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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! 
leemaze
audioengr
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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
761 posts
 
@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.
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ozzy
7,540 posts
 
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.

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jon2020
991 posts
 
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
761 posts
 
-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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