I would certainly agree that a touch + excellent DAC can be comparable to the Transporter.
However, at least in the US a smart shopper can find a used or even close out TP for as little as 900.00. That is a bargain that would be hard to match with Touch+DAC. I've heard the Perfect Wave DAC and it is a great sounding unit but wasn't better for me. If at some point I hear a DAC significantly better my TP will become an excellent transport that also looks cool :-) In the meantime the biggest improvement in my system came from Herbies Gliders underneath my Watt/Puppies. I have wood floros on post and beam and the floor is spongy. Decoupling my speakers from the floor with the gliders hade a very significant impact on the bass, midrange and imaging. It was a huge upgrade , far more difference than any 2 DACs I have ever heard. Bass way tighter, imaging kind of jaw droppingly better. Total cost was about 100.00. Well, I guess the point of this long winded post is that DACs today are so good that there are many other areas that yield more obvious improvements. -- tomjtx ------------------------------------------------------------------------ tomjtx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7449 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82319 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
