Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Clock in for Transporter

2012-09-12 Thread blackbear
jcboy2128 wrote: > Can any experts tell me will it be big improvement if I connect M2Tech > EVO Clock to my Transporter (plug in World Clock In). However, because > M2Tech can't make output as Master Clock, any suggestion for Master > Clock which is good match with Transporter? I'm no expert, bu

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Looking for a DAC recommendation

2010-07-09 Thread blackbear
The Lavry DA10 and DA11 are well worth considering. A step up in SQ from the similarily priced Benchmarks in my experience. -- blackbear blackbear's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7015 View

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Thoughts on Parasound Halo amp/preamp potential purchase

2010-04-11 Thread blackbear
system, I was satisfied, and I stopped looking. > Why do you use a preamp at all? I too am using am SB3 + Lavry DA10 and all the preamps I've tried give me a poorer result than having the DA10 feed the power amp directly. I use the DA10's volume control so that the SB3's volum

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Miracle DAC

2007-06-20 Thread blackbear
r channel in their DAC. http://www.aplhifi.com/DAC1-product-page.htm -- blackbear blackbear's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7015 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Anyone care to take a guess as to how much one may have to spend on a pre-amp to impr

2006-09-19 Thread blackbear
would love to see pictures and a schematic of it. -- blackbear blackbear's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7015 View this thread: http://forums.slimdev

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Suggest a better amp

2006-09-08 Thread blackbear
uble the power of the Rotel. (On a pair of easy-to-drive Infinity speakers the amps sounded much more similar). In addition to the Cambridge, I suggest you give the Rotel RA-04 a listen. Other obvious candidates in your price range are the NAD C325BEE and th

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: redwine audio mods

2006-08-29 Thread blackbear
ted for the digital mods only, I assume you use an external DAC. Would you mind telling us which one? -- blackbear blackbear's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7015 View this thread: http://f

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Software based HDCD decoding

2006-08-29 Thread blackbear
=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&d=PALL&RefSrch=yes&Query=PN%2F5872531 I wonder if these documents contain sufficient information for someone who wanted to

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: redwine audio mods

2006-08-25 Thread blackbear
Patrick Dixon;131088 Wrote: > I have, and it sounded considerably better in every case (including with > a Benchmark DAC1). Thanks, that is interesting. -- blackbear blackbear's Profile: http://forums.slim

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: redwine audio mods

2006-08-25 Thread blackbear
Btw, as the theme of this thread is redwine audio's SB upgrades specifically, I should add that RWA does *not* make use of any bybee filters, afaik. -- blackbear blackbear's Profile: http://for

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: redwine audio mods

2006-08-24 Thread blackbear
se for that matter) extremely dubious. As always, YMMV. -- blackbear blackbear's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7015 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=26337

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: redwine audio mods

2006-08-24 Thread blackbear
then, the improvements would be small. -- blackbear blackbear's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7015 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthr

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: redwine audio mods

2006-08-23 Thread blackbear
that upgrading the internals of my SB3 is not worth the money and effort. Should I find the SB lacking in sound quality as I upgrade the rest of my gear, I'll go the external DAC or Transporter route. ;-) (Baybee filters? Puh-lee

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Beginners DAC questions

2006-08-22 Thread blackbear
dazzler, You are correct regarding the connections. As to which DAC sounds best, you'll just have to listen and judge for yourselves. -- blackbear blackbear's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?u

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: redwine audio mods

2006-08-20 Thread blackbear
no complaints about the sound quality of my stock SB3. To my ears, and in my setup, it outperforms my Redbook-only Pioneer CD-player which cost more than 2x of what the SB3 does. -- blackbear blackbear's Profile: http://f

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: redwine audio mods

2006-08-20 Thread blackbear
hought of it that way. One could argue, though, that at 10 cents, ANY improvement would be cost-effective. Actual measurements of K vs KE would have been interesting, but I suppose that is too much to ask of the modders. ;-) -- blackbear --

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: redwine audio mods

2006-08-19 Thread blackbear
only 10 cents. So, if the "KE" makes sense, why doesn't Slim Devices use that in the first place? -- blackbear blackbear's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7015 Vie

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: redwine audio mods

2006-08-17 Thread blackbear
which property of the digital output interface and signal are these mods supposed to improve? -- blackbear blackbear's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7015 View this thread: http://forums.sli