bhaagensen wrote: > My experience is that transports make a difference - regardless of > definition - but I do not have enough experience to in terms of cost, > classify sound quality - if such classes exists at all? I do know that I > have heard some rather expensive stuff sounding better than anything > else I've heard. I've heard many, but far from all budget-offerings.
I consider digital only transports, no upscaling, no analog, pretty much the same (video and/or audio). Gone are the days of my spending $$$ for a transport where I'm only outputting a digital signal. Same with digital cables, assuming you stay within the boundaries of their ratings. I almost fell out of my chair when ordering my Debussy DAC. To help close the sale, the dealer through in a 1 meter XLR digital cable. He said this was the entry level cable for this particular brand (there were two more expensive cables in the brand) but I could trade it up to a better cable within a year and receive full value. After one year I would get 70% value. I'm totally dazed trying to understand the conversation, but I thanked him for the cable and said I'll forgo purchasing my $28 cable from Blue Jeans Cable. The tone of his voice dropped a notch as he said the 1-meter digital XLR cable he as giving me sells for $500 USD! So, I can't wait to use this awesome 1-meter $500 digital cable. It will be an excellent complement to my $28 analog Blue Jean XLR cables I will be using to connect the Debussy to my Stax 727II amp (soon to be upgraded to a Cavalli Liquid Lightning amp.) All kidding aside, I'm sure it's a beautiful cable. But only being 1-meter in length, I don't think I was at significant risk for dropping digital packets between the Transporter and DAC. However, I have been thinking about getting one of those $1,000 oxygen free power cables for the Debussy so I can deliver the quality power this DAC demands :-) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ caseyse's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36880 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96407 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
