I've had my Turbo 2 for two months, but just got it going at 24/96 using SRC resampler to 24/96. (I had to get a new laptop, because my old micro portable Dell didn't have the chops to run anything other than 16/44.)
This is one terrific "transport".
Without the SRC the Turbo 2 was close to, but not quite as good as, my Meridian 800v4 feeding my Meridian 861v4 dac/processor. (The 800 is a VERY expensive transport and far from a "fair" comparison in any traditional sense of the word, particularly given that it both upsamples and has a Meridian proprietary anti jitter "handshake / buffering" going on with the companion 861.) Without the SRC I felt the 800 had a bit more body on hard transients such as lower piano registers, and, a bit more air and space around vocalists. It was close, but the 800 won.
With the SRC upsampling to 24/96 the Turbo 2 now handily beats the 800. There's more air, more space, and a more "relaxed" gestalt to the music. It's obvious within the first few seconds, and it's very seductive.
So, it beats a "Class A" component hands down, at a big delta in price and convenience. Way to go Steve.
