Roy M. Silvernail;13108 Wrote: > I have a Samsung Home Theater system > that cost $299 at Best Buy. I've done A-B comparisons between the > analog outs and the TOSLINK digital. The optical out sounds > noticeably > cleaner than the analog outs, with a certain subjective crispness that > the analog outs don't have.
It is almost certain that this receiver is digitizing its analog inputs - most do. In that case, the sound quality that you get when using its digital inputs will set the "upper bound", and anything you connect to the analog inputs will be limited by BOTH the quality of the ADC in the receiver, and the quality of the DAC in the source, and the interconnects and so on. Because of this, your result is unsurprising and also rather meaningless. A more valid test would be to compare SB3s analog output (level matched) to some DAC or other analog output. Generally speaking, digital sources such as SB3 should be connected digitally unless you are feeding a purely analog (pre)amp. -- seanadams ------------------------------------------------------------------------ seanadams's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=4862 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
