FWIW I don't doubt you can hear a difference between two DACs in a scenario like this. You may also actually have a faulty transporter (or power unit), which would colour the analogue output much more.
You are also talking about two bits of kit designed with different aims, fifteen or so years apart. The transporter punched extremely highly in its pursuit of neutrality and accuracy. Two other points - Mytek state that their analogue pre-amp volume control colours the sound that comes out of the device. I've noted this on my 192DSD as well. Comparing this with the digital volume control on the transporter (I don't have one so right now I'm assuming that's what it is) isn't the same. And finally I've found that systems from the so-called "neutral" end of the scale require you to listen in to find the details, they aren't presented so obviously. This does not mean they are less detailed just that the sound presents this differently. I have no logical explanation as to why. I assume it comes down to very small frequency response shifts, or small amounts of dynamic compression; after all "air and space" is most likely high frequency background noise, but have no experimental results to back these theories up. I don't have the time to care too much so I buy kit I like at prices I like without trying to think about it too much... -Transcoded from Matt's brain by Tapatalk- -- Hardware: 3x Touch, 1x Radio, 2x Receivers, 1 HP Microserver NAS with Debian+LMS 7.9.0 Music: ~1300 CDs, as 450 GB of 16/44k FLACs. No less than 3x 24/44k albums.. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ drmatt's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=59498 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
