Transport - will it really make an improvement


Looking for honest advice. I am considering buying a better transport, and cant yet convince myself that it will really make an improvement in my system. At present, I am using a Pioneer elite DV-05 dvd player as a transport with an outboard, Assemblage, platnum dac and upsampler. I am overwhelmed with the improvements the dac made in my system, in lieu of using the inboard dac in the Pioneer Elite. However, I'm just not convinced, due to lack of digital knowledge, that a digital output from one source could be that much better than another. I seam to think that differences in quality of cd players, are mainly attributable to their internal dac's and not the transport or digital side. Of course, I maybe completely wrong!! On the other hand, I would hope to expect a difference if comparing my 500.00 dvd player, to say a 6k transport, but are not looking to spend any where near that much money. Please enlighten me with some education, and if you have any recommendations on a used transport for around 1k. Thanks, Steve

Oh, in case it matters, I have a pair of Innersound Eros MK1 electrostats with their new xover bass amp and ESL amp + good cables.
sfrounds

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Most transports use either Phillips,Sony,or Mashista as a drive.They are designed as universal application devices and do a poor job for Audio.This is one reason you see so much good press on Audiomeca ,they produce their own reader.My opinion is there are only a few really good transports and it begins at this device.
For anyone reading this thread JC Audio,s statement about Sanibel being a sub of HiFi Farm is 100% not true.They are 2 completly different corporations with totally different ownership.It is true however that I am affiliated with both companies.So far Sanibel has managed to garner a lot of praise for providing new and important products which truly have something new and important to offer the audiophile.Aloia with inductive power supply,Audiomeca with it's own reader and the first application of Anagrams digital technology,Piega with their own truly unique ribbon diaphram,and soon to come more "new" technology to enhance the aural experience.By the way the external supply converts 12 volt elminating rf potential.
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