Peter;264959 Wrote: > Gadget wrote: > > I currently have a very good quality Naim amp, preamp and CD (CDX) > > player. > > Although I am very pleased with my SB3, even when using flac files, > the > > quality doesn't come close to the Naim setup. > > > > From the existing forum entries, I have concluded that by using "EAC > > with flac files", there should be no loss in quality from the > original > > source right up to the point the SB3 starts to play the track. > > > > Therefore, am I right in believing the components that then effect > the > > output quality are just: > > 1 Quality of the SB3 inbuit amplifier > > 2 Quality of the SB3 DAC > > 3 Quality of the SB3 Power Supply > > > > Now if I spend a lot of money on a very good DAC and power supply, > > would I be able to match, or even surpass the quality of my Naim CD > > player? > > > > Secondly, if I went for one, which of the 2 would give the best > gain? > > > > Thirdly, when setting up the Volume level on the SB3 using the > analogue > > output, for best quality should this be set to 100%, or should I > reduce > > this to match the line input of my amp, perhaps by matching the > volume > > level of the CD player? > > > > I look forward to your responses > > > > If you use an external DAC I'm not exactly sure why the SB3's power > supply should still influence the sound. By the same logic (IANAA) the > > power supply of my server should influence the sound. But perhaps > someone could explain to me the mechanism by which the SB3's supply > should influence the sound. > > Regards, > Peter
One theory: Noise from PSU is transmitted to SPDIF connection, causing DAC to have a harder job recovering the clock = jitter = worse sound. However this is easily fixed by using toslink which would not transmit such noise to the DAC. But then again PSU noise could affect the quality of the interface at the SB end, causing the spdif/toslink signal to be sub-optimal at the point it leaves the SB. Just for the record, I can't hear any difference to the signal coming out of my external DAC with different SB PSU's. -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal...SB3+Stontronics PSU - Altmann JISCO/UPCI - TACT RCS 2.2X with Good Vibrations S/W - MF X-DAC V3/X-PSU/X-10 buffer (Audiocomm full mods)- Linn 5103 - Linn Aktiv 5.1 system (6x LK140's, ESPEK/TRIKAN/KATAN/SEIZMIK 10.5), Townsend Supertweeters, Kimber & Chord cables ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42973 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
