Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] RC (Inguz etc.)
Hi - I'm working through what's req to get InguzEq running with room correction having has Eq working fine with v 0.9.32. I just reinstalled V 0.9.33 (from http://inguzaudio.com/downloads/ so presumably the latest). I copied the stuff from the two zip files over the top of the 0.9.32 install, both Eq and DSP, having first stopped the server, then restarted, per instructions. Eq plugin still there and enabled. My own Eq settings still there - all good. However although LMS plugins page now shows V 0.9.33 installed, the latest version info entries in log.txt (after restarting the server and successfully playing music) still show V 0.9.32. Did I mess up or are these v 0.9.32 log.txt entries correct? Sample of log.txt: << 20150303021644: InguzDSP (version 0.9.32) -id 00:04:20:07:e7:fe -wav -wavo -d 24 20150303021645: 00:04:20:07:e7:fe Gain -16 dB 20150303021645: 00:04:20:07:e7:fe Impulse (null), matrix (null) 20150303021645: 00:04:20:07:e7:fe EQ0090758B15 20150303021645: 00:04:20:07:e7:fe 16/44100 PCM => 24/44100 PCM TRIANGULAR, gain -16 dB 20150303022316: 00:04:20:07:e7:fe Write DSPUtil.FastConvolver.00_04_20_07_e7_fe.tail (16382) 20150303022316: 00:04:20:07:e7:fe 18212712 samples, 391668.0032 ms (390.635 init), 1.0519 * realtime, peak -2.7026 dBfs >> Cheers - looking forward to getting this going shortly... Pete Logitech Media Server Version: 7.8.0 - 1395409907 @ Thu Mar 27 20:19:17 CUT 2014 Hostname: server Server IP Address: 192.168.0.100 Server HTTP Port Number: 9000 Operating system: Windows Home Server - EN - cp1252 Platform Architecture: 586 Perl Version: 5.14.1 - MSWin32-x86-multi-thread Database Version: DBD::SQLite 1.34_01 (sqlite 3.7.7.1) peted's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12399 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77084 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Reformed Audiophile True Confessions
Fortunately, my frugal fiscal sense has limited my audiophile transgression to a two year subscription to Stereophile magazine. Also helping was the onset of tinnitus 16 years ago and partial hearing loss in my right ear. I wasn't about to pay for something I would never hear. Regards, Bob FLAC->SB Touch (wired)->PS Audio DLIII DAC->Yamaha RX-595->Paradigm Reference Studio 60 v.5. Music files are stored on a Synology NAS. audio53's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5576 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103238 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Reformed Audiophile True Confessions
ralphpnj wrote: > As you said in the early days CD not only were they rather expensive but > many times they sounded quite unpleasant, especially all those poorly > mastered and hastily released CD versions of analog recordings. Heck in > those days the record companies often just digitized the analog master > that was used to cut the LP, even leaving in the RIAA equalization. A > very sad state of affairs. Add to this the fact that many "record" > stores and individuals were in such a mad rush to get of their vinyl > that more often than not the vinyl (which at that time often sounded > superior to the CD) could be bought for quite a bit less than the CD. > Yes indeed in the late 1980s and early 1990's at the beginning of the CD > era my vinyl collection grew quite a bit. I was very underwhelmed with CD in the early days. They seemed good in a superficial sense, having low noise and elimination of ticks and pops. But the sound seemed mostly dull and lifeless, although a few were just grungy and nasty. The worst early CD I had was an Abdullah Ibrahim disc on the Denon label, recorded using 14-bit conversion. I suspect no dither was used in this recording either. The piano, when decaying into silence, had this nasty ringing sound. In the early days, I had better luck with CDs made from analog tape. Maybe the analog tape had enough hiss to dither the A/D converters? The situation didn't improve for me until around 2000, when I bought the universal player, a Denon 1900. The improvements seemed to suggest that maybe, once dither was used, the early A/D converters used in recording studios were better than the DACs in consumer CD players. DACs saw vast engineering improvements from the early 1990s to the early 2000s, so maybe that was the ticket. I am very happy with the sound I'm getting now. I am running Squeezeplay on an HTPC using HDMI out to an Emotiva UMC-200. No digital nasties at all. andy_c's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3128 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103238 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Reformed Audiophile True Confessions
Mnyb wrote: > Linn is a very good example on marketing on the slightly shady side . > > they " discovered " that the source component was the most important > part of an audio system , while in the beginning they did nothing but > said source component the LP12 :) so now you where to place a > disproportionate amount of £££ on the TT , their TT . > > And with the CD12 they probably broke the wall of shame on how > ridiculously expensive a CD player could be . > > But only after years spreading the FUD about vinyls superiority , and > prat what was that really :D " pace rhythm and timing " they and naim > invented this and it can ofcourse not be quantified an any scientific > way . The literature that came with the turntable included pontifications of Ivor Tiefenbrun. One of the things he claimed was that any electroacoustic transducer in the room other than the speakers would degrade sound quality - even a telephone! I remember reading that and thinking that this guy was just a highly eccentric individual. I didn't realize that wacky claims like this would become mainstream in high-end audio. Regarding PRaT, I've even seen that term being used in connection with amps and preamps. :D andy_c's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3128 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103238 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Reformed Audiophile True Confessions
Like many others here in the UK, I went through the inevitable Linn/Naim phase. It got as far as a pair of Naim 135 monoblocks and passive Linn Isobariks. Then in 1993 I bought a pair of ATC SCM100A active speakers and was instantly cured. I've still got the LP12 and Naim preamp that I use for transferring LPs to the hard drive. But that's by the by. My greatest claim to audiophile bonkers behaviour is this: I had a very early A&R A60 amp, and it had DIN speaker sockets - which back in those days were of course the Devil's work. I got a pair of those stupid flat, plaited speaker cables, removed the DIN sockets, and soldered the cables directly to the A60's circuit board. For some unfathomable reason the amp did NOT blow up. Transporter -> ATC SCM100A cliveb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103238 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
