Does a new cd transport require break-in time?

rvpiano OP

228 posts                                                                             11-11-2017 1:26pm

 Interestingly, I much prefer the sound of the Gungnir with the Oppo transport.
The definition is probably better with the Cambridge, but there is, on my system, a shrillness I don’t like. The Oppo just sounds better and has plenty of detail. Maybe the Cambridge will sound different after more break in.

@rvpiano,

LOL, on some other forums if you posted that statement the naysayers would scurry from out of the woodwork. Bits are bits, no way transports can sound different from one another. No way!

As for comparing the sound of the Oppo to the Cambridge in all fairness the Cambridge is still breaking, burning, in.

Just curious, have you tried using the DAC from the Oppo connected to the Cambridge transport?

Shrill sound? Looks like you have a jitter problem with the Gumby and it prefers the Oppo. Bits are bits but how well a DAC handles jitter is part of the DAC design.

The digital coax cable the OP is using could also be part of the problem.


White paper.

Is The AESEBU / SPDIF Digital Audio Interface Flawed ?
http://www.scalatech.co.uk/papers/dunn_hawksford_1992.pdf

Yes, I know the paper is from 1992.

@jea48

Yup. That is why all modern DACs should have complete jitter immunity. Some don't despite 20 years of jitter issues.

Right. Just my .02, but.....

.....the Schiit Gungnir (and of course the Yggdrasil) have an indicator light (meant for user observation) that would indicate whether or not there is an "issue" (widely defined, see respective Schiit documentation for specifics). Therefore, and in the OPs case, if that light isn’t illuminated, he/she likely *does not* have an "external jitter issue", a "transport issue" or a "coax or particular input cable/source issue".

EDIT:

@rvpiano

Is there anything you can report regarding the status of the Gungnir VCO/VCXO indicator light?