Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter + Rowland Concentra II phase question
dagordon;294518 Wrote: Thanks so much for your reply. AFAIK, the Rowland itself doesn't have a feature to invert polarity. I was indeed doing it on the Transporter itself -- in SqueezeCenter, in the player settings. Everything works fine until I select Inverted polarity in SqueezeCenter -- you really think this is a problem with the amp? That Im aware of, all rowlands with pin 3 have a polarity switch, this is a must since they have to prepare them to communicate well with other brands... However, I am not very familiar with the concentra family, are you shure it also has a pin 3 modality? -- GuyDebord Verity Audio Tamino X2 wired with v/d Hul Inspiration, REL Strata5. AMPS: Pathos Classic One MKIII's in mono config. ANALOGUE: Clearaudio Ambient CMB, Satisfy Carbon Lyra Helikon SL, Nagra VPS phono preamp, link: AcousticZen Silver Reference2 XLRs. DIGITAL: SlimDevices Transporter, link: WireWorld SilverEclipse 5.2. POWER: Isotek MiniSub GII, Isotek Elite cables (MiniSub, Rel), Siltech SPX30 MKII (Nagra), v/d Hul Mainstream (Pathos) v/d Hul Mainserver (Transporter). GuyDebord's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14587 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46672 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Songs you use for critical listening
Go West - Goodbye Girl Miles Davis - Blue in Green Porcupine Tree - Waiting ..to name a few -- xand1x Linksys WRT54G -- Slim Devices Transporter (Black) -- First Watt F1 -- AKG K1000 xand1x's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14838 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46640 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter and ATC SCM150 Anniversary
Tim-Ann;294404 Wrote: Has anyone any experience of using the ATC SCM150 Anniversarys with a Transporter connected direct balanced? Not sure if anyone around here has the 150's, but a few of us run Transporters direct into other ATCs. My setup is TP balanced direct into SM100A's (via 13dB passive attenuators). It's certainly the best sound I've ever had at home. In my case, removing the preamp from the signal path was the big gain. (And it's not like it was a bad preamp - a Nakamichi CA7, which was the best preamp Nak ever made, back in the days when they were a genuine high-end company. It cost £2500 back in 1990). -- cliveb Transporter - ATC SCM100A cliveb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46674 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] 2 weeks without LP's!
darrenyeats wrote: opaqueice;294348 Wrote: Voice!?! Sounds?? Heard through all that nasty air, ear wax, etc.?? True Audiophiles don't need any of that - they just imagine the music! You should try the ModWright brain upgrade...it blows away stock imagination. Valves get a bit warm though. That statement is completely invalid without double-blind testing. Make sure you insert forks in *both* your eyes before imagining and report your results, please. R. ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Songs you use for critical listening
ModelCitizen;294513 Wrote: Crikey, someone else who has heard of SuperSilent! MC I pity the ones that haven't! regards, GD -- GuyDebord Verity Audio Tamino X2 wired with v/d Hul Inspiration, REL Strata5. AMPS: Pathos Classic One MKIII's in mono config. ANALOGUE: Clearaudio Ambient CMB, Satisfy Carbon Lyra Helikon SL, Nagra VPS phono preamp, link: AcousticZen Silver Reference2 XLRs. DIGITAL: SlimDevices Transporter, link: WireWorld SilverEclipse 5.2. POWER: Isotek MiniSub GII, Isotek Elite cables (MiniSub, Rel), Siltech SPX30 MKII (Nagra), v/d Hul Mainstream (Pathos) v/d Hul Mainserver (Transporter). GuyDebord's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14587 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46640 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter + Rowland Concentra II phase question
dagordon;294495 Wrote: So it seems like the easiest thing to do would be to have Blue Jeans Cable make me an XLR cable where pins 2 and 3 are reversed on one end, no? Anyone? It's surprising to me that no one else has experienced this problem with the polarity inversion feature, as I noticed the problem approximately 2 minutes after turning it on. This seems like a potentially dangerous issue... Hi dagordon, I had the same issue: Inverting the polarity at the SqueeceCenter makes the transporter crackling at specific points in specific tracks. Finally I just set the polarity to normal. -- glass glass's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16375 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46672 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter relays?
getting on great with the new Transporter but what is whirring /switching inside the box...it sounds like a relay switching over.i didn't realise that there were any moving parts inside really not tempted to open the box up yet!. waiting on Progressive's Ver 7 to upgrade the Qnap 109 Pro. cheers dennis -- dennis55 dennis55's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8884 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46696 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Songs you use for critical listening
GuyDebord wrote: ModelCitizen;294513 Wrote: Crikey, someone else who has heard of SuperSilent! MC I pity the ones that haven't! Norwegian free electro/jazz improv ? Er, no thanks. Each to his own, I guess. :) R. ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter and ATC SCM150 Anniversary
Hi there, Can I ask what the attenuators do is it to get the full volume levels that you would get from using a pre-amp? Next question would be will I need different attenuators for the 150's. Many thanks, Tim. -- Tim-Ann Tim-Ann's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12413 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46674 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter relays?
True, sometimes I get annoyed by the strange sounds than come from within... -- GuyDebord Verity Audio Tamino X2 wired with v/d Hul Inspiration, REL Strata5. AMPS: Pathos Classic One MKIII's in mono config. ANALOGUE: Clearaudio Ambient CMB, Satisfy Carbon Lyra Helikon SL, Nagra VPS phono preamp, link: AcousticZen Silver Reference2 XLRs. DIGITAL: SlimDevices Transporter, link: WireWorld SilverEclipse 5.2. POWER: Isotek MiniSub GII, Isotek Elite cables (MiniSub, Rel), Siltech SPX30 MKII (Nagra), v/d Hul Mainstream (Pathos) v/d Hul Mainserver (Transporter). GuyDebord's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14587 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46696 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] 2 weeks without LP's!
I can't believe that a thread on about analog versus digital has 1) taken over 30 posts before the first mention of DBT (and not even a serious one at that) and 2) has not completely deteriorated in a flame war. I believe that says something very nice about this forum or maybe not. My personal take on the analog versus digital debate is rather simple and please excuse me if you've heard this before: Analog: excellent recording medium, so so playback medium and terrible storage medium. Digital: terrible recording medium, good playback medium and excellent storage medium. Too bad no one has yet found a way to make a digital/analog hybrid medium which is excellent in all areas. As for two weeks without vinyl - laughable. I've been living n the Netherlands since August 2007 with my Transporter, Squeezboxes and SqueezeCenter while my Linn LP-12, my record collection and most of other audio equipment (such as my Sim Audio pre and power amps and Vandersteen speakers) are back in the US. Now if only there were better implementation of meta-data within SqueezeCenter I just might not miss my LPs so much. -- ralphpnj Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels - Snatch - The Transporter - Transporter 2 ralphpnj's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10827 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46547 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter relays?
dennis55;294609 Wrote: getting on great with the new Transporter but what is whirring /switching inside the box...it sounds like a relay switching over.i didn't realise that there were any moving parts inside really not tempted to open the box up yet!. waiting on Progressive's Ver 7 to upgrade the Qnap 109 Pro. It's not the control knob on the fron de-gausing is it? -- funkstar funkstar's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2335 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46696 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter relays?
It is the Transporter elves inside tossing the digital files in a relay line. Sometimes they get raucous and make too much noise. Send an email to their manager, Terry Pratchet, he can quiet them down. -- tomjtx tomjtx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7449 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46696 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Anybody bought one (or 4) of these..?
http://machinadynamica.com/machina44.htm -- nicktf nicktf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=329 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46700 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Anybody bought one (or 4) of these..?
Are they a scam? A quick Google led to only sceptical comments ... -- snoogly snoogly's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9155 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46700 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Anybody bought one (or 4) of these..?
check out this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42094highlight=sugar The thread was locked due to some complains from people that were defending st..id tweaks in this forum, so this could serve as warning -- GuyDebord Verity Audio Tamino X2 wired with v/d Hul Inspiration, REL Strata5. AMPS: Pathos Classic One MKIII's in mono config. ANALOGUE: Clearaudio Ambient CMB, Satisfy Carbon Lyra Helikon SL, Nagra VPS phono preamp, link: AcousticZen Silver Reference2 XLRs. DIGITAL: SlimDevices Transporter, link: WireWorld SilverEclipse 5.2. POWER: Isotek MiniSub GII, Isotek Elite cables (MiniSub, Rel), Siltech SPX30 MKII (Nagra), v/d Hul Mainstream (Pathos) v/d Hul Mainserver (Transporter). GuyDebord's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14587 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46700 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Anybody bought one (or 4) of these..?
This one is the best: http://cls.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?accstwek1212848853 Half price! -- opaqueice opaqueice's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4234 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46700 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Anybody bought one (or 4) of these..?
While I don't like to diss products that I haven't tried, so much on that website is such utter nonsense it beggars belief. Brilliant Pebbles taped to your interconnects?!? WTF?? Even if you had everything else totally sorted about your system and room, I can't see that these could have a meaningful effect. But just compare the effect these could have with stuff like (proper) room treatment, speaker positioning and the like. And the 30-day money back guarantee is genius: totally playing on people's sense of audiophile paranoia. We're so confident that the difference is night and day that we're willing to let you try them free - placebo and paranoia. It's the music... [/rant] :) -- adamslim Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others SB+, EAR V20, Living Voice OBX-R2s plus some other stuff SB3, Charlize, Harbeth HL-P3ES adamslim's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7355 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46700 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Songs you use for critical listening
I'm a big fan of well recorded classic rock, but unfortunately not a lot of it exists. Even the MFSL version of Allman Brothers at Fillmore East is pretty terrible. So anyway, when I'm listening for differences I usually pick a couple of the not-so-well recorded albums, to see which option makes these things I love to hate more tolerable. OTOH, I doubt there a system in existence where Muddy Waters Folk Singer or Neil Young Unplugged doesn't sound great. Those, I believe, belong on the list of 'tracks to show off my system'. I would, however, highly recommend the great sounding BB King Live At The Appolo [GRP]. Beyond the great voice and guitar there is also a big band backing him up, which adds a lot of depth and usefulness as a listening tool. It must have been a two mic recording, if that's the right term, because every instrument really nestles into its own defined space in the soundstage, front to back as well as side to side. This, I believe, makes it a good test of speaker placement, and keeps sounding better until you have it just right. I still haven't decided if they are here or I am there though. -- Skunk http://www.last.fm/user/TheSkunk/ Skunk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2685 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46640 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter + Rowland Concentra II phase question
glass;294596 Wrote: Hi dagordon, I had the same issue: Inverting the polarity at the SqueeceCenter makes the transporter crackling at specific points in specific tracks. Finally I just set the polarity to normal. Thanks for posting, glass -- I'm relieved that it's not just my equipment. I've created a bug report about the issue: http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=7947 I'm going to go the custom-made cable route, as it seems pretty foolproof. -- dagordon dagordon's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6804 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46672 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter relays?
There are some relays, you hear them clicking over during a reboot for example. There's also the front knob degauss cycle which sounds like a short vibration. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46696 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] 2 weeks without LP's!
Good grief, I'm in the same boat as ralphpnj, work takes me abroad, and my complete system is a rarely visited treasure waiting for me in the UK. Not just my LPs, but my transporter too await my loving attention on my infrequent trips home. Although my son does get to play with the tp :) And what do I have to salve my musically bereft heart? An iPod :( -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46547 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Songs you use for critical listening
Patricia Barber, The Moon - very well recorded female voice and acoustic jazz set Diana Krall, All or Nothing at All - great walking acoustic bass line, the best track I know for bass integration and/or room mid-bass modes Maria Dolores Pradera, Toda Una Vida - acoustic guitar, female voice Yuri Honing Trio, Walking on the Moon - jaw droppingly beautiful jazz trio track Moussorgsky, Pictures at an Exhibition, Gergiev/Vienna Phil - huge dynamic range, big and unusual orchestral passages Carmina Burana, Orff, Shaw/Atlanta Symphony - dynamic range, KETTLE DRUMS! Willie Nelson, She's Not for You - great recording Everclear, Heroin Girl - horribly recorded grunge (if it sounds good, you're using PA speakers) Radiohead, nearly anything - it has to sound good Gene Harris, Captain Bill - well-recorded big band Massive Attack, anything from Mezzanine - lots of crazy bass -- opaqueice opaqueice's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4234 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46640 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter and ATC SCM150 Anniversary
Tim-Ann;294610 Wrote: Can I ask what the attenuators do is it to get the full volume levels that you would get from using a pre-amp? The attenuators are installed to limit the maximum level that goes to the ATC power amps. As you are no doubt aware, ATC monitors can get frighteningly loud, so in a normal domestic situation you never use their full capabilities. If you fed a Transporter direct to the ATCs, you'd have to turn its volume down a lot to get into a normal listening range. And doing this sacrifices a bit of S/N ratio. Therefore the idea is to install passive attenuators that allow you to run the Transporter's volume control up near the top of its range. It is unlikely but possible that you might find that running a Transporter direct into ATCs doesn't go loud enough. For example, you might have an enormous listening room, or you might like to listen at ear-splitting levels. In that case you'd need an active preamp to increase the levels available. Tim-Ann;294610 Wrote: Next question would be will I need different attenuators for the 150's. Quite possibly. The way to work it out is this: 1. Connect TP direct to ATCs. 2. Turn volume right down on TP before switching on! 3. Start playing something, and slowly increase the volume on the TP until it's as loud as you'll ever want to listen. 4. The TP's display will show how much attenuation you've got - this is pretty much the amount of passive attenuation you need. The exact amount required will vary based on the listening room and the listener's preferences. -- cliveb Transporter - ATC SCM100A cliveb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46674 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] 2 weeks without LP's!
bigfool1956;294678 Wrote: Good grief, I'm in the same boat as ralphpnj, work takes me abroad, and my complete system is a rarely visited treasure waiting for me in the UK. Not just my LPs, but my transporter too await my loving attention on my infrequent trips home. Although my son does get to play with the tp :) And what do I have to salve my musically bereft heart? An iPod :( That's the beauty of the music server approach - one is now able to take along a very large (digital) music collection with just a few relatively small items: A computer (even a laptop will do), a router, an external hard drive and a SqueezeBox. Sure beats the heck out of trying to transport several hundred, or in my case, several thousand, CDs. The big problem is that solution doesn't work for vinyl. -- ralphpnj Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels - Snatch - The Transporter - Transporter 2 ralphpnj's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10827 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46547 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Songs you use for critical listening
Kevin Gilbert - THUD Bonnie Raitt - NICK OF TIME (5.1 remix) The Eagles - HOTEL CALIFORNIA (5.1 remix) Frankie Goes To Hollywood - WELCOME TO THE PLEASURE DOME (title track) Gino Vennelli - SLOW LOVE ...and multiple projects I've recorded/mixed myself, 'cause I know what they're supposed to sound like. -- Eric Seaberg Eric Seaberg - San Diego - [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Mac MINI server w/ 500GB external - Multiple SB3s and Transporter Tannoy and Genelec Bi Tri-Amped Studio Monitors - 5.1 Surround Recording Engineer/Producer since 1971 - Member AES, SPARS, SMPTE and NARAS Eric Seaberg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7896 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46640 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Songs you use for critical listening
I always start out with Sandy Sasso's Tuxedo Junction off of her Mixed Grill album. Great varied recording with bass, vibes, voice. Everyone I play it for agrees. Great album too. Hod O'Briens Second Set album. For piano I like Lynne Ariale's Live album. For a higher pitched female voice Renee Olstead is good. The very beginning of the Rancounteurs album has the biggest, baddest, distorted sound that is actually very well recorded. Patricia Barber Use Me off of Companion. Funny thing is that almost all my favorites are live recordings. Joshua Redman has some good recording of sax. I wish I could remember which album. I never really appreciated it till I heard him live recently and realized just how rich a sax should sound. -- regalma1 regalma1's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6658 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46640 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Songs you use for critical listening
Eric Seaberg wrote: ...and multiple projects I've recorded/mixed myself, 'cause I know what they're supposed to sound like. Yes, they're the best I had a *great* recoding of Elgar's Cello Concerto, played by Natalie Klein, that I recorded when she played with an amateur orchestra in a very reverberant old school hall (wood panels everywhere!). I just used a single Blumlein (?) pair of quality condenser mics straight to DAT. The cello sound was absolutely magnificent. Wish I still had it. R. ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Songs you use for critical listening
Eric Seaberg;294705 Wrote: ...and multiple projects I've recorded/mixed myself, 'cause I know what they're supposed to sound like. Yes they are very useful...I'm taking one of my own recordings to the Linn DS demo on Saturday :o) - that should raise a few eyebrows. (and no, before anyone asks, they sadly aren't available in any shops!) -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal...SB3+Stontronics PSU - Altmann JISCO/UPCI - TACT RCS 2.2X with Good Vibrations S/W - MF X-DAC V3/X-PSU/X-10 buffer (Audiocomm full mods)- Linn 5103 - Linn Aktiv 5.1 system (6x LK140's, ESPEK/TRIKAN/KATAN/SEIZMIK 10.5), Townsend Supertweeters, Kimber Chord cables Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46640 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Songs you use for critical listening
Hmmm, a couple of my favourites have already been listed: Massive Attack - Mezzanine Tori Amos - Silent All These Years Madonna (???!!!^%$!) - Drowned World/Substitute For Love (Ray of Light Album), my whole house shakes with this is even at moderate volume! Nick Cave - Red Right Hand Ryan Adams - The Rescue Blues, La Cienega Just Smiled -- killie99 Musical Fidelity KW250S, Impulse H2 speakers oh, and an SB3 killie99's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8337 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46640 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] 2 weeks without LP's!
ralphpnj;294628 Wrote: Too bad no one has yet found a way to make a digital/analog hybrid medium which is excellent in all areas. Of course, when you take it to extremes even analog is quantized - after all an atom has a finite size and the groove in a piece of vinyl is defined by the arrangement of atoms. All you need is a high enough bit rate to model that perfectly. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46547 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] 2 weeks without LP's!
Not to mention the crystalline structure of the the tape coating. -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46547 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Songs you use for critical listening
Skunk;294660 Wrote: I'm a big fan of well recorded classic rock, but unfortunately not a lot of it exists. True - however, the recently remastered version of Tres Hombres / ZZ Top is both classic rock and sounds great (to me). Also, most Eagles CD's sound rather good, and the recent John Fogerty album (Revival) is worth a listen. The recently remastered 1st three UFO albums sound great if you like heavier rock. Oh - and Masque by Kansas sounds superb to me! -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal...SB3+Stontronics PSU - Altmann JISCO/UPCI - TACT RCS 2.2X with Good Vibrations S/W - MF X-DAC V3/X-PSU/X-10 buffer (Audiocomm full mods)- Linn 5103 - Linn Aktiv 5.1 system (6x LK140's, ESPEK/TRIKAN/KATAN/SEIZMIK 10.5), Townsend Supertweeters, Kimber Chord cables Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46640 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter relays?
If I remember correctly, they are auto-selecting the input voltage windings for the linear supply. This was to make it possible to work on both 120 and 240 volts without manually setting an input switch. -- SuperQ SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46696 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Anybody bought one (or 4) of these..?
I bought the teleportation tweak, but I didn't like it so I sold it on eBay. :) -- Ben Diss 'SB3' (http://www.slimdevices.com/pi_squeezebox.html) - 'Lavry DA10' (http://www.lavryengineering.com/productspage_da_10.html) - 'BAT VK-31SE' (http://www.balanced.com/products/line/Vk-31SE/index.html) - 'Halo A21' (http://www.parasound.com/halo/a21.php) - 'BW 803D' (http://www.bowers-wilkins.com/display.aspx?infid=1156) Ben Diss's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4289 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46700 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Songs you use for critical listening
Robin Bowes;294082 Wrote: Interesting. I decided to use this as a springboard to start a new thread about good reference tracks that we use to audition systems. However, it just turned into a list of music that does it for me! Anyway, I did it, so I'm going to hit send! R. The Blower's Daughter by Damien Rice from O - very up-front vocal. Good test of how natural the system sounds - also has good bass extension when the band comes in at 1:41 Highway To Hell by AC/DC from Highway to Hell - Can sound harsh. Needs lots of PRAT Be My Number Two by Joe Jackson from Body Soul - very nicely recorded, piano + vocal + full band. Great song! Birdland by Weather Report from Heavy Weather - quite busy jazz - potentially harsh high-hats - also lots of bottom end that can get muddy True Love Ways by Buddy Holly from The Original Master Tapes - that voice, up front; lots of lovely strings - this is perfect. Prelude Fuge No.2 in C from Das Wohltemperierte Klavier, Part I by J.S. Bach, played by Sviatoslav Richter - amazing performance, but very wet - good test of ability to resolve detail L. van Beethoven - Allegro con Brio from Symphony No.5 - VPO/Kleiber - a classic performance, but can get a little mushy - good test of ability to resolve detail and convey dynamics Verdi - Dies Irae from Requiem Mass - Gardiner - wow! Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker - Kirov Orchestra, Gergiev - incredibly well-recorded orchestral music Nice selections, some really audio challenging tunes for any system. These are the songs I take to the HiFi Store when I want to audition equipment. I start with some popular artists then move into the obscure system challenging pieces. Dire Straits - Brothers in Arm From Brothers in Arms Billy Joel - Baby Grand From The Bridge Harry Connick Jr She From She Mick Jagger - Use Me - From Wandering Spirit Flim the BBs Tricycle From Tricycle Flim the BBs - At the Hop From Big Notes Flim the BBs Funhouse- From Big Notes Amanda McBroom Amanda From Growing up in a Hollywood Town Domnerus Group - Limehouse Blues - Jazz at the Pawnshop Erich Kunzel the Cincinnati Pops Ascent From Time Warp (Telarc) Acoustic Alchemy - Mr. Chow From Red Dust Spanish Lace Checkfield Clockwork From Distance Thunder Sheffield Labs - Jim Keltner From Sheffield Drum Track CD Ascent by Erich Kunzel the Cincinnati Pops at higher volume levels will tell you everything you ever wanted to know about your amp and the available bass and overall speed of your speakers. The bass audio goes below 20 Hz, so if you stop hearing or feeling music during the song your speakers ran out of bottom. As for the other tunes, they all provide information. I will not color your views with what I hear or think you should hear. I enjoy all music but Rap/HipHop and really enjoy dynamic songs. -- iPhone iPhone Last.FM http://www.lastfm.com/user/mePhone Media Room: Transporter, Vandersteen Quatro Signature, Ayre MX-R Mono Blocks, VTL TL-6.5 Signature Pre-Amp, VCC-5 Reference Center Channel, four VSM-1 Signatures, Runco 710, RAM Oppo DV970HD, VeraStarr 6.4SE Living Room: SqueezeBox Duet, Vandersteen Model 3A Signature, Two 2Wq subs, VCC-2, Two VSM-1, ADCOM GTP-870HD, Cinepro 3K6SE III Gold Bedroom: Squeezebox 3, Thiel 2.3, NAD C370 iPhone's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13622 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46640 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Trade: My silver Transporter for your Black Transporter
if interested, please PM me. I am located in NYC. -- JayNYC JayNYC's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=121 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46717 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Trade: My silver Transporter for your black Transporter
Well, I actually have a Black TP and would like a Silver TP, however I am in the Netherlands and the voltage is different. So I would like to take this opportunity to also offer my black TP for trade... -- GuyDebord Verity Audio Tamino X2 wired with v/d Hul Inspiration, REL Strata5. AMPS: Pathos Classic One MKIII's in mono config. ANALOGUE: Clearaudio Ambient CMB, Satisfy Carbon Lyra Helikon SL, Nagra VPS phono preamp, link: AcousticZen Silver Reference2 XLRs. DIGITAL: SlimDevices Transporter, link: WireWorld SilverEclipse 5.2. POWER: Isotek MiniSub GII, Isotek Elite cables (MiniSub, Rel), Siltech SPX30 MKII (Nagra), v/d Hul Mainstream (Pathos) v/d Hul Mainserver (Transporter). GuyDebord's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14587 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46717 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Trade: My black transporter for your silver transporter (Europe)
Interested, send me a PM... -- GuyDebord Verity Audio Tamino X2 wired with v/d Hul Inspiration, REL Strata5. AMPS: Pathos Classic One MKIII's in mono config. ANALOGUE: Clearaudio Ambient CMB, Satisfy Carbon Lyra Helikon SL, Nagra VPS phono preamp, link: AcousticZen Silver Reference2 XLRs. DIGITAL: SlimDevices Transporter, link: WireWorld SilverEclipse 5.2. POWER: Isotek MiniSub GII, Isotek Elite cables (MiniSub, Rel), Siltech SPX30 MKII (Nagra), v/d Hul Mainstream (Pathos) v/d Hul Mainserver (Transporter). GuyDebord's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14587 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46718 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Trade: My silver Transporter for your black Transporter
It's the same transporter, it is dual voltage. The power chord will be different though, but no problem there I assume. -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46717 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Trade: My silver Transporter for your black Transporter
bigfool1956;294825 Wrote: It's the same transporter, it is dual voltage. The power chord will be different though, but no problem there I assume. If this is the case I will be going to NY the 2nd week of may... although im not sure how US customs will take it... the intercontinental trade might work afterall... -- GuyDebord Verity Audio Tamino X2 wired with v/d Hul Inspiration, REL Strata5. AMPS: Pathos Classic One MKIII's in mono config. ANALOGUE: Clearaudio Ambient CMB, Satisfy Carbon Lyra Helikon SL, Nagra VPS phono preamp, link: AcousticZen Silver Reference2 XLRs. DIGITAL: SlimDevices Transporter, link: WireWorld SilverEclipse 5.2. POWER: Isotek MiniSub GII, Isotek Elite cables (MiniSub, Rel), Siltech SPX30 MKII (Nagra), v/d Hul Mainstream (Pathos) v/d Hul Mainserver (Transporter). GuyDebord's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14587 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46717 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Anybody bought one (or 4) of these..?
My personal fav has always been Shun Mook. I can't believe they're still going after all these years. -- browellm browellm's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14260 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46700 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Anybody bought one (or 4) of these..?
nicktf;294644 Wrote: http://machinadynamica.com/machina44.htm I sure hope nobody even bought one much less four! What a load of crap. These con artist also sell 30 dollar out covers that are nothing more then 59-cent outlet covers that they spray 5 cents of graphite on the back for a must Tweak. Somebody with nothing to do should buy one and try to return it. -- iPhone iPhone Last.FM http://www.lastfm.com/user/mePhone Media Room: Transporter, Vandersteen Quatro Signature, Ayre MX-R Mono Blocks, VTL TL-6.5 Signature Pre-Amp, VCC-5 Reference Center Channel, four VSM-1 Signatures, Runco 710, RAM Oppo DV970HD, VeraStarr 6.4SE Living Room: SqueezeBox Duet, Vandersteen Model 3A Signature, Two 2Wq subs, VCC-2, Two VSM-1, ADCOM GTP-870HD, Cinepro 3K6SE III Gold Bedroom: Squeezebox 3, Thiel 2.3, NAD C370 iPhone's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13622 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46700 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Songs you use for critical listening
Thomas Dolby at SXSW. The Flim and the BB's also work well.. -- pski pski's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15574 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46640 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Songs you use for critical listening
xand1x;294581 Wrote: Go West - Goodbye Girl Miles Davis - Blue in Green Porcupine Tree - Waiting ..to name a few Which waiting? -- pski pski's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15574 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46640 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] transporter using external word clock
Cool, I found it - can't believe I missed it. So I fiddled with the settings. I disabled native flac support and set flac to convert to wav on squeezecenter - I still get some cracks occasionally. I notice that the cracks become more frequent as I turn on the brightness. It's most when brightness is set to max and squeezecenter is using native flac support. Any other suggestions? -- czhang czhang's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16785 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33190 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] transporter using external word clock
To give more background info - my setup is the same as wshields. I have a Transporter slaved to an EMM Labs DCC2SE. I'm running Squeezecenter 7.1 with fw40. Another thing I noticed is the crackling disappears if I turn off displays completely on the Transporter. This is only if I have Squeezecenter convert flac to wav. The crackling is still there if native flac support is enabled. Could this be related to CPU usage on the Transporter? -- czhang czhang's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16785 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33190 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Songs you use for critical listening
Ah... I forgot about Flim and the boys!! GREAT STUFF!! -- Eric Seaberg Eric Seaberg - San Diego - [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Mac MINI server w/ 500GB external - Multiple SB3s and Transporter Tannoy and Genelec Bi Tri-Amped Studio Monitors - 5.1 Surround Recording Engineer/Producer since 1971 - Member AES, SPARS, SMPTE and NARAS Eric Seaberg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7896 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46640 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
