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How important are transports?

I figure this is a pretty ignorant question, but I have never really discussed it with anybody. I have a birdland dac and was wondering how much real difference the quality of the transport makes? Will it have a real impact on sound quality? Thanks.
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audioengr
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Jeff_jones - No, It is not the AC power "pollution". It is generally the jitter spectrum that varies from one transport to the next and the edge-rate of the S/PDIF signal, as well as the impedance mismatch. I have found lots of transport S/PDIF outputs that are not even remotely matched to 75 ohms characteristic impedance.

Steve N.
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audioengr
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Sean34 - the Sony DVP-S7700 or the Pioneer DV-47A (needs Superclock3).
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