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So, now that we're thinking about it, what has been your favourite new product?
 
Woah it looks more like a Pass Labs power amp than CD player, and it's £10k. How much was the SA-10 on release?
About £7k I think. The Marantz is a monster, and had a rave review and lab test in Hifi News.

Hard to say how much better it sounds than my £250 Tascam through a decent DAC though. ASR tested the Tascam and declared it the best transport they’d ever measured, which might be why Primare and ATC use it in their players at 10x the RRP.
 
About £7k I think. The Marantz is a monster, and had a rave review and lab test in Hifi News.

Hard to say how much better it sounds than my £250 Tascam through a decent DAC though. ASR tested the Tascam and declared it the best transport they’d ever measured, which might be why Primare and ATC use it in their players at 10x the RRP.
When you say Tascam, a little bit of me hopes you mean you have one of their DSD recorders 😁

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When I purchased said SA-10, it was £4,000 (peter tyson). This is more than my old Merc. I first heard it in Dullwych, when a mate played Animals for me to comment. And before I started to annoy you here.
 
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When you say Tascam, a little bit of me hopes you mean you have one of their DSD recorders 😁

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Much more mundane, I’m afraid….



@Joe Cox apologies for the thread drift!
 
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That’s a lot of functionality for the money, and it looks pretty swish too!

I think there are three variations of Transport;
  • The traditional CD or if you're lucky to find SACD transport.
  • Digital transport and;
  • Streaming transport.
If you already have a standalone DAC or one which is integrated with the amp, it makes sense not to have an overlap and potentially this could save on the costs.
Though, I suspect these transports don't come cheap.
Eversolo Streaming transport also serves as a digital transport which is brilliant.
Still it'll be nice if someone can come up with a universal transport that has all three functionality.
 

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