I think it really comes down to personal taste and the type of sound you prefer.
In my system the Transporter sounds distinctly different to SB3 plus lavry, benchmark or Belcanto DAC2. Out of these 3 combos I would say the SB3 plus the Belcanto DAC2 sounds the closest to the Transporter tone wise. My gut feel is the SB3 plus Lavry is probably the most accurate but not as engaging as the Transporter. The Transporter really comes into it's own when attached direct to power amps. I also wonder at times if the Transporter has a little midrange smearing/bloom, this only becomes evident as I increase the volume and I wonder if it is my room starting put it's footprint on the sound. I would be interested to hear others thoughts here. If you can live without analog in's the Transporter makes an excellent preamp/dac/transport combo. -- dlite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ dlite's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4885 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30530 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
