ErikM;142873 Wrote: > I'm new here but have been doing audio for a LONG time both as a hobby > and as a living. I my opinion and I'm not humble about this :-) the > sound quality of these units is the same as it's always been.. it all > about the power supply and the analog stage, period. If one thinks > there are significant differences in the sound of a DAC well I can't > change your mind. But remember that after the dac and filter it's all > analog baby. Class A analog section, tightly regulated power supplies, > good caps, resistors,jacks, boards, that what makes the sound better. I > recently got ,my first SB3.. used it for about 200 hours out its analog > output, good cables, line conditioner, speakers etc. Sound was about > like a cheap cd player. Just added a 6 year old, not SOTA Bel Canto > DAC1.. wildly better sound, not even close. Is it the DAC's in the BEl > Canto that make it sound much better, no way they are not as current as > the SB3, it's the power supply, and analog stage..There is much room for > improvement in the Transporter.. but it's not in the digital side it's > all in the analog stage.. Imagine what a Transporter with an analog > section built by Audio Research, Or Mark Levinson, Or Plinius would > sound like oooh baby :-) And FWIW as good as the SB3 and Bel Canto > sound my Meridian G08 Crushes it.. Why?? it's the analog stage... How > about a Transporter built by Meridian.. Now that would be state of the > art sound!
So you're saying that if I compare the digital out of the transporter, vs the digital out of SB3, there should be no difference whatsoever? -- 95bcwh ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 95bcwh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4358 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28126 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
