julian2002 Wrote: > ....i guess this points to the real question - how fussy are your dacs > about the incomming signal? > cheers > > julian.
Thank you Julian. I guess I need to buy a Two to try for myself. You pose a good question. At my house, the SB1 works very well into a Theta Gen 8. Not as well as my dedicated transport but so much better than it should for the price. With my Stello DAC it sounds a little better than what I get from the digital stream of a cheap DVD player. This surprised me. The Stello is a gutsy inexpensive overachiever that sounds great with a decent CD player. I expected it to obscure differences the more expensive DAC revealed. I've done these sort of tests with a small number of friends who have an Audio Alchemy, a Wadia and a DCS stack. There appears to be a consistency. The DACs from the high priced companies that brag about their jitter control make the SB1 sound like a champ. The more moderate priced DACs fair poorly. Doesn't seem fair and runs counter to the usual experience. The AA DAC did so poorly, we all felt the SB1 was better by itself, Not as revealing but more musical. Maybe this will turn around with the SB2? I wish I knew something of the Audio Synthesis. I gather you are in England. Even in big cities in the US, we don't see much British equipment other than the obvious like B&W. I visited a few shops when I was in your country in the 90s. Heard great sound from systems made up of products I can only read about here in Stereophile. Reminds me, I really wish someone would write a "Dummy's Guide to the Squeezebox". I know I'm not the only person to talk his audiophile friends into buying these clock-radios. I've gotten sick of having to teach the basics of ripping to flac, tagging and network setup to guys who should be able to figure it out themselves. I finally drew the line at mirroring my HDs. Between the legality and the time..... -- Harry G _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
