Were this a straight SB v. TP comparison with nothing more added, then it is no contest. But I suspect the answer is going to be determined by the degree of jitter control you can apply after the SB.
I am slowly coming to the conclusion that with sufficient jitter correction, the SB should be competitive with any other head source (the TP's ability to pass 24/96 media notwithstanding). This is coming from the owner of a CEC deck. Using the TP as a pure head end seems quite unnecessary, even by audiophile standards. If you have a system of sufficient caliber, then you know that the analog end of things is just as critical as the DSP sections. While the TP is very good, I can't say it is quite the equal of some upper tier DACs in that respect. Like you, I have solid upstream gear. So I don't necessarily need everything the TP brings to the table. At the end of the day, we're all listening to the modulation of a chain of power supplies. Still, for the guy walking into it with $2,000 and no other pre-existing digital front end, the TP alone looks like money well spent. -- sgmlaw ------------------------------------------------------------------------ sgmlaw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13995 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
