Long time ago a!
Well I think I have found one of the major week links, mind you I've
not connected the M-audio back up to compair, don't think I need to
either!
The changing of the interconnect between the AVR200 and the Rega power
amp has made an amazing difference. Each cable I tried I heard
I am Afraid the Arcam has decided it likes humming to its self so its
back at the stereo shop ... may take a while, typical just as we were
going to start playing.
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I'm now using a Meridian 568.2 which is just astonishing on the end of
an SB2 (using the Meridian DAC/DSP)
Mr Perceptive
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As I am listening to more and more tracks (no alterations to SB2 set up
yet), the repro does not seem to sound as full/rich as previous set up,
not so smooth, and the separation of instruments does not seem to be so
concice/real.
OK, lets have a bit of a summary so far, so I know roughly what I a
Deaf Cat
I was using the co-axial digital connection with a Chord Prodac Cable.
I thought the SB1 internal DAC was better than the Arcam but in reality
both were poor. Putting a Meridian 203 DAC in between the two elevated
the sound to a good quality.
But remember everyone is different and prefe
Deaf Cat Wrote:
> Seems to be a slight loss in dynamics/clarity..??
Less jitter can sound like less clarity and dynamics. Jitter makes the
soundwaves more 'edgy', so it could give the impression of more clarity
and dynamics. However the real transparency and dynamics decrease, it's
just disto
On Fri, 2005-09-02 at 14:14 -0700, Deaf Cat wrote:
> So ermmm... I guess stereo interconnects can also cause ground loop
> problems?
Cause? no.
The cause is different voltage reference points between
different pieces of equipment. The cure is to remove the connection.
Sometimes you can disconnect
So ermmm... I guess stereo interconnects can also cause ground loop
problems?
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The problems with the optical interface are:
- The electrical signal must be converted to an optical one at the
source
- The cable manufacturers (especially the cheap ones) often screw up
the termination (connection of the plugs), such that some of the
light is "reflected" within the ca
SEe my post in Sound Views thread, but I felt the AVR200 DAC/DSP in two
channel mode was inferior to an SB1 internal DAC! I got much better
sound putting a Meridian 203 DAC as follows:- SB1 -> Meridian 203 ->
AVR200.
Ultimately the AVR200 just wasn't up to the job of driving my speakers
so I repl
Cool -
A good while ago I read quite a bit about Optical vs Coax, and coax
seemed to come out on top, hence I went down the route of audio testing
various coax cables at home - But I have since forgoten what on earth I
had read many moons ago.
- Is "light" bothered if it travels down a cheap ca
> One thing you might try, against the possibility that the new setup has
> changed electrical noise coupling in a way you find unpleasing, is to
> take what's conventionally (in audiophilic circles) considered a step
> backward and use a Toslink digital cable between the SB2 and the
> Arcam...
Maybe your SB2 just need a little more burn-in time? There's also a
server setting where you need to specify "No limit" on the bit rate.
Having said that though, I prefer to use the digital out too.
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