Phil Leigh Wrote: > > If this wasn't true, there would be no audible difference between any > CD transport. I don't believe that all transports are equal, and I also > believe that the EAC (or whatever)+hard disk+SB approach is empirically > better in this respect than any spinning disk transport which will NOT > repeatedly re-read sectors until it gets an error free read. > > YMMV
HD+SB maybe empirically better, but on the issue of sound quality, JA has already said the Ayre CDP sounds better than the SB with both connected to the same ML DAC: "Perhaps there was an increased sense of authority to the sound of the CD on the Ayre used as a transport, a better sense of extended low frequencies." In fairness to the SB, he had the Ayre connected with coax and the SB with Toslink. Hopefully during his testing, he'll try more combinations. -- mauidan ------------------------------------------------------------------------ mauidan's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1679 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22301 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
