abdomen Wrote:
Sean Adams has done some lab work.
http://www.seanadams.com/smps_vs_linear/
Actually those numbers were looking strictly at DAC performance WRT to
the noise floor and THD+N measurements. The conclusion being that you
CAN improve performance at the DAC with better _local_
I was actually interested in peoples experiences of AB blind testing of
PC SB3 vs reasonably serious CD players, rather than kicking off a
discussion over my choice of format.
As it happens, the time difference between creating WAV and FLAC files
is quite significant in my experience.
Ok -- I'm just curious how you plan to handle the tagging issue. Will you just always use browse music folder? I've never heard the details of how someone would keep their collection in WAV, so I'm curious to know how it will work without having any metadata tags to use for navigation.
On 2/28/06,
hifisteve wrote:
As it happens, the time difference between creating WAV and FLAC files
is quite significant in my experience. Multiplied by 2000 CD, that's a
good chunk of my time I'd prefer not to spend sat at my PC when the
extra storage cost so little.
You may be able to get the
Funny you should say that because I had the same thought.
All the WAV files I ripped using iTunes are fully accessible via my SB
using the normal browse and search functions and as far as I can see
they carry all the usual track info.
I'm not particularly knowledgeable but I'm presuming that
crooner Wrote:
Skunk: have you measured the voltage on yours? Mine while hot enough to
fry bacon, keeps the voltage steady as a rock with minimal variation. It
never fluctuates from 5.02 volts!
The power one 5-3 has adjustable dc out of +-5%. There's a little pot
for adjusting it. That
Horizons Wrote:
I have heard good things about the Shek DAC. How does it sound?
Well, I've posted this story in another thread, but I got the DAC about
a month ago, and then promptly fried the voltage regulators by
mistakenly reversing polarity with an external power supply.
Miraculously, in
Skunk,
Nice job on the case. Jetlag and I have the same PS from power one you
have. I have a case as well but haven't yet assembled the rig. I'm
thinking of bolting the side of the PS to the side of the case.(instead
of resting it on the bottom via the 4 feet)
The side holes on the PS are
dwc Wrote:
I'm wondering if I need to use some of that CPU paste I have to make
the heat transfer better.
-Dan
Thanks Dan. I don't think on metal to metal it's *as* important as
silicon to metal. I took the heat sinks off the regulators on my PC
switching supply, and there's a pad
Steve,
I recommend you rip to flac with EAC and flac.exe. You can always go
back to wav format, but once you're in wav you can't go forward to flac
as you've lost the tags. I think it's best to keep the metadata with
the audio file, as opposed to relying on any separate database.
Many of us
Skunk Wrote:
Was jitter even thought of as something to be designed around, before
everyone started telling you how good the SB sounded, or did you get
lucky to some extent?
No, SB2 was specifically designed for high clock precision and low
jitter, and we took into account all the feedback
ezkcdude Wrote:
Well, I've posted this story in another thread, but I got the DAC about
a month ago, and then promptly fried the voltage regulators by
mistakenly reversing polarity with an external power supply.
Miraculously, in my opinion, Derek switched out the regulators, and it
is now
gobikey Wrote:
to anyone interested, i ordered a MHDTLabs Paradisea last friday the
24th, and it's here! i'll write a review of what i *hear* when i get
to hook it up. i also received my bluejeans digital cable today. woo!
___
krell kav-400xi integrated
I was also debating whether to sacrifice the supplied switcher supply
for the cord or get a new one. I figured, why not use the original
cord. Less hassle. I can always resolder it to the switcher, but I
don't think that's ever gonna happen :-)
As for my little space heater it's making my SB3
Very impressive Sean.
I am also in awe with the SB3's superlative performance.
Listening to familiar music and it's like falling in love with it all
over gain. Recordings that used to be flat and lifeless now come to
life.
The SB3 fully realizes the potential of digital as a music encoding
Yeah, shame about SACD, but it was always going going to have a short
shelf life. To me HDCD (*** acronyms, have I got that right?)
sounds the same... and SB supports it. Mind you I have a grand total of
three HDCD disks... probably all that were ever made (joke alert)
even my favourite
rajacat Wrote:
How does it sound? I'm interested in either the Paradisea or the
Renaissance II from MHDTlabs to work in conjunction with the SB3.
Raja, just to be thorough, you may want to look at Derek Shek's NOS DAC
on eBay. I bought one recently (you can search the other threads). Derek
is
I wonder if Apple settled the lawsuit by the former Beatles and
widows...
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crooner
Squeezebox 3 with DIY Linear Power Supply
Lite Audio DAC60 tube DAC
Pioneer SX-1980
Vandersteen 2Ce Signature
Vandersteen 2W
crooner's
Think iPod a la Bose Wave.
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crooner Wrote:
It won't decode it. However, since the SB3 has bit perfect digital outs,
the HDCD information should be preserved for processing by a capable
DAC. Mine doesn't do HDCD unfortunately, but I believe it has been
sucessfully done by several folks.
Oh..
Yes, of course. (I believe
ezkcdude Wrote:
In fact, I'm not really sure what Apple is thinking with this.
Responing to market demand no doubt. I know a couple of people who
bought iPods simply because of the available boombox type docking
stations (they use the iPod on the road and at home) and since Apple
have such
Andrew L. Weekes Wrote:
It represents an impedance discontinuty that will give rise to
reflections that are serious enough to impact the performance of SPDIF.
It's specific location is largely irrelevant here - a mismatch is a
mismatch is a mismatch.The closer the impedance anomaly is to the
ezkcdude Wrote:
Raja, just to be thorough, you may want to look at Derek Shek's NOS DAC
on eBay. I bought one recently (you can search the other threads).
Derek is great to deal with. When I first got the DAC, I accidentally
fried it, trying to upgrade the power supply. I sent it back to him
Well I read the reviews on the first three, and apparently they're _all_
essential. :)
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dwc Wrote:
Well I read the reviews on the first three, and apparently they're _all_
essential. :)
Ha. I stopped after three or four too, and planned to buy as many as I
could afford because the reviews were *glowing*. The only 4star rating
(most were 5/5) I saw was for the fact that the sacd
Ask any comedian. Timing is EVERYTHING!
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Here's a pic next to my SB3. It really is just a black box, but that's
kind of the charm, I think.
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I could not hear any tangible difference between the analog outputs of
the SB3 and running coaxial cable into the digital input on my Proton
(privately labeled as Dynaco) 5.1 home theater integrated amp. It
wasn't a terribly expensive amplifier - I bought it on Ebay at a
closeout price over 3
ezkcdude Wrote:
I have a hard time believing our ears can detect picosecond jitter
when it's modulated by the DAC to produce distortion components in the
audible spectrum, why not?
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Patrick Dixon Wrote:
But the pulse width is not that important in an S/PDIF connection, it's
the transitions that are.
Reflections / impedance mismatches are rarely serious enough to cause
actual data corruption (in S/PDIF), but they can affect the timing
information contained in the
One of the greatest piano solo recordings - Rosalyn Tureck playing the
Goldberg Variations.
http://www.vaimusic.com/CD/1029_1142-2.shtml
Here's a review from JS Bach.org:
These performances, recorded at William F. Buckley's estate on Long
Island, were originally released on Albany Records.
Hi Guys
I thought if the reflections was close to the rx end, it could blur
the transition.
If it was far enough away to look like a discrete event, it was not
likely to cause any harm.
I have seen this as an argument to use a long digital cable, so any
reflections are the tx end won't cause any
He has achieved success by entering the audio arena instead of
concetrating his efforts into positioning the Macintosh as the world
personal computer standard. In a sense he conceded defeat to his
archrival Bill Gates...
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crooner
Squeezebox 3 with DIY Linear Power Supply
Lite Audio DAC60
crooner Wrote:
He has achieved success by entering the audio arena instead of
concetrating his efforts into positioning the Macintosh as the world
personal computer standard. In a sense he conceded defeat to his
archrival Bill Gates...
I'm sure Slim wouldn't mind a slice of that
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