I feel that SB3 with a linear power supply, played through a full range (30-30k or better) very dynamic speaker/amp combo is hard to beat. You won't hear the benefits of the PS upgrade unless your system is transparent and dynamic enough to allow the greater dynamic range of the upgrade to show through. But this is the audiophile forum, and so some of us do actually have systems sensitive enough to reveal a large improvement by canning the stock wart for a 5V/3A linear PS. If you have a mid-fi rig like a good receiver, the improvement you will hear will be in the smoothness and more natural sound on acoustic instruments. The dynamics and ultra lows will not be evident and so that diminishes the value of the upgrade for some people. It doesn't mean that the upgrade is not improving the quality of the input signal though.
SB is vastly better than my $250 Samsung universal player on CDs, but the Samsung does sound pretty darn good on SACDs. I can only imagine what a decent SACD player is like. Rich -- richidoo ------------------------------------------------------------------------ richidoo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3097 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=23948 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
