Labarum;354703 Wrote: > I am sure you are right, but some good HiDef classical stuff is starting > to come out, and that is my interest. > > > > How much difference does the Stontronics supply make? > > > > An Audigy card beats the Quad 77 - such is the pace of technology. > Quad will fit an electrical S/PDIF out for about £50, and I could feed > it into my Beresford DAC, but it's not worth the hassle. > > I was hoping they would launch a new MacMini with Blu-ray (a MacMedia?) > - but not yet. > > So, as I said, it's the interim I'm looking too. I retire from the Army > (aged 60) next year. I will see what looks sensible once I am settled. > > You never know, I might even achieve by boyhood ambition of owning some > Quad Electrostatics.
The linear supply makes no real difference I can hear. I use one because the stock supply interferes with my (last century) AM radio. The very latest Quad ESL's are amazing... I think you will find that the SB into your DAC will outperform the Quad into the same DAC. -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal...SB3+Stontronics PSU - Altmann JISCO/UPCI - TACT 2.2X (Linear PSU) + Good Vibrations S/W - MF Triplethreat(Audiocom full mods)- Linn 5103 - Aktiv 5.1 system (6x LK140's, ESPEK/TRIKAN/KATAN/SEIZMIK 10.5), Townsend Supertweeters, Kimber & Chord cables Outdoors: Boombox+Creative Sub (If I remember to turn it on...) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=54335
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