The jump up to Transporter from Squeezebox is huge in terms of better sound quality. I am now running the transporter as just a transport and have an external clock running the Transporter and the Metronome C2A Signature DAC.
The soundstaging is incredibly deep and wide and that audiophile term "airy". But its true. There is a distinct space for each instrument and voice in the soundstage. My Mark Levinson Transport doesn't get used much these days as the transporter is just way superior now.
If the Linn devices are better than what I've got with the transporter it would be absolutely scary in its greatness.
However, if you run the transporter using its DAC and clocking circuits, whilst it is a step up from squeezebox, its sound quality is still inferior to high-end CD-players/transports.
The soundstaging is incredibly deep and wide and that audiophile term "airy". But its true. There is a distinct space for each instrument and voice in the soundstage. My Mark Levinson Transport doesn't get used much these days as the transporter is just way superior now.
If the Linn devices are better than what I've got with the transporter it would be absolutely scary in its greatness.
However, if you run the transporter using its DAC and clocking circuits, whilst it is a step up from squeezebox, its sound quality is still inferior to high-end CD-players/transports.