SMSL PL200 T MQA-CD Transport CD Player

Only after a few months, it suddenly stopped reading CDs.

Almost!

I am almost completely happy with the PL200t. It looks great, and combined with the D200 DAC, the sound is incredible. I give it four stars and the review title of “Almost” because the unit fails to read almost a quarter of my disks. Disks that are clean and undamaged and can be read by EVERY other cd and dvd player I own. It’s quite frustrating to have to put away a disk, unlistened to, that I was looking forward to hearing for the first time again.

Don't need a player with a DAC? This is it.

My preamp has a built-in DAC I am happy with, so I was looking for CD transport/player that didn't have one. After looking for several weeks I decide on the PL200T. After receiving a unit with a defective display, I received a replacement unit from Apos (BTW, the return process was painless and the Apos folks were very helpful) and am very impressed with its performance. Solidly built, the unit plays flawlessly. I use the optical out direct into my preamp, which does the remainder of the work. The detail, clarity, separation, and sound stage are excellent. I would recommend this unit to anyone looking for a similar application. Price point is pretty good too. Cheers to SMSL and Apos.