{before anyone leaps on this - this is NOT an anti-TP post!}
If it was my money, I'd buy the Touch. Why?
1) IMO there is every chance that the Touch alone will outperform your
unnamed DAC
2) If 1 above is not true you can use the (very) high quality digital
output of the Touch into your DAC
3) as each day passes the Transporter gets further beyond end-of-life.
The VFD's are no longer manufactured and possibly only warranty repaire
can be fulfilled (??). There are several reports of the VFD's failing on
these forums.
4) The DAC in the Touch is probably better than your DAC. The digital
output of the TP is possibly slightly better than the Touch but in
practice they are likely to be very close for many people.
The only way I would buy a TP today would be for a knock-down price
(say <$750?) as I know that support and serviceability are constrained.
The era of the ip3k-based players is (slowly) coming to an end.
Thin-client is dead, long live Fat-client.
I don't think you can lose by getting a Touch. It will sound great and
it meets your ergonomic requirements... and it is a current product
that is actively supported.
--
Phil Leigh
You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it
ain't what you'd call minimal...
Touch(wired/XP) - TACT 2.2X (Linear PSU) + Good Vibrations S/W - MF
Triplethreat(Audiocom full mods) - Linn 5103 - Aktiv 5.1 system (6x
LK140's, ESPEK/TRIKAN/KATAN/SEIZMIK 10.5), Townsend Supertweeters, Blue
Jeans Digital,Kimber Speaker & Chord Interconnect cables
Kitchen Boom, Outdoors: SB Radio
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