General transport Question

You hear a lotta reasons as in less jitter, no interference from analogue output sections, less vibration etc. that stand alone transports sound better than the digital output of a CDP. In all the transports i've owned, when compared to similar priced and even higher CDPs, the transport in every case sounded better. Compare the heralded Sony SCD-1 used as a transport only and compare it to Forsell, CEC, MBL, Acoustic Arts, Barclay, Esoteric P2, Audiomecca and the Sony in all cases comes in a dismal 2nd. Your Dac is high quality and tremendously musical and deserves a stand alone transport to reach it's potential.

I did not realize that a question was asked. Yes Jafox, I did listen to all those transports in relation to the Sony SCD-1. And after it was so apparent that the Sony was inferior to them, I sold the Sony. The only reason I used the Sony for the comparison was that I owned one. Not only was it inferior as a transport, there was nothing to write home about it as an SACD player either. Somehow elevating the Sony's performance by comparison to a Pioneer is not relevant Most of high end equipment will sound fairly good until compared to something that is perceived better. This hobby is all subjective and there are plenty of Audiophiles that like the Sony SCD-1, however; when comparing components usually one sounds better than the rest.