Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Lavry Blue
humor, NOT a put down. Sorry if you took offence , 325. -- tomjtx tomjtx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7449 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35342 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Linn Records now doing FLAC
only the transporter supports 24bit/96KHz. The squeezebox is max 24bit/48Khz and frames will be skipped in order to chop the 96KHz down to 28KHz. So if you want to play linn records stuido masters properly buy a transporter. Out of interest for people playing this music on the transporter - how big is the difference between it and 16bit on your system? Does anyone have some tracks in both and has anyone put together a test file which plays 30s one format and then 30s the next etc. -- willyhoops willyhoops's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10563 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34985 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Flac or Apple Lossless?
Thanks Mark that answers my question. Rips are pretty quick with dBpoweramp Reference in one pass when AccurateRip verifies the data. The discs that I have put in which are not recognised are, as you say, probably a different pressing. In this situation the software falls back on the Ultra Secure rip and multiple passes, still reporting the AccurateRip error at the end. So, I should in conclusion, gain reliable rips... Simon -- scoughlan scoughlan's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11583 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34953 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Inguz Audio tips and initial impressions
totoro;203224 Wrote: The file in question is the _target_ curve, which could be flat, or one of the others (the one I use gradually rolls off in the treble-- if you open up one of the files, you'll see frequencies, followed by tab characters, then by numbers representing how far up or down you want the target to be). The flatness control in the inguz plugin will make the curve closer to the original response or the target, depending on how you set it. If you choose the flat target, it will indeed make it closer to flat. I understand that the various txt files are the target curve profiles, and that each of the drc files has one defined (usually the one called - I think - b3_spline.txt, but not always). I guess what I meant to ask is - if I leave the b3_spline curve in normal.drc, and Hugh's instructions are right, there should be normal.wav and normal_direct.wav compensation files created, with the second one effectively being the flat version of normal. Is this what actually happens? I may have missed it, but your first post to this thread suggested (I think) replacing the target with flat.txt, but I may have misunderstood. Which one did you use, and did you only replace it in the normal.drc file, or all of them? totoro;203224 Wrote: I haven't created new filters in a long time, so I don't know if there are new problems, but I never saw error messages like the ones you had. Could you tell us what the exact command line you typed was? It could be something as simple as not having gotten the command line right. I typed in ImpulsePrep /L left.wav /R right.wav prep.log like it said on Hugh's website. -- tonyptony tonyptony's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3397 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29489 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Loony politicians want to ban linear PSU!
No!! No! Audio paradise lost! Maybe subjectivists will take this as a wake-up call - if linear supplies really make audio equipment sound better, they'd better demonstrate that in some controlled tests. Then they'll at least be able to make a reasonable argument against this. -- opaqueice opaqueice's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4234 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35430 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter listening test
PhilNYC;203104 Wrote: Just to be clear, when we compared the SB3 analog out to the Dodson, I was able to identify the Dodson every time within the first few seconds of listening. That test wasn't even close to level matched - which made it pretty easy to tell the difference even for me :-). What was more interesting for me was the comparison between the Dodson and my Lite DAC AH - which was level matched as far as we could tell (we didn't check with a meter). Using Phil's music he could reliably hear a difference, whereas I would have been guessing. However that DAC is the only digital source I've owned that I could distinguish from others, mainly due to the fact that it distorts when plugged into some amps. -- opaqueice opaqueice's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4234 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35068 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Loony politicians want to ban linear PSU!
Available on the black market in 5 years: - normal flow shower heads - incandescent lights - linear PSUs - CDs Penny-wise and pound-foolish regarding the linear PSUs. Ever seen how many lights remain on at all times in government offices? Turn those off first before banning linear PSUs. The world is going nuts over this stuff and focusing on the small and useless things rather than tackling the big things. There's also a lot of FUD out there. Though compact fluorescent bulbs save power, disposing of them will put tonnes of mercury into landfills. No one talks about that, not even Greenpeace. If it ever became a problem I'm sure they'd advocate LED lightbulbs, currently priced at $40 each - but their stance is that everyone is rich and can afford to do this. -- Mark Lanctot 'Sean Adams' Response-O-Matic checklist, patent pending!' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=200910postcount=2) Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35430 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Loony politicians want to ban linear PSU!
amcluesent;203259 Wrote: http://sound.westhost.com/articles/external-psu.htm Australian politicians are planning to ban sales of external PSU unless they meet 'efficiency' targets that are only achievable with switched-mode devices. No doubt the EU will be jumping on the bandwagon, as they did with a timetable to ban sales in incandescent lights. Fools. I believe the EU already has efficiency rules for power supplies and EU supplies typically have much better Power Factor profiles than US supplies for that reason. According to Wikipedia, the EU regulation only applies to switching supplies. As I understand it, efficiency isn't just good green (lower energy demand) design, it's also better for the power utilities' gear. Given the same actual power demand, the utilities would rather have a larger more efficient device on the grid than a smaller, less effcient one. With switchers being lighter, cheaper, and more efficient, I don't expect any typical electronics vendors would bother with linear supplies, so legislators could achieve 99.99% of their objectives by leaving an exemption for power-hungry linear supplies. -- peterw http://www.tux.org/~peterw/ free plugins: http://www.tux.org/~peterw/#slim BlankSaver BottleRocket FuzzyTime SaverSwitcher SleepFade StatusFirst VolumeLock peterw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2107 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35430 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Loony politicians want to ban linear PSU!
The best audio stuff is the stuff you make yourself, and they can't ban that, so it's no big deal. I'm not sure that linear supplies are better anyway. They are big and heavy in addition to being inefficient. Maybe the power line frequency should be boosted to 100 kHz instead. Power transformers would shrink and smoothing caps in supplies would be smaller. 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=35430 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Linn Records now doing FLAC
willyhoops;203235 Wrote: only the transporter supports 24bit/96KHz. The squeezebox is max 24bit/48Khz and frames will be skipped in order to chop the 96KHz down to 28KHz. So if you want to play linn records stuido masters properly buy a transporter. Out of interest for people playing this music on the transporter - how big is the difference between it and 16bit on your system? Does anyone have some tracks in both and has anyone put together a test file which plays 30s one format and then 30s the next etc. 24/96 tracks on my Transporter produce a substantial audible improvement compared to 16/44.1 . -- haunyack Transporter - BK Reference 200.2 - Vandersteen 3A Signature. Fridgidare - Mirror Pond pale ale - easy chair w/remote - irritated neighbors. haunyack's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9721 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34985 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Vanished
I had one of thoses aha! moments that I am compelled to share. I've put about 300+ hours on my new Vandersteen 3A Signatures by now and I've noticed something peculiar lately. My listening position is about 13' with speakers toed to intersect about 2 from the back of my head while listening. From my Transporter, a BK r200.2S1 delivers 16/44.1 flac @200wpc to the 3A's. The BK does well and has a bit warmer sound than most SS amps I've had. Today, while listening to Blue Chip Orchestra - White River Red Spirit, I happened to open my eyes just as the Vandy's were disappearing. Poof! Gone! All that was left was a field of incredible 3 dimensional texture. The sound consumed the entire listening room and transported (pun?) me to a space where there was no up or down, in or out, front or back. The music was as tall as it was wide as it was deep. I could actually reach out my hand and touch where the flute was emmanating from, as well as the sound of the river coarsing by...I could feel the cool of the mist wafting at my nose. I may never leave my house again. If there is one here who is contemplating new speakers in the $3K range, I implore you to not let these incredible transducers slip by unnoticed. Audio nirvana. . -- haunyack Transporter - BK Reference 200.2 - Vandersteen 3A Signature. Fridgidare - Mirror Pond pale ale - easy chair w/remote - irritated neighbors. haunyack's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9721 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35450 ___ 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 are some updated photos of my setup. It now includes my spanking new custom made Super Squeezebox :-) and Enlightened Audio Designs DSP-7000 Series III with HDCD. +---+ |Filename: super sb playing3.jpg| |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2839| +---+ -- crooner Customized dual chassis Super Squeezebox EAD DSP-7000 MKIII DAC with HDCD VPI Scout with Benz Micro Glider M2 Audio Research PH3, SP16L and VS110 Vandersteen 2Ce signatures, 2W subwoofer. crooner's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3379 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] Vanished
I agree - now try them with Inguz room correction! Regards, Kim -- krochat -- SB3 (+linear) - Big Ben - TacT RCS 2.2X - 2xS2150 - Vandersteen 3a Signature + TacT W210 krochat's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6579 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35450 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Vanished
krochat;203375 Wrote: I agree - now try them with Inguz room correction! Regards, Kim Hi Kim, Can you quantify (in plain terms) the difference Inguz room correction makes? David . -- haunyack Transporter - BK Reference 200.2 - Vandersteen 3A Signature. Fridgidare - Mirror Pond pale ale - easy chair w/remote - irritated neighbors. haunyack's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9721 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35450 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Vanished
krochat;203381 Wrote: Well, any room correction system will work, but Inguz is the least expensive. I use Acourate to generate filters for both Inguz and the TacT RCS. They sound somewhat different, and Inguz should be more accurate since it has more filter taps than the TacT unit. I've been using Inguz exclusively lately. Ideally, room correction subtracts the room from the reproduction, leaving you with just the recording venue. In practice, the improvement depends on the source material, speaker placement, room dimensions, etc. The primary benefit is in the bass reproduction. Without room correction, bass may vary with frequency by up to 20 dB - hardly high fidelity. In my room, the 3a's measure +/- 6 dB from 30Hz to 300Hz without correction, and are within +/- 2 dB with correction. A secondary benefit is the ability to do tonal shaping to correct for too-bright recordings, etc. The sonic improvement is better definition in the bass and a more three-dimensional reproduction of the soundstage. Some users miss the bass boom and think that the corrected sound is bass-shy. Of course, you can change the correction curve to add as much bass as you like back - it will still be better-defined than without correction. References: Inguz: http://www.inguzaudio.com/ Acourate: http://www.acourate.com/ Room correction articles: http://www.regonaudio.com/ (scroll down to section on Digital Signal Processing in Practice Regards, Kim Thanks for the input. This I must do. . -- haunyack Transporter - BK Reference 200.2 - Vandersteen 3A Signature. Fridgidare - Mirror Pond pale ale - easy chair w/remote - irritated neighbors. haunyack's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9721 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35450 ___ 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 Let's see that Super Squeezebox naked! -- topa topa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7118 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] Linn Records now doing FLAC
Hi Bas Horneman, What lossless format are you using for your SB3? -- dhayes5 dhayes5's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11658 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34985 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Vanished
Is there any advantage to using acourate over DRC and the tools inguz provides? -- opaqueice opaqueice's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4234 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35450 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Vanished
opaqueice;203389 Wrote: Is there any advantage to using acourate over DRC and the tools inguz provides? I haven't tried DRC, but it is a lot cheaper than Acourate (free vs $430+ ). Acourate does phase correction that other systems don't (as far as I know). It would make sense to start out with DRC. I went for Acourate last fall since it would also generate TacT RCS filters, and at the time Inguz had a bug in the convolver that has since been fixed. Once you can make response measurements and have DRC under control, you can submit a measurement and a favorite music file to the Acourate author and he'll send you back the corrected music file to try out - so you can compare them for yourself. There's an Acourate Yahoo Group if you're interested - http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/acourate/ Regards, Kim -- krochat -- SB3 (+linear) - Big Ben - TacT RCS 2.2X - 2xS2150 - Vandersteen 3a Signature + TacT W210 krochat's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6579 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35450 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] more 24/96 audio
This album, Lift, by Work of Art is available as a 24/96 disc recorded in LPCM format on DVD. I was able to extract it to the hard drive with DVD Audio Extractor. A nice, unplugged, sort of folky style of music... http://www.soundkeeperrecordings.com/ http://www.castudio.org/dvdaudioextractor/ -- Timothy Stockman Timothy Stockman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8867 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35454 ___ 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 topa;203383 Wrote: Let's see that Super Squeezebox naked! There ya go!!! +---+ |Filename: super sb nudie 4.jpg | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2845| +---+ -- crooner Customized dual chassis Super Squeezebox EAD DSP-7000 MKIII DAC with HDCD VPI Scout with Benz Micro Glider M2 Audio Research PH3, SP16L and VS110 Vandersteen 2Ce signatures, 2W subwoofer. crooner's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3379 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
[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Switchin between Transporter inputs
I switched inputs on the Transporter to a digital source using the Digital Inputs/Optical S/PDIF (TOSLINK) option so that I could have my DVD's audio going through the Transporter. Any idea how to get the Transporter output back to balanced analogue? -- egd Transporter SCA2 SCM100SLAT via balanced XLR Linux and loving IT! egd's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3425 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35455 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Linn Records now doing FLAC
adamslim;199666 Wrote: Yeah that soprano has definitely had a sex change. Good job I decided to wait until I got home before getting the credit card out! Anyone know why? It is correctly flagged in SS as 88.2, and plays fine in foobar... Adam I think I'll wait until a new firmware... (Now 27). Tag is correct. -- Audiotic MacMini CoreDuo w. 300 GB GB of ALAC music - Black Transporter (analog) - Harman Kardon AVR 8500 HK PA2200 Signature - 6 x Mission 780SE 78C REL Strata III Audiotic's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5912 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34985 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] more 24/96 audio
Timothy Stockman;203406 Wrote: This album, Lift, by Work of Art is available as a 24/96 disc recorded in LPCM format on DVD. I was able to extract it to the hard drive with DVD Audio Extractor. A nice, unplugged, sort of folky style of music... http://www.soundkeeperrecordings.com/ http://www.castudio.org/dvdaudioextractor/ 24/96 from DVD Audio Extractor ? . -- haunyack Transporter - BK Reference 200.2 - Vandersteen 3A Signature. Fridgidare - Mirror Pond pale ale - easy chair w/remote - irritated neighbors. haunyack's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9721 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35454 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
