I have for almost a year been running my Transporter through my Audio Aero Capitole using the AES/EBU cable. I have tried skipping the AA and using the Transporter DAC and I find this too analytic and lacking the 'musicality' of the AA. This has worked really well for my music library stored in my Apple G5.
What has been lacking is the same quality in internet streaming audio from the Transporter through the AA's DAC. I recently got an ANTHEM D2 pre/pro and I run the Transporter digitally into the Anthem and the internet music now sounds really fantastic. I still run the AA through the Analog passthru circuit of the Anthem when I want to listen to a CD.
It is my belief that the AA really is made for CDs and the other digital inputs are really good but the AA was designed first for CDs. If you want to use the Transporter for your music library and the AA's DAC, then continue.
I don't think that the AA will give you the same quality with streaming internet audio as with CDs, etc.
What has been lacking is the same quality in internet streaming audio from the Transporter through the AA's DAC. I recently got an ANTHEM D2 pre/pro and I run the Transporter digitally into the Anthem and the internet music now sounds really fantastic. I still run the AA through the Analog passthru circuit of the Anthem when I want to listen to a CD.
It is my belief that the AA really is made for CDs and the other digital inputs are really good but the AA was designed first for CDs. If you want to use the Transporter for your music library and the AA's DAC, then continue.
I don't think that the AA will give you the same quality with streaming internet audio as with CDs, etc.