Fizbin wrote: > The mid range/bass of the Transporter blows away the Touch. > > > > A TP with a $2000 DAC can be a downgrade as well. The RME ADI-2 PRO, the > Benchmark DAC3 pale by comparison.
I have both a Touch and a TP ( as well as a Squeezebox Classic and Boom ...) For many years I used the TP with its own DAC, driving ATC SCM 100 ASL loudspeakers direct. The results were very, very good. I recently bought a Schiit Yggdrasil DAC ( approx £2200) having auditioned several other DACs ranging in price from £500 to £3000, none of which sounded any better than the TP's own DAC. The combination of the TP and the Schiit DAC is, to my ears, outstanding. I certainly prefer it to the TP's internal DAC. The 'improvement' is subtle but noticeable and I am extremely happy with it. The TP was already very good but in my opinion, which of course is subjective, the external DAC has taken the TP to another level. Using the digital output from Touch to the same external DAC produces surprisingly good results, especially considering the cost of the Touch. However, the TP/External DAC combination delivers a very noticeable improvement compared with Touch/DAC. This suggests that the digital output stage of the TP has been better engineered than the Touch, which is hardly a surprise give the price differential! I use the BNC output from TP, but both the RCA and AES outputs also sound superior to the RCA output from Touch. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ iwalker's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13004 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=110942
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