Guys I've tried the following kit in various combinations: Empirical Audio Off-Ramp Turbo usb/spdif converter SB3 SB+ Transporter Meridian 200 Transport Meridian 500 Transport Meridian G98 DVD/Transport Meridian 602 Transport Wadia 270 Transport Meridian 203 DAC Meridian 566 DAC Audio Synthesis DAX Decade (Black Gate) DAC Audio Synthesis DAX Discrete (Black Gate) DAC Wadia 27ix DAC (Black Gate) Meridian 568.2 Processor Meridian 861 Processor Theta DaVid Tag DVD32FLR Wadia 861se with GNSC 'Statement' mods Meridian 518 (re-clocker mode) Big Ben (re-clocker) Tact RCS
Knowing what I know now, if I was on a low budget I would buy an SB3. If I had a bigger budget and lived in the UK I would buy an SB+, it's performance is incredible for the money, the best DAC in my list above was the GNSC Wadia 861se digital input and the SB+ was better than an SB3 with the 861se. If I had a bigger budget and lived in the US then I'd consider a Transporter, especially with mods. In terms of just a digital transport the order of performance is as follows: Transporter SB+ SB3 In terms of outright performance I was unable to match the performance of the SB+ or modified Transporter analogue outputs when using any of them with an external DAC despite using fancy digital leads (£400 each) and re-clockers. My Transporter was originally shipped to Wayne at Bolder Cables for modification but after nearly 4 months of R&D on Transporters Wayne didn't feel he could better his SB3 mods so I had it sent to Reference Audio Mods who did their top-end mod plus some additions I suggested. Since then I've done some further mods on it myself. Regards Gary -- GaryG ------------------------------------------------------------------------ GaryG's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2423 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36561
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