how does the transporter rate

It verges on being overly detailed. It's ok. I'm not sure I would buy the Transporter again. The measurements are great on it. The noise floor is 10 dB lower than the Benchmark DAC 1.

I'm in the process of A-B'ing the transporter against several DACs. I have an MSB DAC still in the box I'm going to try. I think the MF Tri-vista might be might next test.

I have a transporter, a squeezebox and a Rega Apollo. Neither Slim Device quite measures up to the Apollo but their convenience is fantastic.

regards, David

thanks dave for your input , have rega apollo in bedroom with conrad johnson tube preamp and audio research tube power amp very happy withit, listening room has big cj tube power amp with direct connect TO AA CAPITOLE MKII SE CD PLAYER AWESOME GREAT DETAIL , JUST LIKE ALIITLE MORE CONVENIENCE HOPEFULLY TRANSPORTER WILL DO IT

I dont care for the AKM DAC chip used in it. Very detailed and layered, but not musical IMO. I modded the AKM test board and ran it it off SLA batteries to evaluate it. Even then it didn't grab me. The digital output should be fine, although more jitter than I care for. I listen to inaudible levels of jitter though, so I'm spoiled. The real advantage is 24/96 digital feed from WiFi, but at a cost.

Steve N.