I got hold of a second hand upsampler about a year ago, a dCS Purcell. I was using that between my SB3 and my DAC (another dCS thing).
Initially, I had only the SB3 + the DAC and I did notice a large improvement when adding the upsampler in between. Things I noticed in particular was: Well defined instruments in an orchestra, such as triangles etc, got rock solid in location with the upsampler. Without it, they were slightly floating sideways. In one recording I have three male singers appearing on stage, and when switching in the upsampler, I could locate each voice precisely (even though they apparently were very close on stage). Without the upsampler, they all appeared to come from the same point. I noticed many other similar things and these are usually connected to jitter (or the lack of jitter) so I agree, the upsampler certainly seems to improve on the jitter situation. I might add that I later left the SB3 due to the lack of external clocking connector (this was just before the Transporter came out) and got a professional soundcard instead so I could use a central clock for the system. I would probably have gone for a Transporter though if it had been available at the time, even though I'm using an external DAC. I am a great fan of Slim Devices gadgets and of Slimserver in particular so I've done some promoting here: http://www.lossless-music.net [/shameless plug] -- CarlOtto ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CarlOtto's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3581 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32940 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
