Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter versus SB3 with Beresford DAC
Phil Leigh;358871 Wrote: In all seriousness, I suggest you order a 1.5m (this length is important - 1m is too short) BlueJeans Belden 1694a spdif coax cable - it will cost peanuts (well OK - about £20+). Well, Phil, I did order one and it arrived today. You may be right. My initial impression, listening to piano music, is that the sound is cleaner and the ambiance around the piano is more convincing. Yes, very subtle and subjective observations. Stan Beresford himself is sceptical: he knows many prefer an electrical coupling between SB and his DAC, but as he will say is that his DAC does improve the SB. So there you have it. And I have the cable. At I least determined that the electrical connection was not worse that the optical, and I now have a spare optical for the PC (the other is needed for the Virgin Media Box.) In a couple of weeks I will send my 6/3 back to Stan for upgrade to 6/4, and we will see where that gets us. Thanks for the tip, Phil. -- Labarum Brian Beresford DAC - Quad 405-2 refurbished by 405man - Quart 980s German Tower Loudspeakers. FLAC through Foobar, XP and ASIO Squeezebox 3 Classic Virgin Cable Box No FM reception for Quad tuner - but both digital radio sources are better Labarum's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19963 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=54947 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter versus SB3 with Beresford DAC
Labarum;360242 Wrote: Well, Phil, I did order one and it arrived today. You may be right. My initial impression, listening to piano music, is that the sound is cleaner and the ambiance around the piano is more convincing. Yes, very subtle and subjective observations. Something to listen to with your new cable. http://www.wnyc.org/shows/radiolab/episodes/2007/05/18 -- mswlogo XP Cat5 Transporter SPDIF Meridian G68 DSP 6000, 5500HC, 33 XP Cat5 SB3 SPDIF Meridian DSP 5000 XP Cat5 SB3 SPDIF Meridian G91 DSP 5000 'My Transporter Setup' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=350741postcount=45) 'Hitch Hikers Guide to Meridian' (http://www.meridianunplugged.com) mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=54947 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter versus SB3 with Beresford DAC
mswlogo;360270 Wrote: Something to listen to with your new cable. http://www.wnyc.org/shows/radiolab/episodes/2007/05/18 Yea, I know, and I remain sceptical. Stan is probably right: there ain't no difference, or none worth talking about. I bought the cable on the assurance it wasn't worse than the optical link, because I wanted an extra switched input. I am fully expecting more of Stan's upgrade 6/3 6/4 -- Labarum Brian Beresford DAC - Quad 405-2 refurbished by 405man - Quart 980s German Tower Loudspeakers. FLAC through Foobar, XP and ASIO Squeezebox 3 Classic Virgin Cable Box No FM reception for Quad tuner - but both digital radio sources are better Labarum's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19963 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=54947 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Apple Lossless a compromise?
Mnyb;360162 Wrote: Nonreality, id you ever submit a bug on this ? Is it still open, this is the kind of bug I want to vote on. I did but it got put with another bug on soundcheck that had nothing to do with it. That bug was declared fixed but not this problem. I tried a couple of times to re-submit but finally gave up as they didn't seem to understand the problem or the bug got lost in other soundcheck problems, not sure what happened. I also might have submitted it wrong the second and third times. Maybe I'll try again when I get a chance. It should have been a real easy fix. Only use one or the other but don't add them together as they are the same thing just a different way of doing replay gain. -- Nonreality -IF THE RULE YOU FOLLOWED BROUGHT YOU TO THIS, OF WHAT USE IS THE RULE.- HTTP://www.last.fm/user/nonreality Nonreality's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15723 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34122 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Apple Lossless to WAV?
Themis;359759 Wrote: You should at least give a try to some modern Scottish. At least Fiona Mackenzie, and perhaps The Aliens. ;) (SB can go up to 24/48) I do like the Scottish albums I've tried. I have The Aliens - Astronomy for Dogs. I was hoping the had the sampler in the 24/48 so I could try it but they didn't. -- Nonreality -IF THE RULE YOU FOLLOWED BROUGHT YOU TO THIS, OF WHAT USE IS THE RULE.- HTTP://www.last.fm/user/nonreality Nonreality's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15723 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=54934 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Squeezebox Total Harmonic Distortion (THD+N)
Sean, very enlightening. Thanks, 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=55083 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] SB3 or Duet for sound quality?
I'm confused, and please don't think I'm being a nudge, but if you own both why don't your listen to both and decide for yourself? -- Ben Diss 'SB3' (http://www.slimdevices.com/pi_squeezebox.html) - 'Lavry DA10' (http://www.lavryengineering.com/productspage_da_10.html) - 'BAT VK-31SE' (http://www.balanced.com/products/line/Vk-31SE/index.html) - 'Halo A21' (http://www.parasound.com/halo/a21.php) - 'BW 803D' (http://www.bowers-wilkins.com/display.aspx?infid=1156) Ben Diss's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4289 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=55089 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter versus SB3 with Beresford DAC
Labarum;360288 Wrote: Yea, I know, and I remain sceptical. Stan is probably right: there ain't no difference, or none worth talking about. I bought the cable on the assurance it wasn't worse than the optical link, because I wanted an extra switched input. I am fully expecting more of Stan's upgrade 6/3 6/4 And try this post and thread http://www.computeraudiophile.com/node/1055#comment-7846 What's a 6/3? -- mswlogo XP Cat5 Transporter SPDIF Meridian G68 DSP 6000, 5500HC, 33 XP Cat5 SB3 SPDIF Meridian DSP 5000 XP Cat5 SB3 SPDIF Meridian G91 DSP 5000 'My Transporter Setup' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=350741postcount=45) 'Hitch Hikers Guide to Meridian' (http://www.meridianunplugged.com) mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=54947 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] SB3 or Duet for sound quality?
ar-t;360148 Wrote: Yes, they are, but. There are some, I repeat, -some- minor sidebands in the SPDIF output on the SB3. These are 60 Hz related. Mind you, they are down near the noise floor. Pat Would this have something to do with the power supply? Or, are they spurious artifacts relating to the display? Would a battery supply mitigate this? -- konut konut's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1596 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=55089 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] SB3 or Duet for sound quality?
konut;360382 Wrote: Would this have something to do with the power supply? Or, are they spurious artifacts relating to the display? Would a battery supply mitigate this? I seem to recall this was one of the effects upgrading to a linear power sully in the SB3 helps address. The SB3 has a DAC that would have only been found in $1000+ CD players 10 years ago. I would use it for now if I was starting out in HiFi. I think the next few years will see amazing advances in powered speakers and DACs, which would suffice as the rest of the chain behind the slim front end device. Personally, I am keeping the SB3-Accuphase DAC-Accuphase amp- speaker chain. The 3 latter elements I invested into nearly 10 years ago and they still sound great. So my next evolutionary step needs to be considered carefully, espacially given the way I see the market and my preferences evolving. I do think that in 5 years I will be listening to something like a next gen SB3 through either powered speakers or a headphone amp. And the latter part of the chain I have and will never need to upgrade unless it breaks. -- pablolie ...pablo Server: 3.3 GHz Intel E8600 Core 2 Duo Vista Ultimate 64 Sources: SB3 (4), SB Boom (2), Duet, Accuphase DP65v Amplification: Accuphase E306v Loudspeakers: Tuned and self-built Ceeroy 3 way Headphones: Grado SR-1 pablolie's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3816 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=55089 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Dummy Guide to Digital HiFi
I was asked by a number of people to put together a Dummy Guide to digital music, and also happen to know the people that publish the official series. I am interested to see if this very knowledgable forum has a few people willing to collaboratively put this together and co-author it, since the collective knowledge here is quite amazing (and superior to mine in many areas). If there are replies to this, I shall put together a collaborative work environment (webex connect if that works for everybody) and tell people how to access it in this very thread. -- pablolie ...pablo Server: 3.3 GHz Intel E8600 Core 2 Duo Vista Ultimate 64 Sources: SB3 (4), SB Boom (2), Duet, Accuphase DP65v Amplification: Accuphase E306v Loudspeakers: Tuned and self-built Ceeroy 3 way Headphones: Grado SR-1 pablolie's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3816 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=55131 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
