My SB3 is stock, not even a power supply upgrade, which I considered until I could hear no difference with the stock unit. My files are apple lossless and AIF.
My amps are tubed mono OTL's. Extremely fast and detailed. DAC's are Sonic Frontiers (remember them?), the new Bel Canto everyone raves about and a number of others laying around, including a ridiculously expensive Audio Note. I have yet to find someone who can tell the difference between the SB3 and the original CD source. While an audiophile nut, you won't find me spending $500 or interconnects or power cords. Those who claim to hear the difference in the PS upgrades must either have very crappie wiring in their homes or lots of imagination. Ever wonder why audiophile "reviews" never, and I repeat NEVER, use double blind testing? Because if they did they couldn't tell difference between most of the stuff they rave about and advertise. On the other hand the SB3 makes a big difference where it counts (getting rid of stacks of cd's while making it inifinitly easier to find any cd or song in your colletion) and no difference where it should. (sounding exactly like the origingal CD source) The SB3 is a very big deal for the audiophile. Something that really does what is say's it does. I will definitely demo it at the next user group I attend for speaker designers. The Scientific Audiophile -- fredrickj ------------------------------------------------------------------------ fredrickj's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5645 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=23948 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
