darrenyeats;240583 Wrote: > More seriously, I don't think I would put it that way. > > The SB3 and Transporter measure well. Their measured performance is > excellent at their respective price points. In fact the Transporter > measures incredibly well full stop. > > Having said that, I recall Sean confirming the obvious which is that he > did extensive listening tests (including blind) during design. So the > philosophy is that good measurements are necessary despite the fact > they are not enough alone. > > Most of the people here would agree that's the correct approach. A lot > of people here are skeptical about claims of superior sound which have > no measurements to back them up and are based on sighted listening > impressions only (as discussed). Put another way, if it measures the > same and you can't tell the difference blind...then you need to > consider the possibility it is the same. Of course it's unlikely that > loudspeakers will measure the same and they do tend to sound a bit > different (there are distinct approaches and assumptions for room > interaction, dispersion etc). Amps and sources tend to sound quite > similar (the aim is transparency so necessarily the better the amps or > sources the more similar they will sound). Check out the Stereomojo > blind shootouts. > Darren
First post somehow related to the thread topic, but around here that does not seem to be a major concern. So apparently the choice between the SB, SB+ and Transporter is a toss of a coin. Actually, assuming that I don't need a remote control and that my PC is in the same room, I could just get a £15 sound card and a coaxial cable and run it to the DAC of my Opus 21 and get the same sound quality, correct? There seems to be a contradiction though: if all sources sound the same, why there is on the market a product (transporter) costing 10 times more than the SB with only a couple of added functionalities? -- Vic ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Vic's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13795 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=39815
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