I'm pretty sure the DVD as transport recommendation applies to Bel Canto's particular design (used with toslink cable). DVD players don't make bad transports, but I prefer my old CDP's to my Pioneer DV-05 (used with my EVS Millenium DAC2).
DVD player as the best transport to use with DAC?
On the Bel Canto website, in the FAQ section for the DAC 2, there is a blurb about the theoretical benefits of using a DVD player as the transport mechanism for an outboard, upsampling DAC. Does anyone have any experience to back up the claim that a DVD player may be a better transport for an outboard upsampling DAC' than a regular CD player?