Guys I've enjoyed the debate and had a bit of fun with the banter but Sean I'm disappointed with your comment:
> > Quote: > Originally Posted by GaryG View Post > What facts would you like? > > Lower impedence power supply. > Lower noise power supply. > Lower noise decoupling caps. > Point-to-point wiring to avoid the di-electric loss in the PCB. > Better voltage regulation. > Lower noise regulators. > > Regards > Gary > Yes, please provide real data supporting any of the above! > In my eyes, you've done quite a few entries in that list to move from the level of performance of the SB to the TP, including the quality components swap you dismissed (by changing your DAC chip to the 'miracle' DAC). Also, I think it only fair to point out that Wayne made no comment whatsoever on what the modifications to the Transporter would do, I asked him many months ago if he could do anything with the Transporter and he said he would take a look at it, mine's been gathering dust in his workshop for several months as he's been very busy with other work (hence the reason the 30 day trial return wasn't of interest, it's long gone). Truth be told, I don't think Wayne has much interest in modifying the Transporter, it's all surface mount stuff which is a pain to work with. From the user's point of view, modifying equipment that uses SMD has a low value/performance ratio due to the labour costs for the mod, (I experienced that when I had my Meridian G98 modified, www.meridianunplugged.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=7;t=000070#000010). I've spent a lot of time and effort trying to get a PC based music solution to match the quality of the best CD players, it's not easy. Jitter buster's like the Big Ben and Meridian 518 do a good job but as the resolution of your system improves the drawbacks of these approaches becomes audible (I commented on it in this thread, www.meridianunplugged.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=6;t=000945#000002). When I was a young man, electonics was my trade, and even though it's been 20 years since I moved from hardware to software I still find my electronics background a hindrince when it comes to audio, not everything that can be heard is visible on a 'scope or a meter; for example, my mains leads have a Furutech FI-25 gold plug at one end and Oyaide C-046 IEC connector on the other. After audioning the various permuations of plugs and sockets from Furutech and Oyaide Gold->Gold, Gold->Rhodium, Rhodium/Silver/Bronze->Gold etc I found that in my system the Furutech Gold plugs and IEC gave me the best soundstage and dynamics and frequency response that I like but at the expense of a 'gritty', 'splashy' sound and so compromised on the FI-25/C-046 combination. That's just the power cables, my power conditioner has different type of power receptacles, different materials match different equipment, what works for the CD player doesn't necessarily work as well for the amps. At this point I suspect that a few of you think I've lost the plot but if you add up all the small improvements from each tweak the end result is quite marked. For example, I used to use squash balls under all my equipment (42 of them under the Wadia alone to take the weight!), which sit on ClearAudio RDC Super Postion Platform shelves which sit on Mana reference tables, which sit on 6 Mana Soundstages. I tried using Stillpoints in favour of the squashballs but found that I didn't like the shift in frequency response, StillPoints are a little light in the base compared to squashballs although they have a more open sound and don't affect the dynamics of the leading edge of transients. Squashballs unfortunately do affect the leading edge and remove some of the 'attack' of the leading edge and do smear the upper bass, however, I found that by using the Stillpoints with 4 squashballs I got the best of both worlds with only a small change in the frequency response which I was ables to get back by substituting a different mains cable to the CD player. Also, Bybees get a rough-ride on this forum when they can have a dramatic effect on the your system removing the noise and graininess from the music. Used in combination with ERS cloth they can transorm the sound of your kit. Too many people spend time dismissing items based on the markeding guff instead of trying them out for themselves and getting real-world experience, I love watching the look on the faces of non-beliievers when they come round and hear my system, one of my favourite tricks is to switch the digital cable between the Transport and DAC section of the Wadia (a neat little tweak, the external connection sounds better than the internal connection) and watch while they try and figure out how changing a DIGITAL cable can change the sound quality. Anyway, enough of the waffle, I've had an email from somebody offering to let me hear a Transporter so I've taken up the offer. Thanks for your comments guys, if anybody's interested in hearing how it compares let me know. Regards Gary -- GaryG ------------------------------------------------------------------------ GaryG's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2423 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29450 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
