Black Ice has a player with full functionality...CD transport with Tos/Coax & AES/EBU XLR outputs, DAC with Asynchronous USB, Tos & Coax inputs, and a built-in 12AX7 output stage for use as full CD player or to decode a streamer. Three mints in one!
DACs and Transports--do they still go together?
A bit behind on the technology these days; when DACs such as Lampizator and MSB are discussed, the talk seems to center around servers, computer files and streamers, none of which I use or want. I like to play CDs. Do any of the models in these two lines have inputs for a CD transport, or is that just not how the market is going now? Maybe I need a dope slap.....