Heard a Transporter at the Sound & Vision show back in February...

Awesome.

Sounded better than a NAIM CD player on the same system.

Problem is, I can't justify spending £1,200 on one.

My current setup, sources first:

Arcam DV-79 CD/DVD-Audio player
Rega Planar 3 turntable, Ortofon 510 cart, Pro-Ject Phono Box II
Technics RS-BX606 cassette deck
Sony RCD-W100 CD recorder
Sony MDS-JB980 minidisc deck
Turtle Beach Audiotron
Pinnacle ShowCenter

Arcam AVR-250 AV receiver

Mordaunt-Short Avant 908 front, 905C centre, 2x 903S surrounds
B&W ASW-1000 subwoofer

Chord Cobra 3 interconnects between DVD and amp
Cambridge Atlantic interconnects between everything else and amp
Chord Rumour 4 speaker cable for front and centre
Gale XL-105 for rears (buried into plaster)

At present I use the Audiotron as a network media source as it fits
nicely in the kit rack. Granted, a Transporter would be better for this
(FLAC support anyone?) but as mentioned above I can't justify spending
this kind of money. What I'd really love is a standard SB3 mounted in a
hi-fi component size case with front panel buttons, but without the
fancy DACs of the Transporter. Probably be happy without the dual
displays as well... just a SB that will sit in the kit rack and look
"right" - and be operable without the remote.

I've had an SB3 hooked up to an offboard DAC (Arcam Black Box 50) and
the results have been superb.


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