selfdivider;272922 Wrote: > 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... pretty killer if you ask me (I think > Benchmark also uses AD DAC chip? 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.
I bet is sounds great, and is seems like it has exactly what you are looking for as far as functionality at this point. I am curious, does the 840C have a mode where it will detect input from the SB automatically, or is it a manual selection mode on the 840C to select from the built-in CD player to the external input for the SB? If it is not automatic, is it a fast switchover or cumbersome? Just a nice to know. Again, contrats on your purchase... Once you get your media server going, I bet you will grow to like that mode of listening the best :) -- jt25741 SB3->AR Masters Coax -> PS Audio DLIII (Cullen L3) -> Cardas Golden Reference XLR -> Sim Audio P-5 -> Cardas Golden Reference XLR -> Sim Audio W-5 -> Cardas Golden Reference Hi-Mid,PS Audio Xstream Plus Low-> Magnepan 3.6R ------------------------------------------------------------------------ jt25741's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8645 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42020 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
