jezbo wrote: > ... for enhancing the sound of my SB3? I've had my eyes on one for a > couple of years now, but perhaps there's better out now for a similar > price. > > Currently my SB3 is fed directly through a decent Marantz amp + > Mordaunt-Short speakers or Heed CanAmp + Beyerdynamic headphones. Music > source is usually lossless flac files. > > Also, for anyone who has actually got a DacMagic, what are the > additional connectors I'll need to purchase?
I bought the dacmagic to connect to my SB3. Previously I was using a Musical Fidelity X24 dac but the Dacmagic was an improvement over this in terms of detail, soundstage and smoothness. I connected them with a co-axial SPDIF cable which seemed to work best. Later I upgraded to the Logitech Touch. Strangely the sound sound improved significantly over the SB3. I suspect the Touch had less jitter. Anyway, I found a decent optical connector ($30) worked better than a much more expensive co-axial cable I was using previously. Sounded cleaner and smoother with more detail. I suspect noise was been sent via the shield of the cable. I installed soundcheck's Touch Toolbox 3.0 and the sound became better still with more clarity and detail. I did modify the Dacmagic to bypass the output capacitors on the RCA outputs. This did make quite a difference to the sound and improved the bass considerably. I am going to try the balanced outputs on the Dacmagic as they are claimed to provide better performance. I will keep you Posted. Cheers ------------------------------------------------------------------------ campmountainman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=56431 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=95258 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
