I'm not sure if I am the first person here in the UK to have a Transporter, but I thought I would write a few words about my experience with it so far on this side of the pond.
My existing system consists of an Audio Synthesis CD transport and DAC, a Jadis Orchestra integratated tube amp, Sonus Faber Elector Amator II speakers on Partington stands, and some serious TEAC cabling.The Transporter arrived last Thursday. My first impression of the Transporter was that it is incredibly revealing, separates every instrument, voice, and sound with astonishing clarity, and is very neutral. One of the things that struck me almost immediately was that it make my system do something I have never heard before: it could really capture the timbre of acoustic instruments - a plucked guitar really sounded like a plucked guitar with just about all the twang and resonance you would get from the real thing. There was just one thing that bothered me. Compared to my SB3, the transport seemed a bit lightweight - there was no weight to the sound. I walked around the room and found that actually there was plenty of bass - but not where I wanted it. It was at the sides of the room, and in the hall outside, but not in my listening position. For the first time in years I then experimented with moving my speakers to new positions, including firing across the room rather than down it. Wow! What a difference! After a whole day rearranging furniture, I have now achieved something I never thought possible. The sound is sublime, detailed, powerful, full of life, capturing all the nuances of the original performance. Some tracks, recorded well (the Stones track, Love in Vain from Let it Bleed is a good example), are just unbelieveable - I can (I know this sounds dead corny, but its true) close my eyes and Mick, Keith and the boys, still in their 20s, are playing there just for me! I have never heard anything like this - even from a system costing over £300,000 I once sat and listened to that had so many tubes in the multiple amps that the owner listened to it in his vest in a vain attempt to keep cool. Sorry, I've gone on a bit. But I just want to first of all thank Sean for designing the most wonderful front end to a stereo system that I have heard in my life, and to warn anyone else out there who might be a disappointed when they first hear it to blame other components of their system, and the way their system is laid out and set up, before they blame this bloody amazing piece of equipment from Slim Devices! Cheers Sean, this is one blissfully happy customer in London. -- Transporterator ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Transporterator's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7784 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27948 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
