minstrel;244616 Wrote: > Alright, I took the advice of this forum to heart, and decided to > properly assess the sound -- by putting on a set of professional > headphones. > > That made all the difference. The expansive, dynamic sound I thought > the AE had, comes across as breathy, overly-enhanced, processed, and > with audible compression artifacts on the highs. > > The SB3 on the other hand plays clearly and evenly. > > I suspect speaker placement and my listening environment (hardwood > floors, lots of windows) might have given me the wrong impression of > the AE sound. Headphones reveal the truth. > > Thanks again for everyone's input. It's a keeper. One day I'll get a > proper DAC, but this will have to do for now with a baby on the way.
I find this interesting. I'm not surprised that the Airport Express is tinkering with the sound more than the SB3, and I'm also not surprised that on a superficial listening, with a lossy source like Internet radio, that it sounded better. I'm not even going to be too critical here--for its market it's probably well-positioned and engineered. Interestingly, the SB and my receiver (Denon AVR3805) actually have the same DACs, so I notice very little difference between analog and digital inputs. Just a great clean sound that's blown away any CD player I've owned (not being an audiophile.) -- mrfantasy --Mike ------------------------------------------------------------------------ mrfantasy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1127 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40472 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
