Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Timing Jitter question
A most succinct and balanced reply. The only thing I want to add is to point out that if your DAC has a clock out then you can slave the Transporter to it, which should reduce jitter to almost zero, although is probably not quite as low as the 'internal' Transporter system. Oh plus the standard health warning: WARNING: The audibility of jitter in the low picoseconds is disputed. Other factors may affect sound quality. This thread may self-destruct in ten seconds. -- 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=47491 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Two Questions Before I buy a Transporter
I too have a Z-sys, they did implement a loopback , but the firmware that provided it was flaky. It's evidently been re-instated. I can tell you this however, I think it's a better idea to go for the SB and an external DAC unless you need the transporters features as imho , its dac is very cold and lifeless and in my system the transporter is not an improvment over my CDP barring the convenience of having your music at your fingertips. -- Rodney_Gold Sb3/Z-sys RDP1/meridian DSP5500's TP/X-cans v3/Senns 650's TP/TACT 2.0/SCM 50a's TP/Meridian DSP5000's The nicest thing about smacking your head against the wall is...the feeling you get when you stop Rodney_Gold's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14618 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=47496 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Why no Nightly 7.1 Bin File
Audiophiles is the wrong forum for this. Try the one of the deveopers forums instead. -- funkstar funkstar's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2335 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=47481 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Analog sound Xbox 360 vs SB3?
pablolie, I do plan on auditioning a deperate DAC in mysystem some time down the road. For now, I am really just looking to get the best analog performance from a streamer that i can for my price point. The xbox 360 just sounds to dull and lifeless in comparison to the same tracks from a CD. I am hoping to snag a SB3 to try out and see what improvements i can gain in that regard. I also don't have to turn the darn Tv on just to start media center pick a playlist:) For the money convenience the SB3 looks to be the best choice so far. Brandon -- bigbwb bigbwb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17407 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=47401 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] FW42, and revisiting some FW40 bugs
Rob Stone;300883 Wrote: However, if I am listening the to Music LibraryPlaylists/selected song and then decide I want to listen to a CD via the digital inputsBNC Coax S/PDIF, making that selection, still no problem. When, I want to return to the selection in the Music LibraryPlaylists, going back through the menu, I arrive at the original selection and hit play, the display shows the selection now playing, but I continue to hear the digital input. I have not found a way to switch from the digital input to any other source. The only way I can get to another input is to power the unit off from the remote. Turn it back on, hit play and then I can hear the selection from Music Library. Rob Stone The exact same thing is happening to me. -- jazztime jazztime's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4951 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=47315 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] FW42, and revisiting some FW40 bugs
Lectric Larry;300887 Wrote: Just tried to upgrade to todays build. The firmware loaded with no problems, but, the web interface was completely whacked. Went back to a version from 10 April and everything is fine. Should I completely uninstall Squeezecenter, prefs, etc. before upgrading to the nightly builds? Did you try clearing your browser's cache? That usually fixes web interface problems for me without having to do any uninstalling, etc. I'm running today's 7.1 svn code with no major web interface problems. -- gharris999 gharris999's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=115 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=47315 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Best method of connection for SB Classic to AMP
I have just move my Arcam Alpha 7 into the living room and now have my sb3 conected via RCA. Noticeable improvement, epspecially in base. My quandry is this, my front two speakers wharfdale diamond 9.1s are now plugged into the Arcam. I still want to use them for my front lr channels in my 5.1 setup. As i don't watch movies as frequently as listening to audio i intend to just swap the speaker cable between the 2 amps. Is this ok to do ? Is there a more convenient method without sacrificing the quality. I eventually intend to replace the 5.1 existing amp with a soundar solution. Possibly the Yamaha 30d for it's HDMI connection. Any thoughts ? I know the true surround will be missing. -- tank121 tank121's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17169 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46921 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Two Questions Before I buy a Transporter
Rodney_Gold wrote: I too have a Z-sys, they did implement a loopback , but the firmware that provided it was flaky. It's evidently been re-instated. FW40 provided the loop capability. I've been using it without any problems. Others have had some issues which have been confirmed as bugs. FW42 is now available which addresses some of the issues found in FW40. I can tell you this however, I think it's a better idea to go for the SB and an external DAC unless you need the transporters features as imho , its dac is very cold and lifeless and in my system the transporter is not an improvment over my CDP barring the convenience of having your music at your fingertips. Better advice: get one and try it for yourself. I find the Transporter anything but cold and lifeless, but the only way to tell if you like it is to try it. R. ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Two Questions Before I buy a Transporter
Seems fw42 also has issues. I have another problem with my Xporter too , the tactile knob that was broken from day 1 and now my right dispay has lost the top half of itself. Sheesh...maybe mine is also broken sonically ... -- Rodney_Gold Sb3/Z-sys RDP1/meridian DSP5500's TP/X-cans v3/Senns 650's TP/TACT 2.0/SCM 50a's TP/Meridian DSP5000's The nicest thing about smacking your head against the wall is...the feeling you get when you stop Rodney_Gold's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14618 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=47496 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] please urgent answer - want to be shure
I have SB3-Threshold DAC-Threshold S200 amp . As you see I don't have a pre-amp . I just installed SqueezeCenter 7.0 and I have seen Digital Volume Control . My question is Can I use my DAC into amp without burn my speakers ? It's working with SB3 ? Do I need other settings ? thanks solo -- solo_400 solo_400's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9623 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=47520 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] please urgent answer - want to be shure
You can't be sure. (Shure is an audio company, makes nice microphones). The recommendation is to validate that the system can run at wide open volume from your SB3, through the amp to the speakers. If you can listen to it, then you are probably fine. But if you need to use the SB3's volume control to keep from frying the tweeters, then you may have a problem in the rare case that the SB3 software gets weird, has a bug, etc. So the recommendation is that if your system can't run wide open listening to music, you should get either some attenuators, or use a preamp. There are nice audiophile attenuators that are fairly inexpensive, search the forum archives -- pfarrell Pat http://www.pfarrell.com/music/slimserver/slimsoftware.html pfarrell's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=200 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=47520 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] please urgent answer - want to be shure
Connecting directly to an amp is an extremely bad idea. Some people like the idea of having less stuff in the signal path, but this thinking is completely wrong when it comes to matching signal levels. Besides the obvious safety reasons, you need analog attenuation to maintain a good signal to noise ratio. Fixed in-line attenuators (just a pair of resistors) are a good solution, or you can use Transporter's internal jumpers (which do the same thing). -- seanadams seanadams's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=47520 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
