Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Blind listening - TT3.0, HWmods and Teddy Pardo PSU

2012-05-01 Thread SBGK

Soulkeeper wrote: 
 Of course you were unable to detect any difference in sound quality. 
 
 Those who think there's a sound quality difference between server
 configurations in any normal situation, simply have no clue how
 Squeezebox streaming works.

a simple test is to set the LMS process priority to low, have a listen
and then set it to high and have a listen. There is quite clearly a
difference in sound. 

Do operating systems sound the same ? no. 

why does changing the tcp settings on the server affect the sound ?
should be impossible according to your logic.



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Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Blind listening - TT3.0, HWmods and Teddy Pardo PSU

2012-05-01 Thread SBGK

NoRoDa wrote: 
 As long as you're not in my head I'll survive!  :D :D :D

noroda, why don't you try my settings ? then you'll be listening to
music instead of winding yourself up on here. 

A few on here are using them and are pretty impressed with them.



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Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Blind listening - TT3.0, HWmods and Teddy Pardo PSU

2012-05-01 Thread ralphpnj

SBGK wrote: 
 a simple test is to set the LMS process priority to low, have a listen
 and then set it to high and have a listen. There is quite clearly a
 difference in sound. 
 
 Do operating systems sound the same ? no. 
 
 why does changing the tcp settings on the server affect the sound ?
 should be impossible according to your logic.

Exactly what is the difference in the sound?



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Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] How old are these audiophile reviewers???

2012-05-01 Thread amey01

ralphpnj wrote: 
 
 Audiophilia is slowly dying and as these dinosaurs die off so will high
 end audio as we know it today. Full disclosure: I am 57 years old.

People have been saying this for as long as audiophilia has been a
hobby! 

Fact is, audiopilia is not a popular hobby for the young, for many
reasons:

* They don't have the disposable income required;
* Engaging with music is hard with a young family and kids around;
* They have other priorities;
* They are not as patient;
* etc

As people grow old, people appreciate music more, have more disposable
income, and have the disposable time to sit down and listen. Quite
simple really.



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Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] How old are these audiophile reviewers???

2012-05-01 Thread mlsstl

amey01 wrote: 
 People have been saying this for as long as audiophilia has been a
 hobby! 
 
 Fact is, audiopilia is not a popular hobby for the young, for many
 reasons:
 
 * They don't have the disposable income required;
 * Engaging with music is hard with a young family and kids around;
 * They have other priorities;
 * They are not as patient;
 * etc
 
 As people grow old, people appreciate music more, have more disposable
 income, and have the disposable time to sit down and listen. Quite
 simple really.

I disagree with some of your points and agree only tepidly with others.
The 1960s were probably the golden age of hi-fi. The 1950s were still
heavily DIY and by the 1970s things had started dividing into mass
market vs an increasing trend toward super pricey stuff (the Sequerra
tuner came out in the mid-70s, priced at a then-unheard of price of over
$3,000.)

But in the 60s, any young up  coming sophisticated young man had to
have a nice hi-fi system, and for the most part one could put together a
very respectable system on a young professional's income. One can leaf
through the Playboy and Esquire magazines of that period, or watch how
movies  TV presented trendy young men, and get a pretty good idea that
good hi-fi systems were hot stuff. 

I don't think things are any more complicated than the attention span of
modern young trend setters is simply pointed in a different direction
these days. 

Of course, it didn't help that the high-end segment of the audio hobby
devolved into a super high priced, obscure chase for wires, tweaks and
generally strange things that make no sense to the majority of the
populace. The mental image of an audiophile in the 1960s was a handsome
young fellow in his smoking jacket, holding his pipe while pulling out a
hot jazz album to put on the turntable to impress the beautiful young
lass sitting on the sofa nursing a highball. 

What's the mental picture of an audiophile in 2012? An aging, paunchy
fellow, sitting all by himself, wondering which set of magic cables will
expand the soundstage of the 10th remaster of a multi-miked and
overprocessed classic rock album by 6 inches. 

And one wonders why the hobby doesn't have much appeal for the young
trendy types these days.  The world has simply moved on. 

;-)



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