reeve_mike Wrote: > > > I have two sources: a SB & a dcs Verdi. > > For CD replay these feed a dcs Elgar+ via a dcs Purcell upsampler. > > The whole replay chain is synch'ed via a dcs Verona clock > (the SB path is modified to include a word clock input). > > If I have ripped a CD I play it via the SB; > not the Verdi, why would I ...?
That is interesting - I have a very similar setup but I gave up on the Squeezebox used for transporting sound in any form, too many shortages (audiophile-wise). The things I really wanted to have were: 1) A word clock input on the SB 2) Balanced digital output And since I couldn't see myself hacking into the SB, I went for another solution: I got a professional sound card for PC with all the above included and I run a media PC (a silent build thing) with SoftSqueeze feeding the dCS system through the digital out from the soundcard. SoftSqueeze is then synchronized to a SB3 so I actually use the SB as a display and control unit. It works well, but with some minor irritating things like a very small gap between tracks due to the synch solution used. What I wonder here is - how did you get the wordclock sorted (is someone doing this as an add-on?) and since I assume you could not get balanced (AES-EBU) output from the SB3 - don't you then get a slightly better sound via the Verdi connected with XLR to the DAC? Quality-wise, I must say though that I just about never use the Verdi. Not even very often for SACD's since I feel that the quality from Red Book in the Slimserver-dCS system is so good, it's hardly worth the extra hassle for a minor increase (SACD). I have had thoughts of selling the Verdi - but then again, I'm probably not there yet. It feels strange to take the step to absolutely no CD-player. -- CarlOtto ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CarlOtto's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3581 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24670 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
