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There is an audible difference in transports.

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Mike K

In Reply to: RE: What HIFI has lost me forever posted by ltman on November 14, 2023 at 11:34:08

I was using a Bryston BCD1 as a transport only. It died. I bought a Cambridge CXCV2 and it was a distinct upgrade. Then in bought a PS Audio transport (it does CDs and SACDs). It is a real serious upgrade over the CXCV2. There is a difference in transports, believe me.

Lack of skill dictates economy of style. - Joey Ramone

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There MUST be a difference - Story 03:38:59 11/15/23 (0)
a transport is made of... (my guess)...a hundred different pieces or parts.

If they all used the same parts then they would ALL sound similar
RE: There is an audible difference in transports. - fantja 00:25:34 11/15/23 (2)
Mike K

what aspect(s) of the BCD-1 did you not enjoy?
- RE: There is an audible difference in transports. - Mike K 11:51:54 11/15/23 (1)
  The BCD1 was fine for me for a long time, about 10 years. Then I got a PS Audio GCD, and the dac therein was better than the one in the BCD1 in every way. So I just used the BCD1 as a transport, until that died . Digital gets better all the time, including DACs and transports and combinations thereof. The older stuff just doesn't cut it these days.
  
  Lack of skill dictates economy of style. - Joey Ramone
  - RE: There is an audible difference in transports. - fantja 16:21:50 11/15/23 (0)
    Thank You- for the follow up.
RE: There is an audible difference in transports. - ltman 16:45:22 11/14/23 (2)
sorry, I guess I don't believe there would be audible differences in any competent transport.

But I would fight to the death to defend your right to believe differently, if that is any consolation :)
- To the death you say..... - Ozzy 04:49:55 11/15/23 (0)
  ...? That's some serious audiophile s&*t right there...
  
  Don't worry about avoiding temptation. As you grow older, it will avoid you.
  - Winston Churchill
- While I abandoned disk transports a decade ago...- - E-Stat 18:28:33 11/14/23 (0)
  there are most certainly audible differences between music server endpoints. Even with the power supplies used with any given unit both in transparency and dynamics.
  
  Simple "bits are bits" theory fails in practice.

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