Also TT2 can power speakers direct - 18W RMS into 8 ohm using balanced output

Thanks for your reply - it does make sense

Really interesting stuff guys - I'm sure Rob will chip in and put us all to rights ;)

Thanks for your input guys. As I understand it the HMS is able to "see" before and after a musical point in time to reconstruct the original analogue signal, so my logic was that if the same song is played from a) a CD or b) a ripped file of the same CD then they should sound the same after...

Good afternoon all - my first post so be gentle! With the advent of HMS are we now at stage where digital transport quality is unimportant. Rob has said that any jitter is a non-issue with his dacs. Does this mean that a 44.1KHz/16 bit signal from any source will sound the same after going...