indexit;327625 Wrote: > Hi, > > I spent the afternoon paying a lot of music on my new bda-1 using the > transporter to drive it. > > As soon as I played the first few seconds of music through the BDA-1 I > was surprised to hear it walking all over how the transporter's > balanced analog out puts sounded. The BDA-1 is cleaner sounding --- > all the way from the top to the bottom. Just sounds very cleaned up > from how the transporter sounds to me. A haze, glare, grain or what > not is removed from the sound that I didn't know was there. Vocals are > better. Also sounds more musical less mechanical too boot. Overall > sounds almost like a component has been removed from the signal chain > or maybe more like a significant preamplifier upgrade or remvoal of a > preamp. Just very very very clean and musical sounding..... > > I'm using a bp-26, pair of Bryston 28Bs, and a pair of Nautilus 800s > and coaxial output on the transporter with BNC connectors to the BNC > Coaxial inputs on the bda-1. > > I am a bit suprised that to my ears the bda-1 sounds signficantly > better then the transporter (better match for my preamp?). From what > most people say on this forum the transporter is kind of the end all > killer D/A cost busting converter. I thought that two units would have > been a lot closer in terms of sound quality in my system. > > I wasn't really dissatisfied with the transporters sound, until now.... > The bda-1 this afternoon just seemed to be a lot more involving, has a > lot more grove and sounded less fake then the transporter. It sounds > like the transporter is doing everything right, but somehow it seems > like it is acting vs being the real thing. The bda-1 with the > transporter driving it comes closer in my system to the real thing in > terms of the music.. > > the two toghther are worth every penny :) > > thanks
Hi Jeffrey Muehl, I saw your similar post over on AudioCircle. I'm wondering please: Why didn't you just get a Bryston DAC card installed into your BP-26? Just curious... -- NewBuyer ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NewBuyer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7862 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50868 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
