ted_b;225245 Wrote: > My $.02 is this...try a decent 75ohm coax cable vs a decent GLASS > toslink cable (plastic toslink is the norm, but usually way too rolled > off anytime I've heard it). Although I'm going to a modded Transporter > soon, my current setup is an SB3 (modded) to a Monarchy DIP Upsampler > 48/96 to an Ack Dack. Although the Ack only accepts coax, the Monarchy > accepts either (assuming XLR is not in this debate). In my personal > situation the glass toslink from an Audiogon vendor captnstarstripe > ($30) was better than the any coax I used (Stereovox coax from Monarchy > to ACk was constant). YMMV. > > Oh, and the Monarchy DIP was quite good and a necessary piece of this > setup. I'm sending it back to Audio Advisor because it ultimately has > no use in my Transporter setup, but bewteen the SB3 and a DAC it lifted > a slight veil and seemed to focus the images like a camera focus ring.
Ted - when you say "rolled off" you don't mean lacking in high frequencies do you? - coz it's kind of difiicult to imagine how the digital cable can affect frequency response in that way... I can't detect any difference using either coax or toslink out of my SB3... Anyway I use the Altmann gear for the same reason / benefits as the Monarchy DIP (which I also used to have, but never used with an SB). -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal... ...SB3+TACT+Altmann+MF DACXV3/Linn tri-amped Aktiv 5.1 system and some very expensive cables ;o) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=38188 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
