To Omega & co First I most tell all, I do not have a SB3 so I not able to hear how it sounds and I not able to verify your clam. But as I see/read it, you and your friend have both a heavy modified SB3. This it self could be a problem as you not able to conclude that is the SB3 that has the fault. You also report that you think that without a isolation transforms, filters and so on you would have difficulty hearing the difference. Please do this test as a blind test for another person the you self/friend, this should be easy. And report back you discovery.
<Audiophile mode on> In your setup, how can you be sure that there isn't a part of the system that falls, it could be that it just can't stand to have the same piece of music played twice with out a power off. It could be that the DAC have going in saturation/fault mode or soo In the pause situation not power off. The electrons could be jammed in the cables you could try to change them all. To all please don't take this selection very seriously :-) I not a believer Maybe Sean can answer this; during a power off situation are any part/circuits of the SB3 actual power off. I thinking in the non audio part, display control, wireless interface, main cpu and so. and in what state, are these circuits in a pause situation? It could be that something could add noise or change the phase in the music signal after a pause in the audio signal. <audiophile mode off> All test should be blind tests: What happens is the first track played last a fraction of a second how it the next track then perceive? Try during the first good track to power off and on various parts of your soundsystem, DAC, preamp, poweramp. what is the perceive sound like Do you have the possibility to use another source to your extremal DAC like a cd player? Then try the same test. What happens if you use a pure tone instead of music? try both a high and low frequency tone My biggest concern is that you stop/have a break in the music. To my knowledge this alone can be enough for some to report that the heired two sounds (this is in a pure tone test). I can only suggestion you make a recording of the two situations and publish the result to this forum. My last comment please accept, that some people can't hear what you hear. if your not sadified with the SB3 buy another product rebuild it like others have. Maybe this product is just not high-end enough for your ears. regards Daniel -- danielu ------------------------------------------------------------------------ danielu's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12424 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36503 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
