Re: [slim] Transporter / best digital input
I agree with Bob it's probably a PC setup or hardware issue than the connection type itself. You might be able to fix what you have but may take some digging. Google for what ever hardware on your PC is driving the TOSLINK with and the keyword ASIO (And/Or BITPERFECT). If it's not clear or known to not support it. There are lots of inexpensive choices to get a clean SPDIF out of the PC (Toslink or Coax). I use a TASCAM 0404 MKII USB Sound Card and supports ASIO even on Windows7 (32bit) but it's a bit flakey with some applications on 64bit (Windows 7). -- mswlogo XP Cat5 Transporter/DuetController SPDIF Meridian G68 DSP6000, DSP5500HC, DSP5000 XP Cat5 SB3 SPDIF Meridian DSP5000 XP Cat5 DuetReceiver SPDIF Meridian G91 DSP5000 'My Transporter Setup' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=350741postcount=45) 'Hitch Hikers Guide to Meridian' (http://www.meridianunplugged.com) mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=79363 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Transporter / best digital input
I don't have a transporter (wish I did!) so take this with a grain of salt: For PC listening (where I sit through most of most days) I had been using my PC's SPDIF out to a receiver, with ralphy's excellent squeezeslave. Sounded pretty good through nearfield monitors. Ralphy came out with an ASIO version (basically a direct-to-sound-device interface). My soundcard didn't have an ASIO driver, so I was using ASIO4All, which was a bit balky on shutdown - but worth it as the sound was a tad improved over going through Windows' directX audio mixer. I've recently added a Behringer 'UFO-202' (http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/616368-REG/Behringer_UFO202_UFO202_USB_1_1.html). Which is a USB device that has its own ASIO driver. Balky shutdown issues gone (not germane here) -but- the music quality got a tad better again (I'm hearing spatial info that I didn't before). If I had a transporter near a PC, and I wanted PC sound, I'd think seriously about using one of these (rather than the PC's built-in audio) to send SPDIF to the transporter. But, again, I don't have a transporter, so use some salt here... -- bobkoure bobkoure's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14646 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=79363 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Transporter / best digital input
Hello guys, I plug my computer to the Transporter by using the Optical input, and I am not 100% satisfied by the result. If I compare the sound I get with the squeeze center through WIFI, the sound from the optical input is less powerful, lower quality and there is bit of background noise (not much though). I wondered if the other inputs would provide a better quality (listed below, pasted from the pdf guide). Can you help? Digital Outputs and Inputs #8226; TOSLINK optical connector (660nm wavelength, IEC-958 / S/PDIF encoding) #8226; Capacitor-coupled coaxial RCA connector (500mVpp into 75 ohms, IEC-958 / S/PDIF encoding) #8226; Transformer-coupled coaxial BNC connector (500mVpp into 75 ohms, IEC-958 / S/PDIF encoding) #8226; Balanced XLR connector (4.7Vpp into 110 ohms, AES/EBU encoding) #8226; Word clock input for use with an external word clock generator Thanks in advance, Chris -- chris.ph chris.ph's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38521 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=79363 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Transporter / best digital input
I use the coax s/pdif output from my computer to connect to the digital input on the Transporter if I want to play computer sounds via the Transporter. (In my case I only do this to play Wolfgang's Vault live music because I can't play this directly via squeezebox). I've tried both the toslink (optical) and s/pdif (coax) and both sound identical to me with no background noise, etc. (volume of the digital input is a little lower than playing squeezebox source material, but quality is good. I'm accessing the 192kbs stream from wolfgang's. Not fantastic, but OK). Out of curiosity, what are you playing on the computer that you want to send to the transporter digital input. I find very few things (one in my case) that this approach is needed for. Most things can work via the SqueezeboxServer itself with no need for digital out from computer digital in on the transporter. -- garym garym's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17325 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=79363 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
