Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Optimal Volume Level with SB Touch
pablolie wrote: > I have a rather high powered amp. If I turn the Benchmark DAC2 to 100% > volume the SB Touch can't play at more than 55. I tend to keep the DAC2 > at 50% and that allows me to crank the Touch volume up to 80 (that's > entertainingly loud but not annoyingly loud), but typically more like > 72. > > Do those setting impact sound quality, in your opinion? Heres a link to an old discussion on that topic https://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?89228-Touch-Volume-Control-Quality=645562=1#post645562 MichaelJ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=43215 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=111714 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] NAS > Transporter > Amp which final connection?
terryd wrote: > Sorry, I should have put a smiley face at the end of that sentence Gary. Oh my gosh...levity in the audiophile forum. Shouldnt that be reported to a moderator?:) MichaelJ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=43215 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=108091 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] HIGHRESAUDIO to stop offering MQA
Back in 1970 our quad setup consisted of a radio in each corner of the room listening to Casey Kasem's Top40. We applied judicious amounts of herbals to convince ourselves that we had achieved surround sound. MichaelJ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=43215 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=107118 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] HIGHRESAUDIO to stop offering MQA
Golden Earring wrote: > Shock! Horror! > > Sony ceased vinyl production in 1989, so this is unexpected. > > I am anticipating an apoplectic reaction to this revelation... ;) > > Davex :cool: Hopefully their new vinyl will be quadraphonic with a brilliant new analog MQA encoding. An audiophool's wet dream. MichaelJ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=43215 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=107118 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Chips
edwardthern wrote: > > Truly a monkey can act like a human to dinner extent but those intellect > will never reach that beyond a monkey. After watching from the sidelines, I've got to say this is the most coherent thing you've posted. Please don't go away mad...just go away. MichaelJ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=43215 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=106575 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] For Sale: Transport fully modded Modwright Platinum Signature
darrenyeats wrote: > Even if you think you're providing a public service, it's very rude to > pee on someone's for-sale thread. I prefer to think of it as a preemptive caveat emptor.;) MichaelJ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=43215 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=104936 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New AKM 4490 DAC
Squeezemenicely wrote: > In the other thread you stated your age, this has also something to do > with it. I am just shopping for varifocals - so I am also getting used > to the idea that some things do not get better as age progresses. ;-) > This is not ageism, just a fact. I totally agree. That's why I said YMMV. While I can still hear up to 13kHz, there is a roll off above 8kHz. Think of the $$ I'm saving on not needing super tweeters!:) MichaelJ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=43215 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=104495 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New AKM 4490 DAC
Fizbin wrote: > Anyone else using this DAC with their Squeezebox product, or more > specifically...a Touch? Does it bring it closer to the sound of the > Transporter? I had been using the über version of that DAC. After setting up a passive pre amp and A/B comparing it with the analog op of the Touch, I sold the Bifrost. This was a subjective evaluation onlymy ears, my equipment, my room. YMMV. MichaelJ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=43215 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=104495 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Is anybody sick of the recent spate of threads?
castalla wrote: Enough already! We don't care. We? You don't care...don't presume to speak for me! MichaelJ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=43215 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103842 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] AKM4420 vs AKM4396
Squeezemenicely wrote: Well then it was best to sell it - as you did. Higher frequencies fade away with age. Indeed they do. However, my hearing is still good to 13 kHz. This allows me to enjoy my music and ignore advertisements for super tweeters.:rolleyes: MichaelJ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=43215 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103776 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] AKM4420 vs AKM4396
Squeezemenicely wrote: As for the sound of Dacs, my Bifrost has the AKM4396, so in theory should sound no better or different than the Touch. But it does, even very much so. So it seem it is not only the chip that makes the difference. I too had a Bifrost in my system. However my experience was the opposite. I acquired a 2 input passive preamp, a Schiit Sys. Feeding the outputs of the Bifrost and the Touch analog into it, I used my sophisticated random blind AB switching system (my wife switching inputs) for evaluation. I was unable to discern any differences with my 70 year old ear/brain interface. I sold the Bifrost. ps. My wife didn't hear a difference either.:rolleyes: MichaelJ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=43215 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103776 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Cable burn in
netchord wrote: so yes, cable does change over time; whether that's burn in or some other term i can't say. It's been my experience that perception changes over timecables remain constant. MichaelJ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=43215 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103502 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Some publications at least make an effort to keep a semblance of honest ; -)
Archimago wrote: But, but, but... Neil Young said 24/192 was needed to liberate the music... And that we were going to be, like, hearing the music for the first time! And we know that, as a 68 yr old rock musician who's been performing live for over 45 years, his hearing acuity can only have improved. MichaelJ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=43215 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=100892 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] MEASUREMENTS: Some Squeezebox numbers to consider...
ralphpnj wrote: What I do object to and object to very strongly is when the so called professionals who write and edit the various audiophile magazines make objective statements, such as Stereophile's Recommended Components which even have letter grades, after using only subjective evaluation techniques. That's when I cry FOUL!!! While I appreciate the technical measurements in reviews, it would be sweet if the reviewers had to post a graph of their own frequency response before posting their subjective evaluations. MichaelJ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=43215 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97950 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] My third Shunyata power cable
magiccarpetride;686024 Wrote: You guys are clueless. You think that a theatre performance only works if attendees somehow get convinced that what's happening on the stage is for real? You call me sophisticated but I can't help but call you dull. It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing. Macbeth scene V -- MichaelJ MichaelJ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=43215 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93210 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] soundcheck's Touch Toolbox 3.0
evdplancke;685390 Wrote: Now listening to factory SBT while writing and still enjoying music soundstage, details, tonal balance and so on. This will hopefully put an end for me to the nightmare of the endless (and sleepless) tweaking quest of the holy graal of the perfect sound and finally let me enjoy the music. Congratulations for finding a way to evaluate your system to your satisfaction and for realizing that it's about the music. -- MichaelJ MichaelJ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=43215 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=91322 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] soundcheck's Touch Toolbox 3.0
SBGK;683342 Wrote: hopefully I get my Squeezebox back today so shall not be upsetting you're cosy chats in the future. And here I was with a glimmer of hope that you really were leaving us for good -- MichaelJ MichaelJ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=43215 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=91322 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Audio Myths!
pandasharka;683560 Wrote: MagicCarpetShite - is it possible to adjust your BS generator down or is it at a fixed ego permanently way ahead of any chance of sense setting? You've got to stop acknowledging his posts.it's giving him the attention his parents obviously aren't. -- MichaelJ MichaelJ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=43215 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=92918 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Speaker crossover component upgrades.
A few years ago I replaced the capacitors on an old pair of JBL L26s. It was a noticeable difference in the sound. The recap opened up the sound, most noticeably in the high end, and improved the spaciousness in the 'sound stage'. Total cost was under $20. -- MichaelJ MichaelJ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=43215 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=92810 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Wireless speakers
Here's yet another optionhttp://axiomaudio.com/flatspeakerwirewhite.html -- MichaelJ MichaelJ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=43215 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=90987 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Wireless speakers
http://www.audioquest.com/ makes a flat speaker cable that may be a solution for you. -- MichaelJ MichaelJ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=43215 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=90987 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Playing high-res tracks via iTunes to my Touch?
I am running Lion on an iMac and am using SBS7.7 I keep my FLAC music in a separate folder on the Mac. I show it under media folders on the SBS library page and leave a checkmark beside iTunes as well. SBS scans both and Touch shows the FLACs in a separate folder under My Music. Max, http://sbooth.org/Max/ is another program that can convert FLAC to ALAC. -- MichaelJ MichaelJ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=43215 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=90719 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Teflon tape
magiccarpetride;644945 Wrote: I know I'm easily excitable and prone to exaggerations, but man, it cost me $1.29 for this teflon tape, and I can't believe the difference it makes. Tonight I'm going to teflon all of my other AC plugs, see if I get even more improvements. Personally I think you should go for the tin foil hatit's bound to cut down on stray RFI and who knows, maybe it will lift a few veils if not eyebrows. -- MichaelJ MichaelJ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=43215 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=89174 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter EAC vs. CD audio... Throwing Down the Gauntlet !!!
Wombat;640919 Wrote: Something Off Topic. I see that some reviewers and well regarded Hi-Fi authors from the past these days still hear things they write about and describe fine differences. These people must be in the end of their 50s now or even older. I have the feeling they fool themself often enough cause their best ear days are long gone. Some may have very good measuring equipment and measure things that no human may ever hear but when measured once they really believe to hear it. Especialy for these people it is time for real abx testing for an eye opener. hear, hear, he said wistfully. At age 65 my high end has rolled off to 12.5 khz. -- MichaelJ MichaelJ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=43215 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=88364 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Quality of digital outs from the Squeezebox
magiccarpetride;617308 Wrote: sigh When you can measure what you are speaking about, and express it in numbers, you know something about it; but when you cannot measure it, when you cannot express it in numbers, your knowledge is of a meagre and unsatisfactory kind:it may be the beginning of knowledge but you have scarcely, in your thoughts, advanced to the state of science. William Thompson, Lord Kelvin. -- MichaelJ MichaelJ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=43215 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=84903 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Why do things sound the way they do?
Robin Bowes;617304 Wrote: On 11/03/11 18:19, maggior wrote: Robin Bowes;617294 Wrote: This guy is either: 1. a troll 2. clinically insane 3. a complete tosser Or possibly all three! So what you are saying is he's really Charlie Sheen :-). lol! R. -- Feed that ego and you starve the soul - Colonel J.D. Wilkes http://www.theshackshakers.com/ It saddens one to think that somewhere out there is a tiny village without its idiot. -- MichaelJ MichaelJ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=43215 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=86236 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Why do things sound the way they do?
magiccarpetride;617078 Wrote: . For example, if you're on a Mac computer, locate a good quality photo on your hard drive. Open that photo in Safari. Then open the same photo in Firefox. Now position both browsers side-by-side (you may have to do some resizing of each browser window), and compare the two renditions of the same photo. Yes, it's the same zeros and ones, but these two photos look very different You had better get your Mac checked out. I'm on a Mac and there is no difference between the 2 browsers. If it's doing that to your jpgs, what's it doing to your music? -- MichaelJ MichaelJ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=43215 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=86236 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Why do things sound the way they do?
magiccarpetride;617110 Wrote: Have you calibrated your Mac screen? I'd be willing to bet large sums of money that you haven't (you've probably never even heard of such a thing as 'calibrating one's screen'). . After 30 years as a production editor for a television network, I have more than a passing knowledge regarding monitor alignment and calibration. Your ongoing vitriolic attacks on anyone who doesn't see/hear the world as you do is getting tiring. -- MichaelJ MichaelJ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=43215 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=86236 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
