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I agree that a digital transport only processes data (actually not processes but read would be more accurate definition but I do understand that reading implies a lot of processing) and delivers it to a converter but in real world in order files to be there in some kind of format they need to be inserted in there.  The migration of files from file provider to consumers is still mostly happen by optical disk of multiple formats. Industry most of the time does not allow distribution of uncompressed raw filers and most of the downloads out there (unfortunately) are rips from optical disks. Sure there are some exceptions but they are very rare and have own issuers. So, in one way of another there is in most of the cases a process of disk reading – would it be in end user house or at EMI download facility where the disc is read by optical transport and uploaded to their server for further distribution.

That is why what I refer to “transport” I refer to the very primary duty – to read an optical disk and the ability to create more advanced sound out of it. As a persons who am familiar with the best optical disk readers out there (something called “transport”) I am very interested to find a PC based transport that would deliver sound competitive to best conventional transports. So far I was not able to find any, despite to many assurances. I did not see your things and I do not know what you do, this is why I was asking.

If the HFi World made the claim that your DAT1 sounds better playing the same track than their reference Cyrus CD Transport then it mean one of the following:

1)    That you bought more advertising in HFi World then Cyrus
2)    The HFi World editor when he matched the performance of your “transports” to an idiocy of a specific reviewer did a good job.

It shell be the their choice: your DAT1 in fact might be better then this Cyrus CD Transport but what file your DAT1 played? It did not play optical driver in real time – you have no such an option - it played a file. So, how the file was ripped from disk and peace to HH for your DAT1 devise. What transport or CD-rom read the file, what software it was?

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