dekaliber,interesting reading about your Transporter exploits.
to better the performance of the Transporter you'd better have pretty
deep pockets!.
i have had both of Linn's DS units sitting in front of me = the Akurate
and Klimax models.check out the list price for both and re-check the
I have a comment on the noise floor of the SB3, see next post.
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A comment on the Squeezebox SB3 signal to noise ratio; Ive been using
the SB3 fed directly into a McIntosh 352 amp and it sounds really good.
One observation that I made was that the power meters on the amplifier
were not at zero when powered on. See below:
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Hwirt;424777 Wrote:
A comment on the Squeezebox SB3 signal to noise ratio; I#8217;ve been
using the SB3 fed directly into a McIntosh 352 amp and it sounds really
good. One observation that I made was that the power meters on the
amplifier were not at zero when powered on. See below:
Phil,
Tried adjusting the brightness and observed no change, like I said the
noise is very low level and it's getting through the amp to the speakers
but is only noticeable if your ear is an inch or so from the HF driver.
Thanks for the power supply info won't waste time trying the swap out.
Hwirt;424794 Wrote:
Phil,
Tried adjusting the brightness and observed no change, like I said the
noise is very low level and it's getting through the amp to the speakers
but is only noticeable if your ear is an inch or so from the HF driver.
Thanks for the power supply info won't
dekaliber;424233 Wrote:
Thanks for the replies, all. After a weekend that involved a good bit
of listening, I'm really not sure I can pick out a real difference in
sound quality between the two players.
Dekaliber,
Thanks for the detailed and honest report, I'm considering buying the
dennis55;424757 Wrote:
p.s.Note that this is at a setting 30 dB above my usual listening
volume .what are you trying to prove?
Don't get me wrong, I'm withholding final judgment until I have a
chance to do an honest blind A/B test. Just sharing my impressions thus
far and trying to let
dekaliber;424233 Wrote:
Thanks for the replies, all. After a weekend that involved a good bit
of listening, I'm really not sure I can pick out a real difference in
sound quality between the two players.
A lot of my initial impressions before level matching them were
extremely biased by
Break in time == about the time it takes to boot :)
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XP Cat5 Transporter/DuetController SPDIF Meridian G68 DSP6000,
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'My Transporter Setup'
In the days of steam, I used to be a designer of electronic test
equipment. In those days, all test sets we built were 'burnt in' for a
couple of days at elevated temperatures prior to shipping. From what I
recall, this was not aimed to improve specification, but to speed up the
onset of infant
Thanks for the replies, all. After a weekend that involved a good bit
of listening, I'm really not sure I can pick out a real difference in
sound quality between the two players.
A lot of my initial impressions before level matching them were
extremely biased by loudness. As it turns out, the
Well, exactly my feeling when I got an external DAC to 'improve' the
sound of SB3. All those internet ravings and no difference that I could
hear. Gave it some time, hoping that somewhere somehow sometimes I'll
hear the difference. Never happened, so I sold the DAC, and the hit I
took on price is
I tested the noise floor of the Squeezebox3, the SB3 + Channel Islands
VDA-2 DAC, and the Transporter. Nothing fancy. I just stopped the
music, cranked it up 30 dB from the level I usually use to listen and
put my ear to the tweeter.
SB3 had a very noticeable hum. Actually, it was almost like
what kind of music and is it a good recording, sad fact xx recording
quality on most music these days has gone tits up.
So try it out with something well recorded with clean human voices and
acoustical instruments etc.
The production values even on some music that I realy like is such
that it's
Well noise is not that simple, equipment is speced with a relative value
SN ratio, I've never seen an absolute measurement of noise.
So how loud the noise will be in the speaker end is also dependent on
how loud the source is and how the gain structure overall looks like.
For example I would
Electronic components for the Transporter I'm sure were chosen with
quality in mind. However, new components work best, and in fact with age
and use electronic components degrade and will eventually fall outside
their stated tolerances in terms of performance, which is likely to
affect fidelity,
I too am firmly in the camp that doesn't believe in break-in of solid
state electronics. So don't expect the TP to change. (I did hear a
difference in my TP's sound over the first few days, but firmly believe
it was me breaking in, not the TP :-).
There are many possible explanations for what
dekaliber;423727 Wrote:
SB3+CI DAC was dead silent! I almost wondered if it was actually
connected because it was eerie quiet, even at that volume.
Speculation: is it possible that the CI DAC detects digital silence and
mutes its output?
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cliveb
Transporter - ATC SCM100A
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