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To get the most from a dac what is required input?

I have a really nice Musical Fidelity Trivista 21 dac. To get the most out of this dac (not sure if it actually upsamples) I'm using a Krell KPS 20i/l as a transport and although it's a big improvement using the dac would I be better off with a different transport? To ask this a different way: What are the differences in the digital outputs of various transports and how do these differences affect the sound quality given a high quality dac? Thank you.
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ckorody
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Yes it upsamples to 192

I wouldn't angst about transports much unless you have a high resolution system that is highly optimized.

The easiest way to improve your transport is to move from a platter based unit to a hard drive transport. This will neutralize the jitter difference between transports by largely eliminating it.

And there are a whole bunch of other benefits which will lead to an increased appreciation of your CD collection and generally much more listening.
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