First let me say that I categorically do NOT believe that wired sounds any different from wireless in an SB2 or SB3.
However, I should point out my own experience in re-housing an SB2 in a chassis that contains my DIY pre-amp. Being in the same chassis, the SB2 circuit boards and the op amps in my pre-amp ended up somewhat closer together than would normally be the case for discretely housed units. In this configuration I'm afraid I definitely COULD hear the impact of the wireless connection. The music sounded the same, obviously, but during very quiet periods (eg the gaps between tracks) I could distinctly hear a very quiet fizzing static sound corresponding to the SB2 buffer refilling over the wifi link. I was able to reduce this noise to inaudible levels by moving the SB2 circuit board no more than a foot or so from the op amps. When I connected via cable (from a nearby homeplug), the wifi card was unpowered, and the static noise was totally absent. Given this experience, I would not consider it completely out of the question that a wireless SB3 placed directly next to the op amp section in a separate pre-amp could induce some static noise. I hesitated to make this post, as it might give ammunition to a point of view I don't agree with. My own DIY configuration was definitely not a normal setup, and it should perhaps serve more as a warning to DIY builders than to users of the conventional off-the-shelf units. -- chill ------------------------------------------------------------------------ chill's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10839 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=53207 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
