NoFlyZone;275236 Wrote: > Anybody listen to an Audio Note 2.1 DAC from SB3? I've modded my SB3 > with the KE DAC, National LM4562 Opamp and a Welborne PS. It amazingly > clean but still missing the imaging I continually seek. Audio Note > offers this DAC in kit form. > > For $500 the Paradisea+ DAC looks pretty nice. I go back and forth > between furthering the mods of my SB3 or looking for an outboard DAC. > At this point everything that I've in between the signal path of the > SB3 to Nuforce 9SEV2 has been to the detriment.
Imaging is primarily function of speakers (their mid and high component), room, the seating position and speaker placement. This is where the bigest bang for the money is. Magnepans will 'image' with stock SB3 playing 32 Kbps stream. K -- slimkid The sound stage will open up, bass will tighten and the imaging will improve. DVD performance will also increase substantially. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iAj2aPdQnk or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvMNuuFSvN0 or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDRhRv4q_SI ------------------------------------------------------------------------ slimkid's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8881 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=17948 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles