Squeezebox Classic - Do you like it?

I use a SB3 with a Welbourne Labs after market power supply running into a non-USB Benchmark DAC with both Toslink and SPDIF Silver cable and both methods sound wonderful to me running wirelessly to the SB3/Dac combo from a Dell Quad Core PC over a DLink DI-628, Version C router. Router rarely blips, PC runs rock steady with WIndows XP, and Squeezecenter runs great for me. Only time I have an issue is when Dominion Power decides to blink once in a while. Otherwise I love the setup, runnning it all day long streaming music to our system. The Welbourne Labs aftermarket power supply made backgrounds much blacker by a substantial amount to my ears and only cost @$200. The wife and I still like spinning Vinyl at night with a nice bottle of wine, but for everyday, 12 hours a day household listening the SB3 Combo is SCHWEEEEEET for the money, and convenient.

Enjoy the Music.

The Boulder Cable 5 volt regulated power supply is a recommended upgrade to the SB 3, also, taking it one step further, Red Wine Audio produces a battery power supply that reviewers seem to like. Additionally, there is 6.2 Firmware for the SB3 (I'm not the least bit familiar with it) that one reviewer felt was essential for upgraded performance.

Both Prpixel an Rootmann have mentioned upgraded power supplies that I will explore. Apparently this is an essential upgrade.

Puerto, have you confirmed that Red wine makes a battery power supply for the sb3? They don't advertise one on their website, etc.

Red Wine can still provide a battery system I believe. I am not sure if they will do a 5 volt system that is native to the stock and the Bolder Cable mods.

I did read in a review about Squeezebox that Red Wine manufactured a battery power supply that would work with SB. I'll have to see if I can find it and post it here for you.

Let me ask one more question here: If one gives up the convenience of wireless would a simple USB 2.0 or Toslink direct from the computer to the processor do the job? The Toslink connection is digital if I'm not mistaken. If so, one would be going "around "the computer soundcard with pure digital out. Then, you could let your Processor or external DAC do all the DAC work. I know this off the thread but some of you may know the answer or already tried that.