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Audiolab 9000 CDT users feedback

allthingsanalog said:
Good deal!

Looks superb in that finish!
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It's not that great. Primare isn't that popular in the UK for some reason. Used values are not great. Nintronics have an ex dem for a £1395 and I'm sure they'd do a deal. Plus you'd get a proper warranty. I tried a DD35 and it just wasn't very good. I had a 6000CDT on hand at the time, which I marginally preferred on a sq basis. The Primare was a much nicer 'thing' though. Both pale next to a Moon 260DT. For a great performing budget CD transport then take a look at the Tascam CD 200. I think that might well use the same mechanism at the Audiolab?

Haven't tried a 9000 myself, but I'd fully expect it to better a DD35. If you buy a 9000 from Richer you get a 6 year warranty as standard. No contest against a used 3 year old DD35 with no warranty, for less money, imo.
 
I don't know if your have already upgraded your Pontus 2 to the 1.4 code but the bass presentation has substantially improved via my CDT 9000. It is quite something
 
ah thats interesting . the primare remote looks a lot better than the moon . be interesting to compare the primare against it . certainly loads of primare at cranage yesterday
 
Another transport has just arrived from Cambridge Audio. The Evo CD at £1000.
An alternative to the 9000cdt no doubt.
 
As far as I can see that can only be used with other Cambridge. Seems like an odd decision, maybe a more universal transport is in the pipeline.
 
Still mystified by the marketing strategy of offering a range of transports followed by various manufacturers, Audiolab, Project, and now apparently Cambridge for example, given what must be a relatively tiny niche market for the devices. Are they simply playing on our upgraditis? Do the players in a range differ by so little that it costs very little to manufacture a range?
 
Yeah, it’s a niche within a niche if the transport only plugs into two products, a la Cambridge.
 
brab said:
Still mystified by the marketing strategy of offering a range of transports followed by various manufacturers, Audiolab, Project, and now apparently Cambridge for example, given what must be a relatively tiny niche market for the devices. Are they simply playing on our upgraditis? Do the players in a range differ by so little that it costs very little to manufacture a range?
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cd is still big in some markets , marantz keep bringing out stuff for a good reason
 
brab said:
Still mystified by the marketing strategy of offering a range of transports followed by various manufacturers, Audiolab, Project, and now apparently Cambridge for example, given what must be a relatively tiny niche market for the devices. Are they simply playing on our upgraditis? Do the players in a range differ by so little that it costs very little to manufacture a range?
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I'm now selling my Melco and going back to cd's.

I've done everything to get rips to be better but even going back to a 20 year old basic Sony dvd has proven to me that spinning the discs still gives significantly better sound. Now pulling the plug on a Primare or Audiolab.

So glad I continued to buy cd's.
 
allthingsanalog said:
Im very interested in the DD35 but hardly any info anywhere.

Cd's are definitely gaining ground again, at least with me!
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Annoyingly, like on the 9000CDT, the DD35 one has coaxial rca output (never cared for toslink)... the problem is that at €2300 euros it should at least have a AES/EBU output.
 
naka said:
Annoyingly, like on the 9000CDT, the DD35 one has coaxial rca output (never cared for toslink)... the problem is that at €2300 euros it should at least have a AES/EBU output.
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Agreed. The Pro-Ject RS2T does but I can’t get passed it's looks.
 
Lack of dedicated control buttons and a decent selection of outputs (BNC, AES/EBU and I2S) make it a fail for me.
 
I still really like my Jay's Audio CDT2 mk3, connected via I2S-over-HDMI to my Venus II. I can't really fault the combo, although the Jay's is a large top-loader and means I have to have a dual rack arrangement. I'm considering selling it, depending on whether the DMP-A6-into-VII closes the gap enough. But I still like the routine of cueing up a disc, and the fact that I invariably don't flip between tracks (it has a remote but I try not to use it).

it's a nice dilemma to have :)
 
allthingsanalog said:
Agreed. The Pro-Ject RS2T does but I can’t get passed it's looks.
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It should sound great but I can’t get passed it’s mini size and the high price.

edo said:
Lack of dedicated control buttons and a decent selection of outputs (BNC, AES/EBU and I2S) make it a fail for me.
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That mirrors my initial thoughts, and the lack of the STOP button it is the only real flaw... but the sound is really amazing, a the price is more than right.
...the performance I am getting out off the coaxial output (with the Audioquest Video Z) makes me forget my preference for the AES/EBU. Still, I wish I had a Kimber D-60 illuminati coaxial cable...
 
Quick technical question
https://www.audiolab.co.uk/9000cdt/
the cdt9000 digital output is stated at

500 +/-50mVpp

having to temporarily use a marantz 6007 as a transport at the moment and the specs say the digital output

https://manuals.marantz.com/cd6007/eu/en/OBAOSYqwgclbuv.php

is 0.5 Vp-p / 75 Ω/ohms

thick question , does that mean the marantz output is less because running it into my dac/pre means i have to turn the vol knob pretty high to achieve higher volumes
no point buying the cdt 9000 if its output not enough
 
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