Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Anybody Hacked SB3 External Clock?
miklorsmith;189780 Wrote: You can add a wordclock in to the SB3, but this is strictly a custom operation for a modder. The clock chip in the SB is deactivated and hardwired with a dedicated clock cable. I suppose you mean a BIT clock? 11,28 MHz is a bit clock not a word clock :P -- tingtong5 tingtong5's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9671 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32761 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What's better?
jhm731 wrote: I've never said all digital sources are the same, and they all work just the same with all external dacs and every possible cable, both coax and optical. I said the Mac Mini's digital output should be atleast as good as the SB3's digital out using a DAC like the Lavry, which others on this forum have reported works well with a SB3. Why should it? Until you perform a Mac Mini/SB3 comparison/measurements,your expectations are no more valid than mine. My expectations are that you cannot say that one digital source should be as good as another. I'm not in a position to say whether one is better than the other or vice versa, but I certainly wouldn't expect them to be the same. I believe that is a more valid expectation than yours. R. ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Anybody Hacked SB3 External Clock?
Phil Leigh;189773 Wrote: I was wondering how hard it is to add a wordclock out to the SB3 and a wordclock in to my DAC (MF X-DACv3)...so that the DAC can slave to the sb3 without relying on the SPDIF clock...anyone done anything like this? - is it a DIY option? I assume you mean a wordclock input (or clock input) to the SB3, and a wordclock output from the DAC? -- P Floding No, I didn't ABX it. And I won't even if you ask me. (Especially not if you ask me.) P Floding's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2932 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32761 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What is connected to your Transporter?
What is connected to your Transporter? A CD player, external DAC, DVD player (etc.)? How is it connected and how are you using the world clock? Satisfied with the results? I'm curious as to what others are using their Transporter for. Mark -- yooper yooper's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8835 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33868 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Anybody Hacked SB3 External Clock?
P Floding;189874 Wrote: I assume you mean a wordclock input (or clock input) to the SB3, and a wordclock output from the DAC? Er yes sorry my total mistake - that is what I meant of course - sorry Sean! -- Phil Leigh Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32761 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Q:'quality' speaker cable
opaqueice;189845 Wrote: Strand jumping? The audio equivalent of lane-hopping. You know it doesn't get you there any quicker, ergo there is no time smearing, duh! :) -- adamslim SB3 into Derek Shek d2, Shanling CDT-100, Rotel RT-990BX, Esoteric Audio Research 859, Living Voice Auditorium IIs, Nordost and Anti-cables http://www.last.fm/user/AdamSlim/ adamslim's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7355 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32454 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What is connected to your Transporter?
Very simple. Transporter - Arcam FMJ A32 amplifier - Monitor Audio GS-20 speakers. Actually I suppose for completeness I should also say I'm using the wireless bridging feature to connect an NSLU2 (which is in turn acting as FTP server for my Toppy PVR) to the wireless network. Maybe not quite so simple after all! Ceejay -- ceejay ceejay's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=148 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33868 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What is connected to your Transporter?
Mine's pretty simple too... am still trying to swap the NAIM for a Bryston though. MC -- ModelCitizen It is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring. Transporter Naim NAP 250 PMC OB1s. http://www.last.fm/user/ModelCitizen ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33868 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What is connected to your Transporter?
TPJeff Rowland Amp WAtt/Puppy. I'm trying out the Endler balanced attenuaters instead of my Rowland pre amp. I'm not sure it sounds better though. -- tomjtx tomjtx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7449 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33868 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] A photo of your Squeezebox setup (please)
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19817 Question: Should there be a new forum for photos? - yes - no - maybe Some snapshots of my current setup: +---+ |Filename: Audio 5.jpg | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2584| +---+ -- -Stef- Yamaha - Chario - MJ Acoustics - Squeezebox 3 -Stef-'s Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10282 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19817 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What's better?
Robin Bowes;189863 Wrote: My expectations are that you cannot say that one digital source should be as good as another. I'm not in a position to say whether one is better than the other or vice versa, but I certainly wouldn't expect them to be the same. I believe that is a more valid expectation than yours. R. You're right, I shouldn't expect the Mac Mini's and SB3's digital outputs to sound exactly the same, so I'd like to revise the expectation of my original suggestion to creativepart Option one: Mac Mini's built in optical digital output to an external DAC. Option two: a Mac Mini wirelessly connected to a SB3, and then digital out to the same external DAC. Revised expectation: Option one should sound better. -- jhm731 jhm731's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7685 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33836 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What is connected to your Transporter?
TP - Musical Fidelity A5 -Focal 1027Be TP - MF X-DACv8 - MF A5 -Focal 1027Be TP - Denon AVR-2807 - MF A5 (using HT bypass) -Focal 1027Be Denon DVD-2910 - TP PC with SoundBlaster X-fi Elite Pro - TP (using TOSLINK). I also have a Linn LP12 hooked up to the M5 A5. Cheers, /Johan -- johann johann's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10177 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33868 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What's better?
jhm731;189931 Wrote: You're right, I shouldn't expect the Mac Mini's and SB3's digital outputs to sound exactly the same, so I'd like to revise the expectation of my original suggestion to creativepart Option one: Mac Mini's built in optical digital output to an external DAC. Option two: a Mac Mini wirelessly connected to a SB3, and then digital out to the same external DAC. Revised expectation: Option one should sound better. Yet again a total and utter misunderstanding of how things actually work. Don't worry though, prominent hifi reviewers are often equally confused. The wired or wireless TCPIP (network) connection is TOTALLY transparent to the SB3. The SB3 _asks_ for data and buffers lots of it and plays it back AT ITS OWN CLOCK'S SPEED. I believe it is exactly this lack of understanding of the massive benefits of _pulling_ the data from a TCPIP network that keep making reviwers have silly preconceptions. -- P Floding No, I didn't ABX it. And I won't even if you ask me. (Especially not if you ask me.) P Floding's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2932 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33836 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] A photo of your Squeezebox setup (please)
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19817 Question: Should there be a new forum for photos? - yes - no - maybe my desk , one laptop runs slimserver and itunes +---+ |Filename: squeezebox 006.JPG | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2585| +---+ -- hanshanson hanshanson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10811 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19817 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] A photo of your Squeezebox setup (please)
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19817 Question: Should there be a new forum for photos? - yes - no - maybe It's kinda hard to see the SB3, it is next to the TV on the right :) +---+ |Filename: 013.jpg | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2586| +---+ -- plafitracer plafitracer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10526 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19817 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Q:'quality' speaker cable
325xi;189801 Wrote: I just stumbled upon a particularly interesting discussion: RF engineer (Sean) shares his thought of what could be the ultimate speaker cable. No, not a zip cord this time. http://db.audioasylum.com/cgi/m.mpl?forum=cablesn=85528highlight=Goertz+Seansession= Be careful what you read over there. Having worked in the RF/microwave area for many years, I'm having difficulty believing that this guy is actually an RF engineer. That forum is a major source of misinformation IMO. For example, I noticed in response to your question Interconnects essentials - question for objectivists over there, the moderator responded, including in part some information about EM simulators and their supposed capabilities. The paragraph beginning However, you have to realize, that software programs for this kind of thing... is almost entirely wrong. I worked for about 6 years on RF/microwave circuit simulation software. This was not with the guts of the internal simulation code (that was restricted to Ph.D types) but with code that interfaces to it. This was both circuit-level and EM simulation (i.e. shapes). The code was tested against actual customer-provided measurements of real circuits at frequencies up to 40 GHz (thats gigahertz or 10^9 Hertz). In fact, one of the applications of this type of software is for customers to design various types of filters (low pass, bandpass, etc) that operate up into the microwave frequency range. The elements of these filters are not discrete inductors or capacitors at all, but rather consist only of traces on the circuit board (or integrated circuit or ceramic substrate) that are judiciously designed. His statement that the software doesn't cover the RF spectrum that's in common use is ludicrous and utterly wrong. Here is the link: http://db.audioasylum.com/cgi/m.mpl?forum=cablesn=127754highlight=simulation+analysis+Jon+Rischr=session= -- andy_c andy_c's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3128 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32454 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What is connected to your Transporter?
TP-Dodson DA-218 DAC-Blue Circle BC3000mkII+GZpz preamp-Blue Circle BC206 amp-Focus Audio FS-888 speakers -- PhilNYC Sonic Spirits Inc. http://www.sonicspirits.com PhilNYC's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=837 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33868 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] SB3 vs PC as a source
Bob Bressler;189533 Wrote: Well, I certainly admit to being naive about all this. And, yes, in post #8 you told us But for S/PDIF i would have tried M-Audio audiophile first Alas, this from the M-Audio site: Q: Can I use my M-Audio device with Windows XP Media Center Edition? A: At this time, no M-Audio device drivers are supported under Windows XP Media Center Edition (WMCE). This means that any M-Audio device designed to interface with your computer via USB, FireWire, or PCI/PCI-X is not supported for use with WMCE. Additionally, M-Audio USB devices designed to function without installing a driver (aka class compliant devices) are also not currently supported under WMCE. The technical support team at Sweetwater.com deals with pro-audio recording equipment and software from most every major manufacturer. Sweetwater has compiled an unofficial list of WMCE incompatibilities that suggests an industry-wide lack of support for WMCE. I just realized that you talked about Windows XP Media Center Edition and not only about the Windows media player. Is it just XP with a media center that you could not use or a complete system ? I went to the sweetwater site and found this: http://www.sweetwater.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12352 . It doesn't seem to be very easy for to find a pro soundcard. -- zano65 zano65's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3906 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33724 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter - 1st Impressions Break-In
Hi all Slim Fans. I just got a Transporter this week at the Open House and have been putting it through its paces. First impressions: better than expected on playing internet radio, especially classical (KDFC) - which is a pain to listen to on FM due to the static. It is amazingly easy to set-up and intuitive to use both the main unit and the remote. I have been playing some FLAC files that I saved using EAC. The sound so far is quiet, a bit on the thin/cool side, with instruments being well delineated. Strangely with classical so far it feels a bit congested in terms of soundstaging but no so with rock/pop. Later this week, I will check out its DAC on CDs. For other transporter owners - how long did it take, if at all, for the transporter to break-in. Any similar findings? Does the sound get warmer and more palpable? I am running the transporter through a Qinpu integrated to Dali Helicon 400's using JPS wire. Thanks in advance and thank you all for your prior posts that helped make my decision to purchase the transporter easier. -- ImagineTT ImagineTT's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10852 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33887 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] A photo of your Squeezebox setup (please)
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19817 Question: Should there be a new forum for photos? - yes - no - maybe Here is my humble set up. SB3 Marantz PM6010OSE - BW DM601s bi-wired using cable talk cable. The amp sits on top of a 70lb block of medium grained, porphyritic igneous intrusive with well formed orthoclase phenocrysts. I have tried other finer grained alkali granites, but found they lead to a distinct weakening of the soundstage. ;-) +---+ |Filename: IMG_0003-1.JPG | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2589| +---+ -- sebage sebage's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2617 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19817 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] A photo of your Squeezebox setup (please)
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19817 Question: Should there be a new forum for photos? - yes - no - maybe How did you determine the placement of the bookstacks? -- Kyle Kyle's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2541 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19817 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] A photo of your Squeezebox setup (please)
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19817 Question: Should there be a new forum for photos? - yes - no - maybe Spousal judgement -- sebage sebage's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2617 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19817 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Flac
Dare I mention the .lossless newsgroups on usenet? Many .flac files there... A nice way to sample music by different artists before you buy their CDs. TD -- tyler_durden tyler_durden's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2701 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33813 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
