I also have a Bryston DAC3. It has 4 HDMI inputs. I have a large SACD collection. My Oppo 105 is programmed to output the DSD layer of SACD over HDMI. I also have a Sony ES SACD player that feeds another HDMI input on the DAC. The Sony transport sounds a bit smoother than the Oppo but the differences are slight. For red book I use a Melco transport/ripper that is connected to my Melco N100 NAS/Streamer. The N100 is connected to the Bryston by usb. It is a big, bold highly detailed presentation that is quite addictive
older CD transport vs newer ones.
I added a fairly inexpensive CD transport to my DCS Rossini DAC/Clock and am shocked how much better it sounds spinning a disc vs streaming it. It's not even a close call. I was thinking of bettering my CD transport and was looking at options such at the Jay's CD transport. There are also options such as Mark Levinson 31.5 which was a 10K unit in it's day. Any thoughts on the best way to go? I get a little worried about one of these older units breaking and not being able to get it fixed.