Mark Lanctot;157893 Wrote: > Well yeah, but that's kind of a marketing statement. They couldn't > possibly have compared it to every single CD player on the market (or > ever made, for that matter). And I'm sure those $10K CD transports > I've heard about have something to them. If they didn't beat a device > costing 1/5 as much (which includes a high-end DAC, mind you) they'd > have some explaining to do. > > It's also all relative, of course. It's not like that reviewer's > opinion is the last word on the Denon or the Transporter for that > matter. > > In fact being compared favourably against a player costing nearly twice > as much is a high compliment.
I think Mark has it right. When this happens to me, I know most of my bad feelings are coming from the sinking realization that I got fooled by marketing hype. Maybe its less about the transporter and more about kicking yourself. I mean by any objective measure, the TP is still shaping up as a great purchase! Half the price of a Denon, lot more capability, more cache, lots prettier to look at, maybe better built.... Ya done good man! And who knows, with a bit of educated, systemic-type tweaking, it might be in Meitner territory. -- atkinsonrr Transporter, Quicksilver V4 Monos, Vandersteen Model 5A speakers. SB3, Quad Tube Pre-Amp, Tube Monos, Quad ESLs. Homemade Tripath Digital amps, Carver ALS (original) Speakers with Outboard Crossovers. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ atkinsonrr's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7214 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29450 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
