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How would you improve the sound of Squeezebox?

I just set up a NAS music server with Squeezebox Duet. The convenience of accessing all my music collection is really a great thing. Now the question is, how would you improve the sound of the Squeezebox digital output? I heard people say that SB's outputs digital signals with much jitter, so what DAC's(~$1000) would you use to reduce the jitter? i.e. what DAC's has the better ability to handle jitter? Any other ways that you can improve the SB's SQ?
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jorgeparrapuppy
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woodsyi
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I listen to both CD (wife's mandate)and a NAS based flac files. I placed EA Pace Car between both my traditional transport and SB3. Pace car connects to my Northstar 192 DAC via I2S connection. Pacecar definitely cleans up a CD or or music files from a server. I definitely notice more resolution as I can start to locate individual instruments in a large band or orchestra. I wouldn't say the sound stage got wider -- I would say I hear more depth as I can recognize more layers from front to back. I guess some people would call this holographic. Anyway, EA Pacecar does that for you. My SB3 is only modded to "communicate" to my Pacecar and is stock otherwise. I even have the stock wallwart. I just doesn't matter what comes out of the "transport" as long as all the bits are there. Pace car will reclock and feed your DAC with synchronized file.
ossbozier
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I've just swapped out my SB2 for an SB+ from At-Tunes. I did have the SB2 running through the Cyrus dacX which did make a big improvement, however Patrick assured me the Dac in the SB+ was as good so I sold the Cyrus before I could do a head to head comparison. I personally enjoy the extra detail a good dac can bring so am looking to add a Bel Canto Dac3 or possibly a Dodson to my SB+ when funds allow.
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