Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] DACs : unmodded Transporter vs Perfectwave DAC?

2010-12-02 Thread alekz
Phil Leigh;592375 Wrote: > Maybe your dealer might tell you what that reason is - but he probably > won't. He did - I upgraded the speakers ;-) -- alekz alekz's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] DACs : unmodded Transporter vs Perfectwave DAC?

2010-12-02 Thread Phil Leigh
alekz;592355 Wrote: > I see you are not a supporter of the "garbage in - garbage out" formula > ;-) > > On the other hand, as my audio dealer once told me:"If you do not hear > the difference between sources, there must be something wrong with the > rest of your system". > > So, you are probabl

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] DACs : unmodded Transporter vs Perfectwave DAC?

2010-12-02 Thread alekz
I see you are not a supporter of the "garbage in - garbage out" formula ;-) -- alekz alekz's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13574 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=8

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] DACs : unmodded Transporter vs Perfectwave DAC?

2010-12-02 Thread Phil Leigh
I'm not a fan of the Akurate DS (although I quite like the Klimax DS, despite its extreme expense). Personally, I've found that the contribution to my enjoyment of a system on a component by component basis is roughly: Transport: <5% DAC: <10% The rest of the system >85% -- Phil Leigh You wa

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] DACs : unmodded Transporter vs Perfectwave DAC?

2010-12-02 Thread alekz
Phil Leigh;592284 Wrote: > > To claim a DAC - for example - is "better" than another implies some > absolute scale of measurement/assessment against which one component > can be judged to be "better" than another. What measures good does not always sound good. Discussed many times here and there

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] DACs : unmodded Transporter vs Perfectwave DAC?

2010-12-02 Thread Phil Leigh
(this is not aimed at anyone in particular) Words are very important. To claim a DAC - for example - is "better" than another implies some absolute scale of measurement/assessment against which one component can be judged to be "better" than another. Since such a scale does not exist, what peop

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] DACs : unmodded Transporter vs Perfectwave DAC?

2010-12-02 Thread alekz
TheLastMan;592224 Wrote: > > So my point is... > ...comparing PWD and Transporter in different acoustic environments > with different amps and speakers is rather pointless if you only > comment on tonal balance. You can only say what your own experience is > if you have the luck to own both of

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] DACs : unmodded Transporter vs Perfectwave DAC?

2010-12-02 Thread tomjtx
X2 , Robin -- tomjtx tomjtx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7449 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82155 ___ audiophile

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] DACs : unmodded Transporter vs Perfectwave DAC?

2010-12-02 Thread Robin Bowes
On 02/12/10 12:33, TheLastMan wrote: > > Reading this thread with great interest. Most of the equipment > discussed is way out of my financial league, but I can pick up a > Transporter for under £1k now so I am seriously considering it as an > option in my system. > > There is a lot of discussio

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] DACs : unmodded Transporter vs Perfectwave DAC?

2010-12-02 Thread michael123
TheLastMan;592224 Wrote: > > So my point is... > ...comparing PWD and Transporter in different acoustic environments > with different amps and speakers is rather pointless if you only > comment on tonal balance. You can only say what your own experience is > if you have the luck to own both of

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] DACs : unmodded Transporter vs Perfectwave DAC?

2010-12-02 Thread TheLastMan
Reading this thread with great interest. Most of the equipment discussed is way out of my financial league, but I can pick up a Transporter for under £1k now so I am seriously considering it as an option in my system. There is a lot of discussion here about the bass and midrange levels of the Tr