Loftprojection Wrote:
Hey, an audiophile Squeezebox forum without and audiophile version of
the SB, what's this! Let's tell SlimDevices what we would like and how
much we'd be willing to pay for it.
I would be willing to pay $100 to $200 more then the current price for
an audiophile
seanadams Wrote:
I've done a great deal of experimentation with clock jitter recently
using more advanced tools, and I suspect (thought I haven't tested this
particular case yet) that the clock embdedding/recovery mechanism of
s/pdif is a red herring, at least for a well designed system
ScottMayo Wrote:
And yes, a bigger display would be nifty. Imagine a wall-mounted
SuperBox, with a display, say, 18x18, capable of being read across a
room, putting up titles, lyrics, and medium resolution album art. And,
of course, the browse menus. (Yes, I know - expensive.)
A composite
Yep, put me down for a hi end internal DAC, just started researching
them, and have been ponderig how on earth I would compare a RWA or
Bolder modSB to say a DAC1, in London
Ooo and in a nice heavy little box too, so my IC's don't hold it in mid
air.
:)
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Deaf Cat
OK, two versions: a player with a high-end DAC and a transport without
the DAC. I'd go for the latter as I could't do without the room
correction on my pre-amp.
MS
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By the way, I'm not trying to reach an agreement on what we want for a
audiophile SB. I'm just trying to generate a number of ideas that
SlimDevices management can use to better position a potential future
product. Also trying to show SlimDevices that there is an interest for
a high end
My vote goes for the best possible digital transport version since I
also can not live without the digital room correction. Beside that I'm
triamplified so a stereo DAC is useless for me. This pure digital
transport version should be around 500-600$ and this will kill any CDP
transport on the
krzys Wrote:
My vote goes for the best possible digital transport version since I
also can not live without the digital room correction. Beside that I'm
triamplified so a stereo DAC is useless for me. This pure digital
transport version should be around 500-600$ and this will kill any CDP
tomsi42 Wrote:
What you are saying is that we need 2 versions! One pure transport and
one integrated unit with an even better D/A converter.
Fine with me.
For me only the transport is needed. I hope your are not taking the
AES/EBU output as an analogue one.
I understand the need for
tomsi42 Wrote:
What you are saying is that we need 2 versions! One pure transport and
one integrated unit with an even better D/A converter.
At least three versions as we'd need two versions with internal DAC,
one oversampling and one not.
Somehow, I don't hold out too much hope for this
krzys Wrote:
For me only the transport is needed. I hope your are not taking the
AES/EBU output as an analogue one.
I understand the need for analogue version but that was not my point.
Chris
That's OK. The fact that everytime this discussion comes up, eveybody
wants something different.
Deaf Cat Wrote:
OK thinking about it, maybe just a transport would be best, in a small
heavy box, then we can choose our own DAC to suit our particular
tastes.
Mind you in saying that, I'm afraid I don't quite understand the hi end
transport side of things with jitter and stuff like
Loftprojection Wrote:
I'm just trying to generate a number of ideas that SlimDevices
management can use to better position a potential future product.
Slim Devices are obviously a committed group of audio/music enthusiasts
and no doubt might be personally interested in some of these ideas.
cliveb Wrote:
Slim Devices are obviously a committed group of audio/music enthusiasts
and no doubt might be personally interested in some of these ideas. But
they are also running a business, and their primary focus has to be on
the majority market. That's not us. Getting sidetracked by lots
opaqueice Wrote:
All that said, I suspect the differences in sound quality are pretty
minimal, and what I'd really like to see first is a computer-based
room-correction plugin for SS.
Cheers for the explanation, makes sence, did a little reading on the
special cable, I guess its the same
Full-sized, heavy case with a wider display to reduce scrolling,
heavy-duty linear power supply, socket for heavy-duty AC cord of
choice. Improved analog and digital sections. Larger memory buffer.
$800-$1000
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Personally, I'm quite happy running my SB2 into a Benchmark 1.
Anything capable of beating it would probably be pretty expensive, and
I seriously doubt I'd drop the $$ on those kinds of diminishing
returns.
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opaqueice Wrote:
Yeah, I agree. If I were SD, at this point I would concentrate on
software, interface and advertising rather than hardware. The hardware
is already good enough to get positive reviews from hard-core
audiophiles - so it's more than good enough for most people. On the
Read what Sean (Slim Devices CEO) has to say about I2S:
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?p=113777highlight=i2s#post113777
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cbemoore
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I take the optical out of my SB3 into a Bryston preamp/processor, which
has quite a decent DAC in it already. I never use the other outs. Most
audiophiles who care about DACs already have bought their favorite in
one form or another, for use with other audio sources; why put an
exotic one in the
cbemoore Wrote:
Read what Sean (Slim Devices CEO) has to say about I2S:
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?p=113777highlight=i2s#post113777
In the I2S standard there are two options (they might be called level 1
and 2 - I forget). The easier option is to have the clock in the
There's been (many) other threads covering this very topic. My thoughts,
briefly, are that an audiophile SB3 would cost well over $1000.
Anything less, and it won't be considered high-end enough. Anyone not
already satisfied with the SB3 and using an external DAC is probably not
going to be
You may also find near total disagreement on what people would want.
Personally, I would want the exact opposite of what you asked - I think
a high-quality internal DAC in the SB is much preferable to an external
DAC (for reasons under discussion in the other thread), and so I'd like
to see
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