To change the thread very slightly, is there an argument to going separate DAC and transport, because of the transport. There was an interesting letter in this months HiFi World(sensble and DIY based UK mag), bemoaning the declining quality of transports. The gist was that many expensive players(mentioned Meridian), use cheap CD Rom transports and compensate with quality reclocking and jitter circuits. The demise of many sources of transports has forced this on small, high end manufacturers. The discussion talked glowingly of older, high quality transports from TEAC in particular. It mentioned in passing than Teac still support all their old units, some newer units can't be repaired after 2 or 3 years. This route would only work for Red Book of course.
The argument is then, to use a quality, heavy duty transport from the 80's, early 90s, with one of the many, modern, quality DACs. The best of both worlds, any comments?
The argument is then, to use a quality, heavy duty transport from the 80's, early 90s, with one of the many, modern, quality DACs. The best of both worlds, any comments?