As promised, I listened some more, especially to compare the latest SBGK's values (with buffer set at 20,000) to the so-called Guido F values (with buffer at 4,000 as preferred by rgro).
In my system, although the latter sounds very good, the former -easily- bests it. I tried a variety of music, some (supposedly) well recorded, some poorly so. SBGK's values consistently return the more gripping musical experience. As I believe he himself mentioned, one gets more easily carried away and forgets about paying attention to the audiophile minutiae we may otherwise feel inclined to focus on. However, if I may take just one example, Geza Anda's masterful rendition of the andante from Mozart's piano concerto no. 21 with the Vienna Symphony (RCA), here are some of my notes: - The bass is tuneful and well controlled, the midrange is better defined (than in the case of the Guido F's values), the treble is extended without glare. - The intricacies of the interplay between piano and orchestra are illuminated but the overall coherence of the piece is not lost. - There is greater transparency of soundstage, a greater sense of being at the performance itself. - Above all, the dreamy quality of the piece, and of Anda's performance of it, is conveyed effortlessly. Not a hint of listener's fatigue here. Of course, I'm always open to try new and improved version of these or other SW mods, but for now these settings have given me the best results and they have become my new standard. TT3.0 was a significant improvement over the out-of-box SBT. This is another step up. Not bad for a < $300 device! Many thanks to soundcheck, SBGK, and all the others who have contributed their impressions and experiences. Guido F. -- guidof MUSIC ROOM: Marantz TT 15S1 Turntable, Virtuoso Wood Cartridge->Conrad Johnson Motif preamp Oppo BDP-83 Universal Player->Cambridge Azur 840C DAC Vortexbox Appliance->WiFi Bridge->Squeezebox Touch->Toslink->Cambridge Azur 840C DAC->Adcom GFP-750 preamp->Music Reference RM-200 Mk II amp -> Martin Logan SL3s DSpeaker Antimode 8033->REL T1 Sub BEDROOM: Squeezebox Touch (analog out)->Little Dot Mk III amp->AKG K701 headphones SECOND BEDROOM: Squeezebox Touch->Grado SR125 headphones ------------------------------------------------------------------------ guidof's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=40448 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=91322 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
