Jay's Audio
CDT3-MK3
Introduced 2021$4,998 MSRP
The CDT3-Mk3 is the flagship Red Book-only CD transport from Jay's Audio, the personal engineering project of Hong Kong-based designer Jay Ho, built around a heavily reworked Philips CD-Pro2LF drive on a machined-aluminum "semi-floating" sub-chassis.
MSRP
$4,998
Used market · Excellent
$4,125
-17% vs MSRP
as of Sep 1, 2026MSRP to used market
From $3,500 at launch to $4,125 today.
Specifications
- Clock
- Internal 10 MHz SC-cut oven-controlled rubidium clock; BNC in/out for external 10 MHz master clock
- Price
- $4,998
- Weight
- 22 kg / ~48-50 lb
- Outputs
- AES/EBU (XLR), S/PDIF (BNC and RCA), I2S (RJ45 and HDMI)
- Dimensions
- 450 x 380 x 150 mm
- Disc format
- Red Book CD only (no SACD/HDCD)
- Disc formats
- CD, CD-R/RW
- Power supply
- Five transformers (incl. Talema encapsulated units), >150,000 uF capacitance across three regulated supply boards
- Isolation feet
- Aluminum pillars with Soundcare SuperSpikes (SEAS, Norway)
- Digital outputs
- S/PDIF (RCA/BNC), AES/EBU (XLR), I2S via HDMI and RJ45
- Transport mechanism
- Philips CD-Pro2LF drive, tuned/modified in-house, mounted on machined aluminum sub-chassis with elastomer decoupling
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