jhm731;184315 Wrote: > The SQ difference has nothing to do with cables or connections. > > If you can't hear a difference between the SB and your CDP, something > must be wrong with your "chain" or your hearing.
This eventually became rather pointless... Try to analyse why can two digital sources sound differently, assuming both are in working condition, so data stream is bit-accurate? One simple word - jitter. Applied to various parts of spectrum in different amounts your chains may sound somewhat different. If the effect is well pronounced, your DAC doesn't have a good jitter rejection mechanism, although the latter can never eliminate jitter in full. If so, I would be looking for another DAC - or stick with very low jitter sources. Now, SB is confirmed to have reasonably low jitter, and transporter - even lower. If your Pioneer sounds vastly different, it can mean that it has either significantly higher jitter, and then it can be considered flawed; or it's low, but applied to the part of spectrum where it more audible (the same could be valid for SB as well). Important thing to consider - sometimes, quite rarely, jitter can cause delusion of better sound. I don't know if this is the case. -- 325xi ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 325xi's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5661 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32993 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
