Phil Leigh;395093 Wrote: > I totally agree with all of this with the minor caveat that an SB3 + > really good DAC can sound just as good as a TP. The cost will be at > least the same. Anyway, the DAC is hardly the defining point of any > system. Speakers are much... MUCH more important. Fiddling with the PSU > of a duet receiver (or SB2/3) with the aim of improving audio quality is > completely and utterly pointless, for the reasons that iPhone has > stated.
I agree. When replacing the SB3 power supply was all the rage, I picked up a linear wall wart and did some side-by-side testing. The theory was that the external switcher introduced noise into the system. In my test, I heard no difference whatsoever. -- Ben Diss 'SB3' (http://www.slimdevices.com/pi_squeezebox.html) -> 'Lavry DA10' (http://www.lavryengineering.com/productspage_da_10.html) -> 'BAT VK-31SE' (http://www.balanced.com/products/line/Vk-31SE/index.html) -> 'Halo A21' (http://www.parasound.com/halo/a21.php) -> 'B&W 803D' (http://www.bowers-wilkins.com/display.aspx?infid=1156) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ben Diss's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4289 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=59855 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
