Dave D wrote:
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-- Anything else?
Dave,
Don't overlook the fact that your equipment might not be good enough to
show the difference.
I tried a few external DACs with my SB1 and, when I first tried, I
couldn't hear any difference between the SB1 internal DAC, an Arcam
Delta, and Art DI/O, and a Perpetual Technologies P3-A plus P1-A
correction engine.
I identified that it was my amp that wasn't good enough (a Rotel RA820A)
so, being that way inclined, I got the soldering iron out and made a few
mods - upgraded op amps, replace coupling caps, bypass electrolytics
with film caps, re-routed the signal away from the tone controls, etc.
Once I'd done this, I was easily able to hear differences between DACs.
I see from one of your later posts that you're listening with Labtec
headphones. Well, I don't have any experience of those, but looking at
their website I see they are primarily a computer peripheral
manufacturer and would not expect their headphones to be very good.
Also, your main system - Advent speakers and Onkyo TX-860. Again, I have
no direct experience of those components, but you say yourself that you
believe the Labtech headphones to be better.
Anyway, I hope that's given you food for thought.
R.
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If a man speaks in a forest,
and his wife's not there,
is he still wrong?
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