Mark Levinson transports

Hi Folks:

I am not a fan of any equipment that this company makes (build quality excellent - sound not to my liking), with one exception. The 390S cd player. Even saying that I still won't buy it. Too neutral and not quite as "rhythmic" and "energetic" as a stand alone player in my comparison with other things. Yet it's capability of detail retrival in recordings, coupled with a very large soundstage, makes it astonishlingly good.

The argument about whether an outside transport really makes a difference versus a quality one box solution will always go on. What hasn't changed in my sound preference has been dacs by Musical Fidelity. So my question is whether you feel the "neutrality" of the Levinson transports such as the 31.5 and 37, would actually be a good match with another companies processor. I used to think that the dac was about 90% of the equation. A demo from Audio-Note earlier this year convinced me otherwise.

I am also wondering how the 31.5 and 37 match in terms of performance with the 390S in transport mode?

Thank you for reading.