musicinmind;250913 Wrote: > > . . . Audio quality is still significantly inferior to CD transport. > (Parasound CBD-2000 belt drive) . . .
Musicmind, I too have a Parasound CBD-2000 transport but coupled to a Levinson No.36 DAC via AES/EBU. I'm also running a SB Receiver via Toslink to the same DAC playing back FLAC files created by dbpoweramp R13.1. I've always enjoyed the "laid back" but very open and detailed sound of the Parasound belt-drive transport, but the SB Receiver does sound remarkably good even with the Toslink connection and the factory supplied $2 power-supply, but I also know that there is room for improvement. That being said, the CBD-2000 CD transport a tough one to beat especially if you like its sound qualities, but mind you, some folks don't care for the sound of the CDB-2000 saying that it's too laid back, lacks impact, and other statements that I don't agree with. Even with all the tweaking in the world, I doubt that you will ever get the same belt-drive-transport sound out of any Squeezebox product due to the Parasound's unique qualities; however, I do think that you should be able to get very listenable sound from your SB3 with just a little tweaking. Now, as for what tweaks will make your SB sound better, I'll leave that to be answered by the knowledgeable tweakers on this forum, and please let us know how it all comes out in the end. Forrest -- Forrest ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Forrest's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20125 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41268 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
