High-End CD Sound Without Breaking the Bank: SMSL PL200T CD transport review!

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Im sure all of you have a stash of CDs somewhere home - maybe even some "mixtape" cds recorded 20-30 years ago. It seems that CDs are getting traction again as with them you actually OWN the recording and nobody will remove it remotely from your playlists ;)

And it seems that CD players are a new "niche" as there's no real competition: second hand 30yo units are hardly a choice now, and audiophile players that are being sold now are 2-3 orders of magnitude more expensive: again, not really a choice.

If you are serious about your CD collection, if you have an excellent DAC too - then PL200T should be on your short list. Especially if you also use precise 10MHz external clock source for your audio gear.

As with other SMSL gear, I got that one directly from Aoshida.
It seems that for brands like SMSL, Topping etc they have lower overall costs than Ali - but they still do follow big Ali sales calendar so the prices are dropping on the same day.

Thats the store link to the offer I used (worldwide shipping, it was extremely fast to Europe)
https://aoshida-audio.com/products/sm...

and Amazon link if thats more convenient for guys in US:
https://amzn.to/4kb3DiG


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Audio setup used in testing (you can find reviews of most of these in my channel):
FLAC/DSD files - Foobar2k - Fully passive 11th gen Intel PCwih LPS - SMSL PL200T - X26III - fk Dragon XLR - 2x851W - fk Dragon Full Range - Dali ikon 1 mk2, Dali Opticon 1, Oatlons (big and small) ML 15i, ML 35Xti, ML XT B100, ML Ascent I speakers.

Power: two Pavalle power strips with additional DIY EMI filters, power cords: fk AQ Dragons Source (DACs) fk AQ Dragon HC (amplifiers) and RCore LPSes with Sonic Scientific Hades for HTPC, Su-6 and OCXO power supply.

More links for that gear can be found in my reviews.



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