How does a Transport effect sound?

hi guys,

Been wondering about this: How does a CD Transport effect sound? Isn't it just reading the disc and sending the 1s and 0s to the DAC. Shouldn't every transport sound the same?

Thanks!

leemaze02-21-2018 2:45pm

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audioengr Details Discussions Posts This discussion 3,282 posts 03-05-2018 at 12:39am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete As you know, in my case I’m going Oppo>Yggy via RCA coax out from Oppo and in to Yggy. Shame on me perhaps, but other than optical this is my only option. Or is it? :) The other option is to use a BNC-BNC cable with 75 ohm RCA adapters. This is better than a cable terminated with RCA's. Like anything there are cables and then there are great cables. You get what you pay for. Technically I could go RCA coax out from Oppo and terminate with BNC coax in to Yggy. So is RCA>BNC coax "better" than RCA>RCA coax? (same coax and all else equal) Yes, anywhere you can use BNC you should do it. Steve N. Empirical Audio
aniwolfe Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 760 posts 03-05-2018 at 12:45am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete @ozzy As we all have different systems, (regarding your post about it degrading your sound) the Synchro-Mesh I bought a few weeks has made a huge improvement in my system. I would not want to listen to my digital playback without one now. Also, Steve’s digital cables are quite over looked. I have compared them to many and few that were much more expensive (Purist Audio Neptune) and his BNC BNC Digital cable was the clear winner. Excellent cable for the money.
ozzy Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 7,421 posts 03-05-2018 at 12:55am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete aniwolfe, It sounds like he has improved his design from the unit that I owned. So that’s a good thing. With the PS Direct Stream player/dac combo I reallly have no more use for these devices.
jon2020 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 986 posts 03-05-2018 at 03:46am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete With the PS Direct Stream player/dac combo I reallly have no more use for these devices. +1, ozzy. With a good transport/dac combo, such devices won't do much to improve SQ.
aniwolfe Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 760 posts 03-05-2018 at 01:28pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete -1 jon2020 I have a good transport and dac combo. The SM improves quite a bit. Simaudio 260d and Lyngdorf 2170. It may not be as good as a Esoteric or PS Audio $$$$$, but I find it hard to believe that what I have is not "good"

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