Hello all,
I've lurked around this forum for many years but apparently never got around to registering so now I have done so.
My history with and enjoyment of CI Audio products dates back to early 2005 when i acquired a VDA-1 + VAC-1 package, my first outboard DAC, which I paired with a CAL Icon II HDCD disk player. In 2007 I moved up to a VDA-2 and added a streamer (Apple Airport Express), which I ran for several years with the VRX-1 balanced cable set. Really enjoyed it but decided I wanted USB functionality for higher rez. I acquired a Transient Mk II which was in my main system for a while. Not long ago I bought a Holo Audio Spring 2 DAC, which has an input for I2S using HDMI cabling. I've been experimenting with using the Transient as a DDC between my streamer (MicroRendu 1.4) and the Spring DAC to convert USB to I2S. It's hard to do a direct comparison because my rack makes it inconvenient to switch around. I thought I would search this circle to see if anyone had tried the Transient in this way and posted their impressions. But as a newbie I can't search until I have posted a few times. So I would appreciate any thoughts.