Best CD player for occasional use with Atom

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Another vote for the Audiolab CDT 6000 (or possibly the new CDT 9000). I used to use it with the Uniti Atom and still use it occasionally for CD playback via Naim DAC. It seems perfectly adequate for this purpose. The CDT 6000 also has many satisfied users here in the forum (see also via the search function at the top right).

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I use the Atom with an AudioLab CDT 9000, and it is excellent. I would think that the only difference between it and the 6000 might be the quality of the transport (just guessing). So I don’t think you would hear any difference, and if you don’t intend to buy more CDs then just get what works. If you really don’t want more CDs, then depending on how many you have, it may make more sense to simply rip them to a memory stick as others have suggested.

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Thanks for all the replies, seems as if a CD player is pointless and a Tramsport is the way forward so you don’t use 2 Dacs. Audiolab at 399 is going to be worth a look and I can see Mission are bringing out a half size unit in the new year which sounds like an Audiolab clone.

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I still buy CD’s and have a vast collection. I invested in a NAS store both store my CD collection and as a backup for my computer and photo files. I have it setup as RAID1 so it has redundancy. If you don’t have a CD/DVD reader for your computer you can purchase a USB unit for cheap, then rip your collection to the NAS to play on your Atom. I have a Star and most of what I listen to is my own collection, although I do stream through Tidal. The Star has it’s own CD transport but I rarely use it.

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I ripped all my CDs via my Star, not quite up to Core level, but good enough for me. Also, better-sounding rips than via my PC.

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I have an Audiolab CDT9000 which is nominally two tiers up from the CDT6000. It sounds good, has a big screen and has a metal casing. To me there is not much of a sound difference between the 6000 and 9000 but the 9000’s casework and screen are nice and it fits in nicely with my Naim amps.

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Just a thought if it’s only to listen to your Older cds and don’t have to many. Do you have a qbuz account?

Although I have not tried this yet I have been considering ripping my cds to a external hard drive I believe you can now upload your music in to qbuz however you will have to use the qbuz app. Then save them as a favorite and play them through the naim app.i have noticed there is a lot more choice of music useing the qbuz app then useing the naim app perhaps a conversation for another time.

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I have well over 500 CDs which is why I don’t want to rip them but get a player. Most are on Tidal but some aren’t and it is for occasions when the Internet is down.

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