rickwookie Wrote: > I don't understand what you mean when you say "transport-only option". > Surely if you don't need a DAC then a squeezebox IS that option. This > product is a serious DAC with a squeezebox built in. >
Yes, but the SB3 form factor isn't right for me and it doesn't have a linear PSU or professional socketry. I wanted an Audiophile SB3, not a DAC with a squeezebox thrown in. I already have a very good DAC - and it doesn't have all those displays and buttons I don't need and don't want to pay for. rickwookie Wrote: > > As for the whole Sonos thing I don't get the appeal there at all. How > does that work if there's more that one person in your house wanting to > listen to different music in different rooms? You have to buy several > remotes at £319 each or wait and take it in turns? How's the jitter > from the Sonos' digital out compared to the '35ps at S/PDIF receiver' > quoted for this device? > No, just the one remote, but I can read it from my sofa and it displays album art, plus it isn't in the same box as the audio components and therefore potentially affecting audio quality. You can argue whether it does or not, but if there was no display in the transporter and instead it was on a remote, then it definitely wouldn't be degrading audio. If you think you can hear that sort of difference in jitter, then congratulations. It's a lot lower than most highly regarded kit out there and I suspect only a handful of people could reliably detect it. I have no idea what the Sonos jitter is, but I am a Slim customer right now - I have a modded SB2 feeding a Musical Fidelity DAC. rickwookie Wrote: > > Anyway back to the "I'm really disappointed", what were you hoping for > for in this new product? As I said a clean-looking, uncluttered standard sized audio component with a graphical remote control. The transport would not have a DAC, but would have high grade power supplies, components and socketry. With it I'd want a Sonos-like remote so I can browse music from where I'm sitting without needing binoculars. I guess I'm no longer in line with where Slim are heading. That's fine, most of you are and the best of luck to Slim, I just don't like this new component. To my mind the aesthetics and features are wrong for the audiophile community. Paul -- CardinalFang You're only young once, but you can be immature forever... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CardinalFang's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=962 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25771 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
