cd player or computer with dac

Audioengr: With all due respect Steve, you could not be more wrong. The DAC IS the ONLY thing that is important. If the DAC is designed correctly than very little else matters (hard drives, jitter, computer power supplies, etc.

To prove this point we intentionally run a $400 Toshiba laptop at the trade shows with a stock USB cable and a cheap ($75 USB hard drive). Reports from all the magazines and those attendees have been incredibly positive.

Please understand that I do agree with you, IF the DAC is not designed and built correctly only then the items you mention have much greater importance.

I also agree with Steve that there is definitely no need for a CD transport any more.

Jonathan Tinn
Playback Designs

Steve: Your statement of "I believe in honesty" is a desperate attempt at discrediting me and quite disappointing. As a DAC manufacturer, if you truly believe what you are saying, then it is clear to me that you do not have the knowledge or technology you think you have.

A properly designed DAC is impervious to the problems you are citing.

Churchill said "The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is."

Jonathan Tinn
Playback Designs

Phaelon: Your point in the previous post was well taken. I took offense to Steve's insinuation.

All I was trying to say is if the DAC is designed properly, the things mentioned by Steve are of no importance.

I certainly never intended for this to get personal in any way and felt respectfully disagreeing with someone is fair.

Herman: You stated: "Just an FYI for anybody new to the forums.....

Audioengr and Jtinn both are selling something. I've never dealt with either but it is incomprehensible that someone who is selling a product in this category wouldn't have a biased opinion that favors what they sell.

Both are probably swell fellows but take what they say with a grain of salt.
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I don't think either Steve or I made it a secret about who we are. I certainly made no mention of my DAC being the only solution or even mentioned my own product.

There is really nothing that anyone needs to be warned about here.

Herman: Not true at all. When I was registered as a private user, I was a private user. Not only that, if you look at the earlier post by me I fully disclosed my affiliation as did Steve Nugent.

I guess we can never have enough police, but thanks for protecting everyone from us and our evil ways.