How important are transports?


I figure this is a pretty ignorant question, but I have never really discussed it with anybody. I have a birdland dac and was wondering how much real difference the quality of the transport makes? Will it have a real impact on sound quality? Thanks.
sean34

Showing 1 response by jdombrow

I have been trying to decide on a transport for my system and have auditioned several transports in my system recently. I currently have a CAL Delta, a Sony DVP S7000, a CEC TL5100Z, and a Vecteur D2. Each of these units sounds a little different in my system (running through a Scott Nixon TubeDac, a Bottlehead Foreplay preamp and a pair of 2A3 amps).

In some cases, the differences are very slight, but noticeable to me. So, if your system is capable, you may hear differences also.

JD