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What is the best transport?

I want to upgrade my transport. I am using the Audio Note CDT 2. My dac is the Audio Note 2.1x sig. I have not yet auditioned any new transports, but have read up on the Audio Note CDT 4 and the Esoteric P-03.

Both of these are in the 16-18k price range. My budget can go that high. Will my dac be good enough or be overpowered?

What else is available which should be considered?
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jfrech
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changeout, the other benefit to the dCS transports is they can up sample and you do have dual firewire that outputs pure dsd (but I do think you need a dsd dsc here as it's a proprietary link)

upsampling redbook cd seems a big improvement in my dCS Puccini and U-Clock...but opinions/technology vary here....
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tpreaves
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There is no definitive "best" of anything. There are way too many variables involved. The "best" you can hope for is to find something that works well in your system. You can then say it's the "best" for you until you find something you think is better !!!!
alpha3
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^^^^^^^
Agreed, very good advice!
dob
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" shows what a headache it is to enen get started with all this computer audio business, and that's before something crashes, freezes, has indecipherable instructions if there are any at all, etc."

Firstly, in good server you do not have this
Secondly, select right company to buy this server from: company with established record of excellent customer support.

All The Best
chayro
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There is an article here that you might want to look at involving a shootout between a transport and a music server. Make of it what you will.

http://www.high-endaudio.com/RC-Digital.html#Comp
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