DRSonusFaber;331041 Wrote: > I'm really torn and was hoping to get some advice. I'm new to the whole > Slim scene, and I can't decide if I should start with the Duet, and > work my way up to a great DAC, or if I should just get the transporter? Hello and welcome to the Forum. All good questions and the only real problem I see is that there are really multiple answers, opinions, and situations for each of the questions you have posed. DRSonusFaber;331041 Wrote: > The reviews seem to say that the Transporter has a great DAC - but can I > do better for the money? The TP does have a very good DAC. For two to three times the money, you can do better (but then one still needs the front end of the TP anyway because the Duet and SB3 do not handle 24/96 files). So let me leave you with this, the only way to play HiRes is with the TP whether it is with or without your own DAC, one has to have the TP as the front end, so I say just buy the TP. (I know so far you have only spoken about Apple Lossless that doesn't need the 24/96 but I'm sure that is where the future is headed). DRSonusFaber;331041 Wrote: > Also, as someone new to Slim, am I making a mistake jumping straight to > the Transporter? I can always use the Duet in a secondary room. If you have more then one room for music (and the money), I would just start with both. TP in the main listening room and the Duet in the secondary system. That way one has the TP and the Controller to use with both. DRSonusFaber;331041 Wrote: > I have Sonus faber Cremona Speakers, running through a Rotel RSP 1069 > sound processor, and Rotel RMB-1085 amp. All of my music is Apple > Lossless. I don't care for Apple Lossless as the files are larger then the same FLAC file so Apple is doing something. Also if any are DRM they will not play on any Squeezebox. Besides, in my opinion, iTunes is a terrible music manager. Face it, it was designed so anybody could use an iPod. iTunes still makes the mistake of making one think of music as CDs or downloaded songs when in my opinion one needs to change their paradigm and think of your collection as music by artists and not CDs. IMO if one changes the way they think about all those CDs they will no longer pick up, SqueezeCenter is all one really needs to manage ones music if one is making the switch to Digital Stored Music. I have no problems adding, finding, or managing my music using just dBpowerAmp to rip with and SqueezeCenter to manage it and my collection is huge. DRSonusFaber;331041 Wrote: > My goal is to have my digital music sound as good if not better than a > fairly decent audiophile cd player (I know that's ambiguous). But I > guess I want the end result to sound better than the same money put > into a new CD player. I've read that the transporter does that, and > then some. But can you do the same thing with the Duet, just at a > slightly lower price point? In my opinion, the Duet is close but not for your main system. Can one come close with a Duet and something like the Bel Canto DAC 3, sure. But now one has spent more money then a TP and still cant play HiRes files. And if we are going to go down the Audiophile road, there are differences between a High End CDP and a NMP playing lossless files. One difference that everybody seems to forget is that the NMP plays the digital file the same way every time. This is not true for a CDP no matter how much one pays for it. CDPs have built in error correction, which really means they have the ability to play back the file read off the media in a way other then it was recorded (stored). NMPs cant do this, they play the file the same way every time because they dont have to deal with laser alignment, fingerprints, scratches, error correction, and on and on. On a personal note, I replaced an Esoteric CD Transport feeding a Dodson DA-217 MK2-D Digital Processor with a Transporter and FLAC files. DRSonusFaber;331041 Wrote: > Does anyone know if my sound processor is good enough to work well with > the Duet? If not, does anyone have a great DAC suggestion, that would > pair nicely with what I already have? I dont know anything about your processor. Is it at least a BB with 24/48? Great DACs are easy, Bel Canto, Dodson, Musical Fidelity X-DAC-V3, ESOTERIC - D-05 STEREO DAC, and on and on. (HINT: all more then a TP when priced with a Duet). DRSonusFaber;331041 Wrote: > Finally - is there a plug in that allows you to use iTunes to manage and > play your music through the Duet? I dont allow iTunes near my music library, but one can use iTunes with SqueezeCenter and I believe there is a Plug In to get greater use from iTunes.
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