95bcwh Wrote:
So far, people who has listen to the Squeezebox with BOTH the upgraded
power supply and the stock power supply all concluded that the upgraded
power supply is way better. Now, whether the extend of improvement
justifies the extra $1000 it's entirely up to individuals.
On the
I have a $10k CD player and the SB3 (albeit with a linear PSU costing
$80) sounds just as good when both are fed through the same external
DAC. Result is the CD player is no longer used.
Vinyl still sounds way better than either, obviously!
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Heuer
Call me crazy, but I'd rather spend $1000 on music than a power supply.
After all, are we audiophiles or noisephiles?
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ezkcdude
SB3-Derek Shek TDA1543/CS8412 NOS DAC-MIT Terminator 2
interconnects-Endler Audio 24-step Attenuators (RCA-direct)-Parasound
Halo A23 125W/ch amplifier-Speltz
Carl,
Those are beautiful speakers, in every way. I've had the 988s and 989s
in my house, but, alas, the family was not pleased. I barely get by
with the large boxes I now have...but I like them about as well.
Still, almost nothing images like a Quad.
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highdudgeon
Noisephiles -- That's excellent! The bottom line isn't just finding a
perfect sound system; it's spending quality time finding and listening
to music. The more time you fiddle, the less time you get to kick
back, bliss out, and enjoy your system.
Re. external DACs: that is an excellent point.
I know, I'm not into tinkering with electronics, I don't buy into into
most power supply and other mods, etc. Still, there are two things I
would really like to see on a Squeezebox. They are:
1. Balanced (XLR) outputs. These provide the safest signal and would
allow for much longer cable
We have to be careful of these things. People talk about veiling the
high frequencies and extended range (beyond 20khz, etc.) a great
deal.
What they forget is that an average 40 year old male can hear up to
around 14khz, on a very good day, and that he can expect that to drop
by half (7khz) in
Michael,
BINGO!!!
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Good question. I was wondering the exact same thing.
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ezkcdude
SB3-Derek Shek TDA1543/CS8412 NOS DAC-MIT Terminator 2
interconnects-Endler Audio 24-step Attenuators (RCA-direct)-Parasound
Halo A23 125W/ch amplifier-Speltz anti-cables-DIY 2-ways + Dayton
Titanic 10 subwoofer
He's not hi-fi,
Hey, how do you use your attenuators? Just set them to a fixed setting
and then control the volume on the SB3, I take it?
I'm thinking of ditching my own preamp and going this route.
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highdudgeon
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ezkcdude Wrote:
I wasn't intentionally trying to offend anyone, but I apologize
post-haste. I was just trying to correct a rather broad assertion, that
just because the power supply is switching, it must necessarily suck.
And you were right for doing so, thus likely owe no apologies.
I, on
I now also have a linear power supply. I ordered the power-one that was
recommended and put it all together this weekend.
Does it sound better? I think that it is too early for me to say yet
but it definitely does sound different. What I can also say is that I
loved every moment of
RalphO Wrote:
So guys what next?
Replacing the female connectors? Would soldering the RCA leads to the
board and running wire out of the SB with high quality male RCA's on
the end be a theoretical improvement? I got the idea from the infamous
'Enjoy The Music' Web site. Modifying the analog
Actually, a major reason for firing them downwards is that it is an
effective way of absorbing higher frequencies.
I use ACI Force subs. Two of them, but not in stereo. I have them
crossed over at 45hz (below 40 it's mostly mono, anyway, and using them
summed gets you a bit more gain).
They
Skunk Wrote:
Replacing the female connectors? Would soldering the RCA leads to the
board and running wire out of the SB with high quality male RCA's on
the end be a theoretical improvement? I got the idea from the infamous
'Enjoy The Music' Web site. Modifying the analog output stage is
Skunk Wrote:
Replacing the female connectors? Would soldering the RCA leads to the
board and running wire out of the SB with high quality male RCA's on
the end be a theoretical improvement? I got the idea from the infamous
'Enjoy The Music' Web site. Modifying the analog output stage is
konut Wrote:
Rereading this thread convinces me that my money is better spent
upgrading the on board electronics of the SB3 rather than trying to
implement an external DAC. What are already very good circuits can be
improved to excellent with a relatively modest sum compared to the
added
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mamsterla Wrote:
I built a separate PS supply that is housed in project box and made up
of:
1 LT1086ADJ regulator
coincidentally i was just playing around with regulators today on my
Sony SACD player DAC supply. i recently reworked the entire supply on a
perfboard to get the impedance
Heuer Wrote:
I have a $10k CD player and the SB3 (albeit with a linear PSU costing
$80) sounds just as good when both are fed through the same external
DAC. Result is the CD player is no longer used.
Vinyl still sounds way better than either, obviously!
Heuer,
Have you compared the
ezkcdude Wrote:
Were you referring to this:
http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?DID=7Partnumber=341-200
Yeah, there is a two pack at rat shack with the Pro Gold included,
smaller bottles for $15.
http://www.radioshack.com/sm-deoxit-progold-twin-pack--pi-2104746.html
Rubbing alcohol
Skunk Wrote:
Yeah, there is a two pack at rat shack with the Pro Gold included,
smaller bottles for $15.
http://www.radioshack.com/sm-deoxit-progold-twin-pack--pi-2104746.html
Rubbing alcohol is isopropyl (or ethyl) alcohol mixed with water, used
as a topical antibacterial (on skin); or
highdudgeon Wrote:
Did I mention they are reasonably priced, well-built, and discrete?
Yes, you did. But you didn't mention how reasonable! How much did you
pay?
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zooropa320
2 Channel Setup: SB3 * Benchmark DAC1 * Classé Audio DR-15 mono blocks *
Magnepan MG 3.5Rs * REL Strata III
I think retail is around seven hundred or so. I got mine used. One was
a steal at $425 and another somewhat less so at $500.
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jonheal Wrote:
I think that extended listening to a pure 16Hz tone without the
accompaning harmonics would probably melt your brain, or at least drive
you batty.
Very low tones are used in some crowd-control weapons systems -
Frequencies around 10-12 Hz tend to induce fear and panic in
A test tone at twenty cycles, at volume and for enough time to take a
few measurements with an SPL meter leaves me feeling sick.
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Skunk Wrote:
If you hooked up two subs in mono you'd be... dumb.
Guess I'm dumb! Not really, but I have 2 subs in mono. The reason is,
I had an 8 quasi-sub (-3db @ 35Hz) to pair with my small speakers - I
was crossing it over at 100Hz. The system sounded great on the long
wall of a small,
I prefer the $100 route where you get a battery backup built for home
theater that has individual line filters on each outlet. I also get
automatic voltage regulation and ALL my toys sound and look good!
Lastly, if the power fails, I get about 15 minutes worth of music until
I break out the AA's.
Red Wine Audio recently changed its mod set to the SB2/3. Vinnie is now
substituting a BB OPA2604 for the NJM2041 opamp. Details of the changes
can be found here. http://www.redwineaudio.com/SB2_SB3_Mods.html I had
originally ordered mine SB3from Vinnie the at the end of Nov. but had
told him
konut Wrote:
Red Wine Audio recently changed its mod set to the SB2/3. Vinnie is now
substituting a BB OPA2604 for the NJM2041 opamp.
i'm sure the OPA2604 is an improvement over the NJM2041 (what wouldn't
be), but i have serious doubts about how well any drop-in replacement
could perform
95bcwh Wrote:
So far, people who has listen to the Squeezebox with BOTH the upgraded
power supply and the stock power supply all concluded that the upgraded
power supply is way better.
I didn't hear any difference, but then, I didn't pay $1k for the power
supply. That's a bit steep for a
Skunk Wrote:
Power One breaks in their power supplies at the factory (1hr iirc).
Obviously it does something, what exactly I couldn't say. Perhaps its
just quality control?
That's not break-in. That's infant mortality testing. Electronic
devices tend to fail quickly or last a long time.
tyler_durden Wrote:
That's not break-in. That's infant mortality testing, and it is
probably done for 24 hours. Electronic devices tend to fail quickly or
last a long time. They are looking for the fail-quickly devices. I'm
sure their engineers would get a good laugh at the notion of
tyler_durden Wrote:
I didn't hear any difference, but then, I didn't pay $1k for the power
supply. That's a bit steep for a 5V 2A power supply...
TD
I'm not surprised, my upgraded power supply refers specificly to
those built by Bolder Cables company and Red wine audio. :)
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95bcwh
I have the SB3 coax output driving the AES/EBU input of a DEQ2496 via an
adapter cable and it works just fine. DEQ is configured for SP/DIF
protocol, but AES input selector is enabled.
I realize that this does not constitute a general solution. Just, FYI.
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jhenderson010759
Hi,
I have adapter cables, too, for another use, and they do work just
fine. In fact, I had the coax of the SB3 going into one input of my
DAC and an RCA/XLR into the balanced input of the DAC.
The thing, though, is that I really am looking at long runs of
cables...and it might well be helpful
Hi!
Does anyone know if Slimserver + SoftSqueeze supports 24/96 files (FLAC
preferably, otherwise WAV)?
I know SB3 doesn't (yet!) - but I'm planning to build a media server
(for audiophile reasons) with a professional sound card and I just
wonder if it will able to play 24/96 (or 24/192). The
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