Simon;173728 Wrote: > I just finished my Audionote 2.1 Level B signature DAC kit. I know > these take a hundred or so hours to settle down, but the sonics I have > heard so far are really something special. The standard unit in the > SB3 is a limited beast, competent, but nothing to get too excited > about, at least in my system and was totally blown away by my Naim CD5. > The AN unit is releasing each track afresh, and has got my foot tapping > again and makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up. Excellent, > and recommended.
Yeah AN are one of my favourite manufacturers, but the wife would give me grief if I spent that much on hifi rather than nursery furniture! I had similar sonic results with my Shek NOS DAC (similar in philosophy to yours, if a bit scaled down in practice...). It transformed the SB3, and now I listen to it much more than I do my CD player - the sound is merely different to my CD player, not just worse, and I do prefer the 'browse experience' of the SB3 over hard-copy CDs! You don't need to spend as much as a TP on a DAC for a good improvement on the SB3, although I imagine it helps!! Keep us posted as things progress. What's the rest of the system? Adam -- adamslim SB3 into Derek Shek d2, Shanling CDT-100, Rotel RT-990BX, Esoteric Audio Research 859, Living Voice Auditorium IIs, Nordost cables http://www.last.fm/user/AdamSlim/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ adamslim's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7355 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32037 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
