On 12/11/09 20:20, kphinney wrote: > I never said price = performance, No, not directly, but you said:
"I also think it is the least expensive piece of my gear except for a few of my cables" which I read as inferring that more expensive gear is better, ie. price = performance. > but it just so happens that FLAC, > WAV, and ALAC rips sound less pleasing, less full, and a mere shadow of > a sound stage when played thru my $1600 TP as compared to my CD > Transport and DAC that pair up well for a hefty price. The sound is > markedly improved when the TP goes thru the DAC. Why is that concept so > hard for you to grasp? It's not a hard concept to grasp, but it's difficult (for me) to believe. If your transporter sounds so markedly different to your CD player, and sounds "markedly improved" when played through your DAC, then I would suspect that something is wrong. Either a faulty unit, bad connection, poor rips, bad configuration, etc. What's your setup, and your ripping methodology? R. _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
