What is CD transport?

The transport is the mechanism inside a CD player that reads the data off the CD and sends it to the digital-to-analog converter, which then creates the sound. The transport is a series of gears and motors that spin the disc and move the laser across its surface.

The quality of the transport is important, because it affects the accuracy and smoothness of the playback. Cheap transports can cause skipping and other playback problems.

Some high-end CD players have separate transports for each channel, to ensure that the data is read accurately. This is not necessary …