Dear peter:
I have both the mephisto II dac and ekianthus transport and like them a great deal. The two together are very analogue sounding and very realistic. I have compared to a moderate priced sony transport (forget which one) and there was no comparison but I have not compared it to anything fancy. Some hints to improve performance are to use an excellent digital interconnect (I use the fms and it is superb, much better than the ensemble gigaflux I had before). Also isolate it well (darums or whatever) and for best sound leave the lid open when playing (sounds crazy but works well). If you have any questions drop me a note
gary
I have both the mephisto II dac and ekianthus transport and like them a great deal. The two together are very analogue sounding and very realistic. I have compared to a moderate priced sony transport (forget which one) and there was no comparison but I have not compared it to anything fancy. Some hints to improve performance are to use an excellent digital interconnect (I use the fms and it is superb, much better than the ensemble gigaflux I had before). Also isolate it well (darums or whatever) and for best sound leave the lid open when playing (sounds crazy but works well). If you have any questions drop me a note
gary