Sleestack;150787 Wrote: > While I feel that the Transporter is an excellent piece that I happily > use for 90% of my listening, the North Star via AES and w/ upsampling > on, achieves perfect transparency and adds a smoothness to the TACT > setup that I have yet to hear w/ any other transport.
I and other Tact owners think the sample rate converter in the TacT equipment has audible problems with non-integral conversions. The TacT gear works internally at 96kHz, so feeding it 48kHz, 96kHz, or 192kHz sounds better than feeding it 44.1kHz. Have you tried using Adobe Audition (30-day free trial if you don't have it already) and using it to upsample a CD track to say 96kHz/24 bit (the maximum the Transporter will handle) and then comparing that track played through the Transporter with playback through the North Star? I have used Audition to upsample all my 44.1kHz files to 48kHz for playback through the SB3 to my RCS 2.2X. Granted, it's not as convenient to upsample with Audition as it is in the North Star, but it only needs to be done once. Regards, Kim -- krochat ------ SB3 (+linear) -> Big Ben -> TacT RCS 2.2X -> 2xS2150 -> Vandersteen 3a Signature + TacT W210 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ krochat's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6579 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28307 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
