[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Squeezebox Class D!
The pump and slam job is exactly what I expected and predicted out of Stereophile and JA. You just can't accept millions of dollars of advertising from high end companies and then come out and say the SB3 is in their league. So you do the gentlemenly thing that JA is so good at - politely rave and then interject a big BUT disqualifier to eliminate the possiblity of that item dethroning their beloved multi-kilobuck references. Ditto regarding the latest Sonic Impact review in Stereophile. IMHO, Stereophile is a leading cause of the death of high end audio. They prop up their insanely priced references and dis anything affordable. They are killing the audio biz and assuring that no one under 20 years old will have any interest in the hobby. They are causing their own self-destruction. -- Horizons Horizons's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2576 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27452 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Tube Pre-Amp or MF X-10 Tube Buffer?
I find it interesting how many people buy the Benchmark due to its razor sharp resolution and then spend lots of cash to tame it down. I auditioned several dacs and the Benchmark has a great transparency but left me cold. I'm not sure that tubes will ultimately fix your problem but a used X10D would be a cheap way to find out. You might also try the Tubalizer. -- Horizons Horizons's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2576 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=23741 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Linear Power Supply- I'm a believer!
Nothing against the Monica but it has very low output. I left Monica some time ago for a modified Lite DAC-AH and have never looked back. -- Horizons Horizons's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2576 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=23365 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Hosfelt PS - I AM LOSING MY MIND, HELP!
dwc Wrote: My hosfelt's came with the wrong kind of plug, so I had to cut the plug off, and then strip the wires and use a voltmeter to figure out which wire in the output pair was positive and which was negative. Is that what you're doing? You've tested both ways? (Be really careful not to short-circut the wires when testing polarity.) 1. When you plug the hosfelts in, are they humming? You should hear a slight transformer hum/buzz, then you know it's running. 2. What does the label on the PS say? Maybe you got shipped the wrong thing... -Dan Thanks Dan. I did cut off the connector on one of the supplies and it measures 0V. Measured the polarity both ways. I'd rather not cut the connector off the other 2 supplies since I may need to return them. The reason I am going crazy is that the standard Slim supply measures just right. Yes, all three of the Hosfelts are humming. The label says 5V, 1.5A. -- Horizons Horizons's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2576 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=23093 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Hosfelt PS - I AM LOSING MY MIND, HELP!
So I buy a total of 3 Hosfelt 5V supplies for my SB3. I also got 3 of the proper connectors thanks to a poster on this forum. I unpack the first PS, I first measure the stock SB3 PS and sure enough, it measures 5V with the hot pin internal on the connector and ground external. All set to go, but now ALL THREE Hosfelt supplies measure nothing! 0V. I am measuring the same as when I measured the Slim PS. Is it possible that I got three dead Hosfelt supplies? I can't see how I could be measuring this wrong given there are only two pins on the Holfelt connector output. ANY help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. TIA. -- Horizons Horizons's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2576 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=23093 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Why not more Squeeezbox reviews in hi-fi magazines?
Phil Leigh Wrote: Just imagine the pandemonium if (the hilarious) HiFi+ said that an SB3 really did knock the socks off a serious dCS, Chord, Esoteric (or more likely knowing them some piece of crap from 1983) transport... Immediate collapse of so-called high-end audio market in the UK...oh no of course we'd still need amps and speakers...phew! Still, the SB3 will never be as good as vinyl, heh? (sound of guffawing offstage). (don't get me wrong - they do have some good articles about music - it's just that I miss any sense of humour...or hubris...or indeed irony when they talk about equipment). Nakamichi Dragons, Yamaha NS1000m's, Marantz 10B's, Trio L07d's. etc etc were great at the time but they sound rubbish compared with modern stuff - honestly. My thoughts EXACTLY and applies equally to the US audio media machine. No way that Atkinson can say that the SB3 crushes the sound of high end transports and CD players. Their ad revenue would fall off a cliff. He might give it a minor thumbs up but then will cleverly state that his multi-kilobuck products are just slightly better. Slim doesn't run full page color ads in Stereophile either, that wouldn't hurt their cause. No, for the high end press to declare the SB3 SOTA, it would have to cost $5-10K or the high end apple cart would get busted in a hurry. -- Horizons Horizons's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2576 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19598 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Is anyone using the DAC-AH....Impressions?
I have a modified DAC AH driven by the SB3 with a blue jeans coax cable. It is a subtle improvement. I just like the sound of non-OS dacs. Sounds a little smoother and more analog-like than the SB3 analog outs. It is not a dramatic difference though... The SB3 DAC are very good and the analog stage is very decent. -- Horizons Horizons's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2576 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22640 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Stereophile eNewsletter SB Content
JA saved the not quite up to high end standards slam for the printed mag. NO WAY would they keep their advertizing revenue stream from high end companies if he actually proclaimed the SB3 as good as one of his beloved multi-kilobuck Class A++ recommended components. -- Horizons Horizons's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2576 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22697 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Ripping Quality
Here we go again. Why is it that the EAC crowd always touts the superiority of EAC without mentioning all of its issues with poor interface, hanging, and most importantly lack of verifiable evidence that it rips better than many other easier solutions? I have tried a few rippers and iTunes to lossless with error correction sounds every bit as good as anything I ripped with EAC. -- Horizons Horizons's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2576 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21806 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Stereophile review in the works!
Prediction - Stereophile will give it a fairly positive review and then will torpedo the SB3 when compared to mega-thousand $$ industry darling DACs. Stereophile's tardiness in covering the SB3 indicates that they are either more out of the true audiophile scene than I thought or they are just too afraid of pissing off their high dollar advertisers that sell CD players and megabuck DACs and transports. Can you say Musical Fidelity? JA is so clever in that he always APPEARS to be objective when he is really selling audiophools a pack of subjective garbage. Their whole editorial stance towards objective reasoning is offensive to a truth seeking audiophile. I really think the SB3 is such a paradigm-shifting product that it could be a threat to the Stereophile emperor's new clothes world. -- Horizons Horizons's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2576 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21628 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Stereophile review in the works!
ezkcdude Wrote: Well, they loved the Airtunes Express, and I can't believe the SB3 has a worse analog out than that. True. But that is because JA is severly biased towards Apple products. If any other product had jitter as bad as the Airtunes, JA would have trashed it as low-fi. -- Horizons Horizons's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2576 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21628 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Ripping Quality
Skunk Wrote: You seem to have your facts confused. iTunes lacks verifiable evidence of an accurate rip, EAC does not. Questions? No, you seem to not understand basic logic. I never stated that iTunes ripped to perfection and no other method can compare (ala EAC fan boys). It is incubent upon the ripping technology that DOES claim infinite superiority to provide data to support that claim. -- Horizons Horizons's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2576 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21806 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: SB is killing the SACD format! ;)
ezkcdude Wrote: Well, I've posted this story in another thread, but I got the DAC about a month ago, and then promptly fried the voltage regulators by mistakenly reversing polarity with an external power supply. Miraculously, in my opinion, Derek switched out the regulators, and it is now being shipped back. He's not even charging me for parts or labor, just the $9.00 shipping! Anyway, I will post my opinions of it when it arrives later in the week. I also recently purchased a Parasound A23 amp on audiogon, so that should be arriving too. I've got a lot of listening to do! LOL I did the same thing to my Monica dac with a 12V battery. Accidentally swapped the + and - leads and SMOKE! Usually this just takes out a regulator and/or resistor. Parasound amps are great, I still use the HCA-1000A to drive my Maggie 1.6QRs. No need to upgrade. -- Horizons Horizons's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2576 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21542 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: SB is killing the SACD format! ;)
Count me in as one who dumped SACD since I got my SB3. SACD can sound very good but so can redbook. I will also go out on a limb and state that redbook via SB3 with a non-OS filterless DAC sounds about 95% as good as SACD. Close enough for me. Only bought a few SACDs, sold my Sony 222ES on ebay recently. -- Horizons Horizons's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2576 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21542 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: A photo of your Squeezebox setup (please)
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19817 Question: Should there be a new forum for photos? - yes - no - maybe John - VERY nice setup. I was looking at the hardware when I noticed that awesome Hackett poster on the wall. Where did you snag that? I have a few Hackett posters but would kill for a Guitar Noir as that is one of my favorite albums. GOOD TASTE John! -- Horizons Horizons's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2576 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19817 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Hosfelt Power Supply
So I order and receive the Hosfelt 5V power supply, open it and it is built like a tank but the 5V connector is not even close to the SB3 power connector. I thought I had read that this was plug and play??? Oh well, I can solder but does anyone know what specific connector is required? and what if I accidentally reverse the polarity, will I fry something on my SB3? I'd rather not just cut off the connector on the stock supply as I want to keep the supply so I can easily move the unit around the house. Does Slim sell the PS separately? Thanks -- Horizons Horizons's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2576 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20829 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: How to get a deep soundstage
davehg Wrote: using it with a Tri-Vista DAC, VAC Avatar SE, and Merlin TSM-MM's. Soundstage is not a problem, though just a tad less than my transport. I am expecting a Bolder modified SB3 in the next day or so, it will be interesting to see if that made any difference. Great blog Davehg, really got me rolling on the PC audio thing, thanks. Soundstage is largely a function of speaker placement but most audiophools will recall that early digital had a very flat soundstage. Thus extracting all the bits does improve depth of stage assuming it was captured in the recording. I am about a week away from getting my PC/SB3 setup and driving my Maggie 1.6QRs which have depth out the a** when driving them with my digital amps and non-OS, battery powered DAC and tubes. My current transport is just a lowly Sony 222ES so I am expecting the PC/SB3 to equal or surpass this setup. Results should be interesting. -- Horizons Horizons's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2576 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18878 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Absolute BEST ripping combo?
afblaster Wrote: I went through the process of configuring EAC with flac, which I found fairly difficult and time consuming, even though I followed the tutorials, but I am old(ish)! I used it successfully for a while until I saw dBPowerAMP Music Converter recommended on this forum. http://www.dbpoweramp.com/ I installed this and found that, like EAC, it uses AccurateRip to configure the read offset of your CD/DVD drive, which is important I feel. The program is quick, it takes 3 min to rip and convert Beethoven 9th, for example. Tags and flac compression level can be set up, and it can also rip to Monkeys Audio, MP3, Ogg Vorbis, WAVE and WMA v9.1. If you want to rip to MP3 you have to register and pay GBP9.91 (US$16.45), but for this you obtain an improved GUI, which allows you to play the cd or individual tracks as well, prior to ripping. I find it is easy and straightforward to use. Interesting. So you think dbpoweramp is as accurate (or close to) EAC? That is a tempting option. To be honest, I haven't yet heard ANY of these lossless options on my high end rig. I have only heard MP3 which DO NOT pass the goosebump test. -- Horizons Horizons's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2576 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18707 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Absolute BEST ripping combo?
I just discovered the SB3 and am itching to buy one. I am a whacko audiophile that will be using an external DAC. My question is this, what is the absolute BEST audio quality ripping process? I don't care how large the files are, it's quality that counts most for me. For everything I have read, it's uncompressed WAV files ripped via ITunes. I am on a PC/Win XP platform. Thanks. -- Horizons Horizons's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2576 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18707 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Absolute BEST ripping combo?
Jim Wrote: Seriously you came to that conclusion reading stuff here? QUOTE] No, sorry - I just landed here. I got the WAV/iTunes rec from reading other reviews. EAC to FLAC, huh, and this is all compatible with the SB3? Thanks. -- Horizons Horizons's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2576 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18707 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Best mod?
Mike Anderson Wrote: ^^^ Thanks for the advice. Thinking about it more, I figure I ought to save up my pennies and think about trading up my MMGs for the 1.6qr's, because I'm not sure how big a difference a new DAC would make if I don't have true hi-fi speakers anyway. Well, I have played with a number of DACs and transports and find the differences minor compared to speakers. I upgraded from MMGs to 1.6's and the difference dwarfed any changes in DACs that I ever tried. By a mile. -- Horizons Horizons's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2576 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18491 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
