The Transporter specifications confuse me as I am unsure what limitations are upgradeable versus fixed for the future.
I was most surprised and disappointed to learn that TP has a digital variable analog output. That did not fit with the audiophile label and has caused me to retain a pre-amp that I thought I could replace. There is no chance that can be upgraded until/if the whole machine goes to TP2. What about sample rate support? The AKM DACs support the 88.2 sample rate many of us are excited about because of Linn's downloads, but TP does not. This is not, so far as I am aware, anything to do with hardware - input or output. Could we expect a firmware upgrade or must we forever destroy the integrity of the Studio Master to get a playable file? Less important is the WiFi standard. Many g network adaptors can be firm/soft-ware upgraded to Draft-n (Apple did this recently) to provide more capacity for streaming and more range. Is this something than can be upgraded to give us a better bit-stream, especially for higher data formats on more crowded home networks. Least important is the Ethernet wire standard that is stuck at 10/100 and misses on Gigabit Ethernet. There is almost no cost differential in a built-in Gigabit Ethernet versus the slower ones. I care most about the 88.2 sample rate and the WiFi Draft-n support. As it stands, I will not by the current TP. Either it will be improved or I will use a direct PC interface not a Slim appliance. I currently use SB3s in two bedrooms, which is just fine a sthey have no abaility to distinguish the higher quality of higher data rates. I do now know whether Slim does any upgrades beyond the software to change firmware settings. In fact, I do not know if anyone at Slim actually reads these message in order to answer ..... -- PNCD ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PNCD's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10778 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33769 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
