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Transport for DAC

I have a Bel Canto DAC3 and I have been thinking about buying a CD transport for it. How important is the transport? How much does sound differ from transport to transport and do characteristics of the CD player carry over when using it as a transport? So if I want a smooth sound, would a classe or mcintosh sound different than a cheap DVD player? Thanks guys.
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Shadorne - Thank you - that's probably the case especially with my amp (class D). 0dB setting is OK - it gives full power at about 1 o'clock position of the volume knob. The problem comes when I listen very soft at night. Fortunately volume pot on my Benchmark works from zero with very good tracking - might be coincidence since it doesn't look expensive.
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Benchmark do not recommend to use the Volume pot at less than 9 oclock as it may cause slight channel imbalances when used at extremes (same goes for any volume pot actually) - I think I read a comment on Headfi.org by Elias Gwinn about this very topic.
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Shadorne - I'm perhaps very lucky with this particular unit. I used more expensive and larger ALPS "Blue Velvet" pot with conductive plastic track and matching was worse than this tiny pot (Alpha I think).
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