If you haven't heard a SB2/3 with the modded analogue stage you're making a bold statement. I do have a RWA analogue modded SB2 and found they do speak the truth. Listen before you pronounce the mod dead.
BTW, I wouldn't expect the SB2/3 with digital mods to be a huge improvement over a top quality transport. The analogue side is much easier to excell. Also, if you already own a decent PC a $100 300 gig hard drive and a simple network is all it takes to turn it into a music server. Less than $300 rather than $3000. Jim davehg Wrote: > While Vinnie (RWA) and Wayne (Bolder) make strong claims that the > modified SB3's analog output sounds better than many expensive DAC's > and transports, I think it is not fair to make this comparison. A > separate high end DAC should sound significantly better than a modded > SB3's analog out. > > I wouldn't mind hearing a modified SB3's analog outs, but chose to skip > this because a) I already have a nice expensive DAC, and b) even > including the mods, I would not seriously expect that the SB3 would > have an adequately designed analog output stage, with proper isolation, > power supplies, etc. Only if you removed the guts of the SB3 from the > case, put it inside a better case with proper grounding, power > supplies, and room for output caps, and perhaps had the option of a > good tube output stage, would the comparison be realistic. But hey, if > someone wants to bring their fully modded SB3 to my Seattle area house > to A/B. I will listen. > > Instead, I'll be comparing the digital output of a modded SB3 to the > digital output of an unmodded SB3, both sending S/PDIF to my musical > fidelity DAC. For fun, I will do an A/B against my Pioneer Elite PD-S95 > cd transport to see how well the $250 SB3 stacks up against the $3k > Pioneer. Of course, if I added the cost of the computer (MAC Mini) and > periperals, it would probably cost the same. -- Jim Holtz ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jim Holtz's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1456 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=17948 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
