krzys;439570 Wrote: > But then the audiophiliosis strikes: “Some of them pretend it sounds > better than SD products”. But to be honest nobody mentioned the > Transporter just the SB and Duet. > You understand the uncertainty: moderately skilled PC builder can > easily build this PC transport and it can sound better ... by which > margin? > Chris
:-) Bet none of them have tried to measure the "difference" eg with AudioDiffMaker? I spent ages trying to detect anything that might affect the S/PDIF and gave up. None of the standard "tweaks" made a difference (linear PSU, expensive vs cheap digital cables, playing WAV files etc - even TOSLINK vs COAX!!!). By contrast, the difference between FLAC and MP3 was easily detectable (at least to the software...at 320 it was hard to tell by ear) Although some people may not prefer the sound, there is no doubt in my mind that what comes out of the TP is technically more accurate than ANY rig with an external DAC, unless they are using i2S or DAC Clock connections. Plain S/PDIF will not match those. Ever. I'm still planning out how I'm going to achieve i2S or word clock, but my DRC is problematic in that respect. I'd have to replace everything before my pre-amp and or mod my SB+TACT+DAC, which is going to be expensive. Maybe I'll just get a TP... Phil -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal... SB3 (wired) - TACT 2.2X (Linear PSU) + Good Vibrations S/W - MF Triplethreat(Audiocom full mods) - Linn 5103 - Aktiv 5.1 system (6x LK140's, ESPEK/TRIKAN/KATAN/SEIZMIK 10.5), Townsend Supertweeters, Blue Jeans Digital,Kimber Speaker & Chord Interconnect cables Outdoors: Boom ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=65422
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