I have a Bel Canto DAC-1 and they said the same about it. I compared a Pioneer DV-414 and a CAL Delta transport. They were very different in my system! With the Pioneer there was a very large but unfocused sound stage that was well out in front of the speakers. With the CAL Delta the sound stage was smaller but better focused. It was not out in front of the speakers and the tonal balance seemed more correct. -- If I remember correctly, the Bel Canto site also suggested that using toslink had some advantage (sub sonic filtering as I remember) over coax between the transport and the DAC. I tried this as well but I prefer coax cable. -- Zero for two was my experience in my system with the particular decks and cables on hand. As is so often recommended by Agoners, I'd suggest that you do what you can to try before you buy.
DVD player as the best transport to use with DAC?
On the Bel Canto website, in the FAQ section for the DAC 2, there is a blurb about the theoretical benefits of using a DVD player as the transport mechanism for an outboard, upsampling DAC. Does anyone have any experience to back up the claim that a DVD player may be a better transport for an outboard upsampling DAC' than a regular CD player?