jhm731;173186 Wrote:
I believe you've found a cheap piece of crap that won't sound any better
than the stock SMPS wall wart.
I can't believe you wimps are so afraid of soldering the right size
plug onto a simple two wire connection. LOL!!!
Speak for someone else, young lad!
We did have
Without trying to design the next generation SB4 (which I'd expect would
be similar or lower in price compared to the SB3) and without actually
_adding_ to the features (which is the wrong direction if you wish to
lower the Transporter cost) my suggestion would be:
- Transporter quality
jhm731;173186 Wrote:
I believe you've found a cheap piece of crap that won't sound any better
than the stock SMPS wall wart.
You're right, actually - my $20 isn't likely to buy anything that
sounds any different than the wallwart... just like your $750!
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opaqueice;173260 Wrote:
You're right, actually - my $20 isn't likely to buy anything that sounds
any different than the wallwart... just like your $750!
I believe that is what's called a preconception. Doing a A/B (blind
or not) with preconceptions would invalidate the test. And, as we all
opaqueice;173261 Wrote:
It's a linear - these were available a while back, and someone opened
one up. It was actually rather decently put together from the photos.
ok!
I'd recommend snipping off the plug and soldering on a new one, rather
than using an adaptor. Fewer contacts are always
opaqueice;173040 Wrote:
I believe I've found the fabled plug-and-play linear power supply for
the SB.
Thx, just ordered two.
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Yeah, when I was browsing there I saw quite a few posts of him. Good thing!
If I'm going the dac route, the Lavry is definitely high on the list. One
thing about the Benchmark I like though, is the volume knob. That would make
it very easy to hook it up straight to a power amp. Other competitors
P Floding;173262 Wrote:
I believe that is what's called a preconception. Doing a A/B (blind or
not) with preconceptions would invalidate the test. And, as we all know
by now, a negative A/B proves nothing.
It's incorrect to think you can ever go into such a test without
preconceptions -
The Lavry DA-10 also has volume control. It has an up/down toggle switch
that controls the volume over (I believe) a 60 dB range. The volume is
displayed on an LED at the right of the unit. I leave mine set in the
low 40's and then control the volume from there with the SB3 remote.
That leaves me
opaqueice;173291 Wrote:
It's incorrect to think you can ever go into such a test without
preconceptions - that's impossible. Even if you had no idea what you
were listening to, you'd expect there was a difference - why else would
someone go to the trouble of doing the test in the first
P Floding;173295 Wrote:
You are right about preconceptions. But, although I phrased it poorly,
I really meant that a negative result from an A/B with someone who
doesn't expect to find anything is pretty much useless. If, instead,
you do indeed find a difference (don't forget to REMOVE the
opaqueice;173301 Wrote:
Tails you win, heads I lose, apparently. I really don't think a little
knowledge of physics and audio is going to deafen me.
Why?
This is a DC power supply - the only thing an extra connecter can do is
put a tiny bit of extra resistance in series with the
Opaqueice,
Rational arguments just don't seem to work with some people :-)
I applaud your patience.
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Adding resistance (or impedance) between the psu and the load (ie
squeezebox) is bad because it means the the voltage seen by the load
will vary with the current it draws creating voltage noise. (As the
current draw changes, so will the voltage drop across any impedance
between psu and load)
If
jhm731;173186 Wrote:
I believe you've found a cheap piece of crap that won't sound any better
than the stock SMPS wall wart.
I can't believe you wimps are so afraid of soldering the right size
plug onto a simple two wire connection. LOL!!!
Soldering the right size plug on a wire is
JJZolx;173203 Wrote:
Without trying to design the next generation SB4 (which I'd expect would
be similar or lower in price compared to the SB3) and without actually
_adding_ to the features (which is the wrong direction if you wish to
lower the Transporter cost) my suggestion would be...
I
Magazines also have to sell copies/subscriptions so they have a large
reader pool that is attractive to advertisers. They do that by putting
popular and/or desirable products on the cover, whether the manufacturer
buys ad space or not.
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tomjtx;173312 Wrote:
Opaqueice,
Rational arguments just don't seem to work with some people :-)
I applaud your patience.
Only, I didn't see any rational arguments.
The power supply MAINTAINS a DC level. That dosesn't mean the
interface (power connector) won't see high frequency
I'm using a $30. linear, which I've upgraded with some parts(including
the plug)left over from other projects.
opaqueice;173260 Wrote:
You're right, actually - my $20 isn't likely to buy anything that sounds
any different than the wallwart... just like your $750!
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jhm731
P Floding;173381 Wrote:
P.S: If anyone has the schematics for the SB's internal power supplies,
I'd be very interested.
All of them? The relevant ones are posted on the forums but you'll have
to be a good searcher ;-)
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Skunk
I think I just read the answer to my question. Hi Fi Choice, a UK
publication, responded to a reader's question by telling him that they
are looking into doing a review of the TP provided they feel that it
lives up to it's audiophile claims.
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Limping_Pylon
Deaf Cat;173425 Wrote:
Has anyone ever sound tested an expensive linear supply against a
cheaper one, (when pluged in to a SB) ?
You can't get any agreement about whether a linear or switcher makes
any difference. Why would you think you could get it when comparing
two linear supplies?
TD
Limping_Pylon;173500 Wrote:
I think I just read the answer to my question. Hi Fi Choice, a UK
publication, responded to a reader's question by telling him that they
are looking into doing a review of the TP provided they feel that it
lives up to it's audiophile claims.
Hmm? They'll do a
Oh, thanks for that info, mlsstl! I didn't quite get how that volume
adjustment was working! Good to know!
One more question, what kind of interconnects do you use? For now, I'll
have to go to RCA. Are these readily available?
jan
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I picked up a copy of Stereophile today and this was my first
opportunity to read the review. I picked up on one view of the
reviewer that said something along tyhe lines of:
The transporter costs $1,999 and is produced by a company from the
world of computers. If it had been introduced by a
The Lavry DA-10 has XLR outputs but adapter cables to covert XLR to RCA
are available. If you are handy with a soldering iron the DA-10 manual
includes instructions on wiring the XLR--RCA cables yourself.
As I type this, I am listening to a bit of Mozart (the Adiagio from
Piano Concerto No, 23
mlsstl wrote:
The Lavry DA-10 has XLR outputs but adapter cables to covert XLR to RCA
are available. If you are handy with a soldering iron the DA-10 manual
includes instructions on wiring the XLR--RCA cables yourself.
But that destroys the balanced cabling. There is a reason that
all
Pat Farrell;173555 Wrote:
mlsstl wrote:[color=blue]
Real amps accept balanced input.
I'll be feeding the DA10 output into my (unreal) Denon receiver, and it
only accepts rca. So I'll need to convert...
At some point I'll probably try running directly to the power amp
(Rotel) which does accept
jmourik;173556 Wrote:
I'll be feeding the DA10 output into my (unreal) Denon receiver
I want some of whatever was in that source first kool aid!
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u guys live in the states right? just buy 1 and return it if u dont like
it. The canadian tax agency wont refund me my tax so its no go for me =(
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