I have been testing the analogue output of the SB3 against a couple of mid range cd players in my house including the yahama HRD 1500 which is an old fashioned 250GB hard drive player I have been using a lot (http://www.yamaha.co.jp/english/product/av/products/hf/cdrhd1500.html)
It's pretty obvious that the DAC quality of the SB3 is lower than these players. Not just me, I put the girlfriend to a blind test. Note I am am not confusing myself with audio compression becuase I was playing a wav on the yamaha vs a flac on the SB3 and the CD on my Denon (which are all identical). I don't want to fork out $2,000 dollars for a transporter in every room but I havn't been able to find an amp with spdif that can do a decent job of driving the Quad 21L speakers I use in non critical rooms. I also don't want to spend $1,000+ on the benchmark DAC1 etc. Can anyone please reccomend a lower priced DAC for giving the quality of a standard mid range CD player like the Denon / Yamaha CD player with 16bit audio. If it makes a difference I am a fan of Classical Choral works. I saw the Sigtone Shek d2 DAC on ebay uk at £160 (or $320). What about this? http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Sigtone-Shek-d2-Non-OS-TDA1545A-TDA-1545A-DAC_W0QQitemZ230117189843QQcategoryZ81741QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem -- willyhoops ------------------------------------------------------------------------ willyhoops's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10563 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34717
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