So I have an SACD player and to my ear it is superior to cd. But I am concerned about the depreciation on the player when various audiophile formats become available on Blu-ray or HDDVD. And what about the depreciation on a Transporter if a new model is created that will decode SACD or another new high-res format? It's difficult to afford to be at the cutting edge for just a couple years.
My theory is that the record labels have hurt themselves by failing to create a standard for higher def playback and are responsible for their own declining revenues. I would be curious to hear if GDG has compared the output from his Benchmark using the Big Ben vs without. The Benchmark is advertised as re-clocking incoming signals and being immune to jitter, which would make the Big Ben unnecessary. And then there is the perspective that an external clock will be subject to too many interim steps that degrade timing before reaching the DAC to benefit performance. But it's all theory until you hear it yourself... _____________________________________________ Transporter => ATC 100SCMAT or Ayre C5xe =>ATC SCA2=> ATC 100SCMAT -- musiklov3r ------------------------------------------------------------------------ musiklov3r's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13166 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=38379 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
