Jeff_G wrote: > I > 2. Does it sound much better than the SB3? Probably not. Digital audio conversion is basically a solved problem and has been a solved problem at the time the SB3 was released. All properly designed DACs should be transparent (i.e., sound the same).
Of course, in certain scenarios, you may find audible differences in a double-blind test. But your default assumption (and null hypothesis in a formal test) should be that all DACs sound the same. Personally, I think the transporter is way overpriced. But people's tastes differ. If you're looking for an all-in-one-unit solution which just works out of the box with an appealing design, the Transporter may be for you. Myself, I'd rather go for a small headless computer (decent configs start around 100 EUR/GBP/USD) and spend the rest of the money on something else. Maybe a nice tablet as a display and controller. Of course, the small headless computers don't meet all the requirements you laid out in the first post. They don't have an internal display. But you can have a tablet for that. (Strictly speaking, it's possible to add a display to various tiny computers but the installation is somewhat tedious and more of a thing for hackers/DIYers.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ dafiend's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=60637 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=102252 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
