iPhone;430970 Wrote: > I have to agree with Robin and Radish. Not flaming or being over > critical, but how can you move on to a discussion about making a DAC > purchase when your logic on the Transporter seems flawed? > > Its one thing to say that after I received the Transporter I didn't > like the way it looked so I am returning it even though it sounds great. > Fine, its not your style of component. Its a whole other thing to say I > don't like the way it sounds or its performance when you admit that you > think the unit is faulty. How could it possibly pass your expectations? > More importantly, there most be a problem if you feel it doesn't better > an SB3. As you said, if the Transporter wasn't better, it would just be > an expensive dual display SB3. > > The warmth you are looking for, are you talking about Tube sound > warmth? If so, the tube way is buying a DAC with a tube analog output or > a Modwright Transporter or expensive tube pre-amp. > > Also some people don't like the better sound of a Transporter after > listening to SB3 or Booms for a long time. They are used to the SB3 > sound and don't give the Transporter enough time (which is why one gets > 30 days). To give it an honest demo (not 2 or 3 minutes here and there), > one needs to listen to it for several hours a day for a few weeks > without listening to the other Slim Devices they are accustom to. Then > once this new sound is part of ones live, listen to an SB3 again. Can > you now live without the Transporter? Yes, return it. No, enjoy your new > NMP. > > I was lucky I guess. I bought an SB3 to try out this new way to go > digital. I wasn't going to just spend $2000 on some unknown new box even > if I could return it. Before the 30 days was up on the SB3, I had > already bought a Transporter! Not having built up a knowing sound of the > SB3, it was easy to hear the areas that were better. Which for me were > tighter more accurate sound. Better soundstage (both wider and deeper), > just generally better sound reproduction, music. It is less forgiving of > the recording due to drawing out more detail, which a friend labels as > antiseptic or sterile. I look at it as more accurate. I am also using > the balanced XLR which I think make a huge difference. But again that's > my opinion, what sounds best to me for me. > > Getting a DAC is one way to go, but it sounds like you're going to have > to spend more money then what a Transporter costs. Maybe a Bel Canto or > something similar (I can tell you a Dodson DA-217 MK2-D Digital > Processor sounds killer being feed by an SBR or SB3 but it should, its a > $5K DAC). So why not return the TP for a refund (no telling if it was a > Crutchfield return or what) and order one from Logitech. That unit will > be a fresh in the box unit for sure as Slim Devices will not sell return > or refurbs (yes, once a year or so if your lucky you can pick something > up at the Mountain View local sale but they will not sell them on the > web or over the phone, its in person only for that day or weekend). How > do I know, I offered to buy every TP that was returned on the 30 day > return policy. I was told that very few get returned and the ones that > do are used for shows/demos or warranty exchange/replacement with any > left showing up at the Local Sale (and probably good deals for employee > purchases). So if it were me, I'd order from Logitech. Or return to CF, > asking for a new replacement. But I would try another unit for sure is > what I have been trying to say.
I see everyones point and agree to give it a second chance. I don't think the Transporter Crutchfield sent was refurbed or even opened. They had a great deal on the unit with a SBC for $1799 and free shipping. They are and always have been a very good customer service company. My only point with what you said was I'm not comparing the Transporter to the SB3. I'm comparing it with the Revox. I did a comparison with the SB3, but my hopes were that the Transporter would come close in quality, if not tone, to my Revox. At least the first copy didn't. I'll try the second one tonight. I'l be pleasantly surprised if I'm wrong. Howard -- Howard Passman Can I go home now? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Howard Passman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16674 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=64335 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
