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Paganini DAC and transport

Many people talks about Puccini player or Scarlati line, but it´s very difficult to read something about the Paganini line, why?
If I have understanded well from the dCS web, the Paganini transport uses the same transport as Puccini, but Paganini uses his own transformer and power supply in each case(DAC and transport) and the Puccini only one for both DAC and transport, and logically the Paganini should have two control boards.
With this I think that the Paganini should have a sound more similar to scarlatti than to a Puccini, and the price is a lot less that the Scarlatti.
I have heard Scarlatti and Puccini, and they are differents and have different sound, but it has been imposible to me to hear the Paganini, and I will be happy to know if someone has heard the Paganini and which are yours opinions in relation to the Puccini and Scarlatti, because it seems that or you buys the Pucccini or the Scarlatti, but never the people points out the Paganini as option. Thanks.
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An alternative is a Scarlatti DAC with an Esoteric transport. The P-70 is compatible with dCS Scarlatti Master Clock and I assume the P-03 and P-01 are as well. I've had both the Scarlatti DAC and Master Clock for about a year. Recently I spent less than $3000USD for a used P-70 previously modded by "The Upgrade Company" and it is a quantum leap above the dCS Verdi.

The new Scarlatti Upsampler is targeted at the computer audio market, but provides another upgrade path to us physical medium users if used with a nice Esoteric transport.

Can't comment on SACD in such a hybrid system as the P-70 is redbook only.
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