Can't contribute to the SB+ vs Transporter debate since I have never heard a Transporter. But I guess I do count as one of Patrick's (nearly) silent SB+ owners who dont post here much.Might be worth explaining why. FWIW Ive stopped changing front ends now the SB+ beats anything else Ive had in my system and for me its not really worth talking about any more. The rest of the system is mostly Tact and Dali and I might upgrade the power supply on the Tact pre but to be honest Ive largely lost interest in a hobby that after a certain point seems to depend as much on psychological delusion as actual science. Nearly all Hifi reviews essentially come (often in a lot of words) to one of very few conclusions and consequently fall into a rather restricted range of categories: a) Paradigm shift - "this product is really, no honestly,absolutely the best one ever" b) ruthlessly revealing - "wont suit everybody depends on quality of anciliary componets but in the right system" blah blah c) Sweetest midrange - "yes of course theres no bass but that mid range is to die for" (usually tube amps) d) Astonishing change (reserved for strange mods, cables and other things) - "yes i was a sceptic but the change putting the quantum stone underneath the power supply was not trivial"
well you get the idea. Ive got off the treadmill by not reading hifi magazines any more. Its oddly exciting to slow down the upgraditus almost to a stop. Anyway the point of this verbal detour is the SB+ is a big improvment on the standard SB in a non trivial way and for many people it might represent a stopping point on the source end of things. The SB+, you could say, was the change that finally stopped me being an "audiophile" in the active magazines-reading-forum-posting sense. perhaps this is true for some of the other owners. Anyway thats my 2c. -- gandt ------------------------------------------------------------------------ gandt's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=586 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32118 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
