Who makes a CD "transport" with a Pacific Microsonics HDCD decoding chip (a chip owned by Microsoft, from what I understand) in it? I've never heard of such a "transport".. Who makes such a "transport"!? I want to know!
Now, If you have a CD "player" that decodes HDCD, and you want to ue it as a "transport", then make sure your "outboard DAC" has the HDCD decoding capability in it, if you want to hear your HDCD encoded CD's.
Your outboard "DAC" needs to have the HDCD chip in it, before it can decode and produce the sound of HDCD encoded CD's.
Now, If you have a CD "player" that decodes HDCD, and you want to ue it as a "transport", then make sure your "outboard DAC" has the HDCD decoding capability in it, if you want to hear your HDCD encoded CD's.
Your outboard "DAC" needs to have the HDCD chip in it, before it can decode and produce the sound of HDCD encoded CD's.