Transporterator;142212 Wrote: > I'm not sure if I am the first person here in the UK to have a > Transporter, but I thought I would write a few words about my > experience with it so far on this side of the pond. > > My existing system consists of an Audio Synthesis CD transport and DAC, > a Jadis Orchestra integratated tube amp, Sonus Faber Elector Amator II > speakers on Partington stands, and some serious TEAC cabling.The > Transporter arrived last Thursday. > > My first impression of the Transporter was that it is incredibly > revealing, separates every instrument, voice, and sound with > astonishing clarity, and is very neutral. One of the things that > struck me almost immediately was that it make my system do something I > have never heard before: it could really capture the timbre of acoustic > instruments - a plucked guitar really sounded like a plucked guitar with > just about all the twang and resonance you would get from the real > thing. > > There was just one thing that bothered me. Compared to my SB3, the > transport seemed a bit lightweight - there was no weight to the sound. > I walked around the room and found that actually there was plenty of > bass - but not where I wanted it. It was at the sides of the room, and > in the hall outside, but not in my listening position. For the first > time in years I then experimented with moving my speakers to new > positions, including firing across the room rather than down it. > > Wow! What a difference! After a whole day rearranging furniture, I > have now achieved something I never thought possible. The sound is > sublime, detailed, powerful, full of life, capturing all the nuances of > the original performance. Some tracks, recorded well (the Stones track, > Love in Vain from Let it Bleed is a good example), are just > unbelieveable - I can (I know this sounds dead corny, but its true) > close my eyes and Mick, Keith and the boys, still in their 20s, are > playing there just for me! I have never heard anything like this - even > from a system costing over £300,000 I once sat and listened to that had > so many tubes in the multiple amps that the owner listened to it in his > vest in a vain attempt to keep cool. > > Sorry, I've gone on a bit. But I just want to first of all thank Sean > for designing the most wonderful front end to a stereo system that I > have heard in my life, and to warn anyone else out there who might be a > disappointed when they first hear it to blame other components of their > system, and the way their system is laid out and set up, before they > blame this bloody amazing piece of equipment from Slim Devices! > > Cheers Sean, this is one blissfully happy customer in London.
Smashing, old fella! I have had a similar experience the last days (sans the furniture part) with my SB3+TacT system. I have done various improvements over time, but left a long interconnect from my surround system connected to the TacT. Once I unplugged the surround stuff something major happened in the sound quality departement, and now the sound is just like you describe it! It is just another ball-game when everything snaps into focus. Old Earth, Wind & Fire CDs sound like audiophile recordings.. There is something about long interconnects killing the sound with some pre-amps. (Even when listening to a different input.) Happened to me before, and annoyingly I didn't understand it then. If you have your ways past Oxford you are welcome to bring the Transporter for a listening session! ;-D -- P Floding ------------------------------------------------------------------------ P Floding's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2932 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27948 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
