Mja mjo, og denne er en god match til Adyton Opera?
Jeg har desverre ikke prøvd denne hjemme og vet ikke om noen som har både Opera og Transporter. (Bruker Squeezebox med Adyton DAC selv) men intrykket etter å ha lest om den, f.eks. her:
http://www.stereophile.com/mediaservers/207slim/ er at den absolutt burde holde mål.
Om det er riktig for deg kan jeg jo ikke si, men selv ville jeg absolutt vurdert en slik fremfor en tradisjonell spiller.
Jeg siterer litt fra artikkelen i Stereophile:
"It's far from original to observe that a satisfying audio component will send you scrambling through your record collection with a huge grin on your face, but that's what the Transporter did—only, thanks to how easy it made searching through my organized digital archive, I didn't have much scrambling to do. There was barely a slip between thought and deed.
Of course, as a hardworking audiophile, being merely content wasn't on the agenda—at least not for long—so I compared the files I'd ripped to my Apple G5 PowerMac, played through my network and the Transporter, with the CDs I'd ripped them from, played on my reference Ayre C-5xe universal player. Hardworking indeed—I could distinguish small differences between the Transporter and the Ayre, but we're not talking night and day, just different shades of ahhhh.
The Ayre had a tad more shimmer in the upper registers, a slightly more physical presence, if you will, and noticeably more dynamic contrast than the Transporter. Was it a big difference? Until I attempted a side-by-side comparison with the Ayre, I wouldn't have anticipated much difference—nor, I suppose, would I have noticed much if I'd rested a few minutes between the A and B portions of the comparison.
Because the Ayre C-5xe provides higher resolution than the Transporter and I make my living comparing components, I'll continue to use the Ayre as my reference. But when I'm just hanging out and relaxing, I think I'd rather spend my time listening than searching for a skootch more resolution."
CD spilleren han nevner er omtalt av samme gubbe her:
http://www.stereophile.com/hirezplayers/705ayre/
Men det er som sagt bare et forslag, og kanskje et dårlig et også siden jeg ikke har hørt på Transporteren selv...