Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Higher Sampling Rate for Transporter
Could anyone explain the need for anything higher than 24/96. Does anyone hear differences? Besides, anything that is no manyfold of 48 i. e. 24/176.4 instead of say 24/192 is mathematically ahem... nonsense. -- michel michel's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4393 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=66761 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Higher Sampling Rate for Transporter
michel;451018 Wrote: Could anyone explain the need for anything higher than 24/96. Does anyone hear differences? Some people want more than 24/96, because they believe more must be better. Comparing spec's is an easy way of deciding which is better, even though when chasing spec's we loose sight of reality. Do you need 0.001% distortion? Well it must be better than 0.01% right? We make comparisons like this all the time, even if they don't always make sense. Is the car with 170 HP really faster than one with 160? Is the 15 cubic foot freezer really that undersized compared to the 16? -- 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=66761 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Higher Sampling Rate for Transporter
Before I had my dedicated room, diff resolution files make little diff. I think you really do need a very revealing system and a proper room for the difference to shine through. Also, if RR is now selling HRx being 24/176.4, it will nice if SD has a player that can play back this format without resampling on the fly. I am not one of those tweakers you think I am... -- WSLam WSLam Slim Devices Transporter - Berkley Audio Design Alpha DAC - dartZeel NHB-18NS - darTZeel NHB-108 Model B + Magico Mini II 'Photos of Transporter, Inside Out' (http://photos.lam.ws/gallery/1930618) | 'Photos of my Setup' (http://photos.lam.ws/Hi-Fi) WSLam's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=830 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=66761 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter to pre- or poweramp
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=64028 Question: To what is your Transporter connected - Preamp - Poweramp It's interesting to read others experiences with the transporter! I love it, but it has me tweaking my ass off! My experience is that the transporter needs some color. There are many different ways of doing that. Tubes being the most obvious path. This goes beyond and around the question of using or not using a preamp in the signal. If one was to add a good tube pre I could see how that would really work well. I have the t-amp sound in my system. Very good but still tweaking caps. The sound is very precise but still a bit thin and clinical. Much more fleshed out than my mosfet Perreaux (which is considered as euphonic as most if any SS amps), but still a tad anemic. I think the challenge with the transporter is with matching the right analog leaning sound amplification/downstream reproduction to the mix. It seems it would be simpler to take the preamp out of the variables and go direct to a power amp. That way if it doesn't work you know what is wrong. I personally feel that the newer class D amps are a good place to start - Wyred4sound comes to mind! -- earwaxer Waxer Transporter Winsome labs mouse Maggie MMG's (modified) JPS Labs power cords Audioquest Granite speaker wire Silver Bullet interconnect HSU research sub earwaxer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=32040 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=64028 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Music Fidelity v-dac and SB3
I bought the v-dac before I got my transporter. I was thinking of going the PC as server through USB to DAC. I sent the v-dac back after a few days of burn in. I couldn't stand it! Both through my PC USB and SPDIF through my Rega Apollo. I found the sound to be 2D. Thin and lacking in color. The transporter was much more interesting out of the box. It was almost like the difference between AM and FM. If the rest of your system tends to be a little loosey goosey then the v-dac could firm things up a bit. The transporter is tight and deep! I think I'm getting a woody! -- earwaxer Waxer Transporter Winsome labs mouse Maggie MMG's (modified) JPS Labs power cords Audioquest Granite speaker wire Silver Bullet interconnect HSU research sub earwaxer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=32040 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=66820 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Ref: What Should I Buy ?
I dont think you can go wrong with the transporter if you have the cash! There are tons of ways to MAXIMIZE the transporter sound that you may want to explore. You need to add some color. Probably the easy way would to put some tubes in the signal path in the way of a cheap tube pre. Run you rotel as a power amp. You could also run the transporter as a pre but not as good an option in my opinion. Also you can experiment with t-amps, depending on how sensitive your speakers are. I run my 86db maggies with a 45wpc t-amp running dual 2050's. Its fine. Not concert hall levels, but quite enough! -- earwaxer Waxer Transporter Winsome labs mouse Maggie MMG's (modified) JPS Labs power cords Audioquest Granite speaker wire Silver Bullet interconnect HSU research sub earwaxer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=32040 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=66594 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
