mofuv;251572 Wrote: > I don't believe that price is what matters! > > I started with the analogue outputs of the transporter and compared it > to the Linn Akurate CD Player. I was surprised that it was difficult to > hear a real diference, maybe the Linn had a better soundstage, but the > rest was not really worth mentioning. Then I compared both with the > Scarlatti DAC linked to the transporter. I would not say that it was > distinctly better. > > The situation changed, when I used the word clock output of the dac and > connected it to the transporter. Now the dac acted as master and the > transporter as slave. This really made a difference! Broader sound > stage, great timing and a lot more details! > > The only downside is the flaw in the transporter: If it is set to word > clock input and that signal stops (because you switch the dac to > another input and it does not send a word clock signal) then the > transporter crashes, has to be set to internal clock and then back to > slave. > > The next step to avoid this was using a separate master clock and I > also added the purcell upsampler. This gave the best sound I have ever > heard with excellent musicality. You could clearly hear the different > sound of the acoustic guitars Jackson Brownie is using in his life > concert, piano sounds natural and voices as if the singers were just > sitting there in your room. I cannot stop listening to all kinds of > music and detect nuances which I have never heard before with different > top systems. It is astonishing that also older simple CD-recordings have > a great sound. I have all my Vinyls on the Hard drive and in this system > I hear them as I would play them back via my turntable. > > I think the most important improvement to the system is using an > external master clock for the dac and the transporter. I don,t know any > other network player than the transporter where this is possible. But to > get high end sound this feature is necessary.
Mofuv, Are you running your digital front end through a preamp and if so what preamp? Have you tried running the Transporter direct to amp? Thanks, Bill -- mr_bill ------------------------------------------------------------------------ mr_bill's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6737 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
