Re: [slim] Sound quality: Duet Receiver vs SB3?

2009-01-23 Thread Kvaks
Let me be the skeptic who calls bullshit on that. I'll bet my house that there's no discernible difference at all. -- Kvaks Kvaks's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21610 View this thread: http://fo

Re: [slim] Sound quality: Duet Receiver vs SB3?

2009-01-20 Thread RolandG
twynne;385134 Wrote: > I've just ordered a new Duet, and just wondered (as the Duet is clearly > a newer product) is there any difference in audio quality between that > output by the Duet as compared to the SB3? Are the components in one > any better than the other? Any subjective opinions??I

Re: [slim] Sound quality: Duet Receiver vs SB3?

2009-01-16 Thread Peter
snarlydwarf wrote: > Ah, my Harmony never got that much use.. stupid TV really doesn't like > it. (It is VERY picky about pauses between changing input sources... > too short and it ignores it, too long and it is busy trying to lock > onto a blank input and ignores it... I blame the TV since it a

Re: [slim] Sound quality: Duet Receiver vs SB3?

2009-01-15 Thread snarlydwarf
twynne;385185 Wrote: > Lol - thanks, but I haven't given all of the details. :-) > > I already have 2 SB3's and 2 Booms - in a 1 bedroom flat! The Booms > are both actively used pretty much daily, and the SB3's a bit less. I > was considering replacing one of the SB3's with the Duet. Oh, my,

Re: [slim] Sound quality: Duet Receiver vs SB3?

2009-01-15 Thread twynne
Lol - thanks, but I haven't given all of the details. :-) I already have 2 SB3's and 2 Booms - in a 1 bedroom flat! The Booms are both actively used pretty much daily, and the SB3's a bit less. I was considering replacing one of the SB3's with the Duet. The infrared issue comes in that I use

Re: [slim] Sound quality: Duet Receiver vs SB3?

2009-01-15 Thread snarlydwarf
twynne;385168 Wrote: > Actually I may have just stumbled on the deciding factor - the SB3 has > an infrared receiver, so can be controlled by my existing universal > remote. Presumably the Duet Receiver does not? I certainly don't see > it mentioned in the specs... No, it does not, since the o

Re: [slim] Sound quality: Duet Receiver vs SB3?

2009-01-15 Thread twynne
Actually I may have just stumbled on the deciding factor - the SB3 has an infrared receiver, so can be controlled by my existing universal remote. Presumably the Duet Receiver does not? I certainly don't see it mentioned in the specs... -- twynne --

Re: [slim] Sound quality: Duet Receiver vs SB3?

2009-01-15 Thread twynne
Thanks for the reply. I'm considering selling either one of the SB3's or the Receiver only (keeping the Controller). Long story. I'm looking for compelling reasons to keep one or the other. At the moment I can only come up with the fact that the Receiver is wireless (my SB3 is wired). -- tw

Re: [slim] Sound quality: Duet Receiver vs SB3?

2009-01-15 Thread Phil Leigh
Sound quality pretty much identical according to all reports. Receiver MIGHT have slightly less noise (no VFD display) but this will be extremely marginal at best. -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal...SB3+Stontronics

[slim] Sound quality: Duet Receiver vs SB3?

2009-01-15 Thread twynne
I've just ordered a new Duet, and just wondered (as the Duet is clearly a newer product) is there any difference in audio quality between that output by the Duet as compared to the SB3? Are the components in one any better than the other? Any subjective opinions?? As the types of outputs remain