honestguv;357622 Wrote: > > Is External DAC What I'm Craving? > > Perhaps. It depends what gets you going. > > > Hello This is my first foray into the audiophile den. Go easy on me. > > You are considering adopting audiophile beliefs? > > > So I love the SB3. It's hooked up to a Rotel RA 05 + Quad 11L + a KEF > sub. But I notice from > > listening comparisons of CDs through a modest CD player that the SB3 > has less range than the > > CDs, particularly at the bass end of things, and to my ears sounds > 'thinner' somehow. > > Why? > > A non-audiophile audio enthusiast/professional would expect an SB3 and > a competent DVD/CD player playing the same source to sound the same in > a properly conducted listening test subject to all the hardware > functioning as intended. The weasel words give plenty of scope for > things to sound different and so your observations are not being > challenged. > > Audiophiles have a tendency to believe that pretty much everything > sounds different although they have so far failed to demonstrate it to > non-audiophile in listening tests conducted on non-audiophile terms. > > What/who to believe? > > > I've tweaked the bass with Inguz, but I can't help feeling that the > purist/consumerist in me > > is craving another solution. > > I do not understand the purist part. I can sympathise with the desire > to spend money on shiny hardware but it does seem to work for some > people. > > > I've heard the expression DAC around. I've read that you can get > something for £150 or so. > > And for more and for less. > > > Is a DAC the addition to my system most likely to satisfy my > immediate 'need'? > > Perhaps. It depends what gives your pleasure. > > > If so, is installation an easy - plug it in and off you go? > > Usually although you can sometimes get caught out by mixing consumer > and pro hardware. > > > And finally, within the £100 - £150 price range, what have people > found to be effective? > > I suspect that effective in my case might not map onto effective in > your case since if I had a correctly functioning SB3 I would not spend > £100-150 on a DAC to plug into it.
what exactly is a "non-audiophile audio enthusiast"? -- 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=54783
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