atkinsonrr;157716 Wrote: > Thanks for the link. Best review of Transporter I've seen. The > take-away for me: > > The Transporter is essentially indistiguishable from a Wadia CDP. It > is actually better at sorting out complex music, esp. low level details > during loud passages. > > In the review someone mentioned that the Transporter was impressive, > although "not quite in Meitner territory". > > WSLam, who lives across the bay from me in Hong Kong is a senior member > here and also owns the Meitner DCC2 SC. He also loves transporter but > agrees that it is not quite the Meitner's equal. Apparently, the > Transporter lacks the air in the top octave that the Meitner has. > However, he says the Transporter is so close, that "its hard to > justify" the cost of Meitner. > > Do I dare entertain the thought that this indicates a budding consensus > on the relative placement of Transporter? Just taking into account > these two 'direct-comparison' reviews (the only ones I've seen), a > ranking would shape up like this: > Meitner > Transporter > Wadia > (With the understanding that the placement of Wadia might change if a > most-recent version was compared.) > > I'd say that's very very cool terrritory to be in!!
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