jh901 wrote: > Well, had I not heard a night/day, then I'd have passed on the > expenditure. Not many of us likely have $6 grand or more to burn. I > can't describe my own experience in a way that will allow any given > reader of this forum (or any other) to truly grasp exactly what I'm > getting at. I can add that my non-audiophile neighbor who heard the > Transporter in my system many times, was under the distinct impression > that something other than a CD player upgrade had taken place. > > But look, there are a lot of factors. My system had a single "weak" > link as it turns out and Focal Utopia line speakers are not forgiving. > The DAC upgrade (and by DAC, I mean the whole design including digital > stage, power supply, analog stage) was a significant leap up the food > chain and the impact on the sound of my system was FAR beyond what I'd > have been able to grasp had I not heard it. I wish I could do a better > job articulating this. Bottom line: go out and borrow a Cary 306 or > one of the world class units (dCS Puccini, etc) and if your system is up > to it, then you will be overwhelmed. That is my honest view. > > Finally, I find it disappointing that "we" are so overwhelmingly > suspicious of the R&D carried out by the likes of dCS. Further, is it > truly rational to believe that those shelling out $50, 80 or 100 grand > for elite products from dCS are simply nuts or confused or showing off, > etc? Really? And that those independently reviewing these products > around world are colluding with the industry in order to continue a > decades long charade!?
I didn't mean to offend or even question that you did, in fact, hear a very noticeable difference. Since the analog and digital outputs on the Transporter are both active were you able to do a simple A-B test? Not even double blind, just a simple A-B test. It is truly amazing what a simple test can show you regarding perceived "night & day" differences. Then again, I do believe that a modern, state of the art DAC would offer a significant improvement in sound over the Transporter. But that's the great thing about digital - the $300 Touch (or even the Transporter) feeding a digital signal to a modern, state of the art DAC will sound the same as mega-buck CD transport or mega-buck music streamer feeding the same DAC. In addition one can also throw away the $1,000 digital interconnect since a good $5 digital interconnect will produce the same results. I know that the above is anathema to the high end audio press but since cable vendors make up the bulk of these dying magazine's advertising revenue, how could they possibly tell their readers these simple truths about digital? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ralphpnj's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10827 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96407 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
