Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Squeezebox Touch with two USB DACs
Thanks for all the replies on this subject. I think that we will put together something with switching at the pre-amp stage rather than inside the squeezebox. I think that as a first try we will simply follow Phil's suggestion of two identical pre-amp and switch the input simultaneously with the remote, this seems to fit the bill nicely. We may be able to link the IR receivers of the two pre-amps to avoid the "remote signal only detected at one pre" problem. Jack. -- jackocleebrown jackocleebrown's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10623 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=87592 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Squeezebox Touch with two USB DACs
earwaxer9;631313 Wrote: > Brings me back to the days when audio kit used to be compared in the A-B > type fashion. Sales people had the time and the inclination to go > through the stuff they had and try to find a match that fit your > pleasure. > > Looking back, I'm not sure I would trust the A-B comparison now even if > it was still available. I need more time. I can tell "differences" with > quick comparisons but it would be hard to choose between good high end > kit using that method. With lower end stuff it works pretty well > because you are choosing based on what flaws you are willing to > tolerate the most. You are quite right to be a little suspicious about A-B switching. In my experience it makes some types of difference between the speakers very easy to spot, for example changes in frequency response become very obvious - as do dispersion changes (given the right track and room). However, it encourages the listener to evaluate the speakers in small chunks of 5 to 10 seconds and this can be misleading. If I listen to a new loudspeaker on a familiar track of 3 or so minutes then I will slowly form an opinion over the whole track. For example, at the first chorus I might think the vocal sounded a bit shrill when it got loud - when the second chorus is reached I can listen out for this again and try and confirm that suspicion. Perhaps I will decide this time that it was not a problem. Perhaps after the track is ended I will pick another track which I have more confidence that the vocal is cleanly recorded to double check. If I had done the same test with an A-B switcher I may have switched to loudspeaker B and repeated the part of the track - it is conceivable that loudspeaker B is a bit sucked out in the mid and gives a much less forward presentation, in this case I may come to a completely different conclusion about loudspeaker A. There is certainly a place for the A-B switcher but it is only to be used with caution! Jack. -- jackocleebrown jackocleebrown's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10623 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=87592 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Garage Conversion - Sound advice ?
tank121;631462 Wrote: > Would the sound travel right over the top of the table ? > > not all of it This goes back to what I was saying earlier - imagine the tweeters are torches - you want the beams of light pointing at your ears. How wide the beam is - and so how much will stray onto the table - is down to the design of the speakers. -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal... Touch(wired/XP) - Audiolense 3.3/2.0+INGUZ DRC - MF M1 DAC - Linn 5103 - full Aktiv 5.1 system (6x LK140's, ESPEK/TRIKAN/KATAN/SEIZMIK 10.5), Pekin Tuner, Townsend Supertweeters, Blue Jeans Belden Digital,Kimber 8TC Speaker & Chord Signature Plus Interconnect cables Stax4070+SRM7/II phones Kitchen Boom, Outdoors: SB Radio, Harmony One remote for everything. Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85319 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] DAC with heaphone input
What are you recommendations for a DAC that with will not only offer improvement over the SBT dac would also offer improvement when plugged my Sehnheiser 595 headphones directly into my Arcam A85 amp. Budget up to £300.00 I know there is a Beresford model. -- tank121 tank121's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17169 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=87733 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Garage Conversion - Sound advice ?
I don't think wife would mind a nice decorative cover same on dusting ! Suggestions of suitable materials please. -- tank121 tank121's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17169 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85319 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Garage Conversion - Sound advice ?
Would the sound travel right over the top of the table ? e.g. table 4ft speakers mounted at 4.5ft ? In my wifes scenario and my own the speakers will be 7ft apart. In my wifes we will be sat 14 ft away from speakers, in mine 7ft. Or is my suggestion better for acoustics ? -- tank121 tank121's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17169 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85319 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Will Logitech Revue Google TV wipe out Squeezebox?
Not wipe out, but Revue could strengthen SB line provided it runs SBS on board. Acting as a server would allow Logitech to controls the HW running SBS for the first time and would simplify usage model. Technically it's feasible and many customers would love to control SBS from the TV ...this wouldn't not prevent current usage model from LAN, Wi-Fi, IR For sure Revue can also act as a player provided it's audio format support is extended toward SB standards: FLAC, AIFF, WAV...etc -- your momo your momo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8095 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85844 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Garage Conversion - Sound advice ?
tank121;631401 Wrote: > Wife wants the dining room table right smack bang in the middle of the > room. > > If the speakers are on the stud wall about 5ft up would this work ? > > Our seating position for listening would be at the far end next to the > window. > > Would the sound clear over the top of the table ? Somehow I doubt it! > > > My plan have the table at the end nearest to the window, then 2 seats > can be positioned 7ft away from the speakers which will be the distance > between them. In this case the speakers will be mout about 4ft from the > floor. > > Your opinions please. For serious listening, you would need to put a covering over the table (even a thick tablecloth would do... maybe with a thermal protector blanket underneath) Otherwise you are going to get a nice acoustic reflection from the tabletop. However, I suspect your wife's intention is to have the bare tabletop exposed when not eating... -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal... Touch(wired/XP) - Audiolense 3.3/2.0+INGUZ DRC - MF M1 DAC - Linn 5103 - full Aktiv 5.1 system (6x LK140's, ESPEK/TRIKAN/KATAN/SEIZMIK 10.5), Pekin Tuner, Townsend Supertweeters, Blue Jeans Belden Digital,Kimber 8TC Speaker & Chord Signature Plus Interconnect cables Stax4070+SRM7/II phones Kitchen Boom, Outdoors: SB Radio, Harmony One remote for everything. Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85319 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Garage Conversion - Sound advice ?
Wife wants the dining room table right smack bang in the middle of the room. If the speakers are on the stud wall about 5ft up would this work ? Our seating position for listening would be at the far end next to the window. Would the sound clear over the top of the table ? Somehow I doubt it! My plan have the table at the end nearest to the window, then 2 seats can be positioned 7ft away from the speakers which will be the distance between them. In this case the speakers will be mout about 4ft from the floor. Your opinions please. -- tank121 tank121's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17169 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85319 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Garage Conversion - Sound advice ?
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