Description

There’s something very special about CEC transports, and this is almost certainly attributable to their radical belt drive mechanism. 

Most CD players use a motor to directly drive the disc from underneath, this will couple vibration into the disc and rely upon the basic motor bearings to support the spinning disc. 

To solve these issues CEC uses a belt drive assembly to reduce the transmission of noise from the motor, the disc is held in place with a weighty clamp and that spins on top of a very high-quality bearing - much like the one you’d find in a good turntable.

 

The TL5 has the motor drive belt-mounted inside the CD compartment, making it incredibly simple to change the drive belt (on very rare occasions when it is required) as no tools are needed.

The sound of these transports is very special but quite difficult to describe on paper. Anyone familiar with a good turntable will instantly recognize the extra realism they reproduce. 

There’s a tremendous sense of flow, of musicians playing together and interacting, and a sense of analog-like freedom to the sound. That’s not to say the sound is lacking in dynamics or excitement - quite the opposite, in fact, the sound is incredibly involving. Much like the filterless DACs we champion, it takes digital replay to a level that seems impossible to achieve through other means.

 It offers a very wide range of connection options including XLR (AES/EBU), coaxial S/PDIF (via a phono/RCA), and Toslink optical.

Product Name: CEC Belt Drive CD Transport TL 5

Brand: CEC

Product Number: TL5

Type: CD Transport

Color: Black

Playable Media Format: CD-R, CD-RW

Outputs: S / PDIF (coaxial RCA), AES / EBU (XLR), Optical (TOSlink)

Dimensions (W x H x D): 17.1 x 4.3 x 13.2 in.

Weight: 18.3 lb.


Power supply AC100V, 50/60Hz

Power consumption 17W

Dimensions Approx. 435 (W) x 335 (D) x 109 (H) mm (including buttons, terminals, and legs)

Weight Approx. 8.3 kg (including CD stabilizer)

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