bzlrbi wrote: > After a couple months of aggravation, I've finally convinced my > insurance company and their designated electronics repair folks that my > Transporter is not repairable. It got zapped in an electrical storm. > The unrepairable part is in the pre-amp section: it buzzes if connected > from the analog outputs to an integrated amp (which, somehow, took them > two months and three visits to my home for them to agree with me). > > Anyway, the insurance company have already given me $1300 (ignoring the > deductible) "replacement cost" and will give me up to another $700 if I > spend up to $2000 to "replace" it (as you can still get an unopened unit > via Amazon for this price). The good news is that the digital part of > the Transporter seems AOK... it streams fine, and if you run it through > another DAC, no buzz at all. The repair company is going to return the > unit (once again). > > So, I think I could buy an external DAC for up to $2000 and, basically, > get a $700 "discount" on it. If I don't spend more than $1300, I leave > that $700 "on the table". > > What would you do?
I went from a dac1 to Nad M51 and the difference is quite large (suppose it was double the price), you also get a world class digital preamp with the Nad which is probably worth the money in itself + HDMI input which sounds very good as well. Touch optimisations http://touchsgotrythm.blogspot.co.uk/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ SBGK's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=52003 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=99265 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
