On 30 Aug 2003 20:43:24 GMT, (Derbydrummer)
wrote:

I am aware that a transport dosen't have a filter but a dac does and thats
where the digital signal goes to. To perform at its optimum it needs a clean
digital signal. On a scope you can see how clean the signal is.

If you actually understood how DACs work, you'd be aware that:

1) A separate DAC is a *very* bad idea.

2) A *good* DAC will minimise any incoming jitter to the extent that
all properly functioning transports will produce an audibly identical
output signal from the DAC.

I do not know what experience you have of listening to CD transports but I can
assure you they sound different and there must be reasons for that.

Yes, it's called a crap DAC! Regrettably, idiotic 'high end' dealers
seem to think that incompetent DACs which do *not* suppress incoming
jitter are 'more transparent'. Such is the incompetence of the 'high
end' industry, but it need not prevent the rest of us from doing the
sensible thing, and buying a standalone player.
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