I'll read through the thread in a moment, but I have found personally
that coax is far better. I think it is the fault of the Squeezebox 3
and not my DAC [Lavry Black DA10] as coax and optical are nearly
identical when using my Eastsound CD-E5 as a transport.
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In previous comparisons with AV gear the coax is usually better, not
that I can actually tell, but it is the choice for high end audio for
the tefal heads out there...
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Yeah, there seems to be enough interest for one more buy. Just PM or
email me and I will get the list together next week.
-MA
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Finally it all works and sounds perfect via coax :) It is that switching
PSU! I bought a 5V stabilized 1A wall power supply on ebay - that´s all
(i didn´t find another here in germany). Not any kind of humming
anymore.
So even if you use the digital exit, another PSU seems to help.
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Wombat Wrote:
> I read about the ones from Scientific Conversations. I bet they cost a
> leg and are hard to get here in Germany.
> btw. some isolator transformer implementations aren´t that straight.
> Many units still have some kinds of capacitors crossed and some people
> call this "evil".
> I
I read about the ones from Scientific Conversations. I bet they cost a
leg and are hard to get here in Germany.
btw. some isolator transformer implementations aren´t that straight.
Many units still have some kinds of capacitors crossed and some people
call this "evil".
I will try on and ask a fell
Wombat Wrote:
> Just cause you had the same experience in prefering the optical
> connection. I wondered if you want to play around and try something
> like this.
Oh, I see! Thanks for the suggestion!
Yes, I have some signal transformers which I will try out when I get
around to it. However, my
Just cause you had the same experience in prefering the optical
connection. I wondered if you want to play around and try something
like this.
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Wombat Wrote:
>
> @P Floding
> May you give this a try?
>
Did you ask me anything, or was it an editing error?
Interesting result, and nice simple solution, BTW!
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I accidently found my power amplifiers humming when first switching off
my D/A converter! This only happens with the Squeezy connected via
Coaxial.
Changing the phase of the power supply or the edge connectors never get
rid of the problem but changed its quality all the time.
I definitely have a g
> I am thinking about buying a Squeezebox and wonder if the onboard DAC on
> the Squeezebox compares to the DAC in my Denon AVR-2803 receiver. Should
> I connect the Squeezebox through stereo RCA to the Denon receiver or use
> optical/coax digital connection.
>
I have recently started using a Den
While I like to listen to music on a good system, I cannot be called an
audiophile. I have a home theatre system with a Denon AVR-2803
receiver. I also use Klipsch RF-5 mains, RC-7 center and RS-35
surrounds. I also have RW12 for the sub. I currently use a Toshiba
SD9200 DVD/DVD-A/CD player for
Wombat Wrote:
> @P Folding
> Welcome to the club! I also have better results with the optical
> connection.
> I hadn´t much time in testing my Squeezy to hard.
> Today i took me some time and tried a bit around. I took one of my
> favorite recordings out and tried. It is the Dead Man Walking
> So
@P Folding
Welcome to the club! I also have better results with the optical
connection.
I hadn´t much time in testing my Squeezy to hard.
Today i took me some time and tried a bit around. I took one of my
favorite recordings out and tried. It is the Dead Man Walking
Soundtrack i often take for com
mauidan Wrote:
> First up should be a new power supplies for your processor and
> SB.
Yeah, I know. I'm waiting for a supply for the TacT 2.2x (but no result
yet), and I have provisionally hooked up my bench-supply to the SB. I
put the TacT on a mains-filter, which was a massive improvement.
-
P Floding Wrote:
> Yes, I have yet to experiment with improving digital transmission. First
> up are new input transformers. Next probably BNC connectors.
>
> It would be interesting to see if TosLINK could be improved as well,
> however.
First up should be a new power supplies for your process
mauidan Wrote:
> I've dealt with the noise issues in my digital system and use quality
> AES/EBU digital innterconnects.
>
> I don't know what the jitter levels are from my transports or
> processor, but I do know AES/EBU cables sound much better than
> bandwidth limited Toslinks.
>
> In stoc
P Floding Wrote:
> Yes, I probably do. But so do many, many others, which was the point of
> my advice. Of course, it is easy to make yourself believe that coax
> sounds better since you know what jitter figures someone has measured,
> at some stage. (Figures which may or may not relate to the ac
Thanx for all the interesting responses.
I ended up buying a Black Rhodium Rhythm Coax cable.
Sounds GREAT!
Anders
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mauidan Wrote:
> This info was posted a while back:
>
> "I just purchased a brand new SB3, and a colleague subjected the
> digital outputs to a quick jitter measurement using Audio Precision
> equipment. Results:
> SB3 digital coax out jitter: ~99ps
> SB3 digital optical out jitter: ~892ps"
>
>
P Floding Wrote:
> If you have an optical cable, as well as a coax, hook it up with both at
> the same time. Switch between them. If you can't hear any difference,
> unhook the coax and listen to the optical. Can you now hear any
> difference compared to before? If yes, go with the optical! If no
Mike Anderson Wrote:
> How do you figure?
Figure what?
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P Floding Wrote:
> Why all this strange reasoning?
> Well, I've come to the conclusion that at least in my system the act of
> connecting the SB to the DAC galvanically (electrically) makes a bigger
> difference to the sound than the actual path the digital information
> takes! So the coax is a b
Apparently bandwidth limitations in lower grade toslink connections can
induce jitter - see the comment at the top of this page:
http://www.stereophile.com/reference/1093jitter/index2.html
The plot on the previous page shows how this (somewhat surpising, given
the naive bandwidth requirements of
I think Sean has said the coax output has slightly less jitter.
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AndersR Wrote:
> Hi,
>
> my SB3 should be in the mail box very soon.
>
> what should i go for when connecting the device, coax or digital?
>
> does the system come with cables or will i need to purchase them
> myself?
>
> thanx
> Anders
If you have an optical cable, as well as a coax, hook i
AndersR Wrote:
> Ok but what will give me the best sound, the coax or the optical cable?
Whichever is in your hand.. the answer is yes, it sounds best.
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Anders,
Check the internal dac as well before you buy an external dac. I can't
hear the difference between the internal dac and the benchmark on my
SB3.
cheers
Gus
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AndersR wrote:
> Pale Blue Ego Wrote:
>
>>It comes with RCA and ethernet cables. YOu'll need to supply your own
>>coax or optical digital cable.
>
> Ok but what will give me the best sound, the coax or the optical cable?
I did a fair amount of testing, my SqueezeBox feeds a Benchmark DAC-1
tha
Pale Blue Ego Wrote:
> It comes with RCA and ethernet cables. YOu'll need to supply your own
> coax or optical digital cable.
Ok but what will give me the best sound, the coax or the optical cable?
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It comes with RCA and ethernet cables. YOu'll need to supply your own
coax or optical digital cable.
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