Originally Posted by
Audiocom
As requested, here are a list of the reference upgrades for the Squeezebox Transporter.
The upgrade modifications are primarily for using the Transporter with an external DAC, although the nature of the upgrades will also improve the sound via the analogue line-outs. This does dispense with the most costly part of the Transporter, the analogue section, but even with the AKM DAC chips, discrete Jung regulators, it does not compete with the stand-alone DAC’s on the market at around £800 upwards.
These are the installed reference upgrades;
■ Cryogenically treated IEC inlet socket.
■ Bybee reference purifiers for AC input.*
■ Low noise, wide band shunt regulator for 5V supply.
■ Low noise, wide band shunt regulator for 3.3V supply.
■ OSCON SVP regulation bypass capacitors.
■ Panasonic FK digital PSU & decoupling capacitors.
■ Superclock 4 ultra-low jitter master clock.
■ Superclock 4 clock PSU.
■ WBT NextGen cu RCA phono for digital out.
■ 1x Bybee Slipstream purifier for digital out.
■ 6N OCC wire for digital out.
*New technology from Bybee which cannot be disclosed here. Please e-mail.
The cost of the upgrade is £1497.00, which added to the SB Transporter @ £1150.00 is a total spend of £2647.00.
Any questions please ask.
Hi Mark,
Good luck with this, I imagine there is some rough sea ahead.
AC POWER
Hardwired 10kVA balanced mains powering entire system
AMPS
Meridian 557 power Amp (Modded) / PS Audio BHK Preamp (Modded)
SPEAKERS
Wharfedale Evo 4.4
DAC
PS Audio Directstream (Modded)
TURNTABLE
Pro-Ject X8 balanced output via XLR / Ortofon Quintet Blue cartridge
PHONOSTAGE
Pro-Ject DS3 B balanced Input (TT and Phonostage powered by Pro-Ject Power box RS2 linear psu)
DIGITAL
CD PLAYBACK - Shanling ET3 CD Transport over i2s to Dac + MOVIE PLAYBACK Oppo 203 (Modded: Linear PSU, i2s output to Dac)
Tweaked AP-Linux based Roon Server into Oppo 203 as Roon endpoint
Ipad Roon Remote.
Apple Music/ YouTube via AppleTV, fed to Shanling via Airplay 1 (losslessly) and onwards to Dac via Wireworld Silver Electra 7 i2s HDMI cable
SPEAKER CABLES
Biwired: Duelund DCA10GA (Bass) Duelund DCA16GA (mid & treble) Duelund 12DCA used as jumpers (On "Blackcat Cable" Chris Sommivigo's advice - Yup, it sounds better)
INTERCONNECTS
All Balanced: Ghost+ recording studio XLR cables