pfarrell Wrote: > But I see a more serious problem. I think the SqueezeBox makes a lot > of the "CD transport" gear obsolete. Not the $100 players, but the > $5,000 ones. And there is a chance that the SB2's quality will > make a lot of $1000 DAC's obsolete. Next, you'll be saying that > the $500 interconnect wires are not needed. >
This would only be an issue if there were a lot of CD transport makers out there. But I've been looking for a high end transport to add to my product line (I'm a dealer), and there just aren't that many out there anymore. (I am not of the opinion that the SB2's internal DAC performance is on-par with any $1000 DAC that I've heard. It is certainly better than I expected from a $300 unit, but units like the Benchmark DAC1 and Stello DAC are IMHO a clear step up. On the other hand, I have been floored by how good the SB2 has been as a transport...compared to my reference transport, it is pretty darn close)... -- PhilNYC _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
