Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter Transport?
Thanks a lot. Yes my 2nd question is a bit complicated, but my first question is straightforward: is the digital outputs of the SB3 the same as that of the Transporter? -- vincentyan vincentyan's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17868 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=49256 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter Transport?
I would also add that the Stereophile ratings are not a reliable index of how good any piece of gear will sound in your system with your other gear and, most importantly, YOUR ears and music preferences. Don't ever base a decision on whether Stereophile rated something A or A+ or B or whatever. As time goes on, Stereophile's reviewers have changed, preferences have changed, ratings have tended to inflate, certain types of gear are more popular than others, and a host of other factors unconnected to how "good" any given piece will actually sound to you and in comparison to some other piece you are considering. From all I've read, if you are not going to use the Transporter's DAC, just buy the SB3 or Duet. The Transporter's DAC is very good and many have found it of comparable or better quality than the DAC they were using with some other transport. The only way you are going to answer this question is to buy a Transporter (hopefully a used one so you can save some $$) and try it for yourself, A/B'ing with all your other gear. If you don't think it superior, you will certainly be able to resell it (eg on Audiogon) for what you paid. They are always snapped up when they come up used on Audigon, usually for around $1600. -- sc53 sc53's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8690 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=49256 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter Transport?
Complicated, and something you're only going to resolve with plenty of listening! Firstly, the Transporter might work for you. Try it. You might also like to consider the modded products such as the Modwright Transporter and the SB+. If you go the DAC route, I would suggest one with a clock output and slave the TP, but this does depend on the DAC. If it -is -doing its job properly, it should be independent of transport, but I fear many/most/all do not. Let us know how you get on! -- adamslim Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others SB+, EAR V20, Living Voice OBX-R2s plus some other stuff SB3, Charlize, Harbeth HL-P3ES adamslim's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7355 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=49256 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter Transport?
I have a DAC working with my SB3: a California Audio Lab CL-15 CD player, with PSDIF digital input into its 20 bit DAC. I have another DAC in my home theater room: a Linn Unidisk SC, and I think that the sound quality is about the same (well, sometimes I feel the CAL is better, sometimes not). I have been enjoying the good sound and the convenience brought by the SB3 until I got a Sony XA9000ES SACD/CD player - originally for playing SACD discs, then I found it is also an excellent CD player. Soon I feel that the sound of the Sony is better than my SB3+CAL DAC, not a big difference, but distinct enough that I found I tend to listen to the Sony more and more, with old fashioned take_out_disc_from_the_shelf_and_put_it_into_the_CD tray, when I got serious in listening. There is no digital input on the Sony, by the way. My system consists of Conrad Johnson CT5 and LP70S amplifiers, Dynaudio C4 speakers. I ripped CDs with iTunes on my iMac and stream the music to my SB3 via an 11g wireless router. I don't hear much difference between the SB3+CAL DAC and the CAL CD player playing the original CD disc. My question is: will the Transporter deliver better sound with its digital output into my CAL DAC? Before I purchased the SB3, I got confirmation from the Slim Device tech support that the digital output of the SB3 and Transport are the same. Want to double check here. 2nd question: assuming TP analog output is not good enough compared with my Sony (well, I make this assumption because Stereophile put the TP at A class and the Sony at A+ class, I maybe wrong, bear with me), how do I improve by combining the TP/SB3 with a high quality DAC? There are extensive discussions in this forum about using an external word clock or a DAC with a clock output, and I agree with seanadams that an external clock may generate more jitters. So, the solution seems to be 1) get a high quality DAC with clock output, and connect it with the TP and put TP on slave (any suggestions on the brands?); 2) get a high quality DAC with "re-clock" capability (I read somewhere that Benchmark DAC-1 can do this. Any suggestions?), and connect it with my existing SB3 (or TP, if there is a difference in their digital output). Dear Experts in this forum and Sean, any answers/comments to my questions are much appreciated. Vincent -- vincentyan vincentyan's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17868 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=49256 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Amp Help
Dunno, You may find that you would get a better opinion from another forum. Most here might feel that posting in the audiophile section is a bit rich. On a positive side it appears that the Cambridges both have pre outs if you want to keep your Arcam connected. Use the cambridge with the arcam set to a suitable volume for the fronts. The DAC in the Squeezebox is probably better than that in the cambridge so use the sb connected directly to the Arcam. -- mudlark SB3>CyrusDACX>PreXvs>ESP-P09B>NAP140+260A>Rhapsody, Avondale and Naim cable, Kubuntu Hardy Heron server, linkstation for storage. SB3 Flycatcher 3A linear power supply. Using SqueezeCentre 7.2 unstable mudlark's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7151 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=49279 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Amp Help
Sadly no pre-amp 3 amps i'm waying up are Cambridge Audio Azur 540r 640r Onkyo 606 Any comments ? -- tank121 tank121's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17169 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=49279 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Amp Help
Doesn't the sony have pre amp outputs that can feed the alpha?That would give you the best of the alpha if the sony pre amp is OK -- mudlark SB3>CyrusDACX>PreXvs>ESP-P09B>NAP140+260A>Rhapsody, Avondale and Naim cable, Kubuntu Hardy Heron server, linkstation for storage. SB3 Flycatcher 3A linear power supply. Using SqueezeCentre 7.2 unstable mudlark's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7151 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=49279 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Amp Help
at that price i sincerely doubt it. to get good stereo performance through an av amp you need to spend quite a lot >£500 at least. I've got an Onkyo 805 and I believe the stereo performance is quite good but the amp is pricey. -- atchi123 atchi123's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11333 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=49279 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Sometimes I really don't get it!
bigfool1956;314547 Wrote: > Thing is, when I walk back into the room I'm staggered by the change in > sound. Now the TP sounds great again. Clearly switching on and off the > desktop affects the sound, and it's not subtle. Why on earth? I mean > CAT5 is decoupled AFAIK. It's a different ring main, different room. The only other long-shot theory I can add to the most likely explanation that it's mains-borne interference is that perhaps the PC is either clogging up the router with lots of activity or that the PC is trying to talk to the TP through network tools of some sort, both of which causing higher processing requirements from the TP. Neither of these things should make any difference, but is there the possibility that excessive network activity could affect PSUs within the TP and therefore impact sound? I'm sure they're all decoupled from each other, so as I said, this is highly unlikely. Has anyone else noticed a difference when TPs are in high traffic networks? -- CardinalFang CardinalFang's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=962 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=49190 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Amp Help
I currently have 2 amps Sony STR-DG910 for home cinema. 2 channel direct performance is poor. Arcam Alhpa 7 for squeezebox. Currently i am swapping my front channel speaker connections depending on what activity i am undertaking. My question is this, is there 1 av amp that will replace both amps and give a similar performance to the Arcam alpha 7 with a squeezebox. My budget is up to £300.00 Thanks in advance -- tank121 tank121's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17169 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=49279 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
