Now that I am a happy owner of SBL, and I am more and more satisfied with, what could be the next step to enhance them more?
I am aware that the ideal would be to switch to the active crossover but at the moment it would cost me too much.
In the meantime I had thought of these solutions:
Mana Acoustics Sound Base. I read something on the old forum and it seems that there are conflicting opinions on their performances. Do you have any suggestions ??
Forfeit my NAP 200 (not DR) with a NAP 250.2 (NOT DR). Would switching to the 250 be an improvement that the SBL would take well? Would it be a good value for money?
282/250 would be good, and you can’t really go wrong with this. My caveat would be that I remain a source first advocate and would make sure that is as good as possible first.
If you have a solid floor and wall I wouldn’t go for Mana or other slab/support. I hope you have a long and positive relationship with your Sibbles, they just get better as you improve your system.
There are a pair at the moment on the Bay, but I am enjoying the sound quality so much, even on my trampoline that I call a suspended wood floor, that I am pretty ambivalent.
wanting to follow instead the path suggested by many, that is to point to an upgrade of the source, would it make sense to sell the dac v1 and buy an NDX (version 24/192 of course)?
my budget at the moment does not allow me more …
I have read several times that the two solutions are similar but I would like to know if the NDX has a warmer and more analigical presentation than the dac V1 …
some experience in this regard especially with sbl?
In my humble opinion, the optimal value of the Dac V1 is when it is driving a Nap directly.
When I bought my SBLs, they were connected to a 82/hi/180 and fronted by a NDX. It sounded very, very well. I bought the SBLs - and they are now setup better than in the situation where I auditioned them.
Personally, I won’t get an NDX but I would either buy an nDac or Chord Hugo and feed these with my Allo Digione - but that’s me. I’m quite confident with computers etc … so I don’t worry sorting out things.
Have you tried how it is when you feed the Nap directly from the Dac V1?