Pat, My bedroom stereo gets the SB3 using analog because its good enough for the speakers and amp I have there (bookshelf B&W Matrix 802). I am not at my critical listening best first thing in the morning. It is a glorified alarm clock. My HT gets an SB3 using digital out because my next gen HT pre/pro will have the same DACs the Tp has so its the same as a Tp. The livingroom stereo gets the Tp as it is going right into the Bryston 3B SST in analog and I want the quality DAC.
Best of all worlds! FLAC music everywhere! PERSONALLY SPEAKING, I can't see how a SB3/good DAC and a Tp could be different in sound quality. But that position inflames those who claim to hear the difference. At that point I want to know if they did ABX testing using volume levels within .1dB, if the room changed, if the speakers are the same, etc etc... but that's just me. If you are wired (no .11g), don't need two analog outputs on the Tp and like the DAC1 then I agree its a coin toss. It comes down to resale value at that point: if you have both which one can you sell for more? If I hadn't just bought the Tp I would have take the DAC1 off your hands for you! Sorry, c'est la vie. -- Eric Carroll ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Carroll's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9293 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31533 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
