Well Fredrick...you've managed to open more cans of worms than a major explosion in a worm-canning factory...in one post!.
1) why do you own the "ridiculously expensive" Audio Note? - did you audition it first? 2)Then either most people you know have substandard hearing (unlikely) or your system is not as resolving as you believe it to be. I think the SB3 sounds BETTER than many top-end CDP's via its digital i/f. 3) My wiring is very good so obviously my imagination must also be good. Let's try the converse argument - if you can't hear any improvement, your system (or ear/brain interface) must be defective... 4) Amongst many other things (too boring to discuss again) DB testing doesn't discriminate between "better" and "different". Anyway, beyond entry-level all CDP's, DACs, amps are rather good these days...the two biggest audible impacts will be in changing speakers or applying room correction. Without RC you're not hearing anything like what the artist intended anyway, so no amount of tweaking cables or even major components will help. 5)Why would a bunch of speaker designers care about the SB? - surely to them its just another source. IF, as you assert, it's no different to a CDP (and I notice that you carefully avoid mentioning any specific examples) I can't imagine why they would be even remotely interested? I didn't mean to rant but posts along the lines of "I'm right and the rest of you are deaf" aren't very helpful. It's hardly a scientific argument... -- Phil Leigh ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=23948 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
