I'm new here but have been doing audio for a LONG time both as a hobby and as a living. I my opinion and I'm not humble about this :-) the sound quality of these units is the same as it's always been.. it all about the power supply and the analog stage, period. If one thinks there are significant differences in the sound of a DAC well I can't change your mind. But remember that after the dac and filter it's all analog baby. Class A analog section, tightly regulated power supplies, good caps, resistors,jacks, boards, that what makes the sound better. I recently got ,my first SB3.. used it for about 200 hours out its analog output, good cables, line conditioner, speakers etc. Sound was about like a cheap cd player. Just added a 6 year old, not SOTA Bel Canto DAC1.. wildly better sound, not even close. Is it the DAC's in the BEl Canto that make it sound much better, no way they are not as current as the SB3, it's the power supply, and analog stage..There is much room for improvement in the Transporter.. but it's not in the digital side it's all in the analog stage.. Imagine what a Transporter with an analog section built by Audio Research, Or Mark Levinson, Or Plinius would sound like oooh baby :-)
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