Barry.B wrote: > Hi all, > > Hope everyone is safe and well!! > > I bought my SBT in 2007 and I spent some time trying to make it work for > me. I was using Mediamonkey to rip CD's and LMS to stream to the SBT > from my Asus gaming laptop via wifi. > My system is a Meridian G08 CD player connected by XLR cables to Bryston > SP25 DA pre, XLR cables connecting to bi-amped Bryston 3BST power amps. > Originally the speakers were PMC lb1 monitors, but these have been > upgraded to PMC PB1i's, bass drivers are fed by lower 3BST in the rack > and the mid and HF drivers are fed by upper 3BST in the rack. In > comparison the lb1's play sounds, but the PB1i's play "music". > The SBT was connected by SPDIF coax to the BP25's DAC. I gave up as the > sound quality playing CD's ripped to flac files while listenable was not > up to what the G08 was producing in direct comparison, so I stuck with > the G08. > > I recently purchased a Bludento HD bluetooth receiver and a Chord Mojo > DAC which are feeding the BP25 pre by an analogue Audioquest Forest RCA > cable and have been happily listening to Spotify premium on a 3 month > free trial during UK lockdown. I have never listened to so much varied > music in my life!! > > I had been looking at network streamers as I still want to be able to > rip my 2000 or so CD's to a SSD hard drive attached to my laptop and > stream by ethernet, I was considering the Pro-Ject stream box 2 ultra or > the Allo USBridge Signature. > > My SBT had been gathering dust sat on the G08 CD player, good things > have been written about EDO via USB so I dusted the SBT off and gave it > a second chance before choosing either the Pro-Ject or Allo streamer, it > seemed silly to not try the SBT again. > The SBT USB is EDO enabled and feeding the Chord Mojo via an Audioquest > Forest USB to micro USB cable and power is via an Ankar iQ power pack > and USB to barrel jack cable. > The power pack works well with the SBT and is an improvement in sound > quality over the supplied switched wall wart. I have no problems with > the power pack switching off as others have found and it has lasted a > couple of evenings listening so far with the SBT in standby in between > before needing recharging. > > My problem is although the SBT sound quality is much better than with my > original setup, if I do a direct A/B comparison with the CD playing in > the G08 and the same ripped flac file streamed by ethernet using Cat8 > cable, there is still a difference in the high frequencies. The SBT > highs are slightly tizzy/grainy/distorted especially with some of > Pavarroti's best, female vocals are not as smooth as when played via the > G08. Louder volumes get tiring and unpleasant, but not with the G08 > playing!! > > I intend to eventually change to Quobuz hi-res and Roon with the SBT as > an end point if I can rectify the tizzy highs. > There is no tizz/distortion using my Samsumg Note 9 streaming Spotify > premium via bluetooth to the Bludento bluetooth streamer and SPDIF coax > to the Chord Mojo. > > Any suggestions, thoughts to how I can improve the SBT sound quality > please or is this as good as it gets and my system is exposing the > limitations of the SBT. > I was wondering if putting an iFi Micro iUSB3.0 Ultimate Audio-grade USB > Power Supply between the SBT and the Mojo would correct the tizzy highs, > but this is currently £429, so not cheap if it doesn't clean up the > signal and improve the SQ as advertised. Of course there are cheaper > (and more expensive) alternatives. > > Many thanks, > > Regards, > > BarryThe Touch wasn't introduced until 2010.Your old posts talk about an SB3.
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