The transporter has facilities beyond the squeezebox, in particular the ability to play or pass through 24/96 files, which are now becoming available for download. Of course if you don't think you want this facility, then that is of little interest.
I think it would be helpful if you could tell us what the equipment you currently have is. Don't make the mistake of thinking that the internal DAC for the Transporter is easily improved upon. I have the excellent Trichord Pulsar One DAC, which is worth more than the entire TP, yet in my system I preferred the tp as a stand alone unit. What I am trying to say here is, that the tp with its analogue outs may be an improvement on the DAC you have - assuming you are not using any digital bass management, in which case the game changes entirely. What everyone else will tell you on this forum is that the Squeezebox through a good external DAC also sounds very good, and it's a keeper. If you buy one now and upgrade to the tp later, the squeezebox is useful for a second (e.g. the kids) system. -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more ------------------------------------------------------------------------ bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41160 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
