I think what you're paying for with the benchmark DAC is the balanced
outputs, calibration pots, and the variety of inputs. I've looked at
the internals - it's a simple design, but definitely well executed and
reasonably priced for a specialty component. Not sure if I like the
sample rate conversi
highdudgeon Wrote:
> I'm wondering how many people have done careful listening comparing the
> Squeezebox with and without a high-end external DAC? IE, is there much
> benefit to be gained? Little? None at all?
I couldn't hear any difference at all between the Squeezebox
straight-up and runni
I just bought a California Audio Labs Alpha Dac. I figured I liked my
CAL Aria so much that the Alpha might be the way to go, if not I can
resell it for my cost. I also bought a Elpac PS at present I can't
tell the difference but I haven't tried to critically compare.
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Please note the sharper s/pdif edges may increase EMI output - they're
filtered for a reason. If you want them sharper just jump across L5. I
wouldn't recommend this because it doesn't reduce jitter, nor would I
expect it to improve any DAC's ability to lock onto the signal. It just
increases the
Dan, proper photos on the site now ...
http://www.at-view.co.uk/sb2.htm
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6moons.com has a superb commentary (first in a series) on the rapid
evolution towards PC-audio. It features the Squeezebox 3, as well as
other competing products. As a respected high-end site, I believe this
article will convince many audiophile "naysayers" to seriously rethink
their views on st
Jim Wrote:
> I don't like the fact it's webpage still says a "Propsed Standard" but
> anyhow if it's ReplayGain is set to a value that clips then the
> Squeezebox would be a pretty poor implementation of ReplayGain if it
> didn't clip like it was told too. http://www.hydrogenaudio.org is the
> p
It in my thread!!!
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=17284
I initially took a different approach and lifted the +Vcc leg on the
74HCU04 and connected 3.3v directly to it from a small super regulator.
I derived the input supply from elsewhere on the board.
Unfortunately the lifted l
