jhm731;161692 Wrote:
My TacT 2150s are used as power DACs and don't need any preamps or
volume controls.
Yes, I believe the Transporter would be a better value, if it was
exclusively dependent on a remote control with a display, but if you
and George like playing with the knob and
jhm731;161692 Wrote:
Are you saying the Transporter isn't revolutionary?
Of course not. CDs are revolutionary. FLACs just fly across the ether
cleverly; they don't revolve...
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jhm731;161065 Wrote:
IMO, the revolutionary Transporter should have been packaged in a
plain 1U case with no knobs or buttons controlled by a programmable
remote with a display like the Sonus [...]
Well, I'd love to see a Sonus-like remote for Slim units, but the
controls on the Transporter
catfood;161849 Wrote:
Well, I'd love to see a Sonus-like remote for Slim units, but the
controls on the Transporter are actually one of the big selling
features for me!
Most of the time I'm only a step or two away from my rack, when I'm
listening, so it's faster and easier to stand up and
That's a nice idea. RF remotes are a good thing. Something not much
bigger, WELL backlit, and RF. Maybe metal, too, like a Plinius remote,
so that you can fend off burglars.
Balthazar_B;161980 Wrote:
In my case, all the gear is stuffed in a closet, out of sight (and line
of sight, so no
highdudgeon;161378 Wrote:
Ach, it's not even worth bothering with this.
George always has to have the last word.
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jhm731;161065 Wrote:
I haven't seen any volume knobs on DVD players, most power amp don't
have any volume controls and my TacT S2150 amp's volume is controlled
by a remote. I've also got a Genesis Digital Lens that has no buttons
or knobs, it's totally controlled by a remote. I've got all my
Sleestack;161547 Wrote:
I was obviously referring to the various controls on different types of
components. No, a DVD player has no volume knob, but it also doesn't
function a a preamp and has many other buttons.
I have many TACT pieces. Unless you are using them as amps, they most
jhm731;160897 Wrote:
Good point. Makes you wonder why SD put that fancy knob and all those
buttons on their revolutionary Transporter, when everything can be
control by a remote.
Do you also wonder why they put buttons and/or volume knobs on DVD
player, amplifiers, etc.?
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Or televisions, for that matter? Why is it a good thing not to be
solely dependant on a remote control? Two obvious reasons come to
mind.
Sleestack;160968 Wrote:
Do you also wonder why they put buttons and/or volume knobs on DVD
player, amplifiers, etc.?
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Sleestack;160968 Wrote:
Do you also wonder why they put buttons and/or volume knobs on DVD
player, amplifiers, etc.?
I haven't seen any volume knobs on DVD players, most power amp don't
have any volume controls and my TacT S2150 amp's volume is controlled
by a remote. I've also got a Genesis
Most power amps do not have volume controls; most power amps have on/off
switches. Now, if you're talking about integrated amps, line stages,
and preamps, the vast majority certainly do have controls for volume,
channel switching, and so on. Now, you're saying that a TactT S2150
doesn't have
opaqueice;160598 Wrote:
I rip CDs as soon as I buy them - it takes very little effort or time
(only slightly more than playing the CD in a transport, in fact).
Same here, as soon as I bring a new cd home, it's being ripped
(eac/flac). Of course, my cd transport (Teac) died, so my only
I also rip immediately. I wouldn't even think about buying a CD anymore
if I couldn't rip it. I think this change is a revolutionary as the
remote control. How many of us ever get up to change the station
anymore?
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Remote control is a great analogy actually, in that lots of audiophiles
still get up and walk across the room to adjust the preamp- in spite of
RC's ubiquity.
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Skunk;160785 Wrote:
Remote control is a great analogy actually, in that lots of audiophiles
still get up and walk across the room to adjust the preamp- in spite of
RC's ubiquity.
Well, that gets into a whole 'nother debate about motorized pots vs.
discrete stepped attenuators, which are
Skunk;160785 Wrote:
Remote control is a great analogy actually, in that lots of audiophiles
still get up and walk across the room to adjust the preamp- in spite of
RC's ubiquity.
Good point. Makes you wonder why SD put that fancy knob and all
those buttons on their revolutionary Transporter,
opaqueice;160598 Wrote:
I very much doubt that, although it may take some time before the CD
transport market is totally dead.
People will continue to buy CD transport (or player) as long servers
are not stable and solid enough...
Sleestack;160314 Wrote:
Nothing I said would contradict that. Nevertheless, I also said I
thought it might be because the North Star upsamples. North Star isn't
going anywhere, b/c I do continue to want a CD transport in my 2.2.
system. I'm too lazy to promptly burn my CDs when I get new
jhm731;160591 Wrote:
You said:
Ever since I got my Transporters, they are the only transports that
have been used with my TACT based systems.
Hence, I thought you were no longer using the Aberdeen Northstar.
The fact that you plan to keep your Northstar and Esoteric transports,
IMO,
jhm731;160591 Wrote:
Audiophiles will continue buy and use CD transports.
I very much doubt that, although it may take some time before the CD
transport market is totally dead.
I rip CDs as soon as I buy them - it takes very little effort or time
(only slightly more than playing the CD in
I have to second this. One example does not prove the rule. For that
matter, the example of audiophiles -- although a large number of very
serious audiophiles I know have gone the server route exclusively --
does not prove the rule.
In the end, the people who put out music will bend in the
Someone alerted me to this thread, so I thought I'd check it out.
Thanks for the comments on our online publications and, it's true, we
are the oldest and I was actually the founder of the original
SoundStage.com site back in 1995. We've grown to have numerous sites --
all online publications
jhm731;159831 Wrote:
Thought you already posted that the Aberdeen NorthStar transport sounds
better than the stock Transporter.
If you now think your Aberdeen Transporter is better, you should post
the Aberdeen NorthStar for sale. There are lots of TacT users waiting
to get one.
Nothing
Sleestack;159722 Wrote:
I have and Esoteric D-03/P-03 combo and modified Northstar transport in
some of my own high end setups. Ever since I got my Transporters, they
are the only transports that have been used with my TACT based systems.
Transparency is all we can ask for and I think the
For those of you do not follow these things SoundStage is one of the
oldest and most respected of the online audio review sites. And Doug
Schneider, who wrote the review is one of if not the sole founder (I
don't really know.) I have been reading their site for years. And so
this is the first
I have and Esoteric D-03/P-03 combo and modified Northstar transport in
some of my own high end setups. Ever since I got my Transporters, they
are the only transports that have been used. Transparency is all we can
ask for and I think the Transporter delivers that to the T.
If I had time, I
And, if someone would like that demonstration in the Pacific
Northwest...drop me a line.
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