Sliced Bread
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I've tried a few different dacs with the SBT recently. Preferences were (from good to best):
- Caiman (+gator mod)
- HRT II+
- Rega
The big jump in quality was going from the Caiman to the HRT - I'd urge anyone with a dac with an asynch USB input to give it a go with the SBT. This is really quite easy to try, following recent work that has been done by "Triode" on the Squeezebox forums. I found there was a much better flow/organic feel via the HRT with much better "layering" of details.
I agree about the internal dac being good on its own, but compared with the HRT or Rega it sounds to me a bit thin, bright and slow.
- Caiman (+gator mod)
- HRT II+
- Rega
The big jump in quality was going from the Caiman to the HRT - I'd urge anyone with a dac with an asynch USB input to give it a go with the SBT. This is really quite easy to try, following recent work that has been done by "Triode" on the Squeezebox forums. I found there was a much better flow/organic feel via the HRT with much better "layering" of details.
I agree about the internal dac being good on its own, but compared with the HRT or Rega it sounds to me a bit thin, bright and slow.
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