HELP!!!! I bought the newest Ethernet SlimServer (SB3?) in order to get the best sound possible from my TACT based full digital system (with Magnepan 20.1 speakers) and only wanted the purest possible S/PDIF output. I use a crossover cable (no hub). I also used Exact Audio Copy at full resolution and error correction to RIP about 100 CDs over an entire day and hooked up last night. I fed the TACT with the Sqeezebox's S/PDIF output, sat back in my listening chair, selected Della Manley's album (which I now know very well) from the large display, and hit play. Like magic, the music begins and the sound is.....bad. Edgy and Digital - and low. So I hit the volume button on the Sqeezebox remote and the volume rises to max. They vary the S/PDIF DIGITAL output with the volume control as well! But still the sound is bad - all the information and detail is there, but the character of the sound is like a cheap DVD player's analog outputs. Thin, edgy, strident and distinctly digital. So in desparation I switch the Monarchy audio DIP from my DVD Player to the sqeezebox. Things improve, but only slightly. I then cue up different CDs in the DVD player (which now is driving the TACT's S/PDIF input directly, since the DIP is on the Sqeezebox) and real-time A/B between the DVD Player and the Squeezbox on the same song. In EVERY case, the DVD player was MUCH, MUCH smoother, more 3 dimensional, fuller and analog. It wasn't even close - we are talking night and day here. It was like two different mixes of the same song each time the switch was made.
Theoretically, the Squeezebox should be the VASTLY superior Digital transport, so something must be wrong here. My questions: - How do I completely disable the Volume control setting/circuitry so that the pure, unprocessed digital stream is sent to the S/PDIF outputs? - How much will upgrading the Power Supply increase the sound of the player (including the S/PDIF coax)? - Will 6 Volts (instead of 5) be a problem? - Most importantly - What am I missing or have overlooked here in order to get the best possible sound using the S/DIF outputs? -- Robbymagman ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Robbymagman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6926 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=26332 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
