kerkula wrote: > you didn't compare two SBTs without hardware mods. Since the stock SBT > sounded better than the modified one which modification changed the > sound in a negative way: the hardware mods or the TT3? It seems the > hardware mods are on trial as much as the TT3 in your evaluation. So > maybe hardware mods are also snake oil? > > Kerkula
Don't remember if I wrote all the tests we did in previous posts? So here goes: After the discovery that we five times in a row preferred the stock SBT, we ran tt -r (and later hard reset) on the hardwaremodded and continued testing. This time we couldn't tell the stock & wlan from the HWmod & wlan. (Both without TT3.0 and both with Teddy Pardo TTouch PSU) My very own conclusion? The HW mod doesn't change the sound at all. It may change something measureable perhaps, but in the (IMO revealing) system we listened it didn't change the sound enough for us to hear it as a change. The tests: WLAN SBT factory w/Teddy VS WIRED SBT/HW/TT3.0/TEDDY - SBT factory preferred in all repetitions WLAN SBT factory w/Teddy VS WLAN SBT factory + HW w/Teddy - Not possible to hear a difference Toshiba HD DVD digital output VS WLAN SBT factory w/Teddy - We believe we heard a small difference, but it was not clear enough to be able to point out what we listened to. --> Not possible to hear a clear difference WLAN SBT factory w/Teddy VS WLAN SBT factory Woriginal PSU. - Clear difference. Comment: Some may actually enjoy the original PSU with it's "dynamic'n'fresh" sound, more noise and more "energy". But after several repetitions the preferred while listening blind was the Teddy. Both calmer and with a greater sense of dynamic range. Regards Rolf ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NoRoDa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=49139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=94418 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
