Mr Perceptive- Looked at the Meridan forum thread and agree totally with void's statement:
"I don't have experience with Meridian on Big Ben, but I've tried several 'high-end' CD-Transports and DAC's with the Big Ben. With most transports it offered a good improvement (especially with bad transports). However with the best transports the sound got significantly degraded by the Big Ben. Maybe it's better to solve problems at the source, or we need a clock/reclocker of even better quality (I guess with lower phase noise)." In my system, used with a low jitter source the Big Ben(BB) degrades performance. Soundstage and dynamics are reduced. To my knowledge there are no published reports with measurement of the BB confirming it's jitter reducing ability. The BB use a cheap noisy SMPS. Even if you upgrade(I've modified a number of them for people on the TacT forum) this supply, the BB still does nothing to improve performance of quality digital source. Many TacT user who purchased BBs, have sold them after upgrading the PSU in their RCS. If you need a proven jitter reduction unit(read the sterophile review), look for a used Genesis Digital Lens, it has an audiophile grade linear PSU and unlike the BB, it has a remote to switch digital inputs. If your DAC is sensitive to jitter, take a look at the Lavry Blue, it has a buffered input. Aloha, Dan -- mauidan _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
