Patrick Dixon a écrit : > The SB2, although pretty good out of the box, is no match for either of > my other sources. This is hardly surprising given the relative prices > (LP12 ~£7K, CDX ~£2.5K, SB2 ~£200)! By comparison, the SB2 is bass > light, lacking in dynamics and slightly harsh and fatiguing at the top > end. > > Changing the supplied PSU for a linear regulated PSU improved the > harshness and made it generally easier to listen to - worth doing. > > I've since made a number of changes to the SB2's PSUs and oscillator, > and I've replaced most of the other analogue components with carefully > selected premium variants. The result is astounding: the modified SB2 > is the best digital source I've ever had in my system - certainly > better than the CDX.
Patrick, I know from previous posts that you're not a fan of blind testing, but I was wondering whereas you had the opportunity to do a blind test for the modifications or for the regulated PSU? For the modifications themselves, did you use the other sources as references or do you have a spare standard SB2 to do the comparison? Last thing, what kind of music are you listening to? I was wondering if some of the improvements were more obvious on some type of music. For instance, I've a lot of Baroque lyric music and I find it quite tolerant whereas noisy rock like Sonic Youth can be very tiring on some devices and I'm therefore looking for improvement for this type of music (saturated guitars etc.) Fabrice _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
