Sorry that wasn't clear. I was referencing the age-old "one box vs two box" Hifi debate which traditionally involved the single box CD player (typically using I2S internally) vs the two box Transport and DAC players (typically linked using SPDIF).
Imo it used to be quite common in Hifi mags to "prefer" the two box approach even though there are very good reasons for the single box units (say the classic Meridian 508.20) to be the more elegant audio solution. Hifi people tend to prefer more boxes and higher price tags. I think this *may* account for the bias towards using the Transporter as a DAC simply because Hifi reviewers might feel more comfortable with a robust mechanical tranport for their data rather than thin air (Wifi). Imho using a computer's Wifi signal as a data transport is almost a faultless audio soltion for two channel data, just not sure everyone sees it like that. So I guess I was saying that the Wifi->Transporter method is more akin to the old one-box player solutions. Hey, at least it's not SPDIF. That probably isn't clear either is it? :-) -- GeeZa ------------------------------------------------------------------------ GeeZa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5563 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33276 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
