Paul, thank you for the detailed answer. The reason I asked was that I
_now_ have a completely opposite opinion of my (Cullen-modded) DLIII,
however when I first installed it things were very different. It went
into my system side-by-side with what was my pet DIY project for almost
2 years. AD
Phil Leigh;437215 Wrote:
Just to be clear, I consider burn-in of anything but speakers to be a
complete and utter myth. Just as well IMHO otw we would never have got
to the moon...all those capacitors settling down etc - that would have
thrown the instruments right off :-)
As for those
pryamomimo;437584 Wrote:
...all have observed the effects of cable break-in, but none of them
so far is able to provide a comprehensive explanation as to the
causes...
I wonder if they observed these effects through actual measurements,
or just with ears-alone listening tests (like I
pryamomimo;437584 Wrote:
Phil, you believe it's a myth. As you may see, based on my personal
experience with this DAC, NOS tubes in my PrimaLuna, with freshly
soldered circuits during my days of DIY hobby, and even -lately - with
newly purchased Chord speaker cable (replacing Van den Hul
Phil! This is a nice sunny day here, so I'm rather going to equip myself
with some nice cold ale. I appreciate our discussion as being an
exchange of beliefs and opinions, without any pressure to actually
persuade the other party. Otherwise, I would suggest vodka as the weapon
of choice. Now, as
I am very pleased with a stock DLIII driven by a Duet reciever with
Acopian linear PS, over a Creative Cable Green Hornet 2m cable. Very
resolving, very musical, not at all strident (and I am quite sensitive
to strident gear). The Green Hornet sounds much better in this system
than the Stereovox
I use the DLIII with a PS Audio Digital AC Cord. This cord has been
excellent with every digital source I have tried it on, and
significantly improved the sound of the DLIII.
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Originally Posted by occam
IMO, you'd be far better off with the Transporter, as I think the PS DL
III a very mediocre dac. Strident, unresolving YMMV
I own both the PS Audio DLIII(unmodded with an SB3) and a Transporter.
I am very happy with the DLIII and wouldn't hesitate to recommend
C_W;437377 Wrote:
Originally Posted by occam
IMO, you'd be far better off with the Transporter, as I think the PS DL
III a very mediocre dac. Strident, unresolving YMMV
I own both the PS Audio DLIII(unmodded with an SB3) and a Transporter.
I am very happy with the DLIII and
occam;436519 Wrote:
IMO, you'd be far better off with the Transporter, as I think the PS DL
III a very mediocre dac. Strident, unresolving YMMV
Hmm, this really makes me wonder what is the basis of your judgment.
Owning it? Comparing it? To what? Owning a Cullen-modded DLIII for
almost 2
pryamomimo;437107 Wrote:
Hmm, this really makes me wonder what is the basis of your judgment.
Owning it? Comparing it? To what? Owning a Cullen-modded DLIII for
almost 2 years, I have a completely opposite impression. And I do have
decent stuff to compare it with.
Only thing, it does not
pryamomimo;437187 Wrote:
Whatever you call gradual but consistent improvement in sound quality
over the course of several days after about a day or more of downtime. I
expect you are not the one to bring up listener conditioning (or
whatever it is called).
hmmm... I havnt unplugged mine
pryamomimo;437187 Wrote:
Whatever you call gradual but consistent improvement in sound quality
over the course of several days after about a day or more of downtime. I
expect you are not the one to bring up listener conditioning (or
whatever it is called).
Just to be clear, I consider
Thanks for the recommendation!!!
Phil Leigh;436595 Wrote:
The only mods to an SB2/3 that would really make sense if using an
external DAC are either:
1) use i2s instead of S/PDIF to connect SB to an 12s-capable DAC
or, better
2) use a DAC with clock-out and drive the SB clock from that
Shepardos;436689 Wrote:
Thanks for the recommendation!!!
Why is it important to use a 1.5m cable?
It's to do with reflections along the tranmission line - there's a
well-known article on the Internet about this that has been referenced
many times on this forum. 1.5m is the minimum
Hi,
I just purchased the ARCAM AVR600 and run the SB2 with this
combination, as DAC.
Now I want to upgrade the DAC. So I have a basic question:
If I feed the FLAC music with SB2 into a DAC than it is not important
if I use the Transporter for this or only the SB2? In that case I will
bybass
The TP's dac is better than the SB's one , however I don't feel its the
best thing since sliced bread. IMHO the route you should take is to use
your SB as a digital front end and fiddle with different stand alone
dacs if you arent happy with your sound.
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Rodney_Gold
Sb3/Z-sys RDP1/meridian
Thanks,
But do you see any issue with the digital out of the SB2? Does this
really matter because I use an external DAC or should I consider a
Modding of the Digital Output of the SB2?
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Shepardos
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What's wrong with the Sb's digital output that makes it require
modification?
Whats wrong with your sound that you wish to correct?
I nave SB3's and a transporter and they both sound identical to my high
end transport when using their SPDIF out.. I dunno if the Sb2 uses he
same digital circuitry
IMO, you'd be far better off with the Transporter, as I think the PS DL
III a very mediocre dac. Strident, unresolving YMMV
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occam
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In my opinion:
If you do get a Transporter, than like occam says, you would be best
served by just using its built-in DAC.
If you are going to use an external DAC regardless, then like Rodney
says, you should just use your un-modded SB to supply the digital
signal.
--
NewBuyer
The only gain you'd get using a Transporter to feed an external DAC is
the ability to feed the DAC with actual 24/96 files.
Pretty expensive (and probably pointless) exercise.
Chris :)
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Stratmangler
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Shepardos;436370 Wrote:
Thanks,
But do you see any issue with the digital out of the SB2? Does this
really matter because I use an external DAC or should I consider a
Modding of the Digital Output of the SB2?
The only mods to an SB2/3 that would really make sense if using an
external DAC
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