kphinney;484737 Wrote: > I never said price = performance, but it just so happens that FLAC, WAV, > and ALAC rips sound less pleasing, less full, and a mere shadow of a > sound stage when played thru my $1600 TP as compared to my CD Transport > and DAC that pair up well for a hefty price. The sound is markedly > improved when the TP goes thru the DAC. Why is that concept so hard for > you to grasp?
kphinney;486089 Wrote: > Yet you still insist that I can't make a valid judgment without an SPL? > I prefer to go with what my ears want, not engineers from Linn or MD PhD > BA and Total BS self proclaimed experts whom have never sat in my chair. This from a self-proclaimed audiophile who was listening to mp3 as little as two years back: kphinney;183551 Wrote: > I've just setup my Squeezebox and Slimserver and have noticed an issue > regarding the quality of my stored music vs that of streams: my music, > regardless of quality, hits the Squeezebox at a lower VU than outside > streams (Pandora, etc.). > While the majority of my collection is 128-256 kbps, I have quite a bit > of classical at 1411 and my recent additions at 320. All of these > barely move the SB VU meter and necessitate me notching up the volume - > only to be blown away when I stream from outside sources. > I never noticed this when I was playing directly from OSX to the > receiver using digital. Now the SB is TOS linked to an HK receiver. > > Anyone know how to increase the gain of SS or help me with a > workaround? -- audiomuze ------------------------------------------------------------------------ audiomuze's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=33613 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60169 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
