drmatt wrote: > No, but I'd agree with Arnyk that any differences will most likely be in > the analogue components of the two devices. How does the sound from the > Transporter compare to other SBs?
Did I say that the analog parts of digital music players cause them to sound different? No memory of ever making that mistake! Fact is that the passive components of just about all modern mainstream audio gear are commodity items that are made in accordance with international standards. IOW a resistor is generally very much like other similar resistors, and ditto for the capacitors. The general quality of passive parts has increased, and prices have decreased. A legacy holy grail audio component like a Marantz 7 preamp contains parts whose quality would get them immediately dust-binned at incoming inspection in n a modern mid-fi audio component manufacturing plant. Just about all modern audio gear is assembled from commodity-grade Surface Mount Technology (SMT) parts. Just because they are commodity grade doesn't mean that they are lacking in performance. We've come a long way from the 1960's when all audio gear including professional recording gear was assembled from inherently unstable (hygroscopic) carbon composition resistors, tubes that were constantly degrading as we used them, and wax-filled paper dielectric capacitors. The distortion in active components like IC op amps and digital<-> analog converter chips, while generally well below audibility, still dominates the measured performance of most audio gear. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ arnyk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=64365 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=105572 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
