I have owned 5 or 6 (probably more) dacs and thought each had a unique sound. In my experience the transport, which was the digital out from a cdp or dvd player, was irrelevant. At least I could hear no difference when subbing in a different transport.
I'll take it one step further and say it is the analogue output section of the dac that is most important. What I mean is the number crunching done in the dac to provide the analogue signal is not as important as how the analogue signal is delivered. Of course YMMV.
I'll take it one step further and say it is the analogue output section of the dac that is most important. What I mean is the number crunching done in the dac to provide the analogue signal is not as important as how the analogue signal is delivered. Of course YMMV.