1... Music coming from my hard drive instead of my cdp has proved to be a big improvement...when using foobar, with the SB3 this has been compromised by brightness. 2... But from reading through numerous positive threads here and SB3 reviews in Stereophile amongst others I have to assume that the fault lies in my own systems 'warmth' 3... Foobar was warm and detailed, my cdp was warm but vague and at times bloomy, the SB3 is HIGHLY detailed but at times Harsh and sibilant. 4. modern interconnects are like the tone controls of yesteryear imo, the VDH carbon fibre interconnects will hopefully allow me to keep all this wonderful resolution that the SB3 delivers without the ear frying sibilence.
OK..pls Try ripping a cd then click on 'review tracks' Its not that im picking up glitches through listening, rather the EAC program tells me there are glitches. It doesnt seem to matter about the material quality of the CD (scratches, dirt etc). Ive checked and it seems that my CD drive does not have the accurate stream feature....could this be the problem? if so can you recommend a decent drive with this feature? I always use my External Dac and never the analogue outs.. this has been the case with my cdp, foobar2000 and the SB3. Perhaps being english i prefer a more mellow sound man, I chose the Bel canto over the Benchmark 1 for this reason :) Jack. -- Lyonesse ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Lyonesse's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5496 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24613 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
