Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] A Look at MQA...
Well, for those who wish to try it, there should be available material shortly.I remain open minded about the format but if it encourges better audio mastering practices that has to be a bonus. http://www.audiostream.com/content/what-mqa#iWT9o5sylEKO2eO3.97 MadScientist's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5827 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=105070 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Bryston BDP-2 as a squeezebox client
This thread caught my attention. http://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?topic=110296.620 Anyone know more\had any experience with this? MadScientist's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5827 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=101420 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Firmware 83?
The change log suggests that there is Firmware 83 avaialble for the Transporter in SBS 7.5 I've used SBS 7.5 and 7.5 embedded but I don't get prompted to update my Transporter firmware. When I force a firmware update it's still returns Firmware 80 in the info. What am I missing? MS -- MadScientist MadScientist's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5827 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=76151 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Firmware 83?
Thanks for the link - I should have done a search.From the log it looked like it was available MS -- MadScientist MadScientist's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5827 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=76151 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Antipodal filtering
michael123;514510 Wrote: On certain albums, I feel I would like the music to be a bit more edgy. This edginess was the trigger I went for the upsampler+filter in first place, but sometimes I feel like I need to clean my ears.. this is what I use: Code: [sox] -v0.965 --buffer 32768 -q -t wav - -t flac -C0 -b24 - rate -b 85 -Mam 96k What can I try? Adding LPF (as suggested somewhere before) just make the sound less focused and the soundstage wider :-( Have you tried applying the filter outside of SC using a batch file similar to that used in Post 14? I'm interested to know if you get a constant file size in the output for a given input file? MS -- MadScientist MadScientist's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5827 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=69145 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Antipodal filtering
michael123;514560 Wrote: I just tried what you asked for: 3 times out of 3 I got exactly the same size -- Michael Thanks Michael. Could you please post the code you used for the batch file? Are you converting wav to flac or flac to flac? MS -- MadScientist MadScientist's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5827 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=69145 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Antipodal filtering
Sorry, I didn't express myself very well. Where I want to get to is to adapt your filter from Post 79 for converting flac to flac. I want to do this via batch file so I can do A/B tests. MS -- MadScientist MadScientist's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5827 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=69145 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Antipodal filtering
Thanks, I'll have a play tomorrow. MS -- MadScientist MadScientist's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5827 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=69145 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Antipodal filtering
michael123;506983 Wrote: What is the output type? flac? Yes, flac of highly varaibale levels of compression which suggest that something is wrong. MS -- MadScientist MadScientist's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5827 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=69145 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Antipodal filtering
michael123;507070 Wrote: then this is something to do with flac encoder, which is not part of Sox (I compiled sox myself..) Anyway, what is your impression of the filters? I've only done a limited amout testing with the 'mav' filter so far so I'm not sure I can give a considered opinion yet. First impression was that it sounded a bit harsher than the 16/44 control. There is definately something wrong with the encoding however! MS -- MadScientist MadScientist's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5827 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=69145 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Antipodal filtering
well spotted! MS -- MadScientist MadScientist's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5827 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=69145 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Antipodal filtering
I've had the capacity to upsample via my Meridian G68 processor for many years and quite frankly I can't hear any improvement. My limited exposure to apodising algorithms suggest that there may be something to gain. I had hoped that Meridian would have made their famous filters avaailable for my G68 but that seems to be taking forever. Apodising via SG may be just as good an option for a long term listening test. To avoid having to tinker with SG every 5 min and annoy other familily users, SC modifications should only apply apodising to the 24/96 players (Transporter in may case) and preferably to 16/44 files. I would be extremely gratful for suggestions (or the code) from the programmers out there as to how best to implement this? Pretty please. MS -- MadScientist MadScientist's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5827 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=69145 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Antipodal filtering
This is a really interesting thread. For the Sox illiterate, how easy would it be to apply and test these filters on-the-fly within SqueezeCenter? MS -- MadScientist MadScientist's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5827 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=69145 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Antipodal filtering
Sorry, my poor choice of language - I meant upsampling of 16/44 Flac files in real time using SQ. Can somebody please provide me with an idiots guide to the modifications that have to be made to the relevant files? Also, is there a way of flagging upsampling only for the Transporter? Thanks MS -- MadScientist MadScientist's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5827 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=69145 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Antipodal filtering
Thanks Phil/Micheal. I'll have a play tonight. Since sox is currently used to downsample hi-rez files for 24/94 incapable players there must be a way of flagging file handling on a per player basis. MS -- MadScientist MadScientist's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5827 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=69145 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New filters for Transporter
Can't see it as a Transporter upgrade - such (apodising) filters require a not insignificant amount of processing power. There's a related, recent thread covering apodising flters on the PerfectWave DACs several threads below MS -- MadScientist MadScientist's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5827 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=65907 ___ 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 TP connected to my Meridian G68 to make use of room correction and DSP modes. With a bit of luck apodising filters on the upsampling in the not-to-distant future. MS -- MadScientist MadScientist's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5827 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] Help - distorted sounds!
This sounds like the the problem I had with my Transporter. Although I didn't test the balanced outputs, the unbalanced ones were horribly distorted. In my case it was intermittant and nothing I did (various resets, different firmware and SC versions) cured the problem. It was a case of back for an exchange which eventually happened. MS -- MadScientist MadScientist's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5827 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=63669 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Q:Hearing Test
mmg_fan;422671 Wrote: Anyone know how accurate this is for detecting one's ability to hear different frequencies? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4G60hM1W_mk I wouldn't place too much store in any online hearing test. Their validity is depenedent upon the equipment you are using to reproduce the various frequencies. If you do use your main system be careful not to crank up the volume in order to hear the higher frequecies as it's very easy to fry your tweaters. MS -- MadScientist MadScientist's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5827 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=63278 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter woes
Well, I finally got a functioning Transporter and it performing really well. The analogue output into my headphone amp is the biggest improvement over my SB3. MadScientist;421475 Wrote: The retailer (who are doing their best and with whom I have no complaints) are now trying to get hold of another Transporter in order to organise a simultaneous collection/delivery. MS I take that back! My retailer (Ripcaster.co.uk) were a major part of the problem. After I reported the fault with my unit, they insisted that they had no more Transporters in stock and the fastest route would be a swap via Logitech European Customer services. When this was clearly was not going to be a speedy option, I asked Ripcaster to take responsibility and send me a replacement unit when new stock arrived. They agreed and asked me to hang to the defective unit so they could do a swap in one delivery. At least a week went by nothing. I phoned Ripcaster and was informed they were still awaiting stock.Their web site showed in stock and I began to suspect I was being stonewalled. The following day, I emailed a sales enquiry under a different name. I got a rapid reply Yes, we have black Transporters in stock.A few minutes later I phoned Ripcaster and asked if they were able to sort my problem. Sorry, no Transporters in stock yet were chasing the distributer and will let you know. I immediately cancelled my order and asked them to collect the defective unit which they agreed to do.About 30 min later I got an email : The new stock weve been waiting for is arriving shortly and we can now do the exchange. Draw you owns conclusions from that! What a way to treat a customer who has spent £1000 on a product. In their favour, I will say that Ripcaster, when forced into a course of action, act very efficiently. However, Im singularly unimpressed with their after sales service. MS -- MadScientist MadScientist's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5827 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=63123 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter woes
You've got me worried now. I thought QC would be good enough on this sort of product to make the chances of getting two defective units vary rare. MS -- MadScientist MadScientist's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5827 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=63123 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter woes
Thanks for all the advice - I think I'm making progress on this one after discovering a few irregularities in the story being offered by my retailer. MS -- MadScientist MadScientist's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5827 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=63123 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter woes
After taking delivery of a faulty Transporter (badly distorted analog output), Im finding trying to get a replacement a highly frustrating experience. The retailer from whom I bought the unit, having no more stock themselves, decided that the fastest route would be to organise a straight swap via the Logitech European customer services. Unfortunately wrong! After several days I was contacted by Logitech with the following request. I was to send them proof of purchase in the form of the original receipt (copies or pdfs unacceptable). I was then to organise collection and shipping of the unit from the UK to Switzerland (which they would pay for). The unit would then be tested and at their discretion they would either repair or replace it. By their own admission this process was going to take at least 2-3 weeks. Sorry, but Im not prepared to jump through these hoops and I want a new unit. The retailer (who are doing their best and with whom I have no complaints) are now trying to get hold of another Transporter in order to organise a simultaneous collection/delivery. However, since the distribution of Transporters to the UK can best be described as eccentric (considered choice of words here), I feel that nothing is going to happen quickly. I hope my experience isn't typical. MS -- MadScientist MadScientist's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5827 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=63123 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] SB3+ External DAC or Transporter...
sxr71;420155 Wrote: Sounds like a quick and dirty downsample to 24/48. Those older posts are no longer accurate as 24/96 material is now properly downsampled in SqueezeCenter for the SB3 by a Sox application. MS -- MadScientist MadScientist's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5827 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35775 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] SB3 into Meridian DSP5000's?
This approach has been discussed several times on the Meridian Board although I'm not sure how may are actually use it. Most people with DSPs have a processor as well. The approach is perfectly feasible and I think the SB is an excellent digital source. http://www.meridianunplugged.com/ubbthreads//ubbthreads.php/ubb/cfrm -- MadScientist MadScientist's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5827 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=38527 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: UK Transporters
Originally Posted by Transporterator: There was just one thing that bothered me. Compared to my SB3, the transport seemed a bit lightweight - there was no weight to the sound. I walked around the room and found that actually there was plenty of bass - but not where I wanted it. It was at the sides of the room, and in the hall outside, but not in my listening position. For the first time in years I then experimented with moving my speakers to new positions, including firing across the room rather than down it. Wow! What a difference! After a whole day rearranging furniture, I have now achieved something I never thought possible. The sound is sublime, detailed, powerful, full of life, capturing all the nuances of the original performance. Some tracks, recorded well (the Stones track, Love in Vain from Let it Bleed is a good example), are just unbelieveable - I can (I know this sounds dead corny, but its true) close my eyes and Mick, Keith and the boys, still in their 20s, are playing there just for me! I have never heard anything like this - even from a system costing over £300,000 I once sat and listened to that had so many tubes in the multiple amps that the owner listened to it in his vest in a vain attempt to keep cool. So, you have to re-arrange the furniture for the Transporter to sound better than the SB3! Sorry, but this sounds like a load of audiophile b*ks to me! MS -- MadScientist MadScientist's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5827 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27948 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: An audiophile forum without an Audiophile SB!!! Let's define our needs!
OK, two versions: a player with a high-end DAC and a transport without the DAC. I'd go for the latter as I could't do without the room correction on my pre-amp. MS -- MadScientist MadScientist's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5827 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24732 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
