Transports are. It created Raquel, each unit should be treated as an individual. IOWs, can’t answer the OPs question favoring one device over a different one in these 2 categories.
E.g. in a/b tryouts,my SimAudio CDP (Equinox, $3000) from 2007 absolutely killed the transport on the OPPO 95. While the Bel Canto dedicated cd transport($1500) was also better than the OPPO, and right on par with the Sim in terms of SQ, tho slightly different sound.
Why? I think bc the Sim has 2 dedicated power supplies for analog and digital. But the OPPO has 1 power supply for the 100 different functions it has, so the transport quality suffers.
E.g. in a/b tryouts,my SimAudio CDP (Equinox, $3000) from 2007 absolutely killed the transport on the OPPO 95. While the Bel Canto dedicated cd transport($1500) was also better than the OPPO, and right on par with the Sim in terms of SQ, tho slightly different sound.
Why? I think bc the Sim has 2 dedicated power supplies for analog and digital. But the OPPO has 1 power supply for the 100 different functions it has, so the transport quality suffers.