Archimago wrote: > Do you mean music streamers? > > If so, I assume the Linn DS series must be high on the list. These will > play hi-res files up to 24/192. Have no idea how good the interface on > this works... > > IMO, I still prefer the Transporter for its flexibility, capabilities > and very cool display :-). I'm also one who believes there is no reason > to listen to 24/192 and I've done multiple DAC shootouts (either blind > or instantaneous switch) and have not heard anything that bests the > Transporter (including EMM, Weiss, Benchmark, Ayre units). In other > words, I believe the technology is mature and there is essentially > nothing to be gained other than esthetics, ergonomics, and features > rather than sound quality. > > YMMV. Well said. I dislike the situation as it is but secretly i hope my old fellow Slimdevices Transporter will last for a while and grow old in grandeur here. I didn´t listen these Weiss and other recent flagships but i guess the benefits coming from a so called "better" DAC these days are minor against other things you can change in your chain. Of course you can get some fancy stuff that does insane upsampling, adding harmonics and this NOS things. Reading about the audiophile reasoning about these units will give you the impression that all gear since 2X upsampling was a pure waste, so for the last 20 years all DACs sounded bad by design :) Not my cup...
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