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Question to Levinson DAC Owners

I recently purchased a 36S, and am now in need of a transport. I was thinking of a 37 for the benefits I get from the communication port, but will this piece really help out the sound quality? Since the 36S (and the rest of the 36x series)has the FIFO buffer and re-clocks everything anyway, wouldn't almost any transport do if I don't have to worry about jitter? Has anyone tried a 36x DAC with several transports? Thanks.
dewinkle
french_fries
735 posts
 
fwiw, i have a ml-360s and a #37- the combo is quite a bit better sounding than a friend's ml#39 cdp. i would think the #39's transport is the same as a #37, so all i can say is you should get excellent results from a #37/36s pair. but at the same time, i paired a ps-audio lambda transport ($1500 new) w/ a goldmund/meta research dac yrs. ago (using a goldmund dig.cable) and the ps audio was sonically indespensable over a denon cdp used as a transport- i couldn't enjoy listening to the denon/goldmund. so imho, a good transport is (unfortunately) a must have.
jayarr
117 posts
 
I use an Audio Note CDT-2 with my Levinson 36S. I really like the combo. A touch more musical than the Levinson 37. Enjoy listening.
theta
2 posts
 
I have a ML 36's dac and I obtained excellent results using a MBL transport, the improvment was in all area's. I know that the dac may be considered outdated but good pairing with the right dac can bring very good results.
bluebull
269 posts
 
Use 37/36s.Real improvement will be atained with superior Transport.Get 37 or even better 31/31.5.Look for used .To expensive new.Also use Madrigal MBC 1 AES/EBU.Top Kimber dig iconnects also used with good results.
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