Will you have similar glowing comments were to you buy either? That depends on your dac. Mine is a very well reviewed Audio Alchemy DDP-1 + PS 5, recently improved by replacing the OEM umbilical with RAL (Revelation Audio Labs) cryoed silver umbilical. Between the 2, a bit more than the SMSL alone.
My torture CDs include Jennifer Nettles Playing with Fire and Wilson Philips 2 vg examples of cds that sounded tinny and screechy. I went so far as to write Jennifer about my displeasure: which is no longer true. Finally, both CDs sound as I would have expected. Adding up the total investment, it's well within the cost of transports that I don't doubt would be hard pressed to sound as good.