Does the Transport make a significant difference

Ray - he is probably just removing veils, jitter and distortion. When you do this, the imaging becomes less diffuse and things seem to "snap" into focus, appearing to relocate. They have not really moved, just focused.

Steve N.
Empirical Audio

Should I upgrade from the Perfectwave DAC II to the Directstream or keep the Perfectwave DAC II and upgrade my transport from a NAD 565bee CD player to a PS Audio PerfectWave Transport? I just upgraded my preamp and this will be my last upgrade for a long time. Your suggestions are appreciated!

12-13-14: Ricred1
Should I upgrade from the Perfectwave DAC II to the Directstream or keep the Perfectwave DAC II and upgrade my transport from a NAD 565bee CD player to a PS Audio PerfectWave Transport? I just upgraded my preamp and this will be my last upgrade for a long time. Your suggestions are appreciated!

My brother upgraded his Perfectwave DAC MKII to Directstream and it was no contest. Also Directstream is more agnostic what's feeding it so probably can't tell the difference between transports. Google Directstream review where several reviewer specifically ask Ted Smith on the design.

I'll repeat my suggestion again and also get a Synchro-Mesh reclocker. It has a 30 days money back guarantee so only risk is shipping cost. It sits between your transport and DAC and if the reclocker works as advertised, you should not hear any differences between transports.

The LAST thing I would get is a transport.

Knghifi,

Thanks for your response.

I always like to close the loop when I ask a question. I decided to purchase a Parasound JC2 preamp and PS Audio Directstream DAC. I received both of them a week ago. Improvements, YES; unfortunately I can't tell you what component has had the most impact on the sound. I installed both of them at the same time.