[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What happened to the Sonic Impact Super T?
For a while there, you heard lots about these amps (http://www.stereophile.com/solidpoweramps/1006sonic/) but now it looks as though they've been discontinued. I was considering getting a couple to hook up to one pair of Krix Holographix speakers in the kitchen and a pair of Krix Equinox bookshelf speakers in the bedroom, but now that I'm looking to buy they've disappeared. Does anyone know whether we'll be seeing a new, improved version, or a similar budget/quality replacement. Gus (PS - Also, any views on whether or not this a reasonable choice of amp for these speakers would also be helpful)! -- Gus Gus's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14417 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46743 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] 2 weeks without LP's!
Of course the final spanner in the works comes from Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle :o( -- morris_minor morris_minor's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13950 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] What happened to the Sonic Impact Super T?
I heard a rumor a while back that the specific amplifier chip they used was discontinued, and not made anymore. -- SuperQ SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46743 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What happened to the Sonic Impact Super T?
I don't know about rumours, but the new model of the T-amp is still available. Look here: http://www.si5.com/products.php?pID=4046 Got mine yesterday :) bye Wolfgang -- wolfzell wolfzell's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8643 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46743 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] 2 weeks without LP's!
Robin Bowes;294595 Wrote: darrenyeats wrote: 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. My initial impressions were AAARGHH!! MY EYES!!! ROBIN YOU SON OF A...!! Blind testing was way too stressful so I just imagined. I like my imagination with the new valve mod - amazing liquid highs which complemented the six double brandies brilliantly! I'm sure the improvements to the imaginary music are real and not just in my head. Darren -- darrenyeats SB3 / Inguz - Krell KAV-300i (pre bypass) - PMC AB-1 Dell laptop - JVC UX-C30 mini system darrenyeats's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10799 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 and ATC SCM150 Anniversary
Hi there, Many thanks for that information I've tried running a Transporter balanced direct into a Meridian G57 and I don't think at times it goes loud enough for me, I've also used the TP through a Meridian 800 V3 Pre-Amp section and that had far more volume. So I'm not sure what to expect running the TP direct into the ATC 150's. I was hoping to avoid a Pre-Amp but will have to try and if it doesnt go loud enough for me put a Pre-Amp in between. Again many thanks for your help and info, 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] What happened to the Sonic Impact Super T?
Hi Wolfgang, I believe what you've just bought is the replacement version for http://www.amazon.com/Sonic-Impact-15-Watt-Portable-Amplifier/dp/B9W44B and the amp I'm after (the Super T) is the model above that in terms of output. Gus -- Gus Gus's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14417 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46743 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Songs you use for critical listening
iPhone;294767 Wrote: 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. couldn't agree more. this 20 year old track (#1 on the album) recorded by telarc around the birth of the CD is very impressive. it's the only CD i've ever bought that has a volume warning on the cover. I once demoed a set of onwall speakers at high volume and this track literally caused the woofers to pop out. Didn't buy those speakers. i also use the very beginning of track #2 (star trek theme) to conduct quick bass tests in car audio if i feel too silly or embarassed playing heavy electro house or rap. -- JayNYC JayNYC's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=121 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] What happened to the Sonic Impact Super T?
I've owned both the original (non super) T-amp and the new one wolfzell linked to - the new one is far, far better. In fact if it's power output you're interested in, I think the specs of the new amp are better than the old super T-amp. I have the current model hooked up to a pair of regular bookeshelf speakers and at half volume it's plenty loud enough to rock out, and with tons of bass (which was the main problem I had with the first model). -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46743 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What happened to the Sonic Impact Super T?
Would the new amp (http://www.decibelhifi.com.au/prod71.htm ) have enough oomph to offer a good quality output for either of these speakers? http://www.krix.com.au/Product/Detail.aspx?p=44id=18 http://www.krix.com.au/Product/Detail.aspx?p=44id=6 Would be wonderful if they could but I'm a bit sceptical! Cheers, Gus -- Gus Gus's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14417 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46743 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What happened to the Sonic Impact Super T?
The specs on those speakers look similar to the ones I'm using, so I would think so, but I obviously can't say for sure. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46743 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Songs you use for critical listening
Discovered Again - Dave Grusin (Sheffield Lab CD-5) Gaucho or Aja - Steely Dan (DIDX-56, DIDX-57, IIRC) Are good ones... And there are a few recordings I made myself at various live music events, either as demos for the bands or direct off the board when I was mixing the PA sound. -- Timothy Stockman Timothy Stockman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8867 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
* Radiohead: In Rainbows (amazing texture and soundscape) * Donald Fagan: Morph the Cat (best bass ever?) * Jack Johnson: last three albums (all audiophikle grade) * Tim O'Brian: Cornbread Nation (Moses is an excellent test for imaging) -- gregeas gregeas's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5877 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] audio insanity
I can't understand why those long tunnels are propped up in cement and stuck out in his yard? Aren't horns supposed to be all curled up? and what are the metal endcaps on them? If those things are a subwoofer won't he get blown out of that little room they are porting into? -- sc53 sc53's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8690 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46270 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] audio insanity
sc53 wrote: I can't understand why those long tunnels are propped up in cement and stuck out in his yard? Aren't horns supposed to be all curled up? and what are the metal endcaps on them? If those things are a subwoofer won't he get blown out of that little room they are porting into? Horns aren't supposed to be curled up, it's just that the often are because they take up less space that way. You know why horns are used, right? And why they're so efficient? Acoustic impedance matching. It doesn't matter if the horn is straight or curled, as long as the diameter tapers smoothly. R. ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] 2 weeks without LP's!
darrenyeats;294995 Wrote: My initial impressions were AAARGHH!! MY EYES!!! ROBIN YOU SON OF A...!! Blind testing was way too stressful so I just imagined. I like my imagination with the new valve mod - amazing liquid highs which complemented the six double brandies brilliantly! I'm sure the improvements to the imaginary music are real and not just in my head. Darren I would think that while double brandy listening test may not be quite as reliable as a double blind listening test, it must sure as hell be a lot more fun. Plus no painful forks in the eyes are required. In fact, careful and frequent use of double brandies would go a long way in helping to relieve the lack of an analog playback system. Luckily in the Netherlands there is another way to safely and legally relieve the pain of no LPs but it does require visits one's local coffeeshop every now and then. -- 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] What happened to the Sonic Impact Super T?
Gus;295027 Wrote: Hi Wolfgang, I believe what you've just bought is the replacement version for http://www.amazon.com/Sonic-Impact-15-Watt-Portable-Amplifier/dp/B9W44B and the amp I'm after (the Super T) is the model above that in terms of output. Gus Hello Everybody, Tripath filed for bankruptcy protection. Another Electronics Company bought them up. Production of the Tripath TA-2024 (15W by 2) has stopped. Tripath chips are still being produced by the new parent company but only the 100-watt and above chips. The Sonic Impact T Amp with the curved plastic top has the exact same chip and exact same output specs as the Sonic Impact Super T Amp. The difference was how they were packaged and what type of input and outputs they had on the box. The T amp has squeeze terminals and Super T has binding posts and gold plated RCAs. The case on the Super T looks more audiophile while the case on the original T amp looks more Mattel. The Super T Amp is no longer in production. They are available from people that bought them for $159 and now want to double their money. The Super T Amp NOS sells for $299.95 http://cgi.ebay.com/SONIC-IMPACT-AUDIO-AMPLIFIER-SUPER-T-AMP-5062-TAMP-NEW_W0QQitemZ290219886520QQihZ019QQcategoryZ3280QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1638Q2em118Q2el1247 That is a bunch of money to spend when the Sonic Impact Gen 2 looks nice and sells for $80. The Gen 2 also has a cleaned up and redesigned circuit board. The Super T Amps are notorious for cold solder joints. Sonic Impact Technologies bought up every TA-2024 they could get their hands on. The Gen 2 has squeeze terminal speaker outputs, a single 3.5 stereo input (which comes with a 3.5 male to stereo female RCA adapter), and 3.5 stereo headphone jack. It will run for about 12 hours nearly wide open on 8 AA batteries and also has a wall wart. It is 15x2 watts just as the other Sonic Impacts were. Hope this helps. I have a JPEG of the external photo layout sheet but it is to big to attach. Anybody that would like a copy, please PM an Email address to send it to. -- 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=46743 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Songs you use for critical listening
Timothy Stockman;295083 Wrote: Discovered Again - Dave Grusin (Sheffield Lab CD-5) Gaucho or Aja - Steely Dan (DIDX-56, DIDX-57, IIRC) Are good ones... And there are a few recordings I made myself at various live music events, either as demos for the bands or direct off the board when I was mixing the PA sound. Hey Tim could you upload the direct board stuff to http://www.archive.org/details/etree in FLAC, that is if there would be no band agreement violations? There are upload instructions in PDF format on the left side of the web page. -- 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
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Songs you use for critical listening
Iphone, Your latest intervention got me thinking could we legally start a share site within all of us friends in this forum? Im an urbanist, so I have no clue how to do this, but i launch the question to all of you I would surely cooperate fully -- 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] 2 weeks without LP's!
ralphpnj;295122 Wrote: Luckily in the Netherlands there is another way to safely and legally relieve the pain of no LPs but it does require visits one's local coffeeshop every now and then. Yes, you are completely right, if you want to find an all digital audiophile here in the Netherlands, go look for them in a Coffeeshop, they are always there relieving the alienated pain of not having vinyl. They say the therapy actually does work, however it only last a few hours; the only permanent cure is, well, you all know...to buy a hansom LP playback system. -- 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=46547 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Songs you use for critical listening
Little Red Rooster - The Persuasions, makes the hairs stand up on your neck on the right system Little Wing - Stevie Ray Vaughan, love that amplifier buzz! Brushed with Oil, Dusted with Powder - Scritti Politti. Great studio recording, as are all his albums OK - Talvin Singh, great recording of modern Asian music -- CardinalFang CardinalFang's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=962 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
GuyDebord wrote: Iphone, Your latest intervention got me thinking could we legally start a share site within all of us friends in this forum? I'm not iPhone, and IANAL, but I don't think you can do that legally in the US. The RIAA tends to claim such things are illegal collections and of course, given the DMCA that the RIAA wrote for our clueless congresscritters, we can't even talk about it. But there are many hosting companies that rent space cheaply. -- Pat Farrell http://www.pfarrell.com/ ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] How many reasons...
Can we come up with why this is a flawed product: http://whathifi.com/hi-fi/archive/2008/04/24/news-naim-s-audiophile-music-server.aspx Although it's good to see another entrant to the audiophile hard-disk-streaming world :) -- 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=46767 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] How many reasons...
I can see 3500 reasons I'd rather have a TP... -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46767 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] How many reasons...
just to warm up, I see a fan there, I sure hope those HD are well isolated, it rips only in wav? imagine ripping 20,000 cd's in a 4,500 pound device? doesnt seem to have extra digital in's or out's, no to say world clock inputs, and its excessively pricey. -- 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=46767 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What happened to the Sonic Impact Super T?
iPhone;295127 Wrote: It is 15x2 watts just as the other Sonic Impacts were. I read somewhere that they did make some changes to the output characteristics with the Gen 2, I think there was a bass rolloff on the original which was fixed? Something like that. Anyway, I had both and the gen 2 certainly sounds a lot better to me, and louder. A little googling found this (from http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/showthread/t-109033.html): The 2nd Gen is not a bass lightweight like the 1st Gen. In fact it has noticeably more power through the lower registers than my JVC Hybrid Feedback amp I have been using, which was significantly more powerful than the 1st Gen I had been using before it burnt out. It also seems somewhat more powerful, even though JVC rated their amp at 30wpc into 4ohm. Using Live Free or Die Hard DVD as a reference, the JVC, at maximum volume, provided what I would call reference level in my small space, theater level sound, distortion free, through explosions and whatnot. Using the 2nd Gen under the same conditions was louder, basically too loud to handle for any real period of time, even though it proved to be noticeably more clear and legible (more easily making out dialog against noise, including on example where I had not ever been able to make out a certain phrase at all using the JVC on speakers or my Grado SR-80 headphones). Since I haven't heard a 1st Gen in a very long time, I'm going to assume that my recollection of exactly how it sounded is worthless. Besides, I'm not using the same speakers as back then. In fact, I'm not using my speakers at all at the moment . . . they're in the shop. I'm listening over a pair of Pioneer A11 BiBs, and I can only compare directly between the 2nd Gen and the JVC. There was an immediate and surprising improvement between the JVC and the 2nd Gen. Not only was the bass of similar liveliness and weight and somewhat tighter detail, but there were greater improvements upward in frequency. Clarity, detail, soundstage . . . everything is better. So, my guess, just thinking technically, the 2nd Gen is likely a slight upgrade, enough to overcome the 100Hz rolloff of the 1st Gen, with likely similar, slight improvements all around. I'm also guessing that alot of improvement gained in my circumstance comes from the included power supply. Its quite a bit beefier than the one I had for my old 1st Gen, and a much better match. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46743 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What happened to the Sonic Impact Super T?
If you're handy with a soldering iron, there's an outfit in Sweden that does kit amps using the Tripath chips. See www.41hz.com. I've built the AMP6, which is the low-end one using a TA2020 chip. It was pretty easy to put together. (The other kits use quite a few surface mount components, and I for one don't feel comfortable with doing a lot of those. The AMP6 only has about a dozen SMDs - diodes and inductors, nothing really fiddly like you see in a Squeezebox). -- 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=46743 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What happened to the Sonic Impact Super T?
radish;295155 Wrote: I read somewhere that they did make some changes to the output characteristics with the Gen 2, I think there was a bass rolloff on the original which was fixed? Something like that. Anyway, I had both and the gen 2 certainly sounds a lot better to me, and louder. I would have to agree with your opinion. The Gen 2 is an improvement over the original. The switching power supply is better. The new circuit board is a huge improvement plus bigger and better caps. There are no excess blobs of solder on the board as there was with the original. These little units are easy to tweak to get some more performance out of them, like running them for off a 12VDC car battery. The Gen 1 was a steal at $39 for all the things it could be used for. The Gen 2 is still a good deal at $80 when all you need is a small amp. And it has volume control to boot! -- 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=46743 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] How many reasons...
adamslim;295145 Wrote: Can we come up with why this is a flawed product: http://whathifi.com/hi-fi/archive/2008/04/24/news-naim-s-audiophile-music-server.aspx Although it's good to see another entrant to the audiophile hard-disk-streaming world :) Hey at least Naim kept their promise to keep the price under $20,000. But $4500 pounds, they have to really think that the Naim name plate costs L3500. This is worse then what Mac is doing with their player which is really just an off the shelf Escient FireBall MX752 dressed up with the famous Glass Mac faceplate for an extra $2000. It really only does one thing that Transporter can not do, which is play the Linn and Naim high bit high rate downloads. Boy I hope Logitech is working on that. The future is upon us and it is not Blu-Ray audio, it is Network Media Servers and the Internet downloads of very high res audio and video. Off the subject, but I am here to tell you that services are coming that will allow one to download a movie or audio of Blu-ray quality for $8 a movie to a device that will hold only 10 moives. One will be able to keep 9 favorites for as long as one wants but will have to have one ready to delete when one wants a new movie, but sure they will let you re-download anything that you have already rented again for just a dollar. Goodbye Netflix and Blockbuster because one does not have to wait for the mail or have a queue. Just pick the movie one wants and watch it on ones big screen not on ones PC. -- 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=46767 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] How many reasons...
iPhone;295188 Wrote: It really only does one thing that Transporter can not do, which is play the Linn and Naim high bit high rate downloads. Boy I hope Logitech is working on that. Transporter firmware 40 in the beta SqueezeCenter supports those 88khz files. -- SuperQ SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46767 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Songs you use for critical listening
GuyDebord;295138 Wrote: Iphone, Your latest intervention got me thinking could we legally start a share site within all of us friends in this forum? Im an urbanist, so I have no clue how to do this, but i launch the question to all of you I would surely cooperate fully Pfarrell is right, no can do. Copyrighted file sharing is not legal in the States and probably not anywhere else either. Live performances fall into a semi-gray area when the performance is recorded by an individual with premission of the artist for personal or not for profit use. If you are plugged into the mixing board, you have premission, but one could still not have the right to post it to the Archive depending on what one signed to be able to plug into the board. The Archive is a place to post legal live recording for the sole purpose of not for profit sharing. These recording fall into three types. Board direct, band allowed mike setup area, and the poorest quality is the fan with two mikes held above his head. Digitalsoundboard.net http://app1.dsbd.net/dsb/index.jsp is the legal for profit place to pick up high quality live performances right off the soundboard. What I thought of a long time ago was to setup a music storage service like Music Locker but allow anybody paying to store music access to all stored files (listen/read only not able to download). The RIAA said no even though the non-owner of a song could only listen to it and not download it to keep, share, or burn. I have had three personal experencies with the RIAA. Have never been sued by them, but have been told that if I or my band members/friends continued doing what we were doing that they would. It is not a fair thing that one can not even play live ones own published music in the bar that one owns. -- 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
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Songs you use for critical listening
iPhone;295199 Wrote: Pfarrell is right, no can do. Copyrighted file sharing is not legal in the States and probably not anywhere else either. Live performances fall into a semi-gray area when the performance is recorded by an individual with premission of the artist for personal or not for profit use. If you are plugged into the mixing board, you have premission, but one could still not have the right to post it to the Archive depending on what one signed to be able to plug into the board. The Archive is a place to post legal live recording for the sole purpose of not for profit sharing. These recording fall into three types. Board direct, band allowed mike setup area, and the poorest quality is the fan with two mikes held above his head. Digitalsoundboard.net http://app1.dsbd.net/dsb/index.jsp is the legal for profit place to pick up high quality live performances right off the soundboard. What I thought of a long time ago was to setup a music storage service like Music Locker but allow anybody paying to store music access to all stored files (listen/read only not able to download). The RIAA said no even though the non-owner of a song could only listen to it and not download it to keep, share, or burn. I have had three personal experencies with the RIAA. Have never been sued by them, but have been told that if I or my band members/friends continued doing what we were doing that they would. It is not a fair thing that one can not even play live ones own published music in the bar that one owns. Ive heard and read stories about the RIAA, sure plays along the contemporary meaning to freedom in America today. Sorry to hear that. -- 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 using external word clock
Just to make sure, I'm posting a small screenshot of the file conversation setting I currently have on Squeezecenter. This should convert flac to wav on the server, correct? +---+ |Filename: flac.JPG | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=4951| +---+ -- 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
Does anyone wonder why virtually no one really gives a s*** about obtaining music illegally now? It's just one in a long list of things that modern people pretend publically that they don't do. MC -- ModelCitizen Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. It's the music, stupid. 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=46640 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] How many reasons...
The point about NAIM is that their gear just sounds superb. The rest is details ;-/ Got it? MC -- ModelCitizen Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. It's the music, stupid. 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=46767 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Songs you use for critical listening
iPhone;295129 Wrote: Hey Tim could you upload the direct board stuff to http://www.archive.org/details/etree in FLAC, that is if there would be no band agreement violations? There are upload instructions in PDF format on the left side of the web page. Some of the stuff I recorded goes back as far as the mid-1980s. I used a Sony PCM-701ES digital adapter, later a pair of ADAT recorders. What's cool, though, is that all of my recordings, even back in the mid-1980s, are done with a digital recorder of some sort. I still have a PCM-501ES to play back the F1 tapes, but I'd have to borrow an ADAT to play those; I sold my ADATs. Sorry, but to be fair to those involved, I should probably not post this stuff to the Internet. Some of the recordings are demo tapes, which I recorded at the request of the band for their use, while with others, they were recorded from the PA sound board as I was running it for my own use as a tool to evaluate the mix. -- Timothy Stockman Timothy Stockman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8867 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] How many reasons...
ModelCitizen;295227 Wrote: The point about NAIM is that their gear just sounds superb. The rest is details ;-/ Got it? MC Well - no not really. Naim is OK. Not definitive. IMHO. I find it rather tiresome personally. -- 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=46767 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] How many reasons...
To be fair, it says it rips CDs at fuil .wav resolution – 16-bit 44.1kHz. This could still mean it uses FLAC on the backend for compression. On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 1:14 PM, GuyDebord [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: just to warm up, I see a fan there, I sure hope those HD are well isolated, it rips only in wav? imagine ripping 20,000 cd's in a 4,500 pound device? doesnt seem to have extra digital in's or out's, no to say world clock inputs, and its excessively pricey. ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] How many reasons...
GuyDebord;295240 Wrote: I guess fierce marketing this days is still pounding strong. Nothing to do with brand/marketing. NAIM just swings where other don't. You can hear it. ;-) MC -- ModelCitizen Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. It's the music, stupid. 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=46767 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] How many reasons...
ModelCitizen;295250 Wrote: Nothing to do with brand/marketing. NAIM just swings where other don't. You can hear it. ;-) MC Nope, -you- can hear it. :) Darren -- darrenyeats SB3 / Inguz - Krell KAV-300i (pre bypass) - PMC AB-1 Dell laptop - JVC UX-C30 mini system darrenyeats's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10799 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46767 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] 2 weeks without LP's!
GuyDebord;293729 Wrote: Nice thought, or it could also be because the medium is more involving, you have to do far more things than pressing a button from your couch... But this is precisely part of the experience of vinyl. However, ultimately, the sound that comes out of an LP caresses your ears while you listen, and that is less fatiguing anyhow. I agree with behaagensen, it is necessary to pause in-between records with any Slim Device... Well, if the vinyl ritual increases musical involvement, we should make it even more eccentric and difficult. Maybe if we recited Chaucer - backwards - in Polish - while cleaning our LPs it would be even more involving. And you guys really pause between albums during Squeezebox playback? Why not go one better and pause between Side A and Side B? -- Pale Blue Ego Pale Blue Ego's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=110 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] What happened to the Sonic Impact Super T?
Thanks cliveb, iphone and radish. That helps. I'm trying to find a stockist in the Sydney (Aus) area to go in and have a look for the 2nd gen amp. Have a great weekend (sorry to rub it in, but this is the Anzac Day long weekend). Gus -- Gus Gus's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14417 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46743 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] transporter using external word clock
With fw40 I no longer have popping issues. Walt Shields -- wshields wshields's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8639 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
Thanks for the info Walt. After further testing, I can conclude that the popping definitely goes away if I turn brightness to 0 (no display) while playing. This is so for AES, coax and toslink. There is no popping if the DCC2 is slaved to the Transporter. Which version of Squeezecenter are you using? 7.0.1 or 7.1? Also, is your file conversion setting for flac the same from the pic I posted before you upgraded to fw40? -- 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] How many reasons...
ModelCitizen;295227 Wrote: The point about NAIM is that their gear just sounds superb. The rest is details ;-/ Got it? MC I like Naim gear. They have an idea how HiFi should sound and they make that there mission. All that is fine and it is up to me whether I buy it or not. For my money, I will spend it else where. My real issue is the price. Or am I wrong that 4500 pounds translates to about $9000 USD? -- 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=46767 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Volume settings.
Well, I bought an MC402 amp today. I'm going to try running the TP straight into the amp. I'm concerned about the volume. I don't want any issues with the digital volume on the TP. One thing I was wondering, under what conditions could or would the volume reset to 0.0 dB? Power cycle? Anything else? regards, David -- wireless200 wireless200's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11887 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46786 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Volume settings.
wireless200 wrote: One thing I was wondering, under what conditions could or would the volume reset to 0.0 dB? Power cycle? Anything else? Er, I would not phrase it this way. Sean, knower of all engineering on TP and Squeezeboxen, says you should setup your amp so that you can run 0 dB and not destroy anything. Especially not burn up audiophile speakers. Its OK if the 0 dB setting it too loud for long term listening, but you don't want it to be 130 dB either. Which means using attenuators if the non-volume adjusted signal is too loud. There are many fixed and inexpensive audiophile attenuators listed in the forum archives. This approach allows you to turn down the volume with the remote, say a Controller, for comfort, but still be safe in case something happens that causes it to go WFO. The transporter is a computer. While its more reliable than most computers, I would not try to enumerate all possible ways for a computer to mess up. The speakers you save may be your own. ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Volume settings.
pfarrell;295319 Wrote: wireless200 wrote: One thing I was wondering, under what conditions could or would the volume reset to 0.0 dB? Power cycle? Anything else? [...] The transporter is a computer. While its more reliable than most computers, I would not try to enumerate all possible ways for a computer to mess up. The speakers you save may be your own. Ok I see how to adjust the attenuaters in the manual. I'll try it that way. thanks. -- wireless200 wireless200's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11887 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46786 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] audio insanity
Its unfortunate that he has to get up to change the music :0 -- grrman Daily Gearhead grrman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16052 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46270 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
