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Is computer audio a bust?

In recent months, I have had several audio acquaintances return to CDPs claiming improved SQ versus their highly optimized computer transports (SS drives, external power supplies, etc, etc).

I wanted to poll people on their experiences with computer "transports." What variables have had the most impact on sonics? If you bailed on computers, why?

I personally have always believed that the transport, whether its a plastic disc spinner or computer, is as or more important than the dac itself and thus considerable thought and energy is required.

agear
agear OP
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08-03-14: Guidocorona
Uhrn... Children... please do chill out and start making nice PDQ, lest the Agon proctors get wind of the emerging electrobrawl and shut down this lovely thread *grins!*

Guido, it was not meant to be inflammatory. I invited him to contribute more specifics relevant to this thread. He refused and instead offered an invitation to the very thing that multiple other posters deemed a distraction. C'est la vie.
guidocorona
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Lighten up AGear... audiophilia is seldom that serious. G.
agear OP
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08-04-14: Guidocorona
Lighten up AGear... audiophilia is seldom that serious. G.

Stop reading into this Guido. This is not some high tension drama that warrants commentary or policing.

Go spend some time at the asylum to back the focus out even further and you can laugh at your own solemn pronouncements too.....;)
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audiolabyrinth
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Agreed!, Thankyou Guidocorona, you are a gentleman.
guidocorona
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Thank you guys... I do in fact chuckle at my own audiophrenic scribblings every day of the week... Pepto-bismol anyone? ... Heard it does wonders when one feels a little corrosively inclined *grins!*
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