The most likely explanation is the change of cables which may have slightly altered the frequency response of the system (the new cables may have a flatter response and so will not emphasize "tape hiss" (which is usually in the 10kHz+ region).
Easy enough to check by reverting the cables. I'm not too familiar with the particular Copland (personally preferring the Bernstein/NYP) recording, but I see that it has a fairly high level of residual tape hiss - even the SACD version wasn't "cleaned". This hiss is "detail" in the original tape master recording - like it or not - and so should be preserved in the replay chain. So your changes must have slightly flattened/dulled the frequency response if you now find the hiss less noticeable. wi-fi/ethernet doesn't change frequency response nor do Soundcheck's "mods" - ESPECIALLY if you are using an external DAC. -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal... Touch(wired/XP) - TACT 2.2X (Linear PSU) + Good Vibrations S/W - MF Triplethreat(Audiocom full mods) - Linn 5103 - Aktiv 5.1 system (6x LK140's, ESPEK/TRIKAN/KATAN/SEIZMIK 10.5), Pekin Tuner, Townsend Supertweeters, Blue Jeans Digital,Kimber Speaker & Chord Interconnect cables Kitchen Boom, Outdoors: SB Radio, Harmony One remote for everything. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85449 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
