The point is that some (maybe quite many) modern DAC's will ofcourse be even better but you wont hear that . They all surpassed our hearing abilities a decades ago , unless tweaked to "sound diffrent" . And TP was very good at it's time and audio is mature tech there is not as much development as hardware mfg's wants you to believe. After all if S/N ratios is at 120dB and surpass most recordings ever dones intrinsic SQ what can your realy do ?
So get a new DAC when the old one breaks or does not have the desired features or inputs, not to get "improved SQ". There ara other sample rates and DSD et all nowadays . In the transporter case it's a squeezebox that have external inputs but not as well featured as some dacs. Some DAC's have USB inputs and multiple SPDIF inputs etc. If OP want to leave the squeezebox ecosystem , another DAC bougth from the money you get by selling the transporter migth be a good idea for many other reasons ? -------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 (spares Touch, 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=106519 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
