Yesterday I purchased the Wadia itransport for my system and it came in today so I thought Id share my thoughts. Maybe this will provide you with some answers that you may have had about the itransport or it may provide you with some cheap entertainment. I may mention that this is my first "high-end" system. Im new into the vintage world so I might not have the best gear but this is my current system. I have my itransport hooked up to a Tandberg 3002 preamp supplying signal to a pair of 3003s running my B&W 683s through Apature wire. Since I dont have a digital preamp I am just using the analog outs through some cheap cables. Setup was easy, plug the power in, plug the RCAs in youre ready to roll. It took me a minute to get it working because I failed to press the mode button twice to get it to change from digital, which it boots to by default, to analog so I could use my outputs. This unit is pretty lifeless in the respect that there isnt even a power light. That doesnt mean anything but I just thought Id point it out. It comes with a remote that I thought was kind of cheap. Its a softer, thin plastic. Unit comes with multiple cradle bases, a single digital case, remote, and manual.
Now, onto what you all want to know, how did it sound. This past week I bought the Mal Waldron, My Dear Family album. I ripped the cd on itunes as an apple lossless file. I uploaded it to my ipod and was listening to it through a 1/8 headphone jack to R/L RCA cable prior to getting the itransport. Once I had it hooked up and playing through the itransport I was in awe. The horn, the piano, the bass, it was unreal. Everything was so well defined, I must say Im impressed the say the least. Im going to let some critical listeners hook this up to a nicer setup thats using studio reference 802s to get their opinion. I think this unit is well worth the money considering I can rip lossess cds onto my ipod and have a music server for much cheaper than traditional gear. I think this would make a believer out of any non-ipod fan.
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Now, onto what you all want to know, how did it sound. This past week I bought the Mal Waldron, My Dear Family album. I ripped the cd on itunes as an apple lossless file. I uploaded it to my ipod and was listening to it through a 1/8 headphone jack to R/L RCA cable prior to getting the itransport. Once I had it hooked up and playing through the itransport I was in awe. The horn, the piano, the bass, it was unreal. Everything was so well defined, I must say Im impressed the say the least. Im going to let some critical listeners hook this up to a nicer setup thats using studio reference 802s to get their opinion. I think this unit is well worth the money considering I can rip lossess cds onto my ipod and have a music server for much cheaper than traditional gear. I think this would make a believer out of any non-ipod fan.
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