Logitech Transporter + Berkeley Audio Alpha DAC 2

That's encouraging news. I have compared BADA2 using CDP as transport in one system and TP w/ Min-phase filter in another system, and I couldn't bring myself to buy the BADA2, as I didn't now whether the min-phase filter effect is additive/subtractive.

Not it appears that TP + BADA2 is a great combo. Before I go jumping on BADA as a replacement for my DAC in my 2nd system, could you run a test between TP internal DAC w/ min-phase filter and BADA2 using CDP or another source as the transport?

I don't have another transport to test with, sorry.

BUT, PureMusic will do the same software upsampling to using minimum phase filtering and you get an arguably superior transport to the TP.
It will play 24/192 native whereas the TP is stuck at 24/96.

You should be able to get a dealer to return it within a week or so if you don't like it...

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I have the Berkeley with a squeezebox touch (w/CI PS), not transporter, so thinking result may be similar. I upsample/clock the SB with an Esoteric G25U (pretty good cables)to 192k and sound is very, very good I do prefer my PC (in next room)+ 30 foot apogee (bnc) spdif out of an ESI Juli@ sound card into the Esoteric clock/upsampler. It has shown me that the SB is not as dynamic and slightly (slightly) veiled. BUT, breaks my heart to say, my multi year/multi thousand dollar forray into PC audio, it still doesn't sound as good as my Esoteric X03SE (w/G25U clock) into a regular old preamp. the randomness of music play is great but if I really want to listen, I'm still chained to physical media, being vinyl, tape, fm or cd's various methods.

Cerrot,
I hear you but in my case it is clearly better.
This is not something I would have believed possible from digital.

Have you tried using USB with JRMC rather than the Touch?
This is where I think the gains will be made.

Everyone I've talked to, including Steve from Empirical think the USB route will give much better quality.
I could put a Pace Care reclocker between the TP and Berkeley, but he tells me I would be wasting my money. Better to sell the TP and buy an Off Ramp 5 for the same money.

Now I'm torn between the Off Ramp 5 and the Berkeley.
Steve is super responsive and answers every email whereas Berkeley haven't responded to one.
That kind of customer support doesn't fly with me.
I'd rather invest my $$$$ with someone who actually takes the time to interact with me.

Eddie,

I absolutely hate USB and would never implement it. USB transmits data in packets, not streams. This is an inherent flaw and as cute as you want to get, you are not eliminating this issue. I have conversed within these forums with Steve and, to me, he was much too opinionated, defensive and self promoting. I have some pretty hard core facts backing up my statement - my ears. Seems like Steve knows how everything sounds - without listening to it. I have been listening to vinyl quite a bit lately, as well as my cd player on both redbook and sacd and at this point, don't expect to invest any more money into the music server route. My CD still sounds better and my vinyl still blows it all away so I just ask myself, why not just play vinyl?