The thing I love about the SB is the cost - for a couple hundred bucks/quids you can get performance rivalling, and in some instances outperforming, many high-end disc spinners. And I am now totally reluctant to climb the expense curve again, eg the Linn stuff above, or even the Transporter, in the pursuit of non-existent/minuscule gains.


Having run an SB3 with a Russ Andrews Squeezepak PSU I can assure you that there is a vast difference in sound performance between the SB3 and my Transporter the Transporter wins hands down.

Like you though I do find the sound quality and pricing of the SB3 amassing likewise the same for the Transporter but I`m finding it hard to understand what more you can get for �3,000 and �9,000 apart from the name.

SC7 is streets ahead of SS 6.5.4 but so far no version is up and running for external NAS products but I`m sure it will be anytime soon, sure hope so as its good.

Has anyone actually listened to the 808.2i in a home environment against the SB3?

Tim.