darrenyeats;424105 Wrote: > So, as I read it, we agree in principle. But differ in our particular > standards of quality. :) You seem to happy with the Transporter and I'm > happy with an SB3. I WOULD consider buying a better source but it's a > lower priority aspect for me. > Darren
Darren, We do not necessarily differ with regards to standards of quality. Let me explain: First a bit of my purchasing history is in order. When I bought my Transporter I did not own any other Slim Devices products not did I own an external DAC, so the Transporter seemed like a nice simple, albeit somewhat expensive, way to get into the world of music streaming WHILE maintaining high end sound. If I had owned an external DAC I most likely would have gone with a SB3 and in fact, I now have two SB3s and one SBR - all of which are connected to some type of external DAC (two go to headphone amps with built in DACs and the other goes to a Marantz A/V receiver with a built in DAC. In your case you can always add an external DAC to your SB3 at any time and right now external DACs seem to be a very hot item with many manufacturers introducing cheaper and better sounding DACs. So much so that it won't be long before a SB3/DAC combo (with balanced analog outputs) costing half of what a Transporter costs will sound as good, if not better than, the Transporter. -- ralphpnj Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels -> Snatch -> The Transporter -> Transporter 2 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/jazzfann/) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ralphpnj's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10827 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=63161 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
