Well, it's too bad that your $4000 DAC is sensitive to what's plugged into it.
The S/PDIF data output from the SB3 is provably identical to that from your CD player playing the same material UNLESS the CD player is upsampling or doing some other signal manipulation. The S/PDIF jitter/noise/whatever from the SB3 is decent but not excellent. You can make it excellent by running it through something like the Apogee Big Ben, which is what I do. But, the SB3 plus the Big Ben basically costs as much as the Transporter. Doing a 30-day free trial on the Transporter will tell you if it's the S/PDIF leg that has the weakness. Since you're an Apple guy, have you tried the Airport Express? That may be all you need. Regards, Kim -- krochat ------ Acourate -> Inguz DSP -> SB3 -> GW Labs DSP (96kHz upsampler) -> Apogee Big Ben -> TacT RCS 2.2X -> 2x TacT S2150 -> Vandersteen 3a Signature + TacT W210 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ krochat's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6579 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41268 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
