I migrated to the Squeezebox from a CAL CL-2500DVD player. At one point, a friend brought over a CAL Sigma (sibling to the Alpha with 1 tube instead of 2). We listened to the Sigma driven by the CL-2500DVD, by a CAL DX-1, and to each player individually. We found the Sigma to sound about the same driven by either source. The Sigma sounded better than the DX-1 alone, and not quite as good as the CL-2500DVD alone. This was the original Sigma DAC, not the Sigma II or the 24/96 version.
Later on, I had a SB2 and a MSB "Nelson" Link III DAC. The MSB in non-upsampling mode sounded a little better than either the SB2 or the CL-2500DVD alone. Upsampling was slightly better than non-upsampling. A friend brought over a Musical Fidelity A3.24 DAC to compare to the MSB. For high female vocals, the A3.24 was sweet and sounded more pleasing. For everything else, including better imaging and keeping sounds distinct, the MSB was better. -- John Stimson ------------------------------------------------------------------------ John Stimson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=218 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20615 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
