Any decent digital source will have incredible bass extension, flat response and low distortion in comparison to even the most sophisticated loudspeakers. I don't know of any loudspeakers that are anywhere near flat down to 5Hz - and if they exist certainly they will add major problems with group delay, limited output or domestic practicality.
It's true that the frequency response of sources can differ in the bass (see SB3 vs Transporter, for example) but this is irrelevant taking into account room effects combined with speaker positioning and, if used, digital FR correction. So the only issue is distortion (group delay, definition and so on) where loudspeaker technology and domestic room sizes are far, far more likely to limit the results than the characteristics of a decent digital source! IME bass reproduction is a very tricky area and a non-flat frequency response or distortion can easily be perceived as "better" even by bass afficionados (and I don't even claim to be one of those)! A lot of the differences that are attributed to sources just plain disappear when careful level matching is carried out. There is always a tendency to pump up the volume to "reveal" the more solid bass of a favoured source. Of course that invalidates the comparison right there. Darren -- darrenyeats http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/richpub/listmania/byauthor/A3H57URKQB8AQO/ref=cm_pdp_content_listmania/203-7606506-5721503. http://www.last.fm/listen/user/darrenyeats SB3 + Inguz -> Krell KAV-300i (pre bypass) -> PMC AB-1 Dell laptop / Rio Karma -> JVC UX-C30 mini system / Sennheiser PX-100 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ darrenyeats's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10799 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60169 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
