Disagreements such as this are best settled with one very special weapon..... An Occilloscope. "Draw your scope at 90 paces!" ;-) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Phillip Kerman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Slim Devices Discussion'" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2005 2:30 PM Subject: RE: [slim] What can I do to get the best sound?
> > > You might check the actual cost of the DAC in the SB2. > > I'll bet it's less > > > than $10. > > > > I might? Apparently you couldn't be bothered to. > > > > Even if we settled on $5 (probably low) -- that's still over five > > times the cost of a $0.99 DAC. There's lots of room for improvement > > there. > > > > *My* point was that the DAC in the SB2 was likely to be superior. > > What is your point? > > > > > Okay, so this doesn't need to get out of hand. In fact, I did check the DAC > cost and it was $8. But, right, the one in the SB2 is definitely good. > > Did we ever establish which CD player is being used for comparison? Maybe > the DAC isn't $.99 (as if that really matters anyway). > > In my comparisons, the SB2 analog out isn't as good as a high end CD > player's analog out. However, the digital out is definitely comparable. > Also true is the idea that different isn't necessarily better. My ears, > however, tell me the SB2's digital out to my receiver's DAC has more open > sound and more high end detail. Also, when playing a HDCD (turned to FLAC) > my receiver knows it's a 20bit signal. When I play the same FLAC through > SB2's DAC the difference is very pronounced. > > Thanks, > Phillip > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
