slimkid;237806 Wrote: > Well, sometimes when nobody is around the house and I have nothing > better to do ... well you get the idea. Let's say I just constantly > fail to notice any gain that might be coming from cutting of (or adding > to the same power bar like SB) various wallwarts, re-arranging power > supplies and similar activities. > > I'm not saying ther are not any benefits to upgrading power supply, > using $$$$ power cords or interconnects and similar. I just don't have > completely silent room nor I invested $100 000 in my system, so I > really can't be sure it's an absolute truth. But in the financialy > balanced system where SB3 is a front and and in most of setups that can > be seen in our photo gallery, in my experience it doesn't make too much > sense to match SB3 with equally costing ps. > > K
Well, there is some pretty serious hardware being used in conjunction with a Squeezebox, systems costing many thousands or even tens of thousands of dollars. I suggest you take another look at the "A photo of your Squeezebox setup" thread again: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19817 More than a couple of people have claimed the Squeezebox feeding such and such DAC outperformed their megabuck transports (I personally find the Squeezebox does not sound as good as my transport). I have no idea how much difference a linear PSU can make though I may try one in the near future to see what all the fuss is about. If it improves the sound of someones system more than spending the same cash upgrading source/transport or buying new cables isn't it worth it? What else can one do for $259 to improve on the Squeezebox or their system (assuming there are no glaring weaknesses)? Buy another transport? Like what? Not much. $259 doesn't seem out of line to me when you consider the money people spend on cables, cones, platforms and other tweaks let alone the equipment. -- SatoriGFX ------------------------------------------------------------------------ SatoriGFX's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8852 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=39353 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
