A tweak that will tame the digital-ness

I'll definitely check out those brand CDR's. I've also heard that the black CDR's also have a similar effect.

Take is a step further and get a plextor external and isolate it, and plug that into a laptop running on batteries and you will get the ultimate results. Use Plextor Tools to rip and burn instead of EAC since it is already calibrated for the drive.

Use a CD Lathe to balance the CD's prior to reading and writing and even get a better result.

Googlee3: I always loose that link! Thanks for posting it!

Unclejeff: The other method is rip to FLAC and then use a Squeezebox (modified of course) to reply them.. no more CD playback problems and one less step of burning cd's.

UncleJeff: go check out the Bolder form on audiocircle for discussions about modifications for SB's.

Bolder is trying a different approach to modifications to the Transporter but hasn't come out with a unit he likes. There are two other mod'ers with transporter mods and I think they cost $2700 including the unit.

Huge benifits from my Bolder modified SB3, mainly the Ultimate powersupply which was ~$1500.. This made the unit comparable to my ~$5k Universal CDP player. I am about to send mine in to get the MkII updates and then re-evaluate.

A stock SB is really lean and flat in the bass, very similar to a Sub $1,500 CDP.

Unclejeff: and so far the modified SB's $1500+400 still is sounding better than the modified $2700 Transporters so it's still cheaper...until they figure out what to do with transporters to make them sound better. Isolating powersupplies away from main units is always an improvement. I would have bought a Transporter if they had installed a larger display.

And keep in mind that amount is still cheaper than $5000 players plus preamps $$ and interconnects...