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Audiolab 9000 CDT users feedback

BigBlue2020 said:
The lack of play / stop / next track on the front fascia looks really annoying to me
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Update -Well I now have the Audiolab 9000cdt and can confirm it does have these functions.

It's not very obvious, but turn the control wheel to the right for play or next track. Press the wheel for stop/pause.

I would also like auto play when you load a cd but it doesn't seem to have it. You have to wait quite a few seconds for it to read the cd, then press play.

Sound quality, as reported elsewhere, is excellent and is a notch above the 6000 cdt.
 
BigBlue2020 said:
Update -Well I now have the Audiolab 9000cdt and can confirm it does have these functions.

It's not very obvious, but turn the control wheel to the right for play or next track. Press the wheel for stop/pause.

I would also like auto play when you load a cd but it doesn't seem to have it. You have to wait quite a few seconds for it to read the cd, then press play.

Sound quality, as reported elsewhere, is excellent and is a notch above the 6000 cdt.
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It does have auto play...sort of. Open the disc tray, place the cd, then press the knob. The tray is retrieved and the cd begins to play.
 
i know this is a bit tangential but why not just buy a Tascam or Teac machine - used the world over by studios, radio stations, halls, churches and public venues and will last for many many years.
 
BigBlue2020 said:
Update -Well I now have the Audiolab 9000cdt and can confirm it does have these functions.

It's not very obvious, but turn the control wheel to the right for play or next track. Press the wheel for stop/pause.

I would also like auto play when you load a cd but it doesn't seem to have it. You have to wait quite a few seconds for it to read the cd, then press play.

Sound quality, as reported elsewhere, is excellent and is a notch above the 6000 cdt.
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Pressing the wheel on my 9000CDT only sets the machine on Pause… not Stop.
Does it Stop on yours?!
 
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Just found interior shot - the build quality and design is shocking and done as cheaply as possible. If it sounds good and brings joy that is great but at £1000 for what can’t be more than £50-75 work of parts I am struggling to see VFM.
 
its easy to get these for about 875 in sales i.e easter and christmas . they must still make a profit . it feels more expensive though when using it . dealers also have to make a bit of mark up to pay the bills . everyone i know with them is quite happy
 
I was very interested to read the comments here. I have owned and enjoyed the performance of the CDT6000 for a few years. In recent months I have been playing CDs more and I have wondered about this new 9000 model. It seems as though it is a notable improvement on the 6000, so sometime soon I will listen to one. Thanks to owners posting their feedback, it helps in forming opinions.
 
mbu said:
Another transport has just arrived from Cambridge Audio. The Evo CD at £1000.
An alternative to the 9000cdt no doubt.
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The Cambridge Evo is designed and built to work in the Cambridge Evo system so from what i can gather not meant to be used with other componanta. I may be wrong?
 
you are correct . it cannot be an alternative transport for any other component except the matching evo stuff
 
Mozart said:
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Just found interior shot - the build quality and design is shocking and done as cheaply as possible. If it sounds good and brings joy that is great but at £1000 for what can’t be more than £50-75 work of parts I am struggling to see VFM.
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Could the Atoll DR200 Signature CD transport be a better value, for that perspective of build quality and parts?

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It uses the same TEAC cd drive.
 
I have the 6000CDT and was until i read this thread looking at the 9000CDT as a possible upgrade. I now have second thoughts. I am now thinking CEC. I also like the look of the Denafrips Avatar though i am informed that the latter has its quirks.
 
I love my CDT6000, but only using optical. With coax I get occasional dropouts in the signal whenever there’s a power surge or spike (i.e. when heating comes on etc). A few over at the Steve Hoffmann forum have mentioned this too. Not sure if it was a batch issue, or a poor design with inadequate PSU filtering. Hopefully the CDT9000 has that issue resolved.
 
John_73 said:
I love my CDT6000, but only using optical. With coax I get occasional dropouts in the signal whenever there’s a power surge or spike (i.e. when heating comes on etc). A few over at the Steve Hoffmann forum have mentioned this too. Not sure if it was a batch issue, or a poor design with inadequate PSU filtering. Hopefully the CDT9000 has that issue resolved.
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Are you sure it's the transport? I have the same issue using a CXC transport but I know it's the DAC that causing the dropout. When I switch to another DAC the problem goes away.
 
brab said:
Are you sure it's the transport? I have the same issue but I know it's the DAC that causing the dropout. When I switch to another DAC the problem goes away.
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It’s happened with a Chord Hugo, TT and TT2, and a Naim Dac. And others with different systems reported it over at other forums. But as I said could have been a bad batch or something. Doesn’t happen via optical. Also using an old Meridian 200 transport via coax no dropouts there either.
 
My month old 9000CDT has been returned to Audiolab as it has become glitchy. Won't play some tracks on some CDs properly some of the time, display shows disc spinning but sound stops for 2 - 20 seconds then continues where it stopped outputting, also wont update from software version 1.4.6 to 1.5 using written & YT instructions.
Currently have a Cyrus CDi-XR on loan from Audio T while it's being sorted, but it's not a patch on the 9000CDT to my ears, even though its £2.4k Vs £1k.
 
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