harmonic;290234 Wrote: > To be fair the ikemi is a discountinued product (since 2002 i beleive > ) a more fair comparioson would be one of the unidisk players. > > The preamp with the dac you used is from 1997 no wonder the 2008 > duet`s analog out sounds better. > > Why the duet sounds so good? i think its more because of the bit > perfect transport mecanisem then the dac, il never go back to disk > spinners somhave the sound from a hardisk based player always sounds > more right. > > I have the linn unidisk sc wich ar a disk spinner/preamp/dac and > i can compare sb3 analog out vs sb3 diigital out into SC and Sc playing > disks, no doubt the unidisk sc sounds better then asb3 analog outs , > sound is more musical more solid dynamic and great bass depth. > Haveever using the sb3´s digital outs into unidisk sounds better > then the unidisk´S owen transporter .
Very interesting ! This was my först contact with a streaming mediaplayer. If what you say is true, there is no need to spend much cash on an expensive transport. Maybe this is something that also Linn has discovered, because they seem to focus on computerbased musicplayers in their new lineup. What is very interesting, is that we encountered that the Squeezebox receiver sounded better than the internal dacs that are used in the Linn 5103. Maybe this is an indikation on that Squeezebox duet sound better than the SB 3, if you use the analog outputs. I have not heard the SB 3, but it uses a different dac, and a different buffert. In the Squeezebox receiver, a Wolfson dac is used with an internal buffert/linedriver. Maybe this is the thing that does the trick ? For all I know, the digital stages before the dac is the same in receiver and SB 3. What are your comment on that, and what is the constructer of Squeezebox duet saying about it ? -- Paradigm ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Paradigm's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16808 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=38815
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