How does a Transport effect sound?


hi guys,

Been wondering about this: How does a CD Transport effect sound?  Isn't it just reading the disc and sending the 1s and 0s to the DAC.  Shouldn't every transport sound the same?

Thanks! 
leemaze

Showing 2 responses by astewart8944

@audioengr 
I like the compact "Same bits, different Jitter. Bits are the data, Jitter is in the timing." Steve, what stand alone transport do you think sufficiently handles jitter such that the synchro-mesh is redundant, if any? And I second the importance of a high quality SPDIF cable. 
@audioengr If I understand you correctly, you are saying that putting the Synchro-Mesh between any transport and DAC, will essentially turn the SQ of the transport (not the DAC) into something roughly equivalent to dCS, MBL, Esoteric, MBL. Is that accurate? (I'm assuming here you are talking about SQ only and not build quality.) I'm asking because I'm in the market for a transport.