Fxdwg123;529421 Wrote: > I had a SB3 and bought an external DAC to improve SQ. That was an > Audio-GD DAC-200, without any doubt a major improvement compared to the > SB3 dac. In February I upgraded the DAC to the Audio_GD Reference 7, > which is their top of line DAC (8 PCM1704UK DAC chips and a > sophisticated powersupply). Again a substantial improvement. After 2 > weeks I was able to have a great deal on a Transporter. I have listened > to the Transporter's DAC but to be honest, I haven't done a thorough A?B > comparison as I automaticly assumed the Ref 7 DAC should be the best and > I installed the Transporter to this DAC (with AES/EBU). Perhaps the Ref > 7 is a better dac than the Transporter (specs and the build say it > should), but perhaps the Transporter would surprise me when I would do > a proper test. > > Responding on the volume degradation issue: I currently listen to a > -48dB volume level (Transporter) and I have read somewehere that at > this level there are still 16bits left so degradation not noticable. > And to be honest, at this level the music sounds great, better then > with 100% Transporter volume via my Meridian G02 preamp.
You will not have bit transparency at that level of attenuation. The 16 bit original will not be mapped fully to the 24 bit output. This means with no dither etc, there will be signal distortion as well as signal to noise issues. Dave -- DaveWr ------------------------------------------------------------------------ DaveWr's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9331 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=76659 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
