Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] audio insanity
I think that there is a significal difference betwen the two systems presended here. The one opp showed seemed like somone that just had to much money and whent out and bourgt all the most expensiv hifi he could find and stuff it all in one room. I know a couple of guys in the tact comunity that have visited jean yeves system in france , the say that with fast rock pop music it sounds strange , but put on some classic stuff and you will piss your pants. The system dosnet have enything to do with just enjoying listning to music , its goal is to come as close to the real thing as possible and in yeans case that is a classiv music concert. Jean yves system is different, jean yves he has been building and optimzing this system for many years, Its a continuasly evolution and everytime there is somthing that could be done better being amps, speakre drivers it gets replaced, infact he replaced his former14 cary triod tube amps with modded tcat 2150 amps. He is now the importer of tact audio , shunyata, and goto, for france . He have several of people working on his system , all the tact amps are higly moddified, and have wordclock inputs. He uses two higely moddified tact 2.2 xps as digital crossovers for the goto drivers, and ale horn system And it demands serious skills setting it up. If you read in the inteviewhe explains that the next thing in his sytem will be a computer based fronend instead of the esoteric/dcs he had before, thats was in 2003, -- harmonic harmonic's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6879 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
I think that there is a significal difference betwen the two systems presended here. The one opp showed seemed like somone that just had to much money and whent out and bourgt all the most expensiv hifi he could find and stuff it all in one room. Jean yves system is different, jean yves he has been building and optimzing this system for many years, Its a continuasly evolution and everytime there is somthing that could be done better being amps, speakre drivers it gets replaced, infact he replaced his former14 cary triod tube amps with modded tcat 2150 amps. He is now the importer of tact audio , shunyata, and goto, for france . He have several of people working on his system , all the tact amps are higly moddified, and have wordclock inputs. He uses two higely moddified tact 2.2 xps as digital crossovers for the goto drivers, and ale horn system And it demands serious skills setting it up. I know a couple of guys in the tact comunity that have actualy heard jean yeves system, the say that with fast rock pop music it sounds strange , but put on some classic stuff and you will piss your pants. The system dosnet have enything to do with just enjoying listning to music , its goal is to come as close to the real thing as possible and in yeans case that is a classiv music concert. If you read in the inteviewhe explains that the next thing in his sytem will be a computer based fronend instead of the esoteric/dcs he had before, thats was in 2003, -- harmonic harmonic's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6879 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] Where to get a quality balun in the UK
David I think you can save yourself the trip to Maplin - their item is marked as 'web only'. Chris -- chill chill's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10839 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=47000 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Radio quality ?
For hearing new music, I'm addicted to KCRW. Unfortunately they only have a 128K stream, which, with a good set of headphones (i use GradoSR125's at work) sounds incredibly inferior to 192 k streams or higher. just found this classical station at the aforementioned classical music site http://shoutcast.omroep.nl:8096/listen.pls I believe that RadioIO jazz used to stream at higher bitrate than it does now, though please correct me if I am wrong. It all boils down to supply and demand and unfortunately we live in the ipod age, if only more people demanded the higher bitrates! -- mmg_fan mmg_fan's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9157 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46935 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] BNC or RCA which should I use?
The proud owner of a new transporter. Plan to connect it via S/PDIF to an AV processor to use its DACs. Want to know whether I should use the RCA S/PDIF output (75ohm, capacitor coupled) or the BNC output (75ohm tranformer coupled). Not sure why both are provided, or why they differ. Any advice most welcome. -- Andy8421 Andy8421's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16846 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=47046 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] BNC or RCA which should I use?
Andy8421 wrote: The proud owner of a new transporter. Plan to connect it via S/PDIF to an AV processor to use its DACs. Want to know whether I should use the RCA S/PDIF output (75ohm, capacitor coupled) or the BNC output (75ohm tranformer coupled). Not sure why both are provided, or why they differ. Any advice most welcome. Sorry, not clear what you're doing. Do you mean you're going to use the DAC in the AV processor? If so, which AV processor? I'd be surprised if it sounds as good as the Transporter DACs. R. ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] BNC or RCA which should I use?
Andy8421;297407 Wrote: The proud owner of a new transporter. Plan to connect it via S/PDIF to an AV processor to use its DACs. Want to know whether I should use the RCA S/PDIF output (75ohm, capacitor coupled) or the BNC output (75ohm tranformer coupled). Sorry I am curious- If you were going to use the use the DAC of an AV processor, why did you buy a Transporter in the first place? What sets the Transporter against the SB3 is largely its digital audio system. Or do you have a killer AV processor? -- agentsmith System 1: SB2 and a mostly Naim system System 2: SB2 connected digitally to a Meridian F80 agentsmith's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1838 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=47046 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Duet Sound
JJZolx;297072 Wrote: Hmmm... If I understand how bitrate limiting and the file format conversions work, then ALAC would normally be streamed as Flac when Bitrate Limiting is set to 'No Limit'. Meaning that LAME isn't used and the LAME Quality Level has no effect. I did change the switch about the same time... thanks -- pski pski's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15574 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46079 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Anyone tried ERS Cloth on their Power Supply
Has anyone tired any of this stuff on a SB power supply-either a stock modded elpac type? I've been fooling around with it on my dac and its starting to peak my curiosity after initially thinking it had no effect -- kbuzz kbuzz's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15313 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=47063 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Anyone tried ERS Cloth on their Power Supply
I have in my custom Super Squeezebox. I have lined the inner panels of my PS enclosure as well as the Squeezebox and DAC chassis as well. I also placed a small amount wrapped around the input/output wires and the digital pulse transformer, in an effort to prevent RFI/EMI energy from affecting them. -- crooner Customized dual chassis Super Squeezebox EAD DSP-7000 Series III DAC with HDCD and mods. VPI Scout with Benz Micro Glider M2 Marantz 10B tube FM tuner Marantz 7C tube preamp Marantz 8B tube power amp 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=47063 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] BNC or RCA which should I use?
Guys, Thanks for the replies. I have a Krell Showcase processor, driving Krell Showcase amplifiers into Martin Logan Aeon electrostatics. I have tried the transporter driving the amps directly (the Krell uses XLR balanced connections between processor and Amp, so it easy to swap in) and while it sounds different to the Krell, I have not been able to convince myself that it sounds better. I guess it is all a case of personal preference. The convenience factor of being able to use the Krell is significant, as it is as the heart of my home cinema set up, but before I made the final decision I wanted to give the Krell the best chance to show what it could do - hence the desire to use the best S/PDIF output from the transporter to drive it. There is much on the web and in this forum about the hazards of jitter on S/PDIF and a number of advocates of replacing S/PDIF output circuitry on the SB3 and Duet to improve the shape and reduce jitter of the S/PDIF pulses. Most mods revolve around using a pulse transformer rather than a capacitor coupled link. I was interested that Slim provide both on the transporter and wondered if anyone had tried and A/B comparison to find which was better. To be fair, nothing to stop me from doing that. As for why the transporter, I started with a Duet driving the Krell, then bought an SB3, and have now moved on to a transporter. While I think the Duet and SB3 are great products (and I plan to use them in other rooms in the house) they never sounded comparable to my meridian CD player driving the Krell direct. While I may have been imagining most of it, other members of the family (including my very sceptical Wife) were able to tell the difference on blind A/B tests. -- Andy8421 Andy8421's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16846 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=47046 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] BNC or RCA which should I use?
There is no point in using a 75 Ohm output if either the connectors, line or termination are not 75 Ohms. If your cable is a 75 Ohm cable and the connectors on it are 75 Ohm connectors and the amplifier termination is 75 Ohms then use the BNC output. There also isn't much to be point in using controlled impedance lines at low frequencies (such as SPDIF) unless the line is VERY long. 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=47046 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
