To repeat my other post on the subject. The Transporter has balanced analog outs. If you will be using these, the TP is the obvious choice. Now that that is out of the way on to the RCA analog outs. Both in measured and for my taste (IE my listening) the Transporter still has an edge here. Is it worth $1500 for the TP, that is very hard to say. For me it would depend on the rest of ones equipment.
If one is going to be feeding a decent DAC, I say buy the Touch and use it as a digital transport. Again from what I measured and my listen tastes the TP is still better then the Touch even feeding a DAC, but one really has to have great equipment to get ones $1500 out of using the TP as a digital transport only. So for me it is not and will not just be a simple straight answer except when one needs Balanced Analog outs. In all other cases it depends on ones other components and how much one really has to spend on a digital transport. So as just a transport, in most cases just buy a Touch. -- iPhone *iPhone* Media Room: Transporter, VTL TL-6.5 Signature Pre-Amp, Ayre MX-R Mono's, VeraStarr 6.4SE 6-channel Amp, Vandersteen Speakers: Quatro Mains, VCC-5 Reference Center, four VSM-1 Signatures, Video: Runco RS 900 CineWide AutoScope 2.35:1 Living Room: Duet, ADCOM GTP-870HD, Cinepro 3K6SE III Gold, Vandersteen Model 3A Signature, Two 2Wq subs, VCC-2, Two VSM-1 Kitchen: Squeezebox BOOM Bedroom: Second Boom Bathroom: Squeezebox Radio Ford Thunderbird: Duet, Mac Mini Ford Expedition: SB Touch, USB drive ------------------------------------------------------------------------ iPhone's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13622 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77973 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
