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Question to Levinson DAC Owners

I recently purchased a 36S, and am now in need of a transport. I was thinking of a 37 for the benefits I get from the communication port, but will this piece really help out the sound quality? Since the 36S (and the rest of the 36x series)has the FIFO buffer and re-clocks everything anyway, wouldn't almost any transport do if I don't have to worry about jitter? Has anyone tried a 36x DAC with several transports? Thanks.
dewinkle
mrfastguy250aol
65 posts
 
I use a fairly inexpensive Wadia 22 with my Levinson 36
with VERY good results, it took away all the hard edges of the music, most important when using B&W 804's which are too forward with most combinations.
I have hooked several Transports to it but this seemed to be the best combo by a stretch.

Hope this helps,, feel free to ask any further questions or see my system for associated equipment info.
rex
245 posts
 
I'm using a 360S with a Sony SCD-1 as a transport. The combination works great.

I've tried various transports and players used as transports, and they all sound different. The cheaper the transport, the worse it sounds. The cheap DVD players are the worst.
audioengr
3,282 posts
 
Believe it or not, one of the best transports is a Sony DVP-S7700 DVD player, with the right mods, of course. The clock in this unit is so stable that even adding a Superclock2 makes very little improvement. I take some of these to trade shows with me, including CES and the other attendees cannot believe how good it is. I end-up lending some of these out for the duration of the show...
dewinkle OP
51 posts
 
Wow. So even though the 36x re-clocks the data from the transport, you guys are hearing a difference when using different transports. Thanks for your input. That really helps.

Mrfastguy250aol, what types of interconnects and speaker cable are you using?? Are you using stock power cords??
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