boxerboy;409542 Wrote: > El Duderino: > > I think that a two channel audio system should be in balance. I believe > that a financial ratio of 50% for speakers, 33% for amplification and > 17% for sources is about right. > > I am very familiar with Aperian speakers and have purchased the 5T's > for my daughter. They provide incredible value and performance at the > price point of $1000/pair. They are especially well suited to Home > Theater use. > > The Transporter sounds far better to me than the SB3. That said, I > would save the price difference and apply the $1700 towards an eventual > speaker upgrade. > > There are many free-standing DAC's that might provide better sound from > your current SB3 into your 5T's that would cost less than a Transporter. > I use a Channel Islands VPA.2 DAC in one of my bedrooms. It costs $599. > > Jim
Jim, thanks for the reply and the advice. The plan is for an eventual speaker upgrade. At this stage, I will continue to work with the 5Ts because, as you say, they do provide remarkable performance considering the cost. I do feel that they are revealing enough that one would expect to see some sort of an improvement between the Transporter vs. SB3. On the other hand, perhaps, it does take $5000 speakers to hear a difference... With regards to using a standalone DAC with the SB3, the thought has occured to me. However, I imagine a Transporter would have likely still been somewhere along my upgrade path, even if I were to use the $1700 to buy a new set of speakers today. Essentially, having purchased the new speakers, I would be left wanting a better source than an SB3/SB3+DAC...like a Transporter! I do agree that buying speaker first and source later would likely yield more immediate sonic benefits. You state that the Transporter sounded much better than the SB3 to you. I would be interested in understanding what parameters you felt were, specifically, improved--or was it more of an "across the board" thing? Thanks again. -- El Duderino ------------------------------------------------------------------------ El Duderino's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8171 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=61686 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
