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Excuse me for jumping in here, but... HUH?
Are you having a lot of interference problems on your wifi setup generally? I'm not even sure what that means. If you're having reception problems, you should check your router or perhaps you need a booster.
I've had a Transporter now for about 3 months. I also have a big time Audio Research system that I love, with an Oracle 2500 CD player for a digital front end.
Head to head, the Oracle is beter. It's less congested and a bigger sound than the Transporter.
But, that's only if you listen head to head.
If you instead start out listening to the Transporter, and pump it through my Ref 3 pre-amp and then into the 2 tube power amps, the Transporter sounds great.
And what really is cool, is how much fun it is to go whirling through my music collection without getting out of my chair.
I usually use my laptop for this, cause it's nice to see a large selection of what's available at once, and choose from that. It also lets me look at reviews and articles about artists while I'm listening.
Then it's just touch and play for anything on my hard drive upstairs.
And with the Transporter, I can use iTunes to manage my music collection, which is very nice. Apple just keeps coming up with new ways to organize the GUI, to automatically supply album art, etc.
I use Apple lossless, which is just a conversion from WAV lossless (and you can go back again at some point in the future if you want to).
Make no mistake: I also have a large Vinyl habit, so I'm listening to three formats now and all three have their pluses. But the Transporter is a huge step in the evolution of high end playback. To ignore it or call it a $2000 squeezebox (which I also have) is simply ridiculous. It just means you haven't heard it.
If you hate all digital sources, you won't like it. If you love the sound from CD's, I'd say this matches all but the top of the high end, with fantastic convenience.
I also bought it at a major discount from a guy here on AG, who recently sent me an email saying he had a couple of new onces (I told him I want another for my second system). if you're interested and don't see him here, email me and I'll try to hook you up. I have no relationship or financial interest in this whatsoever - just sharing a good source.
Excuse me for jumping in here, but... HUH?
Are you having a lot of interference problems on your wifi setup generally? I'm not even sure what that means. If you're having reception problems, you should check your router or perhaps you need a booster.
I've had a Transporter now for about 3 months. I also have a big time Audio Research system that I love, with an Oracle 2500 CD player for a digital front end.
Head to head, the Oracle is beter. It's less congested and a bigger sound than the Transporter.
But, that's only if you listen head to head.
If you instead start out listening to the Transporter, and pump it through my Ref 3 pre-amp and then into the 2 tube power amps, the Transporter sounds great.
And what really is cool, is how much fun it is to go whirling through my music collection without getting out of my chair.
I usually use my laptop for this, cause it's nice to see a large selection of what's available at once, and choose from that. It also lets me look at reviews and articles about artists while I'm listening.
Then it's just touch and play for anything on my hard drive upstairs.
And with the Transporter, I can use iTunes to manage my music collection, which is very nice. Apple just keeps coming up with new ways to organize the GUI, to automatically supply album art, etc.
I use Apple lossless, which is just a conversion from WAV lossless (and you can go back again at some point in the future if you want to).
Make no mistake: I also have a large Vinyl habit, so I'm listening to three formats now and all three have their pluses. But the Transporter is a huge step in the evolution of high end playback. To ignore it or call it a $2000 squeezebox (which I also have) is simply ridiculous. It just means you haven't heard it.
If you hate all digital sources, you won't like it. If you love the sound from CD's, I'd say this matches all but the top of the high end, with fantastic convenience.
I also bought it at a major discount from a guy here on AG, who recently sent me an email saying he had a couple of new onces (I told him I want another for my second system). if you're interested and don't see him here, email me and I'll try to hook you up. I have no relationship or financial interest in this whatsoever - just sharing a good source.