beerbunny;153750 Wrote: > Thanks for this suggestion. It's a great idea and helped me to (I think) > understand what is going on. I set the NAD aside and ran 1) SB2 optical > to Yamaha: good sound and bass; 2) SB2 RCA to Yamaha: poor sound, weak > bass; 3) didn't have digital coax cable so no SB2 digital coax to > Yamaha; 4) SB2 optical to Yamaha, Yamaha RCA to NAD: good sound and > bass; 5) SB2 RCA to Yamaha, Yamaha RCA to NAD: poor sound, weak bass. > After running these tests, my guess would be that the Yamaha's DAC is > superior to the SB2's DAC. Do you agree?
The consistency of your answers and my knowledge of the SB's sound leads me to one of three conclusions: 1 - Your Yamaha is somehow artificially boosting the bass, and this sounds better in your system to your ears, or 2 - You have a problem in your setup; possibly a contact failing or really bad mains interference, or 3 - Your SB3 is faulty in that its analogue output is not working correctly. The SB3 is only slightly lighter sounding in the bass than my CD player, and that's a nice CD! I can't believe that your Yamaha is going to be as good, period. I do know that AV amps tend to add a lot of thump to the bass; in a balanced system this is not ideal, but if you have tiny speakers, it could sound better...? -- adamslim SB3 and Shanling CDT-100, Rotel RT-990BX, Esoteric Audio Research 859, Living Voice Auditorium IIs, Nordost cables ------------------------------------------------------------------------ adamslim's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7355 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29526 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
