Audio Note 1.1 DAC for SB3 digital o/p ?

[AndrewC]

Anyone tried an Audio Note 1.1 DAC on an SB3 ?

Andrew

[joncourage]

Yep. Sounds A1.

Vastly prefer the AN to the other DACs I've tried and to the SB DAC.

[AndrewC]

Yep. Sounds A1.

Vastly prefer the AN to the other DACs I've tried and to the SB DAC.

Do you run it into a valve amp or transistor amp ? I've heard it needs 100k input impedances on the amp and that is pretty rare (I think ?) on transistor amps. Of course I could always build a tube amp but then my speakers would probably need changing as well , or is that at " " ?

[adamslim]

Do you run it into a valve amp or transistor amp ? I've heard it needs 100k input impedances on the amp and that is pretty rare (I think ?) on transistor amps. Of course I could always build a tube amp but then my speakers would probably need changing as well , or is that at " " ?

Just do it, it is the route to audio happiness

[joncourage]

Do you run it into a valve amp or transistor amp ? I've heard it needs 100k input impedances on the amp and that is pretty rare (I think ?) on transistor amps. Of course I could always build a tube amp but then my speakers would probably need changing as well , or is that at " " ?

A cheap s/s amp (HT receiver), iirc definitely not 100k input impedance.

I'm sure it could sound better (currently looking for a good deal on a better amp), but compared to the systems I've heard it sounds really good nonetheless.