Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter being phased out?
pfarrell;483559 Wrote: I agree that a Transporter 2 is most unlikely, unless TGA decides its needed, and I expect that TGA can't afford the engineering.] I'd like to see a Transporter with the extraneous buttons, screens and handles ripped out, in a half size good quality (not plastic) box. I wonder if Tiny Garage Audiophile Company could afford that? MC -- ModelCitizen Think the third party Squeeze plugins and applets are important? Then 'vote for bug 14194' (http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=14194) so more can be made. Last.fm/user/ModelCitizen ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=71092 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter knob as volume control only
I think this was asked recently (and that there is a long thread about it), the answer being no. I used to run my Transporter directly into a Bryston 4B-SST and then into PMC OB1s, first using the balanced cabled and latterly using normal phonos (as the hifi wouldn't go loud enough with the baslanced cables). Now I run my SB++ directly into the Bryston instead. MC -- ModelCitizen Think the third party Squeeze plugins and applets are important? Then 'vote for bug 14194' (http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=14194) so more can be made. Last.fm/user/ModelCitizen ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=69868 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter vs. Duet+DAC?
pfarrell;456788 Wrote: I had a Benchmark DAC-1 and got a Transporter. I prefer the Transporter. The Benchmark is for sale. You got the Transporter *well* over three years ago. How come it took so long to decide to sell the Benchmark? BTW. I preferred the Transporter over the SB3/Benchmark/Linear PSU set up too. I also preferred the SB+ (www.at-tunes.co.uk) over the Transporter (despite it's black background in my Naim setup the Transporter sounded thin and sibilant) so got rid of that too. MC -- ModelCitizen On average people have fewer than two feet. Last.fm/user/ModelCitizen ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=67682 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] The Blind Testing Controversy
I am blind and S Club 7 sound the best wherever I am. MC -- ModelCitizen On average people have fewer than two feet. http://www.last.fm/user/ModelCitizen ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=61877 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter on the way vs my exsisting SB3
Dacs are funny things. The qualitative change in the sound swapping around DACs is nowhere near as great as changing your speakers, or even repositoning them. Many causual hifi users cannot distinguish between dacs and many audiophiles could not distuinguish between dacs when used with anything but reasonably high end hifi equipment. That said, the apparently very small difference in sound exchanging a dac can make can determine whether the music sounds good or not, whether you tap your foot or not. It's almost more of an emotional thing. Whether this is due to jitter or not I have no idea. That said, the sound of the Tranporter is very removed from the sound of the sb3. The difference should be immediately obvious if the hifi gear you are using is good quality and transparent. It cannot be said whether this difference is solely due to the dac though (in fact, it's certain it is not). Whether you prefer the sound of the Transporter over the SB3 depends upon which device makes makes you tap your foot more vigorously. Well, it does for me anyway. :-) MC SB+ Bryston 4B SST PMC OB1 -- ModelCitizen On average people have fewer than two feet. http://www.last.fm/user/ModelCitizen ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=58311 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Squeezebox upgrades
If you want 24/96 you'll have to get a Transporter, but if 24/48 will suffice I can recommend the AT Tunes modded SB3, known as the SB+. It does sound much better than the SB3 (via it's own analogue outs, no need for a third party DAC). http://www.at-tunes.co.uk/ I've tried the SB3 with various DACS (inc. Benchmark) and PSUs but the SB+ sounded best to me. I also have a Transporter. MC -- ModelCitizen On average people have fewer than two feet. http://www.last.fm/user/ModelCitizen ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=54335 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Distortion
Definitely a problem somewhere, but you probably need to play around a bit and provide more info before the problem can be identified. Does the receiver (SBR) have the same problem through the analogue outs and/or with local music (not radio)? What differentiates the songs that do distort against the songs that don't?. Have you tried another Dac? MC -- ModelCitizen On average people have fewer than two feet. http://www.last.fm/user/ModelCitizen ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=51822 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Is Boom good enough for audiophile use
I agree entirely with Phil. The sound of this small box is just superb. I've not heard any device of this type or price point that sounds anywhere near as good. It certainly does not have anything of the clinical digital sound or the boxy hollowness commonly associated with this type of device (indeed, it's quite weighty). The sound is rounded, well balanced and very clear. I keep the device on my bedside table and if I turn the volume up to 90% it serves the whole top story of my (five bedroom) house. I listen to fair bit of electronic music and the Boom reproduces it extremely well. I also listen to a reasonable amount of voice/acoustic guitar stuff and this also sounds wonderful. I'm just amazed that Logitech have managed to knock it out for the low price they have. I'd like to get another but can't figure out where I'd put it unless I replace my kitchen SB3 rig.. now there's a thought. Did I mention that the bass is surprisingly good too? Even the Stereo-XL works well (not something I've ever liked in any other device I've tried). MC -- ModelCitizen On average people have fewer than two feet. http://www.last.fm/user/ModelCitizen ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=51624 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Is Boom good enough for audiophile use
opaqueice;334491 Wrote: There is an issue at high volume - on bass-heavy hiphop the output distorts strongly in the bass by about 80 on the volume. That could probably be dealt with by tweaking the DSP.I've just started uding Replaygain specifically for my Boom player and find that I can (easily) run it at 90% without any distortion. I listen to a lot of bass heavy electronic music too (but not hip hop). Did you prefer Calebs last DSP beta, the one with the bass limiting (which to me sounded unpleasantly thin)? MC -- ModelCitizen On average people have fewer than two feet. http://www.last.fm/user/ModelCitizen ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=51624 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What DAC to use?
harmonic;330251 Wrote: had one thing in commen and thats lack of bass extension and difinition and musicality. That's three things. MC -- ModelCitizen On average people have fewer than two feet. http://www.last.fm/user/ModelCitizen ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=49316 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What DAC to use?
tomjtx;330289 Wrote: No, MC has has a sense of humor. and my posts generally make some sense too. A point of view stands more chance of being communicated correctly (and taken seriously) if care is taken with diction, punctation, grammar and spelling. If one is too lazy or can't be bothered to form a lucid post then why should people be expected to read or take it seriously? MC -- ModelCitizen On average people have fewer than two feet. http://www.last.fm/user/ModelCitizen ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=49316 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New transporter firmware (v.40) in nightlies
Gawd. This thread ends here?! Three months after the last attempt I am back here. I've just put my Transporter back into my system. The system is running SC 7.2. I've upgraded the Transporter firmware, flashed the Xlinix and still the damn thing is silent. No VU meter movement. The screen indicates that there is a track playing but the device is silent. This through balanced outs. It's now just a silent featherweight box. No purpose at all. Can I get my money back? MC -- ModelCitizen On average people have fewer than two feet. http://www.last.fm/user/ModelCitizen ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42960 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Squeezebox plus, does it still exist?
Robin Bowes;320960 Wrote: Ah, OK. I stand corrected. Yes you do! The power supply is interesting in itself. A separate box (with wooden ends), very heavy, and with a bleedin' great toroidal transformer stuck in it. Anyone would think that AT-Tunes had taken a leaf out of the the Naim book. MC -- ModelCitizen On average people have fewer than two feet. http://www.last.fm/user/ModelCitizen ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=49942 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New transporter firmware (v.40) in nightlies
BTW. It appears I now have Transporter firmware 50 installed. That's a bit of a jump. MC -- ModelCitizen On average people have fewer than two feet. http://www.last.fm/user/ModelCitizen ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42960 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New transporter firmware (v.40) in nightlies
andyg;321115 Wrote: TP firmware 50 is working great. Did you try a factory reset? errr.. no... I have now though and all four players appear to be working perfectly with the all-singing, all-dancing NS SC7.2. I find I must thank you yet again Andy. So, thank you very much indeed! :-) MC -- ModelCitizen On average people have fewer than two feet. http://www.last.fm/user/ModelCitizen ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42960 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Squeezebox plus, does it still exist?
... and jolly good it is too. MC -- ModelCitizen On average people have fewer than two feet. http://www.last.fm/user/ModelCitizen ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=49942 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Squeezebox plus, does it still exist?
I'm a sucker for wooden bits. ;-| MC -- ModelCitizen On average people have fewer than two feet. http://www.last.fm/user/ModelCitizen ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=49942 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What DAC to use?
BDG;316240 Wrote: Suffice to say, after 3 days, I sold my $5K (used values) worth of Naim gear and run the DAC1 Pre directly into my remaining Naim 180 power amp and Shahinian Arc speakers. Haha.. this takes the cake and just goes to show that it's just personal preference (or delusion!) and that to buy hifi you must listen to it an make your own mind up... 'cos the next guy is going to hear something entirely different. Your set up is the same as mine was (you can't beat Arcs for choral and analogue music). In the end my conclusion was that I'd never get anything to sound as good as a CDX... to my ears the Benchmark (ran either through Naim pre-amp or solely power amp) gave a cold, harsh and clinical edge to the sound.. none of the other dacs I tried with the SB3 got near the CDX either. Since then I've gone from a Transporter to a SB+. And I'm still hoping to come across a network player that sounds as good as the CDX. MC -- ModelCitizen On average people have fewer than two feet. http://www.last.fm/user/ModelCitizen ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=49316 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What DAC to use?
sfraser;318144 Wrote: SB3- Benchmark DAC-1-Bryston BP25 preamp--Bryston 3B Amp--PMC loudspeakers. Just out of interest, can you hear any difference when you run the DAC1 straight into the 3B? MC -- ModelCitizen On average people have fewer than two feet. http://www.last.fm/user/ModelCitizen ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=49316 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] SB3 - Transporter Minireview
I think much of the point of the Transporter is that a very high quality DAC is integrated into the device. Running an external DAC on a Transporter seems an odd thing to do. MC -- ModelCitizen Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. It's the music stupid! http://www.last.fm/user/ModelCitizen ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=49001 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Duet Sound
I think it's amazing you can work out improvements in sound quality out by percentage. That's a real skill. MC -- ModelCitizen Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. SB+ Bryston 4BSST PMC OB1s. http://www.last.fm/user/ModelCitizen ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46079 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Duet Sound
Matt, what a refreshing and interesting post. I'm not sure what you mean by If Naim made a nice DAC/pre-pre-amp, but I wonder if the Naim SuperNait might do, a few DACS, amp and pre-amp. MC -- ModelCitizen Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. SB+ Bryston 4BSST PMC OB1s. http://www.last.fm/user/ModelCitizen ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46079 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] How many reasons...
JJZolx;296628 Wrote: Many people looking for a simple entry into computer-based audio have expressed feelings that the server software is the weakest part of the SB system and have sold or returned Squeezeboxes because of it. How many users new to the SB and these forums have posted asking how to play music using WinAmp or Foobar instead of using the web itnerface? Yes, but we now have the Controller interface (and it's pretty certain that this is going to be licensed/ported to other handhelds that can accept it). The vast majority of every day users will use that in preference to a computer (and especially audiophiles who tend to be older than the norm) . The Web Gui is becoming a secondary concern for Logitech. Uh.. just realised the Slim web site has changed. MC -- ModelCitizen Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. SB+ Bryston 4BSST PMC OB1s. http://www.last.fm/user/ModelCitizen ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46767 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] How many reasons...
JJZolx;296624 Wrote: Functions as a CD player. +1 Touchscreen. +1 All in one ripping and database system. +2 Of course, it's a different paradigm, with some shortcomings compared to the slim approach. Biggest is probably lack of multi-zone playback, but then again SD hasn't exactly mastered that one yet and few audiophiles are concerned with multi-zone. Lack of wireless networking. +10! You can bet that will save them a massive amount of development and support costs (gathering from what we've seen at SD), as well as saving their customers endless headaches. If someone wants a wireless connection they can attach it to a WAP. Very smart. Of course the internal hard drive means that no network is even necessary. Upon reflection I agree with all of this, apart from the zoning bit. I don't pretend to understand NaimNet but the blurb about the HDX states Streams to 6 StreamNet devices. The more I think about the HDX the more i think that Naim have got it right and that it is far from flawed product. Considering their probable target market as it stands at the moment it seems well aimed. It is attempting to take all the hassle and geekness out of network music. Even I am attracted to dumping the wireless network and anyone who can afford a Naim kit can afford an electrician to wire in the network cable. I personally don't want a CD player or a ripper and would want much bigger (and simply/cheaply upgradeable hard drives)... but then I am comfortable with computers and technology (but not the time they take up). I don't really care what lossless format the music plays in as long as tags are supported (and I see it supports flac anyway). I'm interested how quiet the device is and how good the interface and remote are. I've not found out yet, but it looks like the screen is on the HDX (damn) and so presumably not on the remote, which is a flaw IMHO. My guess is that they'll produce a cut down version nearer to my requirements in the near future. I've attached a Naim to Dealer missive (which I probably shouldn't have). MC +---+ |Filename: Naim's HDX (Retailer Info).pdf | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=4981| +---+ -- ModelCitizen Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. SB+ Bryston 4BSST PMC OB1s. http://www.last.fm/user/ModelCitizen ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46767 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] How many reasons...
And neither am I influenced by hype! :-) In fact I've just sold all my Naim gear. I just can't be fussed with all the wires, black boxes and the continual temptation to spend even more money. I've not found any network player or network player/Dac combination that comes close to a Naim CDX and have just given up trying (at least for a few years). IMHO if you can't find a decent source then there's no point in spending huge amount of money and time on the rest of the gear (you can't make a silk purse out of a sows ear). I've now got a simple no-hassle system that sounds acceptable. I'm going to concentrate on fishing and bringing up my kid now. :-) It's a shame the Linn network player seems so flawed too (has anyone seen the interface, even the Linn demonstrator had trouble with it!). Hopefully by the time my son leaves home there'll be something that sounds as good as vinyl again (minus scratches, rumbles etc). I guess one of the best things about network players might be that the redbook standard is dumped. As someone here once said (maybe the original poster?): I've already made a sacrifice in sound quality going from CD from vinyl. I don't want to take another going to a network player. As things stand I still think you have to, but maybe the Linn and Naim offerings will rectify this but I won't be buying them until they are much less expensive and much better designed. Maybe I've just been spoilt by the CDX. MC -- ModelCitizen Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. SB+ Bryston 4BSST PMC OB1s. http://www.last.fm/user/ModelCitizen ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46767 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Duet Sound
mr_bill;295920 Wrote: What other audio forum did you post in Jazzy? I'd like to read the posts. I'd like to know too. It'd be very refreshing to read a constructive audiophile thread. MC -- ModelCitizen Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. It's the music, stupid. http://www.last.fm/user/ModelCitizen ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46079 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] How many reasons...
iPhone;295309 Wrote: Or am I wrong that 4500 pounds translates to about $9000 USD? It does at the moment. I certainly won't be buying it, but I'll be very interested to see if Naim can manage to get their usual stunning sound out of a networked player. I wasn't convinced by the SuperNait integrated dacs/Amp/pre-amp device. Is there some sort of audiophile competition between Linn and Naim then? MC -- ModelCitizen Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. It's the music, stupid. http://www.last.fm/user/ModelCitizen ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46767 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Songs you use for critical listening
Does anyone wonder why virtually no one really gives a s*** about obtaining music illegally now? It's just one in a long list of things that modern people pretend publically that they don't do. MC -- ModelCitizen Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. It's the music, stupid. http://www.last.fm/user/ModelCitizen ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46640 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] How many reasons...
The point about NAIM is that their gear just sounds superb. The rest is details ;-/ Got it? MC -- ModelCitizen Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. It's the music, stupid. http://www.last.fm/user/ModelCitizen ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46767 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] How many reasons...
GuyDebord;295240 Wrote: I guess fierce marketing this days is still pounding strong. Nothing to do with brand/marketing. NAIM just swings where other don't. You can hear it. ;-) MC -- ModelCitizen Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. It's the music, stupid. http://www.last.fm/user/ModelCitizen ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46767 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Songs you use for critical listening
GuyDebord;294435 Wrote: Supersilent #8220; 6 #8220; , Rune Grammofon Crikey, someone else who has heard of SuperSilent! From the same stable: Biosphere - Chukhung. Detail, punch, depth, beauty Information - plot ratio (replug). Speed Fennesz and Hazard - to see if the hifi is an alpha male Pink Floyd - Dark side of the Moon (Toshiba Black Triangle) - same as above Arvo Part - Passio. Beauty, voice, intensity Bob Dylan - Bob Dylan (remaster). Analogue clarity, natural separation. St Etienne - Amateur. Full on bass kick thump. Balance. Younger Brother - The Finger. Even frequency response (very interesting on the Transporter) and fast transients (the thwack factor) MC -- ModelCitizen Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. It's the music, stupid. http://www.last.fm/user/ModelCitizen ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46640 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New transporter firmware (v.40) in nightlies
It was moving to 7.1 that caused the upgrade to firmware 40. I'd have persevered with it if I did not have the Transporter wired directly to my amp. A quick warning to others: Upgrading by downloading the Windows executable and then errr... executing it, such that 7.1 just overlaid my 7.0.1 installation destroyed my SqueezeCenter installation. The left hand pane of the web interface would not load. I've had to reinstall 7.0.1 from scratch now. I'm back on firmware 37. MC -- ModelCitizen Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. It's the music, stupid. http://www.last.fm/user/ModelCitizen ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42960 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Not impressed with the Transporter
fakarava2;293448 Wrote: I am always surprised : nobody states what is the method used to exactly match the levels. We used the volume controls. Seemed the obvious way to do it. MC -- ModelCitizen Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. It's the music, stupid. http://www.last.fm/user/ModelCitizen ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46271 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New transporter firmware (v.40) in nightlies
I've just updated to todays 7.1 nightly. My Transporter looks as though it's working fine but it's silent. I can't try the test tones as the Transporter is directly wired into a Bryston 4BSST 300W power amp. Guess I'd better go back to 7.0.1. MC -- ModelCitizen Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. It's the music, stupid. http://www.last.fm/user/ModelCitizen ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42960 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Duet Sound
ntom;293281 Wrote: and a SB3 playing through a Perpetual Technologies DACUpsampler (also second hand).= This thread is shot anyway (oh look, yet another thread on the SlimDevices Audiophile forum that has deteriorated into brain-dead argument, well I never).. Apart from the speakers your kit is very similar to what I used to have... and it worked very well (for me). Before I got the Transporter and got very tired of thinking I needed yet another black (or silver) box and associated cable I had Naim kit and SB3 with Perpetual Technologies DAC and Upsampler/Digital Correction Unit (P1-A?) and Monolithic PSU. The PT stuff was the nicest sounding DAC I found to fix to the SB3. I upgraded to a Benchmark DAC1 after that but never liked it very much (clinical, exact, hard and cold). I tried a few others too but the PT was defintely the best sounding (for me). I've now fed up of having large numbers of hifi units and have attempted to obtain the best sound (to my ears) out of the fewest units (with least wires). This knocked Naim, with their annoying adhesion to DIN plugs and seperate PSUs out of the equation. Shame really as Naim stuff really does seems to sound better than anything else. PRAT I think it's called... a very exasperating tla. - Sentimental? No. I have a lot of Naim stuff for sale and also a Perpetual Technolgies P-1A. Oh, and a black Transporter too (my new amp is silver). :-) MC -- ModelCitizen Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. It's the music, stupid. http://www.last.fm/user/ModelCitizen ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46079 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Squeezebox 3 and Mark Levinson DAC
That's great. Very interesting. Well done. It'd be interesting to hear your thoughts about the Transporter too. MC -- ModelCitizen Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. It's the music, stupid. http://www.last.fm/user/ModelCitizen ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46533 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] I want it bit-perfect
Please, it'd be nice to see one thread here end in Harmony. -- ModelCitizen Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. It's the music, stupid. http://www.last.fm/user/ModelCitizen ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46229 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Not impressed with the Transporter
Walleyefisher;292612 Wrote: I have to say that I personally use the balanced analog output of the transporter to my pre/pro using the analog bypass Not too sure what the last half of this sentence means but the only difference I've experienced between the balanced and unbalanced outputs of the Transporter fed directly into my Bryston 4B SST power amp is that the balanced ouputs are quieter (and for me, who likes to rawk, don't go quite loud enough). Otherwise. I couldn't agree more about how the differences between sources are revealed with revealing hifi (yeah, OK!). This may seem obvious (see?), but it's taken me by surprise recently. As Robin points out, we could not tell any difference betwen two sources tried at his house on his rockin' beer boy at college hi end hifi (joke Robin!). But at my house on medium/low range Naim seperates the differences between similar sources was noticeable often over time, rather than immediately however. Take the same sources to a hi end hifi (in my recent example top-of-the-range Naim seperates and BW Nautiless speakers) and the differences between sources becomes obvious in a second (not to say that snap judgements at which you like best are wise though). Oohh.. and in the beginning there was speaker placement. MC -- ModelCitizen Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. It's the music, stupid. http://www.last.fm/user/ModelCitizen ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46271 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Duet Sound
opaqueice;292595 Wrote: What should we be using, oh master? Vinyl, obviously. :-| MC -- ModelCitizen Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. It's the music, stupid. http://www.last.fm/user/ModelCitizen ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46079 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Burning amp in with dummy load
agentsmith;291339 Wrote: Trying to burn in my Naim 202/200, but wife would kill me if I blast it 24/7. Some Naim head who seems to be in the know told me to buy a pair 20W/8 Ohm resister and connect the two ends to the +ve and -ve of both the left and right channel and play music on it 24/7 I'm perplexed why you asked this here. The Naim forums seem the obvious place to ask. MC -- ModelCitizen Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. It's the music, stupid. http://www.last.fm/user/ModelCitizen ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46295 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New transporter firmware (v.40) in nightlies
Robin Bowes;282454 Wrote: v40 has been pulled from recent releases. I believe it's still distributed, but transporter.version is set to only use up to v36. I'm now running the 7.0.1 nightly (or 7.01 as it's referred to on the download page - http://www.slimdevices.com/dev_nightly.html) and I've just noticed that I'm running Transporter firmware v37. MC -- ModelCitizen Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. It's the music, stupid. http://www.last.fm/user/ModelCitizen ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42960 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Duet Sound
Some friends and I tested out a few devices (Receiver, SB3, Tranpsorter, SB+, Naim CDX) on a top end Naim hifi with BW Nautiless speakers recently. We didn't devote too much time to the Receiver and the SB3, but the differences were not remarked upon as being great. For me personally I was interested to hear that what I perceive as the slightly deadening flatness of the SB3 sound was not apparent in the Receiver. Caveat: In my experience comparisons like this only have any benefit or relevance for the individuals conducting the tests. Everyone else (witness this forum) appears to hear everything very differently. This is why audiophile reviews or audiophile opinions are generally not worth a jot. I probably shouldn't have bothered replying to your post really, but despite myself couldn't resist. MC -- ModelCitizen Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. It's the music, stupid. http://www.last.fm/user/ModelCitizen ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46079 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New transporter firmware (v.40) in nightlies
nuhi;281626 Wrote: Today I installed v7.0.1 - 17914 and on my surprise it had a firmware 40 in it This is odd. I've installed 7.0.1 but my Transporter has stayed at firmware 36, even despite attempts to update manually (using brightness button). MC -- ModelCitizen Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. It's the music, stupid. http://www.last.fm/user/ModelCitizen ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42960 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Linear PSU in stock at Farnell (UK)
My Farnell PSU gave up the ghost after about a year too. I replaced it with a Transporter. :-) MC -- ModelCitizen Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. It's the music, stupid. http://www.last.fm/user/ModelCitizen ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21550 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] External DAC - what are the specific advantages?
Pat Farrell;265303 Wrote: Many audiophiles are insane. I think the original poster will have realised by now that virtually all audiophiles are nutters. Whilst the planet is rapidly going down the tubes they are arguing about esoteric gear that costs stupid amounts of money and has very tiny effects on something you listen to. It's just plain wierd, almost autistic. MC -- ModelCitizen Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. It's the music, stupid. http://www.last.fm/user/ModelCitizen ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42961 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New transporter firmware (v.40) in nightlies
Heimiko;264873 Wrote: It's not like white noise, its more like a series of heavy thumbs, _really_ bad for the speakers. The only one time I tried fiddling with the digital input setting on my Transporter this is exactly that I heard (firmware 36). The only complaint I have with the ambitious Transporter is the pops that emit from my speakers when I turn it on and off (I have solved the problem by not turning it on and off). I'd be pleased if firmware 40 cured this. Unfortunately, as I run the Transporter directly into a 300Watt amp I won't be trying firmware 40 just yet. :-) MC -- ModelCitizen Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. Transporter Bryston 4B ST PMC OB1s SB3 NAIM NAC 102 + HICAP NAIM NAP 180 Shahinian Arcs http://www.last.fm/user/ModelCitizen ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42960 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] 1000 Posts and Counting...
I have to agree with EZK's sentiments too. I have never become involved with a product in this manner before (and still find it a bit uncomfortable to tell the truth) but I am very glad to own a number of SlimDevices and to partake in my own tiny way in the development of new ones. I too am extremely glad that the community feeling and forum feedback seems to have remained with the Logitech takeover.. I really didn't expect it to. I think SlimDevices has been a quite unique company and am very glad that their refreshingly open (and open-minded) attitude has really paid dividends for them. I am proud to have been associated with the the company and it's products Now pass the sick-bag Alice. MC -- ModelCitizen Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. Transporter Bryston 4B ST PMC OB1s SB3 NAIM NAC 102 + HICAP NAIM NAP 180 Shahinian Arcs http://www.last.fm/user/ModelCitizen ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42900 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter paired with Squeezebox Controller
Mark Lanctot;264662 Wrote: It's almost as fast as the IR remote and faster than the web UI. It feel faster than the IR remote to me, but maybe that just 'cos it clicks. MC -- ModelCitizen Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. Transporter Bryston 4B ST PMC OB1s SB3 NAIM NAC 102 + HICAP NAIM NAP 180 Shahinian Arcs http://www.last.fm/user/ModelCitizen ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42761 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter paired with Squeezebox Controller
gharris999;264020 Wrote: That's exactly how I'm selecting my music these days with the web interface. It would be REAL nice to see that implemented in the jive ui. Mr Harris. Please would you sign up for the bug? http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=6657 MC -- ModelCitizen Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. Transporter Bryston 4B ST PMC OB1s SB3 NAIM NAC 102 + HICAP NAIM NAP 180 Shahinian Arcs http://www.last.fm/user/ModelCitizen ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42761 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Receiver vs SB3
Pale Blue Ego;264349 Wrote: Surely the guys at Slim did some careful listening tests With multimeters and oscilloscopes. MC -- ModelCitizen Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. Transporter Bryston 4B ST PMC OB1s SB3 NAIM NAC 102 + HICAP NAIM NAP 180 Shahinian Arcs http://www.last.fm/user/ModelCitizen ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42899 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter paired with Squeezebox Controller
I use 300x300 pixel cover artwork and it looks great auto-scalled on the Conroller. I don't bother with my remote anymore and think the Controller has made my system. It took me a while to stop pointing it at the Transporter though. One thing that is not as good with the Controller is errr... finding your music (sounds pretty fundamental huh?).. as there are no a-z keys enabling you to zip directly to albums/artists names starting with S (for instance). Scrolling through 1560 albums and god knows how many artists is not as much fun. The ability to select All Albums for any chosen genre has been dumped too which, if like me, you often play whole albums from a genre further slows down accessing your music (BTW, if this does worry you please sign up for this bug:http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=6657) Wierdly it seems more responsive than the original remote. It's even snappy. I love it. MC -- ModelCitizen Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. Transporter Bryston 4B ST PMC OB1s SB3 NAIM NAC 102 + HICAP NAIM NAP 180 Shahinian Arcs http://www.last.fm/user/ModelCitizen ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42761 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter paired with Squeezebox Controller
Pale Blue Ego;263805 Wrote: Can't you get the same result by pressing PLAY at the Genre you want? I know that will play every TRACK in the Genre, and as far as I know, only tracks have Genre tags, not albums. No that would play every track in the genre. I am used to navigating to a genre and picking an album that is tagged with that genre... ah.. I feel like some Choral Music at the moment, which album shall I play... that sort of thing... Have a look at your player to see what I mean All Albums MC -- ModelCitizen Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. Transporter Bryston 4B ST PMC OB1s SB3 NAIM NAC 102 + HICAP NAIM NAP 180 Shahinian Arcs http://www.last.fm/user/ModelCitizen ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42761 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Stereophile review
tomjtx;210398 Wrote: In my system , the TP sounds significantly different with balanced outs. It does on mine too far too quiet. Otherwise no difference. MC -- ModelCitizen It is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring. Transporter Bryston 4B ST PMC OB1s SB3 NAIM NAC 102 NAIM NAP 180 Shahinian Arcs http://www.last.fm/user/ModelCitizen ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=26306 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Stereophile review
mswlogo;210426 Wrote: I'm glad to hear you did a side by side test. I certainly value anyone’s opinion as long as they make an effort to do somewhat of a valid test. Step one is to do side by side A/B test. Step 2 is to blind side by side test which is not always easy to do. I have done what Tom describes above too many times to count. Got this great nice new component, plug it in and go Oh my god this is great. Then it turns into, oh shoot. Now that I matched levels and go back forth one minute I think I hear a difference and next minute I don't. It was on old favorite test album I had not listened to in 6 months (what ever, it had no immediate reference). It was that hyped up adrenalin on the first listen that made it sound great. Completely in my head. It’s very hard to forget that first impression too and if you know which system you’re on you’ll be biased forever. Can’t tell you how many times this has happened. And how disappointed I was when I more carefully tested things. It’s hard, very hard. Sometimes it’s easier to assume the “more expensive” setup is better because “it should be”. Have you tried marijuana? There's field of it growing wild outside my house and after a small forage my friends all think my Dansette is the coolest sounding thing they've ever heard. MC -- ModelCitizen It is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring. Transporter Bryston 4B ST PMC OB1s SB3 NAIM NAC 102 NAIM NAP 180 Shahinian Arcs http://www.last.fm/user/ModelCitizen ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=26306 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Sb4 ?
mswlogo;207968 Wrote: I'm thinking of looking at Sonos myself because my wife won't touch the SB3. If I was you I'd stick with the SB3 and exchange the wife. MC -- ModelCitizen It is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring. Transporter Bryston 4B ST PMC OB1s SB3 NAIM NAC 102 NAIM NAP 180 Shahinian Arcs http://www.last.fm/user/ModelCitizen ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35881 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Sb4 ?
opaqueice;207925 Wrote: I'm betting the SB4 will resemble something I suggested a while back. The wireless card/DAC function of the SB would fit in a pretty small enclosure if it weren't for the display - so why not detach the display entirely and add it to the remote? Make it color, decent resolution, capable of displaying album art or playlist/album list information, and allow it to be docked on the main unit when it's not on the coffee table. If done right (think iPhone) I think that could be a huge hit. I couldn't agree more. I think this is exactly what Logitec had top of mind when they bought SlimDevices. Pure harmony. MC -- ModelCitizen It is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring. Transporter Bryston 4B ST PMC OB1s SB3 NAIM NAC 102 NAIM NAP 180 Shahinian Arcs http://www.last.fm/user/ModelCitizen ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35881 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] modding digital of squeezebox (boldercables)
Anne;204675 Wrote: Another mod place : http://www.referenceaudiomods.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PRODProduct_Code=SDTransporterCategory_Code=MODSProduct_Count=44 for the Transporter though... These are the people mentioned earlier in the thread who advertised mods for the Transporter well before it was released. They could have had a Transporter before they were released to the general public but, bearing in mind the attitude of Sean and SlimDevices to product launches this seems a bit unlikely. MC -- ModelCitizen It is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring. Transporter Bryston 4B ST PMC OB1s SB3 NAIM NAC 102 NAIM NAP 180 Shahinian Arcs http://www.last.fm/user/ModelCitizen ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35505 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] modding digital of squeezebox (boldercables)
Patrick Dixon;204552 Wrote: Very glad you're enjoying it - that's the aim! Strangely, most SB+ owners seem to pretty much retire from forum postings after their purchase. I wonder where we're going wrong Uuumm... you haven't got any forums. :-) MC -- ModelCitizen It is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring. Transporter Bryston 4B ST PMC OB1s SB3 NAIM NAC 102 NAIM NAP 180 Shahinian Arcs http://www.last.fm/user/ModelCitizen ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35505 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Hum?
I run NAIM kit but have never had any problems with ground hum. However, I have bought some unbelievably good cables for my NAIM stuff for super prices from this chap: http://stores.ebay.co.uk/SoundStable. If it's a five pin DIN to dual phono you need (which I think it is) make sure you get the right one (i.e the pins on the DIN will be withing180 degrees or 240 degrees). Email him if you have queries or uncertainties. He's very approachable. MC -- ModelCitizen It is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring. Transporter Bryston 4B ST PMC OB1s SB3 NAIM NAC 102 NAIM NAP 180 Shahinian Arcs http://www.last.fm/user/ModelCitizen ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33414 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] what is jitter
Whatever jitter is... it's obviously not the be all and end all of good sound. There is more... we just not sure what it is yet. MC -- ModelCitizen It is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring. Transporter Bryston 4B ST PMC OB1s SB3 NAIM NAC 102 NAIM NAP 180 Shahinian Arcs http://www.last.fm/user/ModelCitizen ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35261 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter listening test
I can't have read this correctly. Are you saying you couldn't hear any difference between the analogue outs of the SB3 and those of the Transporter? MC -- ModelCitizen It is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring. Transporter Bryston 4B ST PMC OB1s SB3 NAIM NAC 102 NAIM NAP 180 Shahinian Arcs http://www.last.fm/user/ModelCitizen ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35068 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] I don't think it gets loud enough
PhilNYC;198150 Wrote: My understanding of the Bryston amps is that they have a gain selector, and that the specs listed in that thread are listed incorrectly (the different input sensitivities are for the different gain selections, not balanced vs. unbalanced). I could be wrong, however... Hmmm... I've not found a gain selector on my (non-pro) 4B ST (although I have a friend who says there is one on his 4B SST). Maybe the Bryston spec (original here: http://www.bryston.ca/BrystonSite05/BrystonDocs.html) is misleading in that it only refers to the pro-version (with the input selector switch) but does not state this. Ahah here we have it. -Some PRO models provide different inherent gain and/or different gain options from REG models. This is due to the fact that a balanced input inherently provides 6dB of gain if each of the two halves of the input (or if each input phase) is operating at unity gain. This 6dB of gain is sometimes desired by professional installers, but can be an annoyance in home installations where every successive balanced in/out stage in every piece of equipment in the audio chain adds 6dB of gain. This can quickly add up to an excessive level. In general, REG models do not usually add 6dB of gain at the balanced inputs, whereas PRO models do. All Bryston power amplifiers are now made with an overall unbalanced gain of 28.3 (or approximately 29dB) and are thus compatible with THX® levels.- MC -- ModelCitizen It is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring. Transporter Bryston 4B ST PMC OB1s SB3 NAIM NAC 102 NAIM NAP 180 Shahinian Arcs http://www.last.fm/user/ModelCitizen ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34811 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: System Balancing � - your thoughts please
Patrick Dixon;198251 Wrote: I had a NAC82+PSUs, and I found the system sounded at least as good direct as with the 82 in the chain. Patrick, at the risk of subverting the thread, does this mean that you are now running your SB+ directly into a Naim power amp? MC -- ModelCitizen It is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring. Transporter Bryston 4B ST PMC OB1s SB3 NAIM NAC 102 NAIM NAP 180 Shahinian Arcs http://www.last.fm/user/ModelCitizen ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34849 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Directly to amp, stresses the Transporter?
Yup, sterile sound at low volumes about sums it up. At high volumes it's very different for me. Cable I already hate myself for getting this far into this audiophile world. I think if I started comparing cables it's time to jump off Brighton pier! However, if it's not too expensive I may have a punt just to convince myself cable can make no difference to the sound... :-) ... groan... I'm more interested in this valve pre-amp. What is it? I have a pair of old Quad IIs and when I fixed them up to the Arcs (which is no way could they drive properly) I was immediately gobsmacked by the voluptuousness of the sound (this with big slow synth washes). Maybe I should just have done with it and copy Adam Slim's ultimate timbre valve set up.. :-) or stick with the radio. MC -- ModelCitizen It is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring. Transporter Bryston 4B ST PMC OB1s SB3 NAIM NAC 102 NAIM NAP 180 Shahinian Arcs http://www.last.fm/user/ModelCitizen ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34650 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] I don't think it gets loud enough
I've been running my Transporter directly into a Bryston 4B ST (unbalanced, no attenuation) and then into a pair of PMC OB1s for a couple of days. Intially I was surprised that the whole rig was not lounder, especially considering tht the speakers and amp are 300w per channel and are supposed to have been designed for each other (or at least the speakers designed for the amp). However, the Transporter seems to drive the amp properly, as when I have the thing on full volume the Bryston's red clipping lights can come on if it happens to be playing a lound track. What I do notice at full volume (which I use quite a lot) is just how different the volume levels of different tracks can be. One track can sound quite quiet and the next clip the amp and distort the speakers (I don't use the ReplayGain facility). I might try the balanced outputs when I can find some leads but can't see how there is likley to be any difference in the sound (balanced is only useful if you have long cable runs right?). MC -- ModelCitizen It is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring. Transporter Bryston 4B ST PMC OB1s. or not SB3 NAIM NAC 102 NAIM NAP 180 Shahinian Arcs http://www.last.fm/user/ModelCitizen ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34811 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Directly to amp, stresses the Transporter?
mcBaby02;197869 Wrote: Check out if there is any short circuit. Cheers. I've been meaning to post back. I had prepared box, letter, ra, etc to post the amp back, went downstairs to amp with the box, saw I'd forgottent ot turn the amp off so tried playing some music with the Transporter... and it worked! Nothing had changed since the night before so I am expecting it to happen again but meanwhile I've just been listening to it. nuhi... definitely not as loud as I expected a 300w amp to be. MC -- ModelCitizen It is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring. Transporter Bryston 4B ST PMC OB1s. or not SB3 NAIM NAC 102 NAIM NAP 180 Shahinian Arcs http://www.last.fm/user/ModelCitizen ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34650 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Longevity and getting old stuff serviced
I'm just about to get my Quad IIs, pre-amp and tuner back and will be adding some speakers, an SB2 and possible a home made power supply. Won't be my main system though. MC -- ModelCitizen It is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring. Transporter Bryston 4B ST PMC OB1s. or not SB3 NAIM NAC 102 NAIM NAP 180 Shahinian Arcs http://www.last.fm/user/ModelCitizen ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34591 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Directly to amp, stresses the Transporter?
Phil Leigh;197597 Wrote: Well...that says it all really: 1) Audi - good but not great 2) TT - Oh dear So you have paid over the odds (unless you bought used) welcome to he world of audiophilia :0) Gawd, don't you just love the men on this forum. If they can't kill off a thread with an agument about jitter, abxing or somesuch they try your car! MC -- ModelCitizen It is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring. Transporter Bryston 4B ST PMC OB1s. or not SB3 NAIM NAC 102 NAIM NAP 180 Shahinian Arcs http://www.last.fm/user/ModelCitizen ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34650 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Directly to amp, stresses the Transporter?
Is anyone using a Tranporter directly into a Bryston 4B ST or SST successfully via unbalanced outputs? My 4B ST appears to have developed a problem just after connecting the Transporter and ramping the volume up. :-( MC -- ModelCitizen It is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring. Transporter Bryston 4B ST PMC OB1s SB3 NAIM NAC 102 NAIM NAP 180 Shahinian Arcs http://www.last.fm/user/ModelCitizen ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34650 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Directly to amp, stresses the Transporter?
One channel dead and the other very reduced volume. Quite a big problem. :-( MC -- ModelCitizen It is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring. Transporter Bryston 4B ST PMC OB1s SB3 NAIM NAC 102 NAIM NAP 180 Shahinian Arcs http://www.last.fm/user/ModelCitizen ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34650 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Directly to amp, stresses the Transporter?
I'm talking to Andy Wilson at Bryston and sending it back (to Luton). The things is over 20 kilos though! I think I must just have been unlucky. The Transporter in NAIM power amp worked fine for ages. I think the Bryston blowing 5 seconds after I plugged the Transporter into it must just be a pure coincidence. However, I will get an analysis from Bryston. Skunk. I've tried the Bryston with an SB3 and my NAIM pre-amp with NAIM CDX with the same results. nuhi... I have not had this set up before. This was the very first time I plugged the Transporter into the Bryston. I only got the Bryston last night. Prior to this I'd seen/heard it working driving the rear speakers of an incredibly ott system. -- ModelCitizen It is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring. Transporter Bryston 4B ST PMC OB1s SB3 NAIM NAC 102 NAIM NAP 180 Shahinian Arcs http://www.last.fm/user/ModelCitizen ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34650 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Directly to amp, stresses the Transporter?
The Bryston's appear to be built like brick out houses. They are incredibly solid and heavy. The damage could have been caused whilst I was driving from Pease Pottage to Barcombe but as the amp was in it's box in the boot of my TT and I did not drive across fields I doubt it. I really do think it's all a coincidence but we shall see what Bryston say. They are interested in the problem and interested in the Transporter as they have asked me for details of the unit. Andy... Bryston have been perfect to deal with. They answered my query about whether the amp had ever been returned for repairs before within an hour (by email) and gave me tips and a speculative diagnosis over the phone. They suggested I return it and immediately supplied me with a returns number. I think they are genuinely interested in the problem. I don't think they see one of their amps go phut very often. nuhli... do I understand you correctly?... do you run a Bryston 4B ST (or SST) into OB1s with a Transporter? If so, can you get the volume extremely loud indeed? I want extreme volume. MC -- ModelCitizen It is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring. Transporter Bryston 4B ST PMC OB1s SB3 NAIM NAC 102 NAIM NAP 180 Shahinian Arcs http://www.last.fm/user/ModelCitizen ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34650 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Directly to amp, stresses the Transporter?
Mark Lanctot;197543 Wrote: I wonder if they allow factory tours. I've been in town twice on business. I can't imagine that will be too interesting. It's probably one (underemployed) guy and a bench. MC -- ModelCitizen It is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring. Transporter Bryston 4B ST PMC OB1s SB3 NAIM NAC 102 NAIM NAP 180 Shahinian Arcs http://www.last.fm/user/ModelCitizen ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34650 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Buying Transporters in the UK
KeithL;194899 Wrote: Within a couple of months I played devil's advocate by getting a Benchmark Dac1 on 7 day sale or return from Digital Village. The BM Dac1 is what I was looking for. Now I have the attack and deep bass of my Naim cd front end which rrp is about GBP6K. The sb3 plus BM Dac1 is a great pairing. Keith That's amazing. I've still not found any combination of network player/dac (including the Transporter) that sounds as likeable as my CDX. I tried the SB3 (inc. linear PSU) with a Benchmark Dac1, Perpetual Technologies P-A3/P-A3, and NOS Arcam BlackBox and found the DCA1 the least likeable. Next to the CDX it was cold, clinical, mechanical and quite tiring over time. However, I agree it did have attack although I didn't feel that there was anything special about the bass. I'd be mildly surprised if Adam, who appears to prefer timbre over detail, would be satisfied with the Dac1... I heartily agree with Adam's sentiment regarding the sound quality of analogue/CD/network player. I am heartily pissed off that each new technological revolution appears to degrade the sound of my music still further. The NAIM CDX gave me the nearest sound to analogue (within my budget) and was acceptable.. but I've yet to hear a network player or network player/dac combination that pops my cork. I'd be very interested in your SB+ thoughts Adam... it's a shame I never get to London or I'd bring up my Transporter for a comparison (you provide the Merlot)... but saying that, it can sometimes takes weeks for the differences in the sound of a unit to sink into me. MC -- ModelCitizen It is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring. Transporter Naim NAP 250 PMC OB1s. http://www.last.fm/user/ModelCitizen ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34313 ___ audiophiles mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Buying Transporters in the UK
KeithL;194984 Wrote: MC Were you using a fully bedded in BM Dac1? As with Naim gear, it takes time to come on song. Many have said the cdx2 to be clinical and bright. I don't know the original cdx so I can't comment. Keith Yes, the DAC1 (now sold) was fully bedded in. It was used in my system for two months before it hit me why I had strange little headaches and didn't listen to music for as long periods as I used to. I bought it second hand. MC -- ModelCitizen It is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring. Transporter Naim NAP 250 PMC OB1s. http://www.last.fm/user/ModelCitizen ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34313 ___ audiophiles mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Buying Transporters in the UK
Skunk;194991 Wrote: After reading the stereophile review, it appears the Naim has no SPDIF output because they feel it compromises the sound quality, but then again that's what they say about the display too... Perhaps someone could modify your CDX to have either BNC input + clock output, or more thriftily, do it with an SB3 using I2S signals directly to the pacific microsonics chip of the Naim (at which time you sell the transporter to recoup!). It would be a network streamer plus DAC that would be guaranteed to pop your cork, plus you could stream and decode your HDCD FLAC albums properly :-) Possibly, but NAIM are just about to release a new thingy that has DAC's in it that can be used by third party devices like the SB3. It's too bleedin' expensive (as all NAIM stuff is) but if it gives me the convenience of the SB3 with the NAIM sound I can rest at last. If it does sound like a CDX I'd probably stick the damn Transporter through it as I need to the two displays due to the distance my rack is from my seating position (one of the reason's I could not consider the SB+).. I hate hifi. MC -- ModelCitizen It is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring. Transporter Naim NAP 250 PMC OB1s. http://www.last.fm/user/ModelCitizen ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34313 ___ audiophiles mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] My 2 mods for coax digi out...
Welcome to SlimDevices audiophile forum. You'll feel at home here. MC -- ModelCitizen It is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring. Transporter Naim NAP 250 PMC OB1s. http://www.last.fm/user/ModelCitizen ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34406 ___ audiophiles mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Buying Transporters in the UK
There was a mention in the forums of Audio-T about to stock the Transporters. Might be worth ringing them up to see if it's true. Couldn't you get a demo and a good price in Amsterdam? I hear they have good drugs there. The beer is pretty decent too. MC -- ModelCitizen It is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring. Transporter Naim NAP 250 PMC OB1s. http://www.last.fm/user/ModelCitizen ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34313 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What is connected to your Transporter?
Mine's pretty simple too... am still trying to swap the NAIM for a Bryston though. MC -- ModelCitizen It is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring. Transporter Naim NAP 250 PMC OB1s. http://www.last.fm/user/ModelCitizen ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33868 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Slimserver web gui home page title - change?
I'd like to change the title of the main Slimserver home page from SlimServer to something else. Anyone know how I can do thi?. I thought is would be as simple as changeing the metatag for index.html but it's not. Yeah, I know... I've asked this before and received the answer... but I can't find the answer now and any search on these forums that includes the word Slimserver just returns a blank page. Slimserver 6.5.2 on Windows XP Pro, default skin, if it makes a difference. Thanks for any help MC -- ModelCitizen It is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring. Transporter Naim NAP 250 PMC OB1s. http://www.last.fm/user/ModelCitizen ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33468 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Slimserver web gui home page title - change?
Cheers both, but loved this: SlimServer is scanning your music library. Chill out. :-) MC -- ModelCitizen It is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring. Transporter Naim NAP 250 PMC OB1s. http://www.last.fm/user/ModelCitizen ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33468 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] 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 nicketynick;185027 Wrote: If only something could be done with all those wires trailing about If it was my house and I cared that much about how the room looked I'd drill some holes in the floorboards behind the speakers and pass the wires under the floors. Would be quite quick. If you used a hollow drill bit you could keep the resultant disks and stick them back in the holes when you moved the speakers. A bit of glue, filler and white paint and the floor would be as good as new. I'm very impressed that anyone can get a hifi sounding good in a room as totally reflective as that one appears to be. MC -- ModelCitizen It is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring. Transporter Naim NAP 250 PMC OB1s. http://www.last.fm/user/ModelCitizen ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 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
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] MP3 Car FM Transmitters
adamslim;184085 Wrote: My Bose car system sounds better than any other car system I have had, but it still sounds pretty awful. It just increases the ratio of radio 4 to radio 3, but there you go. MC, it looks from your changing sigs that you're turning into a bit of a Dawkins fan...? Is hi-fi the new religion? Adam I love the hifi in my car. It's loud, clear, good stereo separation but really it just rocks... all the energetic, fast music (electronic and analogue) just fits so well with the Audi's small cockpit and speed... some of the best adrenaline fuelled times (I was speeding along small country lanes home from work this evening with the Bose pumping out St Etienne's Amateur... almost trancendental). I thought that quote was Sagan.. but I could be wrong. Dawkins has been my hero since I read the Selfish Gene in my teens. I am now a fully signed up member of Dawkins brigade to bring Atheism well out of the closet. HiFi is well... hifi... MC -- ModelCitizen It is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring. Transporter Naim NAP 250 PMC OB1s. http://www.last.fm/user/ModelCitizen ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33045 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] HDTT new download store
HDTT;184208 Wrote: We have taken down the sampler it has been up for over a month, we are going to have previews to listen very soon, they will have to be played through Windows Media Player and of course they will be in low rez just for preview purposes. Thanks I've just read this thread and was all set to download the sampler to see what it sounded like on my Transporter/hifi. Now I find that all I can download is compressed files that have to be played through Windows Media Player/computer I won't bother.. as this will not enable me to assess the audio quality of the files. Very odd decision inded by HDTT. When the sampler is back up please post to this thread. MC -- ModelCitizen It is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring. Transporter Naim NAP 250 PMC OB1s. http://www.last.fm/user/ModelCitizen ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33156 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] MP3 Car FM Transmitters
I have the standard supplied Bose system in my Audi TT and it really rocks.. no complaints whatsoever... from my experience of this unit I can't see why people slag off Bose so much. It sounds much better than the Blaupunkt in my last vehicle (a VW Golf). I also use an iTrip to link up my iPod. This is satisfactory but no more. I don't get interference but ths sound is flat and it frequently does just not work for reason's I just can't seem to work out. I used to use one of those fake casette things for my last car but that was pretty awful too with poor sound quality. I agree with th others, your best bet is to get a convertion kit that fits to your head unit in place of the CD player.. I know they are made for my Audi and also for my last vehicle. You can fit them yourself if savvy in that sort of direction, but otherwise a garage will fit them cheaply. The advantage of this kit is that the CD controls on the head unit might be able to control your MP3 player (at least the one I looked at could control my iPod) MC -- ModelCitizen Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too? Transporter Naim NAP 250 PMC OB1s. http://www.last.fm/user/ModelCitizen ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33045 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Logitech and Squeezebox
Who knows, but hey, let's look on the bright side. There are loads of threads covering this already. MC -- ModelCitizen Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too? Transporter Naim NAP 250 PMC OB1s. http://www.last.fm/user/ModelCitizen ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33006 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Blown away by Transporter
Yup, I've had my Trasporter since it first came out and I am still blown away by it... every day. MC -- ModelCitizen Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too? Transporter Naim NAP 250 PMC OB1s. http://www.last.fm/user/ModelCitizen ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32969 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Modding the Squeezebox
You lot just need to get out more. MC -- ModelCitizen Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too? Transporter Naim NAP 250 PMC OB1s. http://www.last.fm/user/ModelCitizen ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32739 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] REDGUM Amps with Transporter...?
truckfighters;178369 Wrote: I already did some audition tests between WAV / FLAC with sennheiser headphones and I was not sure that the conversion did not alter the sound. As Flac is a lossless codec and it is extremely simple to prove that decoding a flac file gives exactly the wav file that was encoded the sound cannot be altered. The ones and noughts are exactly the same when they get to the DAC. MC -- ModelCitizen Now what? Transporter Naim NAP 250 PMC OB1s. http://modelcitizen.mine.nu/music.txt http://www.last.fm/user/ModelCitizen ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29053 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Any one tried isolating feet on their SB ?
tomjtx;176192 Wrote: \ When Wayne of Bolder sent me the fullblown SB mods to audition he sent me 2 ebony pucks to place under the SB.Do you think that Wayne sent them to you as a joke or that Wayne thinks that they do make a difference to the sound? MC -- ModelCitizen Now what? Transporter Naim NAP 250 PMC OB1s. http://modelcitizen.mine.nu/music.txt http://www.last.fm/user/ModelCitizen ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32301 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Anyone heard the SB+?
KeithL;174572 Wrote: I thought the sb+ was based on a sb2, not a sb3. I'm not too certain it matters as I thought that virtually the only difference between the SB2 and the SB3 was the box. MC -- ModelCitizen Now what? Transporter Naim NAP 250 PMC OB1s. Music catalog: http://modelcitizen.mine.nu/music.txt ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32118 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Really though, am i getting the best out of this Ripping
My reason for keeping the cue files is to exactly recreate the CDs should I ever need to. The cue sheet is a simple text file that keeps the gap information. Just look at the EAC menus, you'll quickly find the one for generating the cue file. I always rip CDs so each track is ripped as an individual file (even for mix CDs). However, you can rip a whole CD as a single file and use the cue file as a playlist for the ripped album. I wouldn't recommend this as I believe SlimServer is still not too great at dealing with cue files. I keep each cue file in the same directory as the music files and get SlimServer to ignore the file type (Server Settings/File Types/DISABLED PLAYLIST FILE EXTENSIONS). If you don't disable the cue file type you'll probably get lots of oddities as an unmodified cue file will reference the wav files EAC generates and not the Flac files the compression app then generates. It is very important you set EAV up corectly. Make sure you spend some time doing this before starting to rip. For instance you can only perfectly regenerate CDs if you have the offset for your CDRom drive set correctly in EAC. MC -- ModelCitizen Now what? Transporter Naim NAP 250 PMC OB1s. Music catalog: http://modelcitizen.mine.nu/music.txt ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32116 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Really though, am i getting the best out of this Ripping
Not dead sure this is the correct forum for this post, but assuming you have written here because you are audiophile inclined then no, EAC with Lame is totally the wrong thing to to. Lame produces the MP3 file format, a lossy format. You should use EAC plus Flac which produces lossless files. If you set up EAC correctly (which is fiddle but there are loads of tutorials around) and keep the .cue file then you will never need to re-rip again as you will have a perfect bit for bit copy of the CD. Apple and Windows also have lossless file formats but personally I'd never trust either of the two companies not to change something about their file format that could lead to you having to rip them all again just to get them to play in their newest player. Flac is the main format used by most people here I think and the Squeezebox can decode it to pcm, saving passing pcm over your wireless/wired network (i.e. over 50% saving on bandwidth). http://flac.sourceforge.net MC -- ModelCitizen Now what? Transporter Naim NAP 250 PMC OB1s. Music catalog: http://modelcitizen.mine.nu/music.txt ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32116 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Using a Naim Power Amp Without a PreAmp
cliveb;172365 Wrote: The reason why you need to use a Naim preamp with their power amps is because Naim power amps rely on being fed a bandwidth limited signal. Lots of high frequency (ultrasonic) energy can drive them into instability. Naim preamps ensure that no nasty ultrasonics get through. When I rang NAIM to ask them about whether there were any likely issues around using a Transporter directly into a NAIM power amp I was told by Adam Meredith that the only thing that was required was the correct output impedance and signal level. He didn't mention ultrasonics at all. MC -- ModelCitizen Now what? Transporter Naim NAP 250 PMC OB1s. Music catalog: http://modelcitizen.mine.nu/music.txt ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31865 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Using a Naim Power Amp Without a PreAmp
Patrick Dixon;172351 Wrote: you might not be able to hear any difference at all with a standard SB ;-) ( or Transporter) Chortle! MC -- ModelCitizen Now what? Transporter Naim NAP 250 PMC OB1s. Music catalog: http://modelcitizen.mine.nu/music.txt ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31865 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Using a Naim Power Amp Without a PreAmp
Does Fifer do the same as me... or are you getting mixed up? I bought my NAIM-like cables from the Soundstable eBay shop (http://stores.ebay.co.uk/SoundStable). Top quality cables and unbelievably good value. Highly recommended. Make sure you specify exactly the correct cable though (for my NAP250: dual phono to 240 degree 4 pin din with locking nut)! MC -- ModelCitizen Now what? Transporter Naim NAP 250 PMC OB1s. Music catalog: http://modelcitizen.mine.nu/music.txt ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31865 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Which amplifier is my best option?
I sold my last SlimServer 2 to a friend and he asked me what he should run with it. I told him that on these forums the Aego-M had been recommeded and he bought it. He's very pleased. We were both surprised by quite a few things about it: The weight of all the speakers - they are heavy! The sound - it's very good indeed for stuff that looks like it's an upgrade for computer speakers The size of the speakers - the two main speakers are tiny. The bass bin is large. There is mid range - from the make up of the speakers it doesn't look like there should be any but there is. The bass - it's huge. There is setting on the bass bin... 1,2 or 3. It's hard to imagine anyone using 3 or some using 2.. For 100 UK pounds they are phenominal. But you need somewhere to put the bass bin. It's not pretty. MC -- ModelCitizen Now what? Transporter Naim NAP 250 PMC OB1s. Music catalog: http://modelcitizen.mine.nu/music.txt ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31550 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: AppleTV
I bought a third generation iPod as soon as the product was released. The experience put me off Apple for life. I am now almost psychopathically averse to anything white with rounded corners (yes, even my fridge gives me the shakes). MC -- ModelCitizen Now what? Transporter Naim NAP 250 PMC OB1s. Music catalog: http://modelcitizen.mine.nu/music.txt ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31480 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: poor sound quality, advice please!
Get a non-oversampling DAC. I have an Arcam Back Box for sale for 100UKP that should sort the hissy treble sound out. MC -- ModelCitizen Now what? Transporter Naim NAP 250 PMC OB1s. Music catalog: http://modelcitizen.mine.nu/music.txt ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31477 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Why is no preamp best?
Thanks a lot for your reply Clive. It is just what I was hoping for. Happy New year. MC -- ModelCitizen Now what? Transporter Naim NAP 250 PMC OB1s. Music catalog: http://modelcitizen.mine.nu/music.txt ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30852 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
