highdudgeon;150502 Wrote: > So, you're a Squeeze Box and Bolder "fanboy." Neat. > > Seriously, I just gotta know -- where in the English-speaking world did > you come up with that term? Or is it a nasty, pejorative coinage of > your own? > > I'm quite fine with criticisms. I've had criticisms galore, mostly > having to do with software, and I perfectly well realize that the SB3 > is not the best thing on the planet. My two CDPs sound better. > Easily. They also cost quite a bit more. The SB3 has, of course, all > the virtues of size and flexibility. Many, or most, reasonable people > would agree that the single best improvemet to the SB3 is an excellent > DAC. That's the course I took and I was (and am) very happy. Do you > really think spending almost $1,000 on a DAC isn't a "mod" to the > system driven by a desire for higher performance?! I think Wayne is a > nice guy. He is not, however, Lavry Engineering, Benchmark or Slim > Devices. If that were the case, mastering studios would be gushing > about various mods. They aren't. > > The Transporter is on another level. I have a gripe or two (I wish the > letters, and not just the numbers, were backlit on the remote), but it > is, overall, a very high performance device. Slim Devices hit a home > run. They are easily on the level of Benchmark, Lavry, and Mytek, and > that is a high level indeed.
My NOS DAC only cost $250 and the consensus seems to be that it competes well with DAC's and state-of-the-art CDP's that cost multiples more. http://www.enjoythemusic.com/magazine/equipment/0406/mhdt_laboratory_dac.htm I think that, for the most part, that you can, with intelligent choices, at least equal the SQ of the stock Transporter with a modded SB (either analog or digital) and a linear powersupply. If you choose the digital mod the choice of a good DAC is critical. The Transporter is a nice luxury but if you already own a SB, there are other more cost effective routes to sonic bliss. Raja -- rajacat ------------------------------------------------------------------------ rajacat's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4156 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29124 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
