ajmitchell;153533 Wrote: > OK from your observations so far you seem to eliminated the NAD s200 as > the influential factor. Why not take it out of the eqautions altogether > (For testing) and connect the optical, coaxial AND RCA into the yamaha. > Then do an A vs B vs C comparison using the same yammy power amp > components. This will tell you where the issue is. Next run the Yammy > pre-outs to the NAD and do the same. Let us know what you find. > > alex
Thanks for this suggestion. It's a great idea and helped me to (I think) understand what is going on. I set the NAD aside and ran 1) SB2 optical to Yamaha: good sound and bass; 2) SB2 RCA to Yamaha: poor sound, weak bass; 3) didn't have digital coax cable so no SB2 digital coax to Yamaha; 4) SB2 optical to Yamaha, Yamaha RCA to NAD: good sound and bass; 5) SB2 RCA to Yamaha, Yamaha RCA to NAD: poor sound, weak bass. After running these tests, my guess would be that the Yamaha's DAC is superior to the SB2's DAC. Do you agree? -- beerbunny ------------------------------------------------------------------------ beerbunny's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2600 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29526 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
