[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Can an SB3 be modded for AES output?

2006-04-06 Thread tomsi42
P Floding Wrote: > My guess is that noise travels through the coax. Mainly through the > ground. The fact that each interconnect creates a small (or not so > small) ground loop probably doesn't help. Seems plausable. I will try to remember this the next time I have the pleasure to test a DAC. T

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Can an SB3 be modded for AES output?

2006-04-06 Thread P Floding
tomsi42 Wrote: > Interesting tip. Any idea why you should do this ? My guess is that noise travels through the coax. Mainly through the ground. The fact that each interconnect creates a small (or not so small) ground loop probably doesn't help. -- P Floding ---

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Can an SB3 be modded for AES output?

2006-04-06 Thread tomsi42
P Floding Wrote: > Note that to be a good test the coax really needs to be removed while > evaluating the TosLINK. Interesting tip. Any idea why you should do this ? -- tomsi42 SqueezeBox2, Rotel RC-1070/RB-1070, dynaBel Exact.

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Can an SB3 be modded for AES output?

2006-04-06 Thread P Floding
Ben Diss Wrote: > YOWZA! > > I'm pretty fortunate that I work only two blocks from B&H Photo. I > picked up a $8 HOSA XLR->RCA cable today on the way home and hooked it > up right along side my $35 glass Toslink cable. I had my wife A/B it > with the DEQ input screen and I could tell a world

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Can an SB3 be modded for AES output?

2006-04-06 Thread krzys
Ben Diss Wrote: > Chris- That second link doesn't work. Can you check it please? I'd > really like to see what you did. > > Thanks. Sorry you are right that's the correct link http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19822 You must realize that there isn't enough space in a SB2 to inst

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Can an SB3 be modded for AES output?

2006-04-06 Thread Ben Diss
Chris- That second link doesn't work. Can you check it please? I'd really like to see what you did. Thanks. -- Ben Diss Ben Diss's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4289 View this thread: http://

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Can an SB3 be modded for AES output?

2006-04-06 Thread krzys
Ben Diss Wrote: > I connect my SB3 to a DEQ2496 and I'd really like to use AES. The DEQ > doesn't have coax in so I'm stuck with Toslink for now. Does anyone > know of a mod that adds XLR to SB? I did, using a Scientific Conversion transformer also for use with the DEQ. Works better than the R

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Can an SB3 be modded for AES output?

2006-04-05 Thread Ben Diss
YOWZA! I'm pretty fortunate that I work only two blocks from B&H Photo. I picked up a $8 HOSA XLR->RCA cable today on the way home and hooked it up right along side my $35 glass Toslink cable. I had my wife A/B it with the DEQ input screen and I could tell a world of difference with the first

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Can an SB3 be modded for AES output?

2006-04-05 Thread Ben Diss
OK, I'll get one and try it. Thanks. -- Ben Diss Ben Diss's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4289 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22702 ___

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Can an SB3 be modded for AES output?

2006-04-04 Thread dwc
Ben Diss Wrote: > I connect my SB3 to a DEQ2496 and I'd really like to use AES. The DEQ > doesn't have coax in so I'm stuck with Toslink for now. Does anyone > know of a mod that adds XLR to SB? On the contrary, the DEQ accepts both AES and SPDIF via it's xlr inputs. I run coax out of my SB

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Can an SB3 be modded for AES output?

2006-04-04 Thread Pat Farrell
Ben Diss wrote: > I connect my SB3 to a DEQ2496 and I'd really like to use AES. The DEQ > doesn't have coax in so I'm stuck with Toslink for now. Does anyone > know of a mod that adds XLR to SB? I don't know, others might. But why would you want to do that? Do you really need the long runs that

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Can an SB3 be modded for AES output?

2006-04-04 Thread Ben Diss
I connect my SB3 to a DEQ2496 and I'd really like to use AES. The DEQ doesn't have coax in so I'm stuck with Toslink for now. Does anyone know of a mod that adds XLR to SB? -- Ben Diss Ben Diss's Profile: http://forums.s

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Can an SB3 be modded for AES output?

2006-04-03 Thread Patrick Dixon
enjoy_the_music Wrote: > Just wondering if it can..and whether it is worth it? I'd like to input > it into my Tact Millenium mk3 via the AES Clockgate input so the clocks > work in perfect harmony..after experience with cd players with AES/XLR > digital output it makes a big difference. > > Rich