Squirrel Wrote: > Just to add my UKP0.02 worth... > > I'd moved my entire system from the dining room recently (SB3, Arcam > Black Box 50, Yamaha DSP-A592, Eltax Symphony 6) as I needed to use it > elsewhere (and took the opportunity to have a tidy-up). When I > reconnected I just did a minimal setup as I'm moving house in a couple > of weeks, so just ran the analogue outs from the SB straight into the > amp... > > Compared to what I had before it sounded harsh and fatiguing. (I > plugged in my old Technics SL-PG590 CD player to compare, in fact it > sounds slightly better than this, but I guess I got too used to the > Arcam DAC.) And I found myself not bothering to play music in the > dining room. > > So I've just plugged in a spare DAC I had kicking around (Audio Alchemy > DAC-in-the-box) between the SB and amp using the co-ax output. Result - > it sounds far smoother, much more musical and doesn't make me want to > turn it off after a couple of tracks. > > The DAC in the SB3 is probably comparable with that in an £80 CD player > however. But then these tend to sound fatiguing after a while.
I would look for other sources of the problem. I have heard the DAC in the SB3 sound very smooth indeed. BTW, did the SB3 sound good before you moved your system? -- P Floding ------------------------------------------------------------------------ P Floding's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2932 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24613 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
