A little update... Well, I started this thread & I'm happy to report that I decided to go with SB3 running through Cambridge Audio 840C. I was too lazy to build a noiseless PC... that project is still on hold.
I still like the idea of having a standalone CDP with my audiophile system. Call me old-fashioned, but I don't see that being a negative. There are some CDs I'd like to take the effort to burn into HD carefully, going through EAC and labelling the files, but there are some I'd rather just pop in the CDP here & there. You can't beat versatility. Cambridge Audio 840C can be had now for around $1100 - $1200, so it puts it on par with Benchmark DAC, more or less. I haven't A-B'd them, but 840C stacks up well. It uses two Analog Devices chips per channel as DAC: that's 4 altogether. (I think Benchmark also uses AD DAC chips? I know that many Esoterics do.) Plus upsampling to 24/384. All I know is that the music from SB3 sounds fantastic. Hopefully later down the line, I'll get to compare directly with Transporter. -- selfdivider ------------------------------------------------------------------------ selfdivider's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14941 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42020 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
