For anyone interested, I've just been playing around with a USB galvanic isolator between the SB Touch and the DAC (Audiolab 8000CDQ). Here are the comments I posted over at Pink Fish. I'm wondering if this is simlar to the effect that others have reported by installing the soundcheck mods?
> My first impression when I put the isolator in was one of an immediate > improvement, but being aware of the potential for a placebo effect i > then went on to do a lot of swapping back and forth. However, because > of the delay of rebooting the SB Touch between swaps (and not having > the most golden of ears), it was not an easy comparison, and to be > honest, after a while, I really was starting to think that any > difference was in my head. > > That all changed when I put on "Titanium" by Kraftwerk (Tour De France > album). Playing the opening few seconds of this track has left me with > a high confidence level that the Isolator is doing something to > tightening up the bass to quite a noticable degree. The sound also > seems slightly crisper. > I'm still not guaranteeing this isn't my imagination, but if you've got £40 burning a hole in your pocket, I'd recommend giving it a try. I used this one http://electronicsshop.dk/?id=1038 -- indypants ------------------------------------------------------------------------ indypants's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11608 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93310
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