rajacat Wrote: > I would speculate that most of the posters here have not tried any > "improvements" to the power supply so they are just venting their > cynicism and do not speak from any useful experience. That said, I have > bought a cheap ($2.50) linear power supply that requires a bit of > soldering to work with the SB3. I will report back on its effect on the > sound quality of my system. Others using the same power supply have > reported obvious audible improvements in SQ. It must be clear to even > the most fashionably cynical that they have no financial interest in > lying to this forum.
I haven't tried it - you don't need to speculate! - because I'm skeptical it makes a difference. I'm skeptical for several reasons, but primarily because the only difference it can possibly make (as far as I know, please correct me if I'm wrong) to the digital outputs (which I'm using) is changing the jitter spectrum, but the measured jitter with the stock walwart is extraordinarily low already - almost certainly below the level of audibility. However, I'd happily change my mind in view of some contrary evidence. Please do report back on the difference. I think it's important to remember that humans are really very good at noticing differences when they expect to, even if none exist. So if you don't mind, when you do this please have someone swap out the power supplies and see if you can consistently tell the difference blind (ideally, do an ABX test, and do it at least 10-12 times). -- opaqueice ------------------------------------------------------------------------ opaqueice's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4234 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20844 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
