CD players with pucks

[awkwardbydesign]

as I get older I dislike the additional step of loading a disc

Rip them all and play the files. No getting up at all! That's what I have done. Says the man who recently bought a £5000 CD player!

 

[PerF]

Rip them all and play the files

Many do so it seems.

Even the advantages, I'd couldn't even dream of doing this.
Playing from a computer don't attract me the slightest.
Maybe its age related.

 

[mercalia]

My Sony CDP-XB930 has a puck. Can be had for cheap second hand.

I've had mine for 20 years now (Richer Sounds grey import job).

I used to have one of these very unmusical player. Mine failed after I put the puck on without a disc or separator and when I struggled to remove it ( the magnetic attraction was high) damaged something so threw it away. well built though. I still have the puck some where if any one wants it and wants to pay postage

 

[stephen_cowslip]

Rip them all and play the files.

I do this as well.

I run a Plex server so I can listen to my ripped CDs at work / on the go - over the internet.

I then mentally build a shortlist of albums / tracks to play at home on the big guns

 

[sq225917]

The thing about the puck mechs is they tend not to make that annoying swishing sound that some top clamp mechs do. And some of the top clamp mechs have a little fabric pad under the top hat and can be prone to static build up causing excess dust ingress.

 

[Darren L]

The Audiomeca CD transports and players used pucks.

 

[Nic Robinson]

I had a Nagra CDC for a while. Ridiculously expensive now.

Wow! That’s looks the business.

 

[awkwardbydesign]

Many do so it seems.

Even the advantages, I'd couldn't even dream of doing this.
Playing from a computer don't attract me the slightest.
Maybe its age related.

Well, I'll be 74 tomorrow!* While technically a computer, I use an Innuos Zenith 2 server/streamer. Although at the moment I am having trouble with the new playing app, generally it is so simple to rip a CD to the drive. Put it in the slot and it does it.
And I hate computers!
* I thought it was today! Shows how old I am.

 

[palasr]

'The Source' from Einstein had a puck. Great sounding CDP with a tube output stage. Very expensive back in the day (as is all their equipment).