mauidan Wrote: > > ezkcdude Wrote: > > the SB3 is better than any Class A Stereophile digital source > > component. QUOTE] > > > > What Class A Stereophile or any other hi-end Digital Source have you > > compared the SB3 to in your system(please list)? > > > > Sterophile's 2005 Digital Source and Product of the Year is the > > Ayre C-5xe, it can play Redbook CDs, 24/192 & 24/96 DVD-As and > > SACDs.> > > > Well, I am late in the discussion, but comparing the SB3 with the > Ayre is like comparing apples and oranges. > > The SB3 takes audio files (which would be ripped from audio CD's, for > example) and provides a convenient output in both analog and digital > (S/PDIF output.) The power of the SB3, then, is that it is a > convenient interface between one's computer and audio system. > > Interestingly, at least with audio CD's, using applications such as > Exact Audio Copy (EAC), one can get a *perfect* (or almost perfect) > rip (unless the CD is in bad shape.) Thus the hardware issue of > imperfect reading of the bits is solved. A cheap $200 Plextor drive > on one's computer can get a perfect rip into a perfect wave file. > Thus, when fed into the DAC using S/PDIF, what is input is *perfect*. > Hopefully this makes sense as to why the SB3 is exciting technology, > at least for audio CDs.
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