Cliff;210396 Wrote: > Yeah, I didn't have someone blindfold me and have both units connected > at the same time with a switch ready to go... > > But I had my stock unit which I owned for several months when I heard > about AP's mods. I believe he sent me a modded Transporter which he > had sent out to some shows to demo. > > Anyways I listened to the modded unit, listened to my stock unit, made > up my mind, and sent back my stock unit to Anthony with some price > difference for the upgrades. If I didn't like the modded unit I would > have just sent it back with no cost. > > There's no good way to A/B sound and music and the best ears can maybe > discern barely 50% in reported previous "blind tests". > > But whether there's some placebo effect or not it doesn't matter if my > ears are happy every time I sit down in front of my rig and my wallet > is not complaining. BTW, for the work put into the unit, I think it > was quite reasonable. I know the Slim Devices CEO has berated modded > units and I respect the R&D that went into the Squeezebox and > Transporter. Both are awesome devices in and of themselves. I do > think someone that knows what they are doing can get more performance > out of them, but to mass produce units like these with higher grade > opamps, etc. etc. would bring costs up to probably at least 2x what > they are selling for
Hi Cliff, The unit you have, was the one TOM had. The one that came from TEXAS. I remember you mentioned you had Rowland Amp, but I forgot what speakers you was using. What models where they? As you see, from TOM posts, He could not here a diffrence from a stock transporter, to one with over 50 parts changed/added. Not even the SLIGHTEST. Amazing.. Besides your speakers, can you disclose the type of file format you use for the transporter? Did you ever try wave as I suggested? AP -- aberdeencomponents ------------------------------------------------------------------------ aberdeencomponents's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1234 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=26306 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
