Logitech Transporter + Berkeley Audio Alpha DAC 2

I have the Berkeley with a squeezebox touch (w/CI PS), not transporter, so thinking result may be similar. I upsample/clock the SB with an Esoteric G25U (pretty good cables)to 192k and sound is very, very good I do prefer my PC (in next room)+ 30 foot apogee (bnc) spdif out of an ESI Juli@ sound card into the Esoteric clock/upsampler. It has shown me that the SB is not as dynamic and slightly (slightly) veiled. BUT, breaks my heart to say, my multi year/multi thousand dollar forray into PC audio, it still doesn't sound as good as my Esoteric X03SE (w/G25U clock) into a regular old preamp. the randomness of music play is great but if I really want to listen, I'm still chained to physical media, being vinyl, tape, fm or cd's various methods.

Eddie,

I absolutely hate USB and would never implement it. USB transmits data in packets, not streams. This is an inherent flaw and as cute as you want to get, you are not eliminating this issue. I have conversed within these forums with Steve and, to me, he was much too opinionated, defensive and self promoting. I have some pretty hard core facts backing up my statement - my ears. Seems like Steve knows how everything sounds - without listening to it. I have been listening to vinyl quite a bit lately, as well as my cd player on both redbook and sacd and at this point, don't expect to invest any more money into the music server route. My CD still sounds better and my vinyl still blows it all away so I just ask myself, why not just play vinyl?