Transporter have very low noise and thd a bit better than Touch , so it has better DAC performance . And if you use the unbalanced output you can tune the output level with built in attenuators .
The age of the design is not such a disadvantage as some might believe , the development of digital audio was very fast in the late 80's and 90's but have basically flattened out at least re audible sound quality . 120 dB SN and very low thd and flat frequency response is going to sound the same however it is achieved . If you don't like that you can put in some tubes and get some noise and thd and other nonlinear stuff back and enjoy that . But I'm very sceptical to modification companies , a good design is a usually not improved by sticking "audiophile" components at random places . Some late development have actually made DAC's that's worse than old designs , like NOS DAC and other oddities ? Good neutral components will sound very similar , if you want a thing to sound different you must do " something " it's usually done by introducing some artefact and the it sounds " better " ;) The audio magazines are very good at hype , every new thing sound dramatically better than the "old" stuff and have done so for decades ? -------------------------------------------------------------------- Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH 2 x MeridianDSP5200 MeridianDSP5200HC 2 xMeridianDSP3100 +Rel Stadium 3 sub. Bedroom/Office: Boom Kitchen: Touch + powered Fostex PM0.4 Misc use: Radio (with battery) iPad1 with iPengHD & SqueezePad (in storage SB3, reciever ,controller ) server HP proliant micro server N36L with ClearOS Linux http://people.xiph.org/~xiphmont/demo/neil-young.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=101924 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
