I am now running my SB3 with a Bolder-modded Elpac linear power supply.
The SB3 Digital mod from Bolder is about 2 weeks old. I have not done
any A-B blind testing, but going by memory the sound of the SB3 digital
out (with my poor-man's TACT viz. Panasonic XR55 digital amplifier
receiver) is
highdudgeon;156589 Wrote:
This is a much more expediate, and much less expensive, way to improve
one's sound. Throwing money at electronics that are, for all intents
and purposes, extremely excellent in performance but not taking the
energy to think about something so basic as speaker
Contact cleaning. Cheap. Easy enough for my 89 year old grandmother.
Effective.
adamslim;156630 Wrote:
I agree. We live in a strange world where people prefer to spend really
large sums of hard-earned money, rather than spending the time to try
out important 'tweaks' like speaker
adamslim;156630 Wrote:
I agree. We live in a strange world where people prefer to spend really
large sums of hard-earned money, rather than spending the time to try
out important 'tweaks' like speaker placement, contact cleaning and
isolation. Odd.
Hey, that must be why you have Nordost
From my experience, speaker placement, room behavior, and room
correction make a pretty huge difference. I'll probably get either a
dac or a transporter at some point, but I will not do it until I've
finished with my room and found it lacking. Already started using room
correction (inguz). This
P Floding;156780 Wrote:
Hey, that must be why you have Nordost cables!? ;-)
Touche ;)
Although, I have spent about 1/20th my total hi-fi spend on cables. I
think this makes me below average, although am willing to stand
corrected. Rest assured my Nordosts are far from the monofilaments or
adamslim;156815 Wrote:
Touche ;)
Although, I have spent about 1/20th my total hi-fi spend on cables. I
think this makes me below average, although am willing to stand
corrected. Rest assured my Nordosts are far from the monofilaments or
whatever their latest wheeze is
I tested their
P Floding;156817 Wrote:
my own cable
Was it fun to make?
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Living Voice Auditorium IIs, Nordost cables
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adamslim;156819 Wrote:
Was it fun to make?
Sure. More like interesting than fun..
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highdudgeon;156191 Wrote:
Yes, I do -- the grammar isn't that tricky. It means that the
Transporter has sound A and the other two, namely TP+DAC and SB3+ DAC,
have sound B. Sound A and sound B are very close to each other. By
saying that two of the configurations, again, the TP+DAC and
I don't think I have ever heard of a Lavry product referred to as
mediocre. Considering these are some of the most respected -- and
used, especially by the classical crowd -- DACs in mastering studios
says rather a lot about their quality. These are professional, not
audiophile, products (with
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