[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] PC or Transporter
Hello, currently I use a PC with a soundblaser X-Fi and Softsqueeze. The card is connected analogue to my amp. Would a Transporter with analogue output sound better than my pc? Christian -- Schindler Schindler's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8461 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=59313 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] PC or Transporter
On what amp and speakers you have your Soundblaster or Transporter connected to :-) But the Transporter is a very serious piece of HiFi equipment with state of the art DAC's(just see the price tag), so if connected to downstream equipment which matches its performance, it will beat the Soundblaster by light(y)ears, but if your amps and speakers are not in the same league, then my advice is : Use the money for some serious speakers and a matching amp and start out with a SB3 or Duet/SB and start saving up again for a Transporter(I am still saving up for a Transporter myself). -- bebop Regards Bebop SC 7.4 on Ubuntu 8.02, SBCDuet + Boom bebop's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17061 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=59313 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] PC or Transporter
bebop;392998 Wrote: On what amp and speakers you have your Soundblaster or Transporter connected to :-) But the Transporter is a very serious piece of HiFi equipment with state of the art DAC's(just see the price tag), so if connected to downstream equipment which matches its performance, it will beat the Soundblaster by light(y)ears, but if your amps and speakers are not in the same league, then my advice is : Use the money for some serious speakers and a matching amp and start out with a SB3 or Duet/SB and start saving up again for a Transporter(I am still saving up for a Transporter myself). Using the same Avatar as a guy in Bomber? -- Fischer Fischer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=23425 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=59313 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] PC or Transporter
Well, I have the soundblaster connected to a: DNM 3B Primus http://www.dnm.co.uk/products.html with a pair of Martin Logan Vantage: http://www.ch.martinlogan.com/speaker_intro/vantage.html Christian -- Schindler Schindler's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8461 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=59313 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] PC or Transporter
Schindler;392986 Wrote: Hello, currently I use a PC with a soundblaser X-Fi and Softsqueeze. The card is connected analogue to my amp. Would a Transporter with analogue output sound better than my pc? Christian organic Italian tomatoes or geneticaly modified californian tomatoes? -- GuyDebord Kharma Ceramique 3.2FE's - v/d Hul Inspiration. PRE: Lyngdorf DPA-1 - AcousticZen SilverReference2 XLR's. AMP: Halcro MC20. ANALOGUE: Clearaudio Ambient CMB, Satisfy Carbon Lyra Helikon SL, ASR Basis Exclusive phono pre - AcousticZen SilverReference2 XLRs. DIGITAL: SlimDevices Transporter - Siltech Golden Ridge AES/EBU. AC: PS Audio Power Plant Premier, PS Audio Statement(PPP), ASR Magic Cord(ASR), Siltech SPX30 MKII's(Lyngdorf Halcro) v/d Hul Mainserver(Transporter). GuyDebord's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14587 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=59313 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] PC or Transporter
Schindler;393007 Wrote: Well, I have the soundblaster connected to a: DNM 3B Primus http://www.dnm.co.uk/products.html with a pair of Martin Logan Vantage: http://www.ch.martinlogan.com/speaker_intro/vantage.html Christian Hmmm.. If only used for dance music, this setup will certainly give you a lot of deep bass since the Primus is only preamp and the logans only has amplifier for the subwoofer, but why connect something like this to a Soundblaster anyway ? it will probably only reveal how a computer soundcard can distort a perfectly good wav file :-) -- bebop Regards Bebop SC 7.4 on Ubuntu 8.02, SBCDuet + Boom bebop's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17061 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=59313 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] PC or Transporter
yeah.. sorry also some DNM power amplifiers are present... Well sound is not bad at all, but recently I compared Rokia Traoré, Bowmboï (African Musican) with the PC (Flac) and my Resolution Audio cd player... Well hard to say but I liked the CD more, my wife the PC. So there was the question how a Transporter would sound. More like the PC or the CD player. Christian -- Schindler Schindler's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8461 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=59313 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] PC or Transporter
The SoundBlaster X-FI is not a bad piece - but the Transporter is definitely going to sonically outperform it in my opinion. As was said earlier though, it depends if you personally prefer the sound of better (not everybody does)... -- NewBuyer NewBuyer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7862 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=59313 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] PC or Transporter
converters really don't have any place inside a pc if you care anything about your audio. -- tricka Harbethed and lovin it tricka's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11614 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=59313 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
