corycwagner;685695 Wrote: > Hi. I've been a fan of squeezebox for a long time. I started buying the > original Slimp3. I also own a Radio, a Boom and a Squeezebox2 and > Squeezebox "classic." > Now that the Transporter SE is out and has fallen in my price range, > I'm very tempted to purchase it. > The AVR I'm using is a Yamaha RX-A3010. I have my Squeezebox "classic" > (v3) hooked up to it via the coaxial output. > > Please excuse this naive question: > Am I gaining anything (other than looks and a better power supply) by > upgrading to a transporter. As I understand it, the main advantage of > the transporter is the DAC. If my receiver does not have balanced > audio input, and, instead I used the optical or coaxial outputs, I > would bypass the DAC and not get any of the sound enhancements of the > Transporter. Am I correct? > > I really like the look of the Transporter, but if I don't gain any > advantage in sound quality, then I guess purchasing one is foolish. > > Any advice would be greatly appreciated. > > Cory
I like my transporter. But if you are not using the DAC, I wouldn't purchase. Get a touch instead. -- garym *Location 1:* VB Appliance 6TB (1.10) > LMS 7.7.1 > Transporter, Touch, Boom, Radio w/Battery (all ethernet except Radio) *Location 2:* VB Appliance 3TB (2.0) > LMS 7.7.1 > Touch > Benchmark DAC I, Boom, Radio w/Battery (all ethernet except Radio) *Office:* Win7(64) > LMS 7.7.1 > SqueezePlay Retired: SB3, Duet Receiver Controllers: iPhone (iPeng), iPad (iPengHD & SqueezePad), CONTROLLER, or SqueezePlay 7.7 on Win7(64) laptop Ripping (FLAC) - dbpoweramp, Additional Tagging - mp3tag ------------------------------------------------------------------------ garym's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17325 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93185 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
