SuperQ;619050 Wrote: > 1) not sure what these are > 2) Worthless from an audio perspective. Good idea to plug into an APC > SmartUPS or Liebert PSA UPS. > 3) Worthless, not how bits work > 4) Worthless, not how bits work > 5) Worthless > > You seem to be introducing a ton of completely useless and worthless > "tweaks" into a system that you do not understand. If these things > could cause any effect to audio quality, your computer would not work. > > The only place you could see any improvement is in the DAC section. If > you don't like the sound of the DAC you're using, get a different one. > > In all likelyhood, the difference is likely how hot the output of the > DAC is compared to your CD player. > > Burn a 50% pink noise audio file to the CD and do a proper volume > calibration between your SB+DAC and the CD player. > > I made some pink noise tracks and posted them here: > http://ben.nerp.net/noise/ > > Get a SPL meter and make sure you get the same audio from both of your > sources. > > http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/CM140/
1) Check out: http://soundcheck-audio.blogspot.com/p/squeezebox-touch-great-base-for-network.html Dac is very good. Was using a benchmark dac1 and changed it for the audio research dac 8. It sounds great when the digital out from the CD player is plugged into it. Unfortunately, with the touch I am not happy. The Dac is very high end. Quite a few members on the diyaudio forum reported better sound using a wired setup and 1 reported that using a bridge like ddwrt and using two identical routers resulted in an improvement in sound. Lets get more responses from audiophiles! -- dhinesh Squeezebox Touch, Duet and Classic, Ayre C 5 XE MP CD Player, Audio Research Ref 5 Preamp, Audio Research Dac 8, Mark Levinson No 436 Monoblocks, Shunyata Hydra, Cables: Shunyata Anaconda, Kimber Palladian, Stereovox Ultra digital cable ------------------------------------------------------------------------ dhinesh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12813 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=86419 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
