Ripping a CD with EAC is (AFAIK) the better transport you can imagine (yes, a 30$ computer drive can beat a 2k$ audio mechanics).
That's just the theory and there is too many other parameters in account. What I would do to improve the basic SB3 would be: - replace SB psu by a linear one - use wired ethernet instead of wireless - choose a good spdif coax And of course, be sure I have no software configuration problem like format transcoding, bad ripping drive, etc. -- vrobin ------------------------------------------------------------------------ vrobin's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11705 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46229 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles