radish;399216 Wrote: > I decided to have a little play with this tool as well. The first thing > I decided to test was SB3 vs SBR, mainly because it's easier to setup > than moving my TP so it makes a good first experiment. I've tried with > 3 different source files and have pretty consistent results, so I'm > ready to call it. > > Test Setup: > > Player 1: SB3 (fw 123) > Player 2: SBR (fw 58) > SC: 7.3.2 - 24695 @ Mon Jan 19 17:13:58 PST 2009 > OS: Debian - EN - utf8 (Ubuntu 8.10) > > All network connections wired. All audio files 16/44.1 FLAC ripped via > DBP. No transcoding, no replaygain, player volume controls @ 100%. > Audio is recorded from player's line-out to M-Audio Audiophile at 24/96 > with -2dB gain on the input to prevent clipping. Files were recorded and > trimmed in SoundForge before analysis in Diffmaker. > > Results: > > First interesting thing is that the SB3 is about 1dB louder than the > SBR at full volume. Second interesting thing is that the audio > difference is quite distinct, at around 27dB down with clear musical > content. I can't tell you which is better, but they're certainly not > the same.
oooh - that's an interesting result. I haven't seen anything that high. That should be audible if you a/b the two dac tracks in diffmaker? -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal... SB3 (wired) - TACT 2.2X (Linear PSU) + Good Vibrations S/W - MF Triplethreat(Audiocom full mods) - Linn 5103 - Aktiv 5.1 system (6x LK140's, ESPEK/TRIKAN/KATAN/SEIZMIK 10.5), Townsend Supertweeters, Blue Jeans Digital,Kimber Speaker & Chord Interconnect cables Outdoors: Boom ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60041 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
