Jenks;145838 Wrote: > The Lavry DA10 will sound a bit soft in many systems and is a house > sound. Having owned both that and a Lavry Blue I wouldn't consider them > very similar except for that house sound. And to suggest the DA10 comes > close to the Lavry Gold is not remotely like my experience of them - > more like wishful thinking. > > The Lavry DA10 will definitely improve a standard SB3 in a good system, > but the better route is to open up the SB3 and do some tweaks. I have > ripped the guts out of a SB2, modded the board a little, stuffed it in > a box with a Monica2 DAC board and stuffed a transformer and linear > supplies in there too and can't wait to hear if the Transporter can > match it - some very pricey CDPs I have tried haven't. > > All of that is fitted in a 1U height, half rack width aluminium box > with a depth of 14 inches. From a front view it is no bigger than a > SB2.
Great info. Your DIY SB2/Monica2 DAC combo sounds very interesting. How much did this project cost? -- jhm731 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ jhm731's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7685 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28369 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
