Transport for DAC

Good info, Kijanki -- Thanks! In my case, I don't want a warm sounding dac. I'm looking for neutrality and detail, because I have a tube power amp, and also a Classe preamp, which while solid state has a bit of a tube-like character as well.

I don't know the answer to Mapman's question. Anyone else?

MacD -- sorry to have diverted the thread a bit, but I trust you've found my previous answer, and the others that have been posted, to be helpful.

Regards,
-- Al

I would characterize the Bel Canto DAC3 as "warm" sounding. No tubes though!

Mapman - I don't know DAC like that since I wasn't looking, but heard that people had good results with tube preamps. My Benchmark serves as a preamp.

According to Stereophile Bel Canto is a little better (not necessarily warmer) than Benchmark but for 2.5 times more money.

Al - are you running XLR or RCA?

The Paradisea tube DAC supposedly reduces jitter as long as the jitter at the source does not exceed a certain tolerance as I understand it.

Not sure exactly how this works. Maybe someone can explain?

It is not the same thing as upsampling and reclocking as like the Benchmark though I am pretty certain.

Still, I have to say though that I cannot hear any clear defects or differences in the sound reproduction using either Roku Soundbridge or the Denon player's transport that I might attribute to jitter.

Al - are you running XLR or RCA?

RCA at present, because that is what my Rotel cdp puts out, but my Classe CP-60 preamp can accept either.

Regards,
-- Al