Where were we before a certain member's interruption? Right: the Stereophile review.
I think Totoro is on the right track. To make my point again...which I am sure is fogotten by now...I'm of the school that differences in DACs are, in fact, rather small. Modern electronics are really, really good -- mid-priced Sony or Pioneer CD players could easily be confused with far higher-end material. Now, suppose you have bit-perfect reception. With the SB/Transporter, that's the case. Now, suppose you pipe that into much higher grade DAC (the Transporter) without having to use cables and what not. Assume accurate clocking that essentially does away with jitter. You now have one heck of a product. The only thing left to address, really, are the speakers and room. Picking speakers for specific rooms is tricky, in my experience, and treating rooms is either easy or next to impossible, depending on your living situation. Assuming reasonable speakers, the one thing you CAN do is to introduce equalization. A 2-5bd tweak in a critical mid-range area and proper bass management will have far more impact than fancy cables and...quite possibly...make more of a difference than using an SB3 alone and an SB3 with DAC. Anyway, that's my take on it. I had the Behringer for a while, sold it, and got a graphic EQ. Only reason: I found the menus a bit fussy. Having said that, I know a senior acoustic engineer who uses a Behringer 2496 in his $20k+ system. -- highdudgeon SB3->Nuforce 9.02->Harbeth Monitor 30s/Skylan stands and Quad ESL-988s. Simple and satisfying. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ highdudgeon's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2195 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=26306 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
