bitmonkey, I was in the same "exact" (well almost) same boat as you 2 months ago. I had the Arcam CD23T which is almost the same as your CD23 and I wanted to get a Squeezebox but I was not willing to compromise sound quality at all.
So I read stuff on multiple forums, people were all telling me no problem the SB will beat your CD23T hands down, no jitter, bit perfect and so on... Well I decided to jump in and got myself a modded RedWineAudio SB2. The SB2 is supposed to be a tiny bit better then SB3 for modding. I went with RWA because I liked the fact that it was battery powered so no more expensive power cable and power conditionning. There are a few who say the Bolder mods are a bit better then the RWA but that is once you add all sorts of features like again power cable, silver bybee and so on. Since I was not convinced at all a SB internal DAC could beat the famous RingDAC we have in our Arcam CDP, I also decided to buy an external DAC at the same time. After several weeks of a/b testing with various configurations of interconnect and digital cables, I sold my CDP. However, its not with the moded SB internal DAC that I was able beats my CDP, it's with the moded SB digital out feeding my external DAC with a good digital cable. So I can't talk about the Bolder mods, but if I was you, I would probably spend just on the digital mod and get the best DAC you can afford that meets your taste. Hope this helps a bit, don't hesitate if you have specific questions on my setup. -- Loftprojection ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Loftprojection's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5525 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=26548 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
