Well, I decided to spend a couple of hours getting the ART DIO side of the equation done. I put in the SC944-05 on that side following GaryB's, Jim l'Hommideau, Graig's, and other's wisdom. I chose the floating option outlined on the ART DIO downloads in the DIOMods group on Yahoo.
It sounds very good - I am getting a nice strong lock on the Art DIO and I tried comparing to the stock unmodded SB2 analog outputs. The SB2 alone sounds fine, but much flatter and the details are not as easy to discern as through the heavily modded Art DIO. I get a much better sense of depth and there are lots of subtleties in the mix that come out easier with this combo. Compared to the previous non-transformer based stuff, it is just shades better. I mean I don't have a golden ear, and I honestly have listened only about an hour due to family time. I think I will update this once I convert the cable from coax RCA to a good BNC cable and BNC connectors on both the SB2 and ART DIO. I snapped a couple of pictures, so I will put them up on my site soon and share. I think it is worth the trouble if you are building your system around the SB2 as I have (it is better than my vinyl rig now and I will probably have to get a modern tonearm and work on some isolation to get the TT back in the running). -- mamsterla ------------------------------------------------------------------------ mamsterla's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=469 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19822 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
