Labarum;358859 Wrote: > No. I don't have an opinion because I haven't heard the Transporter. The > SB3 beats my ageing Quad 77 CD player by a very significant margin and > the SB3/Beresford is as good as the XP - ASIO - Foobar - Beresford > route. > > The SB3 without the Beresford is flat and lifeless - much worse than > the Quad 77 CDP > > My speakers are 20 years old but but were in the Quad Electrostatic > price range when bought, and listening in shops gives me no desire to > buy new. The upgraded 405 seems very revealing without screaming into > my titanium tweeters, so I guess the analogue chain is up to it, but > will the Transported show me more at 16/44.1 lossless? > > Only my ears will tell me - but I am looking for an opinion from those > who might have heard both on a revealing system. Your conclusions are correct concerning the SB3/Beresford/77CDP comparison. I like the Quads too, they have always been one of my favorite speakers : I'm not at all amazed you don't feel the need of changing them.
To answer your question, yes, the Transporter will certainly bring a lot more. The Beresford is a decent dac and a bang for the price, but it's just a low-mid quality dac. There are other dacs (about the price of the TP) that would do as well as the Transporter, sonically. But, the Transporter is a one-piece equipment, very well made, so sonic differences might not be the main question when choosing it. ;) -- Themis SB3 - North Star dac 192 - Denon 3808 - Sonus Faber Grand Piano Domus ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Themis's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14700 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=54947 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
