stop-spinning;614014 Wrote: > Hello again chaps - interesting read between all of you about Linn, Naim > etc. I've never owned any of these brands yet, anyway moving on... > > Perhaps again somewhat relevant to the title of my thread - I've been > prancing around the Internet reading things with interest. One > particular article I zeroed in on was from hi-endaudio.com with recent > evaluations of their very favourite hi-end digital sources. I cut and > pasted the following from this link: > http://www.high-endaudio.com/RC-Digital.html ... > > "The real breakthrough in sound happens with going to the P01 > Transport. It is now abundantly clear that the transport impacts the > sound more than any other single entity in this digital trinity. Our > journey to the realization of the combination under review began with a > P05/D05. The P01 then replaced the P05, and that is when the huge leap > in sound occurred. The difference in upgrading the transport was > staggering. Our entire system was elevated to a degree that proved > stupefying. The bulk of the improvement described above took place with > the introduction of the P01. To put this in perspective, the P03/D03 > does not approach the sonic splendor of the P01/D05. The latter is in a > completely superior sonic realm. In other words, DACs do not play as > significant a role in the ultimate sound as transports." > > So chaps, according to hi-endaudio.com - watch out for the Transport - > and our transport in this case is our SB. The DAC is far less > significant. > > Does that surprise anyone here??
That article is twaddle - you really need to stop reading this stuff and start listening instead. Honestly. -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal... Touch(wired/XP) - Audiolense 3.3/2.0+INGUZ DRC - MF x-dacv3/x-10/x-psu(Audiocom full mods) - Linn 5103 - full Aktiv 5.1 system (6x LK140's, ESPEK/TRIKAN/KATAN/SEIZMIK 10.5), Pekin Tuner, Townsend Supertweeters, Blue Jeans Belden Digital,Kimber 8TC Speaker & Chord Signature Plus Interconnect cables Stax4070+SRM7/II phones Kitchen Boom, Outdoors: SB Radio, Harmony One remote for everything. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=84903 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
