Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Ground Loop and Transporter
Club1820;242103 Wrote: > I also had a NASTY ground loop hum in my system caused by the cable > connection. I purchased and installed the jensen transformer and it > completely went away. Paid $49.99 for it. Parts Express also sells > one for way less but I figured I would go with the one that received > the best reviews and it has a money back guarantee. I too had a hum problem with my Transporter due to the cable TV connection. I bought a Calrad RF isolation transformer for $12.00 from Blue Jeans Cable, inserted it in the CATV cable path, and the hum went away. Recommended as a viable alternative to the $49.99 Jensen transformer. http://www.bluejeanscable.com/store/rf/index.htm -- Ron Olsen Ron Olsen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9233 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40112 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] CD red book de-emphasis?
alekz;303927 Wrote: > Actually, you can deemphasize using external programs/filters like "sox" > No one said you couldn't deemphasize with external software, they just questioned how good a job it would do. The whole point of adding emphasis was to move the low level, high frequency parts of the audio spectrum up in level, to reduce the quantization noise. Filtering was intended to be done in the analog domain, and the best DAC's implement it this way. Doing it digitally is certainly possible, but it defeats the purpose. If you were to do it digitally, the best way would be to convert the file to a 24 bit fomat, apply the filter, and then apply an appropriate dithering (and keep the data at 24 bit). Most implementations apply the filter to a 16 bit word, and truncate rather than dithering the result. Cheers, Dave -- DCtoDaylight Audiophile wish list: Zero Distortion, Infinite Signal to Noise Ratio, and a Bandwidth from DC to Daylight DCtoDaylight's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7284 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34336 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Speaker upgrade
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Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] FLAC on a Mac with iTunes - CAN DO!
GuyDebord;304021 Wrote: > If youre tags were correctly done you wouldnt have any problems, I guess > that keeping FLAC also helps avoid some organization... Good luck with > your virtual drive. Thanks. I'm not adverse to keeping things organized, but I prefer to do without it if I can. I do wish I had the time to fix all of my tags, but we're talking about 500GB of music with encoding dates ranging from 2003 to last week, encoding platforms include Windows, Mac, RedHat (& Fedora), and GNU LAMP. I'm constantly amazed that the tags still provide my player and SlimServer with a semblance of working goodness. "I need a miracle every day." -- kphinney SB3 (x2) and Transporter Rotel RCD-1070 CIAudio DVA-2 w/ VAC-1 PS JoLida 102B Omega Grand 6's AKG K501 kphinney's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10409 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=47878 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] FLAC on a Mac with iTunes - CAN DO!
kphinney;303996 Wrote: > > > 2) "Max" will convert all of your FLACs in one go - no question there, > but it DOES NOT retain all tag information. The last time I tried Max I > found myself retyping and hunting cover art for many, many, hours. > > If youre tags were correctly done you wouldnt have any problems, I guess that keeping FLAC also helps avoid some organization... Good luck with your virtual drive. -- 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, ASR Basis Exclusive 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 (ASR), 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=47878 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] FLAC on a Mac with iTunes - CAN DO!
Nikhil;303643 Wrote: > well .. I just tried TwistedFLAC on my G4 PPC mini and all I get is > a spinning beach-ball ... had to restart twice :( . I know the MacFUSE > part is fine, because NTFS-3G works perfectly. I will wait until > someone gets this running on the platform. Firefly will suffice until > then. Nikhil, What OS version are you on? I had it running on my old G3 iBook, on v10.4.2. I did make sure to install the 10.4 version of MacFUSE. -- kphinney SB3 Rotel RCD-1070 CIAudio DVA-2 w/ VAC-1 PS JoLida 102B Omega Grand 6's PowerMac Zhaolu D2.5 with headphone amp mod. AKG K501 kphinney's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10409 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=47878 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] FLAC on a Mac with iTunes - CAN DO!
GuyDebord;303762 Wrote: > JUST USE "MAX", IT WILL CONVERT ALL YOUR FLACS IN ONE GO, CANNOT BE > EASIER.. 1) I don't want to convert my files. FLAC is what I use and will continue to use, even if I have to eschew iTunes like I have for years. 2) "Max" will convert all of your FLACs in one go - no question there, but it DOES NOT retain all tag information. The last time I tried Max I found myself retyping and hunting cover art for many, many, hours. I guess my original post may have been misconstrued. I do not want to convert from FLAC. All I wanted was to see my FLACs in iTunes and not use any additional drive space. Besides, there are dozens of post here on converting between file formats and enough FLAC to ALAC to WAV, etc threads to choke the life out of even the most insomniac reader. If you want to talk FLAC conversion, please re-open another post. This was new news for the forum. -- kphinney SB3 Rotel RCD-1070 CIAudio DVA-2 w/ VAC-1 PS JoLida 102B Omega Grand 6's PowerMac Zhaolu D2.5 with headphone amp mod. AKG K501 kphinney's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10409 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=47878 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] audiophiles and oenophiles
Nonreality;303832 Wrote: > So being an A/V receiver automatically makes everything sound the same? > Are you saying no dynamic range. Maybe the reason they do to you is that > you haven't listened to any of the nicer ones from Denon or Yamaha > without bose speakers. There has been a huge improvement in receivers > and for a lot of people, expense, house size make it impossible to have > more than one system for them and the family. I have my Yamaha paired > up with some older B&W speakers and have had some pretty knowledgeable > musicians give it rave reviews. They were people that I'd truly > consider to be audiophiles and they were very surprised that it was a > receiver instead of pre amp amp setup. Maybe if they would have seen > the system before hearing it would not have gotten such good reviews. > :0I agree with this. A/V receivers are getting VERY close to equi-priced Audio products. Me too i had two separate systems (an audio with amp/cdplayer and an A/V with receiver/dvd/sb3) but i gave up the audio part when i purchased a modern receiver : the difference in quality is really not worth it anymore : I observe more differencies by getting better speakers (my previous ones, i mean ;)) or dacs than spending the same money in amps and cd players. Let apart the complexity of all these separate boxes. -- Themis SB3 - Denon 3808 - Sonus Faber Grand Piano Domus Themis's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14700 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=47395 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] naim volume control with squeezebox controller
This is the audiophile forum - we don't do "threads" :o) -- 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=45736 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Power supply A/B
Whilst taking on board your point about the hyperbole, to be honest I was simply trying to describe what I heard. I remember being stunned by the improvement, which is why that review cost me loads of money, because I ended up buying the entire set of cables and the Hydra. I had to send it off for photography, and as I recall to another reviewer, and going back to more standard cabling was a complete letdown. It was agony waiting for them to return to stay. I still use it today, even though Roy Gregory reckons I would be better off using Nordost mains cabling to create a system wide consistency. One thing we never got round to doing, was to directly compare the Nordost and the Shunyata cabling. What is interesting about the Shunyata cables, is that they are one of the few esoteric cables to be used in professional studios, including Dave Gilmour's. -- 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
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Power supply A/B
bigfool1956 wrote: > Robin Bowes;303885 Wrote: >> bigfool1956 wrote: >> >>> Interesting you should say that. I use Shunyata powersnakes in my >>> system, and I found that the TP sounded noticably better when >> powered >>> with the Python chord, which has the outer layer filled with the >>> FeSi-1000 noise-reduction compound. >> You'd probably find they work even better if you lubricate with a >> little >> more snake oil. ;) >> >> R. > > I was thinking of having a sweepstake on who would make this comment > first. > > I could completely sacrifice myself to the great god of flame and post > this link: > > http://www.hifiplus.com/t-rev17-1.html David, I'm actually agnostic/ambivalent about this issue. I don't believe the nay sayers who dismiss anything that hasn't been DBT tested, but I also raise an eyebrow at such expense for such a minor part of the overall system and find it hard to believe that changing a mains cable can make such a dramatic difference. For example, from your review: "First of all the noise floor, both generally from the electronics, and specifically from the stylus on vinyl, dropped significantly, allowing the decay of individual notes to be heard far longer than previously. Secondly, the grain that I talked about before was banished. Not reduced but removed - totally. Finally the dynamic range became seemingly unbounded." I just really struggle with that sort of hyperbole. If it *is* possible, I'm really glad I'm happy with a much lesser (i.e. cheaper) system! R. ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] CD red book de-emphasis?
Actually, you can deemphasize using external programs/filters like "sox" (http://sox.sourceforge.net/) An excerpt from soxeffect manual page: deemph Apply a treble attenuation shelving filter to audio in audio-CD format. The frequency response of pre- emphasized recordings is rectified. The filter is defined in the standard document ISO 908. This effect supports the --plot global option. See also the bass and treble shelving equalisation effects. -- alekz alekz's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13574 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34336 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] naim volume control with squeezebox controller
pichonCalavera;295843 Wrote: > A lot of fun seeing how simple questions evolve in the Audiophile forum. > :D LOL Gotta laugh since 75%+ of this thread was diverted to irrelevant discussion of matters of little or no interest/pertinence to the OP's question - which was my sole reason for reading though it all in the first place! I just have a Squeezebox Duet (no SB3 - what a philestine huh!!) and am also eagerly awaiting it's IR capabilities being made available (so I can at least use it to control the volume of my amp). As I understand it, IRBlaster won't do the trick for me at present? Correct or no? Or should I be posting this to some other, more relevant board?! -- FaberOptimé FaberOptimé's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17602 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=45736 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Power supply A/B
Robin Bowes;303885 Wrote: > bigfool1956 wrote: > > > Interesting you should say that. I use Shunyata powersnakes in my > > system, and I found that the TP sounded noticably better when > powered > > with the Python chord, which has the outer layer filled with the > > FeSi-1000 noise-reduction compound. > > You'd probably find they work even better if you lubricate with a > little > more snake oil. ;) > > R. I was thinking of having a sweepstake on who would make this comment first. I could completely sacrifice myself to the great god of flame and post this link: http://www.hifiplus.com/t-rev17-1.html -- 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
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] CD red book de-emphasis?
Because of these difficulties with recoding, I was wondering if it was possible to implement sending the pre-emphasis flag (with the flag set in the cue-sheet). A lot of SB users are using an external DAC, who can benefit from this feature. -- lauret lauret's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17632 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34336 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Power supply A/B
bigfool1956 wrote: > Interesting you should say that. I use Shunyata powersnakes in my > system, and I found that the TP sounded noticably better when powered > with the Python chord, which has the outer layer filled with the > FeSi-1000 noise-reduction compound. You'd probably find they work even better if you lubricate with a little more snake oil. ;) R. ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Power supply A/B
DCtoDaylight;303799 Wrote: > Actually you do have personal experience, you just didn't know! > If you open up your Transporter, you'll find it's got three power > supplies, two analog, that get all the press, and one switch mode that > no one talks about! The switch mode is reserved for powering the > display's, and isn't on the main pcb, but it's in the same chassis, and > attached to the same line cord. > > And while some people are nervous of switch mode supplies, others have > openly embraced them. Linn for example, use switchers in a lot of their > highly regarded gear. It's a typical case of, if it's done right, > there's no problem, if it's cheap hack job, well, you get what you pay > for > > Cheers, Dave Interesting you should say that. I use Shunyata powersnakes in my system, and I found that the TP sounded noticably better when powered with the Python chord, which has the outer layer filled with the FeSi-1000 noise-reduction compound. Supposedly it helps digital sources, but maybe it is related to the switcher. Dunno - but it works :))) -- 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
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] M-audio Audiophile 2496 sound card problem
My 24/96 has no problems. As far as I can remember, there might have been one. My suggestions, if you don't have already done : - Unplug the card - Uninstall the software - Make a clean reinstall, by the manual (maybe in another slot). -- fakarava2 "To nobody, except those who will take pleasure here" (Franz Schubert, 01/31/1797 - 11/19/1828) fakarava2's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16310 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] audiophiles and oenophiles
Skunk;300423 Wrote: > If they're talking about two buck chuck (grocery wine), versus $55 Napa > Cab, then shouldn't we be talking about an A/V receiver that makes > everything sound the same, versus an accurate system. > > I actually *like* my system because it's ruthlessly revealing, but I'm > sure some would prefer their A/V receiver and Bose speakers because it > makes ALL their albums sound 'good'. > > But when the differences end it does seem silly to wax eloquent on the > benefit of speaker cable A vs B, or this particular vintage decanted > and drank from Reidel, vs paper cups. So being an A/V receiver automatically makes everything sound the same? Are you saying no dynamic range. Maybe the reason they do to you is that you haven't listened to any of the nicer ones from Denon or Yamaha without bose speakers. There has been a huge improvement in receivers and for a lot of people, expense, house size make it impossible to have more than one system for them and the family. I have my Yamaha paired up with some older B&W speakers and have had some pretty knowledgeable musicians give it rave reviews. They were people that I'd truly consider to be audiophiles and they were very surprised that it was a receiver instead of pre amp amp setup. Maybe if they would have seen the system before hearing it would not have gotten such good reviews. :0 -- Nonreality *-If the rule you followed brought you to this, what good is the rule.-* Nonreality's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15723 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=47395 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
