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Best transport for Zanden 5000 dac

What transport/s can you reccomend as top class matches for this fine dac? I gravitate to detail, smoothness(paricularly on vocals), nuetrality and dynamics. Currently I'm using Esoteric P700 which I like but feel there are better out there. An alternative to Esoteric is sought-- any thoughts on Audiomeca, Spectral, Wadia, CEC TL0? Personal experiences preferred to opinions but all comment is very welcome.
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chriskeating
189 posts
 
You might try a 47Labs Flatfish. It is a top loader and designed to run with a filterless, non oversampling dac.
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owl
139 posts
 
Am getting fantastic results with the new Ensemble Dirondo.
mejames
986 posts
 
the Zanden transport is the only one linkable via the proprietary clocklink type connection developed specifically for the 2 pieces therefore has a significant sonic advantage over any other transport
aer OP
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thanks guys for your responses - will follow up these leads.Happy "hi-fi'ing"
metralla
945 posts
 
If you can afford the $25k (approx) Zanden transport, that would have to be a very strong contender for the best match. I heard this combination at CES 2004 and it's sweet system.

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