bludragon Wrote: > I think that's pretty optimistic, unless living in the US means you have > to suffer some really bad 'audiophile' equipment, or you're comparing it > to something designed well over 5 years old. > > That whole part of the article seemed more like hearsay to me. Yes, > squeezebox is good, yes it makes a good transport, but a modern $300 cd > player uses a fixed crystal clock too. A pc may do a better job with a > marginal/damaged cd, but otherwise the difference shouldn't be > significant.
The point to me was that the SB eliminates the mechanical transports completely - there is no CD mechanism, so the cost comparison isn't strictly fair either. -- CardinalFang ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CardinalFang's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=962 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18991 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
