mlihl Wrote: > Hi, > > I'm one of the weird species called "audiophiles" ;) > Basically I'm interested in the idea of having a music > server. Since I already own an expensive battery-powered > DAC based on PCM1704K that is fed by a heavily > tweaked Cambridge Audio player (upgraded clock, new > power supply etc.), I would connect my Squeezebox to that > external DAC. I know there are also cheaper thin clients > out there so my question is would the stock SB unit be > good enough without additional "digital-out" mods? > The Squeezebox would only deliver data to the external > DAC so I'm not concerned about its internal analog circuitry. > Sound quality is most important for me. If the SB can do > a job as good as the modified Cambridge drive, I would > be more than happy. The ability to play > FLAC encoded stuff is nice but not essential. I would be > interested in your opinions comparing the SB versus other > clients feeding external DACs. > > Thanks for your help, > > Michael
Yes! I use an SB3, which i modified very slightly yesterday, feeding TOSLINK to a TacT RCS 2.2x (a DAC with a room correction processor), and the sound is now the best I've heard so far! (TOSLINK may be theoretically worse than the coax, but it breaks any electrical link between the SB and the TacT.) All CD are ripped to FLAC (lossless), and AAC for my iPod at the same time. -- P Floding ------------------------------------------------------------------------ P Floding's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2932 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20026 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
