ModWright Transporter

I have had my unit for a couple of weeks. It is much better than my previous Cary 306 SACD (!), and very very close to my Burmester 001. If I run digital out from the Modwright and uses the Burmester 001 as DAC I am not able to tell the difference.

I live in Norway and D.Wright has been excellent to deal with. This player has my highest recommendations!

Cappuccino, by using an external DAC, are you saying you don't like the ModWright DAC that is part of the Transporter or was that just for A/B comparison?

Also curious if you are using a pre-amp or going straight to your amp and using the volume control on the Transporter.

Thanks for chiming in!

Cappucino,
Do you use a preamp or run the Modwright Transporter direct to your amplifiers? If preamp, have you tried running direct to amp?
Thanks

I prefer to use a good preamp. I have the latest Burmester 011 pre. I also have the latest Burmester 001 CD. I guess the Burmester 001 CD benefits from that (synergy), but the Modwright player is very very close in quality when I use the built in DACs. If I should perform a blind test I guess you wouldn't be able to tell the difference. That is quite an achievement when you compare the price. Burmester 001 is $22k, modwright <4k !

I will get the new Burmester 069 reference player soon so for future I guess I will not use the DACs in the Modwright player.

I also have the new Accuphase 700 player in my system right now. I use this for SACD. But on Redbook I find the Modwright player to equal this player!!

I considered this but could not find enough comparisons between the MW and stock to warrant belief that it is indeed better. Different, probably. But different does not equate to better, just different.

Unless updated since I read it, the 6moons review has one obvious hole in it, and that is they did not compare it to the stock TP. Obviously they liked it, and that's fine... but for a 2x premium I for one would like to know what the improvements are.

The SlimDevices forum has some extensive discussion on both sides of this coin. It would be worth a trip there IMO.

I have and enjoy the TP very much btw. No, I have not heard the MW and unless I can get an audition unit I am not about to spend $4K to find out it may or may not be better FOR ME than the stock TP. AFAIK Dan does not offer a money-back deal. Of course that is his prerogative and business model and that's fine.

But many other companies with bright ideas are open to home auditions... RedWine, Zu, NuForce come to mind right away, and I own equipment from all of these. Of course there are likely many others who supply free or low cost (say just shipping) home auditions. This very availability instills confidence in the buyer's mind and opens up a world of discussion possibilities.

To explain that last line above, it seems pretty much the only people who have heard the MW are current owners and maybe a reviewer here and there. Even these, we do not know if they have heard both but it seems unlikely. The nature of humans in general and us audiophiles in particular is that we will praise that which we have a vested interest in.

All of the above to say that I do not consider the MW TP to be a wise choice for someone who has not carefully heard both versions, unless finances are not much of an issue.