Dsper,
I am interested in other Thiel owner opinions regarding transports and
DACs and at what point a listener needs to start playing with
interconnects.
You don't need to play with either. (And certainly not transports...and streamers/servers don't 'have a sound of their own' if they are operating properly).
But from what you wrote, I don't think that's the point of view you are looking for. It's your money ;-)
