It has been my experience that it is important to focus on what is "wrong" with the sound you have and go from there.
If the audio is "uninvolved" it could be do to thinness or lack of tonal depth - sometimes referred to as timber. What I noticed when I went to a t-amp is that I got tonal depth - the notes seemed to be more "fleshed out" rather than an emphasis on the leading edge. Some highly upsampled and oversampled dacs that are not done right seem thin in sound. Thats why some prefer the NOS (non oversampled) type of DAC. Thinness is probably also an issue of an inadequate power supply on the DAC. Tubes add timber and depth (color) - many like that! - The Modwright transporter adds both tubes and a beefy power supply, along with other tweeks. Big bucks though! - almost $4K before you are done! I have the unmodded Transporter - I really like it, but I have it mated to a t-amp and I have euphonic caps in my maggies to add some of that tube like sound. I am quite sure the Modwright would sound better! - Just cant spring for the upgrade right now. If I were looking for a DAC upgrade and had the cash I would go for the Modwright and not look back. It is WAY more flexable that any other DAC out there and I highly doubt you could beat the sound for less than $5K. check it out! -- earwaxer Waxer Transporter Winsome labs mouse Maggie MMG's (modified) JPS Labs power cords Audioquest Granite speaker wire Silver Bullet interconnect HSU research sub ------------------------------------------------------------------------ earwaxer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=32040 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=66485 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
