Will computer to DAC replace transports and cdp's?


From my limited reading it seems that a cd burned to a hard drive will be a bit for bit copy because of the software programs used to rip music files. A transport has to get it right the first time and feed the info to a dac. Wavelength audio has some interesting articles about computer based systems and have made a strong statement that a transport will never be able to compete with a hard drive>dac combo.

Anybody care to share their thoughts?
kublakhan
I don't believe it.

Believe it, or not. It's my experience as well. But I wonder if he meant that he was using a computer CD player? What I believe he may have meant, and correct me if I'm wrong Pardales, was comparing the music from CEC transport + Dodson combo, to the same music stored on a Hard Drive in WAV or lossless format going via USB, clocked and converted by the Waveterminal, and then on to the same Dodson DAC to be reclocked. It has been my experience with my own DAC and Transport (both Muse) that I cannot tell the difference from a lossless hard-drive version vs my transport. Never bothered trying the transport in the computer.

Marco
Ok, I reset the music folder to g drive{ my 300 gb hard drive }. Now, do i need to export my library to this folder, or will it do it automatically? Will this put all the info on the hd and free up memory on my pc? Thanks.
Option for the lib should (in PC version) be under Edit->Preferences->Advanced. If you check the button underneath that, it should, I believe, copy all the files into the iTunes directory when you apply the changes. It will take a while.