CD transports - do they sound different and if so, why?

[dominicT]

I did my blind demo last week and got caught out on a transport change as I guessed (wrongly) that it was an amp change - Quad to Wadia made a big difference to the sound; not subtle but HUGE. Dominic

 

[PeteH]

Originally posted by dominicT
I did my blind demo last week and got caught out on a transport change as I guessed (wrongly) that it was an amp change - Quad to Wadia made a big difference to the sound; not subtle but HUGE. Dominic

So you managed to ABX it correctly 16/16 times then? j/k