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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aniwolfe Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 761 posts 03-05-2018 at 02:16pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete jon2020 From what I understand the transport is most in-need of the SM, not the dac.
jon2020 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 991 posts 03-05-2018 at 02:30pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete aniwolfe, In any transport/dac combo, beyond a certain threshold of quality, the SM may not improve SQ significantly when inserted between the combo. This can be easily verified with listening comparisons for any given combo.
aniwolfe Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 761 posts 03-05-2018 at 02:39pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Jon2020 I understand Jon. That is why Empirical Audio has a 30 trial. If you hear an improvement "great", if not then return it. Did you try it yourself?
jon2020 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 991 posts 03-05-2018 at 02:58pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete aniwolfe, I don't intend to given ozzy's experience. :)

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