SoftwireEngineer;140373 Wrote: > Kim, > Did the Digital Lens improve the sound when used with the SB3 ? Do you > already have the Big Ben ? Or have you already compared SB3 + Digital > Lens vs SB3+Big Ben ? > Do you have any mods on your SB3 ? >
Prior to getting the SB3, I did extensive comparisons between the Lens and Big Ben (which I did already have). The Big Ben had several advantages - sounded better, supported up to 192/24, and was insensitive to the input device. With the Lens, I could clearly hear differences in transports and cables - an "impossible" characteristic noted in the classic review at http://www.stereophile.com/digitalprocessors/824/ I did not do any critical listening with the SB3 and Lens. I had been using it with the Big Ben, and decided to see if the Lens I had in storage would work with the SB3. Since it didn't meet my needs (all my FLAC files are 48/16, upsampled from 44.1/16), I sold it. Using the Big Ben with the SB3 is a significant improvement over the straight SB3 digital out. It's possible that internal SB3 mods would produce the same result, but I already had the Big Ben. My only SB3 mod is a linear power supply. It was a nice improvement over the stock supply when using the SB3 digital outputs without the Big Ben. I haven't tried swapping the stock supply back in when using the Big Ben. -- krochat ------------------------------------------------------------------------ krochat's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6579 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27359 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
