One thing you might try is the Channel islands Audio power supply upgrade. I thought it made a very noticeable improvement. There are much more expensive power supply upgrades available but I don't think you get that much more for your money. The next logical upgrade would be to move up to the Transporter which has a much better power supply and has additional digital outputs available like BNC and AES/EBU. In my system the Transporter on it's own was much better than the Squeezebox with upgraded power supply going into a Bel Canto DAC2. I have since upgraded to the Modwright Transporter.
Logitech Squeezebox III Power Supply/Mods
I am currently using a stock Logitech/Slim Devices Squeezebox III as a digital "transport." I send uncompressed .wav files to the Squeezebox via "wifi" and then feed the following components from the Squeezebox using its coax digital output in the following manner:
Squeezebox III-->dCS Purcell Upsampler (to DSD)-->dCS Delius DAC-->Mark Levinson Amp-->B&W N802 Speakers.
This is a reference quality system including power conditioning and cabling by Transparent Audio.
My question is, if I wanted to improve the performance of the Squeezebox as a digital transport, what if any third party or do-it-yourself modifications would you recommend, and why?
Just to be clear, I am only interested in improving the Squeezebox's digital output functionality. I do not use, and will not use, the onboard DAC or analog output section.
Squeezebox III-->dCS Purcell Upsampler (to DSD)-->dCS Delius DAC-->Mark Levinson Amp-->B&W N802 Speakers.
This is a reference quality system including power conditioning and cabling by Transparent Audio.
My question is, if I wanted to improve the performance of the Squeezebox as a digital transport, what if any third party or do-it-yourself modifications would you recommend, and why?
Just to be clear, I am only interested in improving the Squeezebox's digital output functionality. I do not use, and will not use, the onboard DAC or analog output section.
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