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Which transport with my Jay's Audio DAC?

Advice needed.
I currently have a Nuprime CDT 8 feeding a Jay's Audio DAC. The CDT 8 oversamples the  PCM signal incoming to the DAC, and does DSD.
I have followed the discussions of the Jay's Audio CDT2- Mk2 with interest, since it looks to be a transport superior to the Nuprime. However, it does not provide PCM oversampling or DSD; and I think that the Jay's DAC cannot oversample a signal on its own. [Can any DAC?]
The question, then, is which combination is likely to be the better: 1. The Nuprime transport and the Jay's Audio DAC or 2. The Jay's Audio transport and the Jay's Audio DAC? Does the presumed superiority of the Jay's Audio transport more than compensate for the OS-ing capacity of the Nuprime DAC? 
Or perhaps any question of preferring an OS-ing to a NOS-ing transport is simply a matter of taste, and not any sort of objective criterion for making a choice like this?
Any insights will be appreciated.

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Apparently, the magic 8-ball is broken. 

If you're looking for a guru, pick one of the many (choose a path) and proceed from there, otherwise, you'll continue to be disappointed.

All the best,
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No gurus, nonoise4, just experienced listeners.
Best......
itzhak1969
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experienced listener here is telling  you to go for the Jay transport & DAC combination...
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OP: I guess everyone, including you, has failed to explain or discuss the reasons to even consider a OS transport. I don’t see any inherent advantages for selecting an OS transport over a NOS transport. And those who market such OS transports fail to persuade the reader of any perceived advantages an OS transport affords. In the end, it’s the sound quality of the entire audio system that matters. I’m simply not convinced an OS transport would improve the sound quality. Seems like marketing hype absent such compelling reasons. 
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celander:

I do think that you are missing the point. It's not about the comparative virtues or defects of OS transports per se; it's about the comparative merits and defects of OS transports when they feed an OS-capable DAC.

The two high quality DACs I am fortunate enough to have, the Jay's Audio and the Denafrips Pontus, will OS only if they are fed an OS signal from the transport. To belabour the point, if they are fed a 44.1K signal, that is what they convert to analogue.

I am not asserting that "an OS transport would improve the sound quality." I am asking whether an OS-capable transport feeding an OS-capable DAC has virtues that would be lost if that same DAC were limited in its conversion to a strictly NOS input from a strictly NOS transport.

If you are convinced that all the b other about oversampling is a waste of time and mere marketing hype [as itzhak1969 obviously does], then that settles the question raised in the OP for you, and there is not more to be said on the matter.

But I am trying to maintain an open mind about the possible sonic virtues of OS. After all, OS does have its champions in the audio world, not all of whom by any stretch have a financial stake in the matter. Now, I shall get off this site and spend some time compiling a list of them.
   
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