soundcheck;678117 Wrote: > One more SPDIF hint. > > First of all, just to mention it (again?) , a pulsetransformer for > isolation purposes is a must!!! You should have just one transformer on > the link though. Having two on the link degrades the sound. Make sure > you got a transfomer in place on your DAC input. > > However. I tried several different so called "audiophile" > pulsetransformers (Scientific Conversion, Newava, Murata and more) on > the DAC side (or better on my 100$ full digital amp -- Yep. No more > DAC + AMP and associated shortcomings!!! My Sabre is sitting idle > again). > All those transformers were causing quite a different (and mostly non > satisfacory) sound signature. Though still better than running the > noise right into your DAC. > > You wouldn't believe what impact this little device can have. I do > consider this device pretty important on my list of potenial > bottlenecks in the chain. ( Don't try to convince me to use Toslik > instead!!) > > > The challenge was to find the right one. ;) > > > > Cheers > Enjoy.
Klaus, I tried Sabre (BUF32) with various trafos (including PE and Newava) and none of them sounded better than direct coupled coax, but still better than toslink :). The possible reason might be that I put the considerable effort to minimize the ground noise of SBT, switch&router, netbook&discs - all equipped with linear PSUs (5 units together) with properly set power polarity, and the isolation power trafo in front of DAC. BTW what pulse trafo you found the best sounding? Andy -- brgds ------------------------------------------------------------------------ brgds's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=51711 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=91322 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
