In light of Sean's revelation (to me anyhow) http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=70969&page=2
that the Transporters AKM 4396 DAC is naturally balanced at the output stage, and thus has to undergo additional circuitry manipulation (signal degradation ?) in order to be transformed into unbalanced form, I was wondering how many of you use the Transporters balanced outs? -- Pneumonic Main: Transporter Squeezebox 3 > Metric Halo ULN2 .................... > Sonic Frontiers Ultra Jitterbug > Roksan DAC/PS Modwright Sony SCD 777ES Sonic Frontiers SFL-2 Preamp Quicksilver Silver 90 Mono Power amps Martin Logan CLS IIa Speakers Office: Squeezebox 3 > Lite Audio DAC60 Muse Model One Preamp Quicksilver 8417 Mono Power amps Vandersteen 2Ci Speakers ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Pneumonic's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10091 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=71190 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles