Got the idea today as I posted in the streaming thread about the future streaming board.
As I'm convinced that the upcoming streaming board will not bring any positive impact on SQ (only comfort benefits if any) because it will suck more energy and thus produce more peaks of current and more switches/sec that induce eddy currents back into the power circuits of the Devialet...I was thinking what sources I don't use and thus currently don't need the modules in my D.
I compared my USB-Input to AIR 3 beta (best sounding Win-AIR until now) and found my USB better by a great margin. So I have no need for the WiFi-Board and I don't own a turntable so no need for the Phono-Board either. This resulted in one of the quickest mods I ever made...5min for opening the D and unplugging the 2 boards and closing the D again.
Wow...many will call it self fulfilling prophecy but as I do mods all the time almost every week I can rely on my practical knowledge and I trust my ears
How does it sound w/o the 2 boards? Well, it sounds a lot more mature/settled/peacefull/quiet/ kind of MacIntosh heavy duty stuff.
Very interesting (at least for me) how different the quality of mods come thru, get to your attention, give you a feeling.
It really gives me more serenity while listening...takes away a kind of youthful unrestness...though details/dynamics etc. are better but everything originating more out of a calm void...if this makes any sense to someone.
Best is...you've nothing to loose. You can plug it back in any time...no harm. Just try it.
gui
edit: I've yet to try if Ethernet still works as Antoine mentioned that Ethernet is processing through the WiFi-Board. I'm not sure about that. Will try tomorrow.
As I'm convinced that the upcoming streaming board will not bring any positive impact on SQ (only comfort benefits if any) because it will suck more energy and thus produce more peaks of current and more switches/sec that induce eddy currents back into the power circuits of the Devialet...I was thinking what sources I don't use and thus currently don't need the modules in my D.
I compared my USB-Input to AIR 3 beta (best sounding Win-AIR until now) and found my USB better by a great margin. So I have no need for the WiFi-Board and I don't own a turntable so no need for the Phono-Board either. This resulted in one of the quickest mods I ever made...5min for opening the D and unplugging the 2 boards and closing the D again.
Wow...many will call it self fulfilling prophecy but as I do mods all the time almost every week I can rely on my practical knowledge and I trust my ears
How does it sound w/o the 2 boards? Well, it sounds a lot more mature/settled/peacefull/quiet/ kind of MacIntosh heavy duty stuff.
Very interesting (at least for me) how different the quality of mods come thru, get to your attention, give you a feeling.
It really gives me more serenity while listening...takes away a kind of youthful unrestness...though details/dynamics etc. are better but everything originating more out of a calm void...if this makes any sense to someone.
Best is...you've nothing to loose. You can plug it back in any time...no harm. Just try it.
gui
edit: I've yet to try if Ethernet still works as Antoine mentioned that Ethernet is processing through the WiFi-Board. I'm not sure about that. Will try tomorrow.
"Oh, you can buy the other. But then it is a cost intensive learning process"
berlin
