Transports are NOT created equal due to differences in quality of the clocking, power supplies, and support circuitry.
-------> there are BIG differences in SQ amongst different transports
1. DEDICATED SimAudio CDP: excellent, clean clear dynamic sound with punch, fully fleshed out timbres/tones
2. DEDICATED Bel Canto CDT3: similar to the Sim above, but the sound is more like the Bel Canto house sound: clean and clear but slightly warm though highly resolving. just as dynamic as the Sim, but in a different way.
3. NON-DEDICATED Oppo 95: is the jack of all trades for $1000. IOWs, the transport electronics, power supply, clocks are much inferior to the Sim and Bel Canto above, who have DEDICATED electronics to do 1-2 things very well, rather than do several things .... mediocre like the Oppo.
I have owned all these transports, fyi
-------> there are BIG differences in SQ amongst different transports
1. DEDICATED SimAudio CDP: excellent, clean clear dynamic sound with punch, fully fleshed out timbres/tones
2. DEDICATED Bel Canto CDT3: similar to the Sim above, but the sound is more like the Bel Canto house sound: clean and clear but slightly warm though highly resolving. just as dynamic as the Sim, but in a different way.
3. NON-DEDICATED Oppo 95: is the jack of all trades for $1000. IOWs, the transport electronics, power supply, clocks are much inferior to the Sim and Bel Canto above, who have DEDICATED electronics to do 1-2 things very well, rather than do several things .... mediocre like the Oppo.
I have owned all these transports, fyi