Thanks for the comments. EQ and room treatments have pretty obvious effects, both in terms of measurement and hearing, and are used heavily in pro audio, unlike exotic interconnects/power cords/tweaks, so I'm more inclined to take them seriously :).
As far as the speakers go, I'm a little on the fence. They sound great for some music (especially jazz), but I'm getting a fair amount of sibilance on vocals (esp on choral music). The bass is also a bit much for my room: these problems combined are what prompted me to look into room treatments and eq (just got the aps recently). If I can't get it to work, I'll put the aps up on audiogon, and go back to my trusty celiuses (nowhere near as good as the aps in most ways, but I don't have nearly the same sibilance problems with them in the system). I've had the mccormack and classe for many years: they're nice and solid, and have always just worked. Thinking of getting the class d integrated from av123 to play with (as far as I can tell, it'll be a ucd amp, and sounds like it'll be using the new hypex smps, so it should be pretty good sounding) when it comes out--- it'll be amusing if it replaces the mccormack/classe, since the price is going to be around $200. Can't even compare the sb3 to my cd player to see if that's the main culprit, because I got rid of the cd player almost as soon as I got the squeezebox! -- totoro _____________________________________________ squeezebox 3 -> behringer 2496 -> classe 5 -> mccormack dna .5 -> audio physic tempo 4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ totoro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5935 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=26306 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
