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People buying Transports again?

I have a friend who is looking to purchase some dCS equipment. He is set on getting the entire dCS stack. Not sure if it is the Vivaldi or Pagnini. Although he has converted his library to digital (Meridian Sooloos) he believes he gets the best sound via a Transport. Now I know this is very subjective on does it sound better and if so what is the price of it. Like him I have converted all of my music over to digital. I converted it mostly for convenience and access to my entire collection. I have downloaded some HiRez files but I have no desire to repurchase my music in HiRez format if it becomes available. To me converting from disc to digital files was like going from non-remote control preamps to preamps with remotes. I personally would not buy a non-remote controlled preamp but that is just me. Are people going back or staying with transports?
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photonman
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I think there will always be a niche market for legacy sources.

Vinyl and compact disc and some day the digital player.
photonman
96 posts
 
I work with computers all day and the last thing I want to do is worry about high availability and disaster recovery for my music library. Long live the CD player :)

I am confused with digital music. If you can get hi res formats, why do some people say redbook cd is still better?

Basically the digital players are small audio optimized computers selling for a lot more than a personal computer. Ethernet is all about the data packets and making sure they get to where they are destined. I would not spend more then 10 or 20 bucks on a shielded CAT6 cable for a digital rig.
photonman
96 posts
 
To answer the OP question, I will be in the market for a new transport to replace my Modwright'ed Sony 9000ES.

Considering the Woo Audio and the Cyrus CDXT. I think this might be my last CD player purchase and hopefully it outlives me.

I just integrated a Chordette QuteHD dac into my system just in case I get bored some friday night and want to play with computers.
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