There is an in-depth discussion of the development of Urd here (I hope I am not shattering an AA rules linking to another forum):

https://www.head-fi.org/threads/schi...#post-17642459

PS- Ordered one in black, I'm thinking a dedicated transport will outshine an old Oppo "plays-ever-silver-disc-known" in my system.

Thanks for the info! I look forward to future reviews.

Looking forward to running the Urd AES into my old-school dac.

My silver URD ships out today...woo-hoo!

URD arrived last Wednesday and is breaking in as I type this. Right out of the box it sounds fantastic!

Breaking in nicely. About 200 hours on it so far.

I've had my URD since they first became available, connected via USB to YGGY 2 (special USB connection), and the combo is wonderful! I have an alll new CD collection.

I too have an all new cd collection. I'm running mine AES into my old school Cal Audio Labs Alpha DAC (OG) and it is simply sublime.
First thing I noticed was the bass. Full, tight and deep. That's the result of being a life-long bassist I guess.

I bought an Audiolab 6000CDT a few years ago, so I could listen to CD's once in awhile, it was a nice improvement over my previous cd player, I still do not find I use it all that often though. Seems like vinyl or digital hard drive/streaming takes up most of my listening time.
Too many options I guess.