Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Controller
Since the Transporter is much greater than the Squeezebox, you could call it the Symphony package. :-) -- SuperQ SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=47713 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Speaker upgrade
Hi, I think the 1050 is hard to beat for that money. Your room should not be too small, as the speakers do some serious bottom end if you compare it with your Diamonds. The MS is a bit lighter on the lower end (no surprise with one woofer only) and a bit brighter. Not wrong, but differnt compared with the 1050 Best regards Finkaudio -- finkaudio finkaudio's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16642 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=47681 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Controller
I can't wait for mine! I currently use my Transporter with the display turned off so the Controller couldn't have come @ a better time. -- czhang czhang's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16785 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=47713 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] FW42, and revisiting some FW40 bugs
mikel51;302445 Wrote: > hmmm. I updated to 7.1 for my ReadyNAS a few days ago and it installed > FW 40 on my transporter. Then I switched back to running my > transporter off my windows machine server and it loaded FW36 onto my > transporter. Unfortunately, the transporter no longer output music. > Then I went back to the ReadyNAS and FW40 and it worked. I waited a > few days and put 7.1 - 19634 onto both the ReadyNAS and windoze > servers, and this installed FW42 onto the transporter. All was good > for a few days, but then the transporter started degausing several > times/minute. > > I just reinstalled the supported new 7.01 release and this reinstalled > FW37. Now I have the worst of both worlds: no music is coming out of > my transporter and it is still degausing. > > Any suggestions? You need to reprogram Xilinx..restart your transporter and hold down 1 as its powering up then you'll be able to hear music again. -- 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=47315 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] FW42, and revisiting some FW40 bugs
hmmm. I updated to 7.1 for my ReadyNAS a few days ago and it installed FW 40 on my transporter. Then I switched back to running my transporter off my windows machine server and it loaded FW36 onto my transporter. Unfortunately, the transporter no longer output music. Then I went back to the ReadyNAS and FW40 and it worked. I waited a few days and put 7.1 - 19634 onto both the ReadyNAS and windoze servers, and this installed FW42 onto the transporter. All was good for a few days, but then the transporter started degausing several times/minute. I just reinstalled the supported new 7.01 release and this reinstalled FW37. Now I have the worst of both worlds: no music is coming out of my transporter and it is still degausing. Any suggestions? -- mikel51 mikel51's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16688 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] Controller
I just got mine yesterday and although I had handled one at CES and expected it to be good for my use, I'm floored with how great it actually is. Further proof that Sean, Dean, and the rest of the company "get it". Lots of revolutionary technology that will keep the big boys playing catch up. Couldn't be happier with it. I had been holding out for the Controller to be available separately, but gave up and agreed to split up a Duet last week with another forum member (mere hours before it was available standalone :-) ). As cool as you expect it to be based on specs and screen shots; it sells itself on first use. I'm taking mine to a buddy's house tomorrow morning (I turned him onto Slim Devices a couple of years ago) and expect him to place his order by lunch. I agree it would be a nice upgrade to get with the Transporter as something of a price break over purchasing separately. -- twylie Thecus N5200 -> transporter -> Krell KRC2 -> 4 x nuforce 8b -> Von Schweikert VR-4 Gen III Thecus N5200 -> SB3 -> Monarchy DIP -> Monarchy Super DIP -> Monarchy 18b -> AES 845 monos -> Sonus Faber Concertos / Audio Physic Sparks twylie's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=956 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=47713 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Controller
got my Duet package from USA today. i am very pleased with the "Controller",it's one smart piece of hardware and thanks and congrats to all who were involved in it's development. i purchased the Duet to get the controller as a replacement remote to use with my Transporter,mabye Logitech will consider these two as a package... one more reason Slim Devices/Logitech are streets ahead of Linn/Naim etc (imho) of course!. dennis -- dennis55 dennis55's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8884 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=47713 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] M-audio Audiophile 2496 sound card problem
Alls well that ends well. After some further PCI card juggling I finally got the 2496 to work. In case it is any use to anyone else, the trick was to reboot at least once after every change. I used Device Manager to "uninstall" all the PCI cards one at a time. Reboot. Reboot again. Go onto next card and repeat process. Once all the cards were out, shut down and add the 2496 back in first. Reboot. Check it is working. Shut down. Put back next card. Reboot. Check 2496 is working. Repeat with each card. In the end I worked out that it always seemed to stop working when I put in my USB 2.0 add-in card. So I left that card out. It is now sharing IRQ 18 with my PCI modem, but it does not seem to mind that. I now have no spare USB ports, but I have a hub if an extra one is needed. That will teach me to put in a sound card on the 13th! Ripped my first LP to WAV files using Spin-it-again this evening. Converted the files to FLAC using MediaMonkey. Edited the Tags using Tag-and-Rename. Excluding the recording time it took 40 minutes to process. I am sure I can get that down to around 20 with practice. The input levels seemed a bit low (max about 75%), but the end result FLAC files sound tremendous. Phew! -- TheLastMan Matt TheLastMan's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16021 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=47629 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Simpler (less demanding) EQ than Inguz?
Ok I'll give Inguz a go - my experiments with it on the home server (mucking around with room correction) are that it is wildly inefficient...the cpu goes bananas when it is on and it effects streaming video (which the server is also used for). Worst that can happen is I need to uninstall it I guess... -- bossanova808 bossanova808's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=619 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=47667 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New tool for ripping DVD-As
DVDA Explorer -- 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=47576 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New tool for ripping DVD-As
Are you referring to "DVD-Audio Explorer" or "DVD-A Explorer" (two different programs)? -- TiredLegs TiredLegs's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6201 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=47576 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Bybee silver bullet, $4200 for four
iPhone wrote: > But in the end isn’t all about compromise. We are compromising the fact > that we don’t have time to go see a live performance. We then try to > recreate a three dimensional living event with a compromised copy of > the event played on equipment that can never recreate the live event. Right, its about the music. I have a good system, it can reproduce small scale music events with very realistic sound. It can make nice sounding symphonic music, but it never makes me think that I'm sitting in the Kennedy Center listening to Richardo Muti. Probably because I know that the orchestra will not fit in my listening room. A chamber group, or a bluegrass band, or a jazz trio will fit, and I can be fooled into thinking they are really here. -- Pat Farrell http://www.pfarrell.com/ ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Bybee silver bullet, $4200 for four
chinablues;302211 Wrote: > About 40 years ago as a 'summer student' I did some high voltage cable > connector testing at the CEGB in Leatherhead, UK (used to be UK > CEGB..Central Electicity Generating Board). Yeah, it was true > then...the silver soldered high compression guys won out over the > compressed only ones. Mind you this was with short circuit currents of > about 10k Amp. We stood behind a 2" thick glass plate window to watch > the action in case the cables blew out of their holders. If I recall, > the cables were about 1.5" in diameter. Ohms Law wins every time in > speaker cables, unless of course physics has altered significatly in > the intervening years! (IMHO of course) > > Dan Hey Dan. Would have liked to have been there for that. Actually the very best connection for audio IMHO is high compression mechanical only. The only problem is that the connection degrades a little more every day as far as audio is concerned because of the materials involved in high-end audio (namely copper and silver). Just cant squeeze out all the air or get all the metal to blend no matter how much pressure is used (within reason and without destroying the spade). So in the end, bi-metal corrosion and oxidation start taking their toll on the connection audio wise. The best compromise has been to finish the high compression mechanical connection by soldering it with high-grade silver solder. And when it comes to soldering, Metcal is my preferred tool of choice. But in the end isnt all about compromise. We are compromising the fact that we dont have time to go see a live performance. We then try to recreate a three dimensional living event with a compromised copy of the event played on equipment that can never recreate the live event. Not as bad a starting place with a studio recording, but still trying to recreate the impossible. So for me the idea is to get as close as I can with the money I am willing to throw at it with an end result of a sound that is very real and pleasing to me (and still have money left over for 6 symphony and 2 popular concerts a month). -- 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=47613 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Speaker upgrade
I know you are UK based. I am pretty sure that there are European sellers on Audiogon and I know that US sellers (not all) will ship to Europe. -- Shredder Shredder's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11380 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=47681 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] CD Player as DAC recommendation?
loxllxol;302059 Wrote: > So if I'm reading this correctly, you're using an external DAC with the > Logitech Transporter? Not quite, I have a SB3. The transport I'm referring to is the CD transport. From my experience, the sound I'm getting with the CD transport and DAC is different than using the SB3 as a transport with the DAC. -- silverarrows silverarrows's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14641 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42020 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Speaker upgrade
I'm UK based -- tank121 tank121's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17169 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=47681 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Simpler (less demanding) EQ than Inguz?
I thought windows had the option of a "nice" level these days. The EQ only option for the plugin should use a lot less CPU time than the full room correction mode. -- SuperQ SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=47667 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Speaker upgrade
I would look at Audiogon. Your money will go much farther. -- Shredder Shredder's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11380 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=47681 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Simpler (less demanding) EQ than Inguz?
Inguz definitely uses more processing power with my room correction filters on than with just the eq. So you might find that with only eq it's fine. -- opaqueice opaqueice's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4234 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=47667 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Bybee silver bullet, $4200 for four
iPhone;301865 Wrote: > > > For my money, and for that matter for any amount of money, it is my > opinion that nothing beats a proper high compression mechanical > connection between speaker cable and a silver spade that is finished > off with 6% silver solder when it comes to speaker cable termination. > Again, my opinion and YMMV. About 40 years ago as a 'summer student' I did some high voltage cable connector testing at the CEGB in Leatherhead, UK (used to be UK CEGB..Central Electicity Generating Board). Yeah, it was true then...the silver soldered high compression guys won out over the compressed only ones. Mind you this was with short circuit currents of about 10k Amp. We stood behind a 2" thick glass plate window to watch the action in case the cables blew out of their holders. If I recall, the cables were about 1.5" in diameter. Ohms Law wins every time in speaker cables, unless of course physics has altered significatly in the intervening years! (IMHO of course) Dan -- chinablues chinablues's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7955 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=47613 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Power supply A/B
It is often said that the switch mode PS will affect other components (although I have no personal experience, having a TP). Might be worth having another go, but unplugging the stock PS when listening to the alternative. To Superq: you mean you agreed on the ones you liked the sound of, and she though best matched the home decor! (Sorry, couldn't resist the terribly un-pc sexist joke). -- 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=47658 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Speaker upgrade
Currently i have my Wharfedale 9.1 diamonds sitting on my wooden av cabinet. They are connected to my Arcam Alpha 7 amp and sb3. I know they should be on stands and i have some nice Custom Design stands but i don't think heavy speakers,stands and my 3yr son are a good mix ! I'm looking to replace the speakers with some floor standers. My budget is up to £200.00. They will be used for just 2 channel audio. I'm looking at - Q ACOUSTICS 1050 MORDAUNT SHORT AVANT 914i Your thoughts please Any good online deals, the Q Acoustics at Superfi are £199.00 -- tank121 tank121's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17169 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=47681 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Simpler (less demanding) EQ than Inguz?
I've never installed the Inguz plugin, so can't comment on how lightweight it is, but from the web page it would appear to be what you require, with the ADDED option of room correction. In other words, if you don't want room correction, it still seems to offer a nice, 2, 3, 5 or 9 band equalizer. I would imagine that any plugin that tries to accomplish this will have a similar processing load on the server, and I suspect that the load is quite considerable given the calculations that have to be done. But like I said, I haven't installed this plugin, so am only guessing. Others with more experience of the plugin could advise better. Have you tried it, or did you, like me, discount it after a first look because you don't have a suitable microphone for measuring your room's response? -- chill chill's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10839 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=47667 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Simpler (less demanding) EQ than Inguz?
I'd really like to avoid extra hardware if possible. At the moment it's an Sb3 into AudioEngines and it's a very neat little solution but I feel it could be tweaked to be better...or at least more how I like it. -- bossanova808 bossanova808's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=619 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=47667 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] M-audio Audiophile 2496 sound card problem
cliveb;302139 Wrote: > ...I'd be looking at a different brand. That occurred to me too. > By the way, I have nothing against M-Audio: I use a 2496 myself (driven > from a Linn LP12/Ittok/Karma/Naim 42.5, as it happens), and it has > never given me any trouble. Aha! a fellow old-time Brit audiophile :-) Judging by the price of s/h Naim amps, there are still a few of us about. I could sell my 42/140 for about £350. That is £100 more than I bought it for s/h in 1992! My old 42 has been brought back into service as the pre-amp for my 140 which is now amplifying the squeezebox in my main living room system after the Linn and 72/hi-cap were relocated to the lof... er audio editing suite ;-) To be honest (apart from a few crackles from the volume control) it sounds almost as good as the 72/hi-cap, particularly if it has been left on for a day or so. > > Edit: One last thing. Whatever soundcard you end up with, assuming it's > a semi-pro or pro device then you'll almost certainly find that the tape > feed from the NAC72 isn't hot enough, so you may need to use the main > outputs instead (and use the 72's volume control to set the recording > level). Ah right, I was struggling to find a way to adjust levels in the 2496 when it locked up the first time. You are right, the levels did seem a little low and there didn't seem to be any way to adjust them. I would need to use the output from the hi-cap then. Ordinary DIN->Phono i/o cables wouldn't work, so I would need a modified 4 pin "Snaic" cable with the main outputs terminated in a pair of phonos rather than another DIN. I might get my local Naim dealer to knock one up. They might even be standard issue as there must be plenty of others out there using Naim pre-amps with other brand power amps. Thanks for the tips! -- TheLastMan Matt TheLastMan's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16021 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=47629 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Simpler (less demanding) EQ than Inguz?
bossanova808 wrote: > I've looked but can't find a plugin that offers a simple set of EQ > controls (not room correction etc) but in a relatively lightweight form > (on Win32) > > I'd like it to bew lightweight because it will be running on our main > server here at work, so would prefer something that does not > significantly impact server performance for our other 'more important' > things. > > Does such a thing exist? Any chance of a cut down Inguz or Brute on > Win32?? > > I'd be happy to Paypal some dollars for such a thing, if it existed... You're probably better off getting an external, hardware EQ unit. Something like the Behringer DEQ2496. R. ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Power supply A/B
Having established that you preferred the SB3 with the Elpac, you should then have swapped the power supplies on the two SB3 and redone the comparison. It strikes me as entirely plausible that sample variation between the SB3s could be at least as large as any difference due to the power supplies. -- 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=47658 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] M-audio Audiophile 2496 sound card problem
TheLastMan;301993 Wrote: > Interesting product, but my Naim 72/hi-cap pre-amp already has a very > high class phono stage so that part of the "ripper" isn't required. Plus the fact that The Ripper's phono preamp is for MM cartridges (the input impedance of 47k is dead givaway), so would be of no use for your AT OC9. TheLastMan;302002 Wrote: > Following on from Pat's advice I have just noticed the M-audio Delta 44. > If the ADC is in the break-out box rather than the PCI card, that would > fit my specification for a hi-fi ADC to a tee (except for the use of > jack plugs rather than RCA phonos). If you can't get the 2496 working (and if it isn't because the card itself is faulty), then it's a driver incompatibility issue. In that case, my gut feeling would be that buying another M-Audio product might end you up in the same boat. (It's surely a possibility that all the Delta drivers could share some common core code). So I'd be looking at a different brand. By the way, I have nothing against M-Audio: I use a 2496 myself (driven from a Linn LP12/Ittok/Karma/Naim 42.5, as it happens), and it has never given me any trouble. As for the issue about having the analogue circuitry in an external box, consider this: 1. Noise interference simply isn't a problem with modern PCI bus cards. I strongly suspect the reason for some of these devices having external boxes is more to do with the convenience factor when switching connections around. 2. The cost of the external case is probably greater than the components inside it. Buying a single PCI card at the same price probably gets you better electronics. -- 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=47629 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
