Transports and Dac's mix and match Brands


I have a Questions with regards to transports and Dac's, most manufactures produce both the Transport and Dac, can you mix and match one and enother(brands)i.e Esoteric, EMM labs, Wadia and DSC come to mind, Iam am using a Dodson Audio Dac model Da-217 mk 11d at the moment and I wont a decent transport to use with it, I dont wont to be tied to one brand, as a example I like the Esoteric P05 there new pick up reads well, I not interested in SACD just red book, but can I use it with my Dac or other Dac's, if I decide to change in the future and will it preform as good if it was mated with other manufactures Dac, when you read the reviews or there owner manuals it seems they are designed to pacificaly be sold together, transport and dac, is this the case i.e P05 and D05.
Thanks for the insite or any recomendating on what I should be looking for.
k_rose
I use a CEC TL-1x with Dodson 218 DAC, and previously used the same transport with the DAC you have. No problem mixing and matching, and the CEC is a honey of a transport.

Neal
Neal
Can you tell whats differance between 217 and the 218, I very impressed with the 217 at the moment as I only have it been suppied by a older modelRotel at the moment and a very cheap rca I had down in the back shed, I like CEC as transport but it turned me off when I seen one of the mod companies charging two thousnd dollars to make it better, make you think are they any good to start with.
Thanks Kel