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pablolie;235369 Wrote: > toscana - > > indeed I was worried about signal degradation introducing the > "middleman" headphone amp into the chain. I was certainly not expecting > an improvement. > > But no, I hear absolutely no change in the way the AE5s sound. They > sound the same, and they're amazing for the cost. The Creek HA makes > itself utterly transparent, which is the way it should behave, in my > opinion. > > And there's a *huge* difference in the quality of the sound coming out > of the Grados (as opposed to connecting them directly to the AE5 > headphone output). All I have to do to listen to great quality > headphone output is crank down the volume on the AE5 to zero, crank up > the SB volume to 100%, and set up the volume level manually on the > Creek. Sounds very, very sweet. When I do that, I would say I come > within 90% of the quality of my home system when listening through the > Grados, which given the differential in cost is simply mindblowing. > > So connecting the Creek amp was a great thing to do, even though of > course I'd prefer the SB3 to have a better heaphone driver. > > I don't know - am I the only one that would gladly pay for a $600 > version of the SB3 with upgraded DA and headphone parts? Amazing as the > Transporter is, I just prefer the elegant little box approach of the > SB3. Thanks for the info. I am currently planning to set up a small system for my study room and am looking at a similar setup. toscana -- toscana ------------------------------------------------------------------------ toscana's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13557 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19817 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
