I used to think only speakers and headphones needed burning in (which I've seen many times) but something happened recently which has surprised me. On plugging in my new SB3 a few months back I was pretty disappointed with the sound when compared to my Creek Evo cd player. >From then on I played it through a Moodlabs Concept DAC, which was only slightly better. A couple of days ago I tried the SB3 again without the DAC and couldn't believe the difference! Again I compared it to my Creek cd player and I could hardly tell the difference!!! If I listened very hard I could tell that the Creek was better, but the difference was pretty small. The only explanation I can find is that the SB3 needed to be burned in to give it's best. The transformation is amazing. It's gone from being mediocre to a pretty damn good source, comparable to a cd player costing over twice as much. I even posted on these forums about the crappy sound - now I have to eat my words! I've discarded my plans to audition a Benchmark DAC. In my current system I think the SB3 is good enough.
-- russelk SB3 --> Moodlab Concept DAC --> Creek Evo amp --> Quad 12L speakers ------------------------------------------------------------------------ russelk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12795 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42388 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
