PhilNYC;144218 Wrote:
What are you using as a transport right now? The Transporter is a
significant upgrade over the stock SB3 as a transport. I'm using mine
primarily as a transport with my Dodson DAC...
Phil,
How does this transporter compare to your Oracle transport, when use
only as
davep;144227 Wrote:
Bailx,
I am someone who has replaced a SB3 feeding the digital out to a
Musical Fidelity X-DACv3 and outboard X-PSUv3 power supply with a
Transformer using analog outs. I can say that to my ears the
improvement is very significant. There is just more there there. I
CardinalFang;144273 Wrote:
I have a SB2 with X-DACv3 so that's tempting...if only I liked the
visual design of the Transport more, I'd jump. Perhaps I should learn
to love the looks :-)
Well my view is that I don't spend as much time looking at it as I do
listening to it, and the silver one
highdudgeon;144229 Wrote:
No kidding? What's the difference in using the Transporter analog outs
and using it through the Dodson (ahem, aside from price)?
I've actually been really suprised at how close it is between the
Dodson and the Transporter's analog outs. I've had a lot of sources
95bcwh;144239 Wrote:
Phil,
How does this transporter compare to your Oracle transport, when use
only as digital out feeding your Dodson DAC?
Rgds
I haven't spent a lot of time comparing the two yet. I'd like to do
more extensive listening to both with this comparison in mind, but when
PhilNYC;144296 Wrote:
(The Dodson uses Burr-Brown DAC chips, vs. the Transporter's AKM DAC,
so this is even more surprising).
I'm not sure that's a good reason to be surprised... I think these
chips cost $10 or so. I'm sure in a $2000 product Sean used the one
he did because he thought
PhilNYC;144297 Wrote:
I haven't spent a lot of time comparing the two yet. I'd like to do
more extensive listening to both with this comparison in mind, but when
doing a couple of quick A/B comparisons, the Oracle and Transporter
sound nearly indistinguishable from each other to my ears.
opaqueice;144311 Wrote:
You're surprised they sound similar since the chips are different? I
would guess the analogue stage, PSU, etc. has a much bigger effect on
the sound than the DAC chip at this point - I think the chips cost
maybe $10, which is probably a good indication the technology
What are you using as a transport right now? The Transporter is a
significant upgrade over the stock SB3 as a transport. I'm using mine
primarily as a transport with my Dodson DAC...
--
PhilNYC
Sonic Spirits Inc.
http://www.sonicspirits.com
PhilNYC;144218 Wrote:
What are you using as a transport right now? The Transporter is a
significant upgrade over the stock SB3 as a transport. I'm using mine
primarily as a transport with my Dodson DAC...
Allow me to re-phrase the question slightly:
Is the Transporter as digital out better
Bailx,
I am someone who has replaced a SB3 feeding the digital out to a
Musical Fidelity X-DACv3 and outboard X-PSUv3 power supply with a
Transformer using analog outs. I can say that to my ears the
improvement is very significant. There is just more there there. I
would not go back and am about
No kidding? What's the difference in using the Transporter analog outs
and using it through the Dodson (ahem, aside from price)?
PhilNYC;144218 Wrote:
What are you using as a transport right now? The Transporter is a
significant upgrade over the stock SB3 as a transport. I'm using mine
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