cliveb;240019 Wrote: > Belief can send you down all sorts of blind alleys. What actual evidence > do you have that the SB3's DAC is the limiting factor? The DAC in the > SB3 is actually pretty damn good. > > An obvious point to make is that your speakers will be contributing > about 95% of the overall system character. Apart from that, unless your > system is really high-end, chances are that the preamp is the electronic > component most responsible for any shortcomings. > > Can you tell us what rest of your system is? That way we'd have a > better chance of making more informed comments.
I have a Melody SP-7 Tube Amp (http://www.melodyhifi.com/SP7.html) driving a pair of Onix Reference 1 Monitor's. (http://www.av123.com/products_product.php?section=speakers&product=23.1). Last night I did a test of a Toshiba SD4700/standard cd vs SB3/flac. The Toshiba sounded significantly better, no question about it. So I know that my amp/speaks are capable of producing a sound that is good to my ears. This is whats leading me down the DAC path. -- cgull cgull SB3 > Melody SP7 > Onix Ref-1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ cgull's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13453 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=39892 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
