yooper;187196 Wrote: > I agree with the using the Transporter as both a player and a DAC. The > price of the Transporter had a lot to do with its DAC. > > I have done a lot of a/b testing using an Anthem MCA 50 amp, between > the Mac Mini/Anthem AVM 50 combo and Transporter. While the > Transporter DAC certainly sounds cleaner, has a wider and deeper > soundstage, has slightly less high frequency "SSSS" and a more robust > lower end, the AVM 50/MCA 50 is no slouch. All the above differences > are subtle but noticable. Is it $2000.00 better than the AVM/Mini > combo? Well, I suppose that depends on how important $2000.00 is to > you. > > I think when you get to this caliber of equipment , it take a lot of > money for subtle improvements. > > The Anthem and Transporter are both high end and well regarded pieces. > I don't know what amp nor what speakers (full range?) you are using, I > assume they are of similar caliber? > > IMHO, a person really needs very good full range speakers for critical > two channel listening in analog (direct) mode to appreciate the added > expense when attempting to top the Anthem DAC, otherwise it may not be > very dramatic. > > Mark
I have an Anthem Statement A5 amp and a pair of Paradigm Reference Studio 100 front speakers. Clearly Transporter as player/DAC is better than MacMini/AVM50 combo. Have you tried MacMini+Transporter (as DAC only) vs Transporter as both player and DAC? -- sting ------------------------------------------------------------------------ sting's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10606 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30345 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
