unless you find a real deal. i had my nice Denon tuned up with a new laser for $ 200 at a reputable shop. It has only skipped 2 CDs in 6 months; they were a bit dirty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben. Posted October 2, 2004 Share Posted October 2, 2004 Guy Landau had a Marantz CDR-620 for sale, which has a cast platter mechanism. Makes for a stellar transport, though only has XLR balanced analog I/O. It offer AES/EBU XLR or S/PDIF RCA digital out. No lightpipe, as this predates its popularity. As a bonus, it makes excellent records, and is built like a brick sh!tbarn. On the downside, the remote is wired only, and thay are getting up there in years. I don't know if Guy ended up selling his or not. I bought his spare and use it in my recording studio. The CDR-615 has the same mechanism, but with unbalanced outputs, and I think it lacks the AES digital hookups. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Landau Posted October 2, 2004 Share Posted October 2, 2004 Ben, Thanks for thinking about me but it was already sold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben. Posted October 2, 2004 Share Posted October 2, 2004 No sweat, Guy. I'm really happy with my Marantz. Thanks for the PM on the TT, too. As you can see, I went another direction, but I forgot to PM you back to thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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