iPhone wrote: > There is only ONE way to create a DC output without any AC artifacts > especially when one starts with dirty residential AC power and that is > to use a DC battery IE do not start by using ANY AC Power. A linear > power supply can't really help the SB3 or the Touch since both have > internal switching power converters (which are fairly well engineered > because they knew they were dealing with audio and meeting a price point > was the only reason for not spending more money to get power issues any > lower). The design is actually good enough that it does take much more > money that doesn't make sense spending to lower noise etc. Could the > internal supplies be a little cleaner sure, but the cheapest way to get > them cleaner and with much greater results is to by-pass them with the > specific DC Voltage provided by external battery supplies. > > I have tested a Touch and SB3 run off a battery supply instead of the AC > Wall unit and using an HP Network Analyzer shows that it is really not > worth the trouble. Yes there is an improvement from a purist point of > view but considering that the Touch or SB3 is still going to be the > weakest part of any expensive audio system it simply doesn't matter IE > again its not worth bothering. Then looking at a system where the Touch > isn't the weakest link in the audio path, it again doesn't matter > because it would be impossible to hear any difference if the Touch isn't > the weakest part because other equipment would either mask it or > outright cover it up. > > The solution to this supposed "Issue" is to simply buy a Transporter! > SB3 and Touch are for streaming high quality digital files on good > equipment. Transporter is for streaming high quality digital files on > great (audiophile) equipment.
Thanks for the lecture. Too bad you don't have a clue what the product is or what it does. I you did, you wouldn't have written the above. GIK Acoustics Room Treatments. CAPS4 Pipeline w/Sonore PS running Windows 8/1 >Sonore microRendu>Mytek 192 DSD DAC>Schiit Freya Pre>Odyssey Kismet (Khartago case) Stereo Amp; Devore Gibbon 9 Speakers; Dual 506 + Ortofon M20 (occasional use); SB Touch slaved to Empirical Audio Pace Car;SB Boom and SB Touch in additional rooms. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ firedog's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11550 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82648 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
