Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Qobuz 24/96 sound quality
slartibartfast wrote: > It does make a mockery of Hi Res content though. > > Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk A high resolution recording has very little to do with bit depth and sample rate. Mastering is all important. >From what you've described the mastering is poor, therefore it cannot be a Hi Res release. It's just a higher bit depth and sample rate transfer of a mediocre recording. Got some great songs on it ;) Chris :) Stratmangler's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20387 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=114502 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Qobuz 24/96 sound quality
Qobuz work with whatever the copyright holder submits, just like all the other streaming platforms. They're not the creators of the perceived issue. Chris :) Stratmangler's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20387 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=114502 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Best Streaming Hardware For Audiophile and Hi Res File Support
ShutterShock wrote: > By default, I don't believe it is. Apparently you can change a setting > to support gapless but, as I understand it, it's not recommended. > Gapless is definitely a "nice to have" but I think I could get by > without it. You'd be fine without it (gapless) right up until the point where you play an album that segues from one track to another, and the tracks instead have an annoying gap between them. The gap may be incredibly small, but it's there. Once you've heard that then the irritation will grow every time you hear it Chris :) Stratmangler's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20387 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=109312 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Best Streaming Hardware For Audiophile and Hi Res File Support
ballhill wrote: > Stratmangler - can your DAC accept USB? If it can, try your SBT to your > DAC - only take 15 minutes to try! I always assumed USB was somehow > inferior; I guess I thought USB was kind of computer stuff and coax / > optical was hifi stuff - that was a misconception. No, my DAC does not have a USB port on it. Chris :) Stratmangler's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20387 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=109312 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Best Streaming Hardware For Audiophile and Hi Res File Support
I had a look at the manual for the Hegel, and there's no mention of being able to handle 24/192 anywhere. If it were capable of handling 24/192 on any of the inputs they would state so - it widens the scope for potential purchasers. My Touch is quite happy dishing out 24/192 files to my 24/192 capable DAC over coaxial SPDIF. Chris :) Stratmangler's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20387 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=109312 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Squeezebox Classic and Deezer Hifi
The maximum sample rate a Squeezebox Classic will support natively is 48000Hz. LMS will downsample anything with a higher sample rate. Chris :) Stratmangler's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20387 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=108705 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Technical Question: Is the amount of jitter a function of the type of connection?
Phil Leigh wrote: > true, too true... > > Phil Hi Phil - long time no see :D Chris :) Stratmangler's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20387 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=104340 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Another expensive USB cable
What's eatin' ya Bob? Is it that someone or other makes a foo USB lead and charges the earth for it, or is it that some individuals get sucked into believing the BS? The best policy IMO is to let them get on with it. I don't pay any attention to it :) Chris :) Stratmangler's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20387 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103355 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Is this a good way to compare interconnect cables?
You will hear a difference, as the source material is stereo and the left and right channel content will be different. Try some mono source material - this will still haven left and right channel content, but it will be same in both channels. Chris :) Stratmangler's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20387 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=102596 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Is this a good way to compare interconnect cables?
Kellen wrote: Indeed I am in mono mode stratmangler. I will try the test again once my wife has left and nobody can bug me for full concentration. I just was not confidance that the test is proper .. You haven't said where the interconnects are connected. Are they between source and preamp, or between preamp and poweramp? My earlier reply was made assuming that you have them between source and preamp, and that being the case then your methodology is flawed if the material being played on the source is stereo. You will hear a difference because the left and right channels are not the same. If the cables are connected between preamp and poweramp then there's nothing wrong with your methodology, and any conclusions you come to will be sound. Chris :) Stratmangler's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20387 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=102596 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Remastered Music, to buy or not to buy (Dumb question)
I was referring to the rubbish that gets thrown at us on TV and mainstream radio. There have always been interesting artists, but they usually find it difficult to get mainstream exposure. Julf wrote: [image: http://i2.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/739/968/b5b.jpg] Chris :) Stratmangler's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20387 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=102391 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Remastered Music, to buy or not to buy (Dumb question)
I wouldn't have thought that many recordings in the Jazz idiom would be badly aflicted by being remastered - the material isn't mainstream, and it's unlikely to have been mistreated in the same way as Pop music has. The Jazz audience wouldn't buy on a whim, unlike the consumers of the rubbish we call Pop music today. I grew up when there was real creativity in the pop genre - sadly not the case today. Chris :) Stratmangler's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20387 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=102391 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Logitech and Squeezebox
captain-insano wrote: No you were fucking wrong It's taken you over seven years to get around to responding - well done! That must be some kind of record. It would have been more prudent to let sleeping threads lie ;) Chris :) Stratmangler's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20387 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33006 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] INTERNET TEST: 24-bit vs. 16-bit Audio Blind Test...
Archimago wrote: Would be amazing to get even one lady respond! Clearly they have much better things to be getting on with :) I certainly have. Music and beer await ... Chris :) Stratmangler's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20387 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=101386 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] MEASUREMENTS: Some Squeezebox numbers to consider...
Archimago wrote: Hi Kellen... Yup, give it a go! The EMU 0404USB is quite a remarkable, flexible device! I wish Creative improved the driver (on occasion, I get unexplained crashes switching sample rates for example) but it's a discontinued device. The ADC hardware seems quite capable and it's not difficult at all to get reliable results when used in testing. I'm sure there's a bit of variability as well... A quick note if you give it a try. For my unit, I notice the right channel is slightly more noisy than the left 10kHz (below -100dB so IMO still very good) so I tend to use the left channel more or average the results if possible - especially for those jitter spectral analyses. Are you still using the noisy SMPS supplied with it? A decent quiet PSU lifts the performance levels considerably, at least it does in my experience. Chris :) Stratmangler's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20387 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97950 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Genius loves company
heisenberg wrote: I'm wondering why would a modern recording lose over the old school recordings that were made over fifty years ago using primitive recording equipment? I've had a quick listen to the album on Spotify, and the recording is fine. The performances on the other hand leave a lot to be desired. The actual playing of instruments is beyond reproach, it's just that nobody seems to be injecting much of themselves at all. Stratmangler's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20387 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98650 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Audiogon's Wake Up Your Ears Sampler
TimT wrote: One of the tracks (Edgar the Barber, 32 seconds) is, according to the Audiogon description, intended to be listened to with headphones. Perhaps there are others? You're not confusing earphones with earplugs are you? ;) Stratmangler's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20387 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98599 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Differences between vinyl pressings
I find it rather odd to find a number of vinyl related threads popping up on a Squeezebox forum. I am listening to vinyl right now, as it happens, but I think that the current crop of vinyl threads should have been made elsewhere, as in on a different forum altogether. Seeing as how The Beatles have been mentioned, yes, I bought the recent vinyl box set, and I think the set sounds really good. I did have issues with the pressing quality of four of the albums, and these have been replaced. There is something intrinsically right about playing these albums on a decent TT setup. Stratmangler's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20387 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98603 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Audiogon's Wake Up Your Ears Sampler
The Chesky stuff may well be beautifully recorded, it's just a shame that it's devoid of anything worth listening to. Ah well! Stratmangler's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20387 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98599 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Audiophile shark jumping?
Thanks for sharing - I haven't laughed so much in ages :D Stratmangler's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20387 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98430 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Which one sounds better - Windows or Linux?
First of April is a few weeks off yet :) Stratmangler's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20387 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98298 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] ** High Bit-Rate MP3 Test Up! **
Get one of these and you don't need a DAC with a USB connection. They also do a version with a BNC connector. [image: http://audiooasis.com/storage/HifaceTwo1.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1340222584156] Stratmangler's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20387 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97530 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] The Next Frontier
ralphpnj wrote: So tell me, does it ever end? And more importantly what does this mean for our wallets? No! To the former, no, why would they stop, when there's a bunch of easy hit OCDs out there with folding stuff to fill wallets with? To the latter, which part of folding stuff to fill wallets with are you having difficulty comprehending? Stratmangler's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20387 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97545 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Strange problem with 48kHz material
Upgrading LMS to something more current might help. Stratmangler's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20387 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97305 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] If external DAC used, does SB3 or Touch make much difference?
gorman wrote: Can SB3 do 24/96 through SPDIF? I thought SPDIF didn't have bandwidth enough. Coaxial SPDIF can handle 24/192. The optical link maxes out at 24/96. The SB3 maxes out at 24/48. Stratmangler's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20387 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96868 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What outboard DAC do you use with Squeezebox?
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Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Audiolabs M-DAC
firedog wrote: that is true only for the new generation of M2tech stuff that came out this year; the older stuff needs proprietary drivers and doesn't work with linux I've only played with current generation M2Tech stuff :) Stratmangler's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20387 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=92112 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Audiolabs M-DAC
tank121 wrote: Either way sounds great. I'm personally using it in Power mode once you've purchased it you can then Install Triodes plug in and experiment with Usb v Coaxial. I'm still undecided as currently there is very limited amounts of 192 material. *Coaxial can handle it but usb can't* Not strictly true - if you hang a M2Tech Hiface 2 out of the USB port then it's quite happy sending 24/192. Stratmangler's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20387 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=92112 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Triode's USB 24/192 plug in - sound quality impressions
Beefy XXL wrote: By the way. I used a standard Belkin USB cable with ferrite chokes. An other USB cable which worked perfectly with my external HDD fails in the Squeezebox-Teac combo. Sounds like you've got a mixture of USB1 and USB2 cables there. Chris :) Stratmangler's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20387 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=94855 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] NAS versus PC - any sound quality difference?
Letten wrote: Weired sense of humor or need to lookup what WOL is. First post: I am considering a NAS instead of using my PC since I would like to be able to play music without having my laptop/PC turned on. Problem: having laptop/PC turned on (24/7) Possible solution: NAS/Server or try using WOL on existing PC. Not with that lineup of players you don't. If all your files are 16/44.1 then you'll be fine. If you have stuff that needs transcoding to 24/48 then a NAS won't necessarily be up to the job. My NAS most certainly doesn't do transcoding - I ran a Touch and SB3, and ended up buying a second Touch because of the transcoding problem. SB3 is now unused. Chris :) Stratmangler's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20387 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=95276 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] NAS versus PC - any sound quality difference?
I have LMS running on both a desktop PC and a Zyxel NSA310 (ie. a NAS). There is no difference in sound quality between them. Chris :) Stratmangler's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20387 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=95276 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Display Off screensaver
Installed and working - thanks. I haven't noticed any improvement in sound quality, but it doesn't sound any worse. I'll have to bring the other Touch downstairs and link it up to the DAC and synchronise playback to enable A/B comparison. T'aint happening tonight Chris :) Stratmangler's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20387 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=95084 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Free Home Demo
It would be good to come over again sometime and see/hear the fruits of your labours re: the garage conversion,and also to hear the Touch with the Mdac The only problem with me at the moment is time - I'm rushed off my feet with work, not that I'm complaining ;) Chris :) Stratmangler's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20387 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=94450 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] The answer my friends is...
42 Chris :) Stratmangler's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20387 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=94428 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Hi Res
aseltzer;697253 Wrote: Can anyone tell me under what circumstances LMS downsamples and when it passes the full bitstream? In your case everything above 24/48 is downsampled. Chris :) -- Stratmangler There is no element of personal attack in my response. Stratmangler's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20387 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=94261 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Audio GD DAC - Connection
Richard Reid;690843 Wrote: Hi I am now the happy owner of a Squeezebox Touch and invested in an Audio GD 3.1 DAC to hopefully get my hifi sounding pretty sweet. Unfortunately no instructions come with the Audio GD DAC and I am wondering what the best connection for sound quality would be from the Touch to the DAC. There is the option of a toslink optical connection, rca conection or coaxial digital connection (SPDIF I think ??). Does anyone have any recomendations on the best audio connection and cable type for this setup ? The DAC came with an optical cable which I have read is a bit average in quality. I have also read a few brief comments stating that optical connections are not the best option for audio. Any advice ? In regard to the connection from the Touch to my NAD analogue amp - is there much difference in sound between rca cables ? What is a resonable set worth ? Thanks Richard Instead of accepting that the optical cable is average on someone else's say so why not try it for yourself? You might be surprised. As far as analogue interconnects go it depends on how much you like parting with your money. I make my own using shielded dual core cable, and connect the screen at the source end only. Costs me around £20 in parts. A number of members here use Blue Jeans cables. Chris :) -- Stratmangler There is no element of personal attack in my response. Stratmangler's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20387 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93615 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Audio GD DAC - Connection
Phil Leigh;690863 Wrote: Hmmm... 1) do not believe everything you read 2) optical connections are/were used extensively in recording studios... 3) the usual and correct advice is to ignore dogma and try both the coax (s/pdif) and toslink(optical) IN YOUR SYSTEM. The usual result of this is that they both sound the same. A much rarer result is that one will be preferable to you. 4) Ignoring anything advertised in Hi-FI+ (aka Modern Herpetology), the very best toslink cables cost £50-£60. The most expensive coax cable can cost thousands. You will note I did not say best coax... Perfectly good coax (e.g. Blue jeans) starts at circa £20... Phil Looks like a case of synchronised typing, Phil :D Chris :) -- Stratmangler There is no element of personal attack in my response. Stratmangler's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20387 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93615 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Ethernet Connection
Today I have listened to the sound of Ethernet with a nice experiment. I found high quality cat7 SFTP cables to connect my Touch. The cable passed along my analog interconnects and speaker cables. Guess what... these are perfect EMI antenna and now I can listen to the packets transmitted through the cable instead to look at my switch led! Amazing isn't it? Pulled the cable out and replaced by my old good cat5e UTP patch cable and the Ethernet sound disappeared! Allthough I can guarantee this was bit perfect transmission Who said Ethernet do not have any incidence on SQ? Category 7 cable has each cable pair shielded, along with an overall shield. If your network is not Cat7 then the screens are floating, and, as one end is connected to the Touch, which *does* have a connection to the screen contact you will get an effective radio aerial. If the screens in a Cat7 installation are properly grounded to a common point, then you have the opposite occurring - you have a very effective Faraday shield, and the screens do not act as an aerial. There's nothing wrong with using Cat7 cable, but, as you have found, a single piece inappropriately used can be pretty disastrous. Chris :) -- Stratmangler There is no element of personal attack in my response. Stratmangler's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20387 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93316 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Ethernet Connection
evdplancke;687998 Wrote: What is then wrong in my setup? My switch is directly connected to the Touch? How should I ground the shielding if neither the switch or the Touch have a ground pole on their plug? This is a good page to read http://www.lanshack.com/cat6a.aspx Chris :) -- Stratmangler There is no element of personal attack in my response. Stratmangler's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20387 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93316 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Ethernet Connection
Cyille92;687926 Wrote: I have installed the toolbox for a couple of days ; it works very well. I have just had a look on Klaus' advises about HW modifications and the comments about cabling (reference to Meicord). He has referred to the cable between the cisco router and the Touch. What about the balance of the ethernet cabling, I mean between the cisco router and the PC (NAS or Macbook in my case) ? Would it be relevant to get an audio ethernet cable there as well ? Thx in anticipation. Audio ethernet cable? Sounds like a way to remove money from the wallets of the gullible. Chris :) -- Stratmangler There is no element of personal attack in my response. Stratmangler's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20387 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93316 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Ethernet Connection
HumanMedia;687716 Wrote: Any suggestions on the location of the ferrites? As close to the end as possible, or a specific distance from the end? Somewhere near the end, but don't bust a gut, it's not mission critical. HumanMedia;687716 Wrote: Also noticed while I was fishing around inside the SBT yesterday - the ethernet socket on the SBT does have small ground connections in it so that if a metal shell grounded plug is inserted, then the cable shield ground will be tied to the SBT's ground. Depending on your cable grounding strategy this can be a good or a bad thing. Avoid a network grounding strategy if you can - the pins on a Cat5e/Cat6 do not carry any ground connections (ie - everything floats) - that is done by the cable screen, if there is one. In most applications there is no need to screen the cable, it's for extreme conditions only, should they arise. Chris :) -- Stratmangler There is no element of personal attack in my response. Stratmangler's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20387 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93316 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Point of increasing returns
I'm really pleased that there is an ignore facility in User CP. Chris :) -- Stratmangler There is no element of personal attack in my response. Stratmangler's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20387 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93154 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Point of increasing returns
Stratmangler;686120 Wrote: I'm really pleased that there is an ignore facility in User CP. Chris :) And it works too. Chris :D -- Stratmangler There is no element of personal attack in my response. Stratmangler's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20387 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93154 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Replacing existing cables
The shipping ain't bad, considering the distance the cable has to be shipped over. It's not a significant amount less to purchase from a UK source http://markgrantcables.co.uk/shop/index.php?main_page=product_infocPath=40_3products_id=3 Chris :) -- Stratmangler There is no element of personal attack in my response. Stratmangler's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20387 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=92030 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] WHat plugins are yall using for your SBT??
BBC iPlayer. Don't know if it will work further afield than the UK, at least not without some VPN tunnelling going on. Chris :) -- Stratmangler There is no element of personal attack in my response. Stratmangler's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20387 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=92822 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] WHat plugins are yall using for your SBT??
castalla;682283 Wrote: There are no restrictions on iPlayer outside the UK - only for tv. Some bit rates are reduced, however ... but would you notice?! It's noticeable ;) Chris :) -- Stratmangler There is no element of personal attack in my response. Stratmangler's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20387 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=92822 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] soundcheck's Touch Toolbox 3.0
magiccarpetride;680675 Wrote: I agree with you, but cannot attribute it only to SBGK's mods, l because I've applied them at the same time I've applied my Shunyata power cable and the Shakti stones. The difference in musicality is staggering. I guess it's time to switch back to vanilla TT3.0, everything else staying the same. Then I'll know for sure. Oooohhh!!! Shakti stones sounds painful. Is there a cure? Chris :D -- Stratmangler There is no element of personal attack in my response. Stratmangler's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20387 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=91322 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] S-Booster
Phil Leigh;663821 Wrote: This thread has become tainted with an analogue=better mantra/line of thinking. The reality - shocking though it may be - is that analogue is not better (in any objective sense) than correctly engineered digital. In fact the opposite is true. Some people might prefer certain peculiarities of analogue but this has nothing to do with better. I myself used to be fond of my LP12... When Chris (for whom I have great respect) said it sounded more analogue, I immediately formed a mental image of how it sounded... smoother, more relaxed/at ease, less edgy... but that's only because when people say analogue that's what they most often mean (if they mean anything at all). It's an unfortunate turn of phrase because more analogue strictly speaking also means noisier, less dynamic, less pitch-stable, more distorted etc etc... Thanks Phil. Yes, there is a reduction in hard edged artifact, but there's no softening of the sound, which is a pretty neat trick if you can pull it off. If anything the details in recordings are easier to pick up on now - production effects, rhythmical cues, playing nuances, all are laid out to be heard. They were always there, just not as apparent to me as they are now. So what I really meant to say when I said more analogue, was that I felt that the sound took me closer to the recording event, to the original analogue. Now, over the weekend I had the opportunity to show the SBooster (lid off) to a very experienced electronic engineering friend, and his comment was it looks to be some kind of low pass filter. Which, considering that the Touch has a cheap SMPS PSU(read that as inexpensive and electrically noisy) is just what's needed to remove the shit from the DC. Anyway, my experience with the SBooster has been largely positive, although the longer than normal late night listening sessions are beginning to take their toll, and I might have to invest in some matchsticks to keep my eyelids open. YMMV Chris :) -- Stratmangler There is no element of personal attack in my response. Stratmangler's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20387 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81454 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] S-Booster
Amauta;663211 Wrote: What differences did you hear? Things just sound more analogue and natural. -- Stratmangler There is no element of personal attack in my response. Stratmangler's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20387 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81454 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] S-Booster
Jeff Flowerday;663670 Wrote: Sounds like it's actually injecting more noise. I might be wrong but a cleaner power supply will lower the noise floor, reduce jitter, which translates to clearing up some mud on sound. But if you like it go for it, ultimately it's your ears and money. Notice I did *not* say it sounds more like an analogue -recording- of -*any*- sort. Don't read things into what I have not said ;) Chris :) -- Stratmangler There is no element of personal attack in my response. Stratmangler's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20387 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81454 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] S-Booster
Jeff Flowerday;663681 Wrote: Oh, I noticed, nor was my comment in regards to a analogue recording... In that case it's curious that jitter should even enter the conversation -- Stratmangler There is no element of personal attack in my response. Stratmangler's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20387 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81454 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] S-Booster
pski;663177 Wrote: Technical? Was it free? The effects are quite audible. I like what I hear, so in my subjective opinion it's an improvement. I might at some point pop round to a friend's place and have him put it on the 'scope. Be interesting to see what's being removed, noise wise, from the power. Was it free, as in a gift? No. Have I paid for it yet? No. Will I pay for it? Yes. Chris :) -- Stratmangler There is no element of personal attack in my response. Stratmangler's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20387 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81454 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] S-Booster
I've had an SBooster delivered today on a sale or return basis, plugged it in between the stock SMPS and Touch, and it's not going to be returned. Chris :) -- Stratmangler There is no element of personal attack in my response. Stratmangler's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20387 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81454 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Squeezebox Classic on USB powerrrrr
S2K;662486 Wrote: I used a decent 250 dollar Sennheiser headphone and pretty good monitor speakers, *while listening to excellent recordings in 24bit 96khz*. No you weren't. SB3 [b]does not play 24/96 files[natively/b]. Chris ;) -- Stratmangler There is no element of personal attack in my response. Stratmangler's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20387 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=90831 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Squeezebox Classic on USB powerrrrr
S2K;662541 Wrote: Funny, I always thought my live album of John Mayer was 96khz. It's 'just' 48khz. I guess I was lucky to choose this one, most of my other 24bit albums are indeed 96khz (and play fine on the Transporter) It may well be 24/96. It's just that there's no way on God's green earth that you were playing 24/96 natively on a Squeezebox Classic. Your server might have downsampled the 24/96 to 24/48. -- Stratmangler There is no element of personal attack in my response. Stratmangler's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20387 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=90831 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Headless Touch
lake_eleven;661542 Wrote: Most of the touch owners by now have used Soundcheck's TT2.0 Say's who ? Chris :) -- Stratmangler There is no element of personal attack in my response. Stratmangler's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20387 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=90739 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Installed 7.6..now can't acces music
http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/Troubleshooting76 Chris :) -- Stratmangler There is no element of personal attack in my response. Stratmangler's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20387 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=89629 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Teflon tape
magiccarpetride;644945 Wrote: I know I'm easily excitable and prone to exaggerations, but man, it cost me $1.29 for this teflon tape, and I can't believe the difference it makes. Tonight I'm going to teflon all of my other AC plugs, see if I get even more improvements. I'd be interested to hear how this affects the workings of your toaster and your kettle. Does it improve the toastiness of toast, and does tea made using water boiled in a similarly treated kettle have improved flavour ? Chris :) -- Stratmangler There is no element of personal attack in my response. Stratmangler's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20387 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=89174 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Favorite audiophile nonsense phrase
I think the best thing to do with respect to the peoples of Britain is to not attempt to call them anything if you're trying to refer to them as a whole. Restrict your comments to something along the lines of in the UK. Chris :) -- Stratmangler There is no element of personal attack in my response. Stratmangler's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20387 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=88608 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Favorite audiophile nonsense phrase
Daverz;639788 Wrote: I'll keep using British, since as far as I can tell my usage is correct. Carry on upsetting the Scots and the Welsh then. It's them that have problems with the term. Chris :) -- Stratmangler There is no element of personal attack in my response. Stratmangler's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20387 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=88608 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Favorite audiophile nonsense phrase
Daverz;639691 Wrote: PRaT: Pace, Timing, and Rhythm. As far as I can tell, this quality has nothing to do with pace, timing or rhythm, though I can kind of see how some kind of phase or frequency distortion in the bass might have some effect on perceptions of it. A lot of bass overhang, say, might obscure the rhythm section. I think the British call this the toe tapping quality of a piece of gear (or kit, as they'd say). Who are these British of whom you speak ? I can't think of any population group in the UK who would claim to call themselves British. The Empire is long gone too. I think of myself as British, but I'm an Anglo Saxon born in one of the colonies, and as such I'm very much in the minority. Chris :) -- Stratmangler There is no element of personal attack in my response. Stratmangler's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20387 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=88608 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Squeezebox audio quality, really that good ?
darrenyeats;639116 Wrote: s/pdif and usb audio are imperfect in nature but solutions exist now. *for audiophilia there is still no solution...* darren Nice one :D -- Stratmangler There is no element of personal attack in my response. Stratmangler's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20387 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=88540 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Patch lead from wall to Touch ?
tank121;637464 Wrote: Apologies Phil I know you've answered this elsewhere ? Best unshielded ? Cat5 OK ? It about 1ft run. I ran UTP, so the shielded question is academic. A Cat5 patch lead will be fine - all the Squeezebox family have Base100 as their maximum connection speed. Chris :) -- Stratmangler There is no element of personal attack in my response. Stratmangler's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20387 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=88428 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Garage Conversion - Sound advice ?
Looking good Wayne, looking good, and a big difference (and improvement) from when I was round doing the Cat5e cabling. One very minor niggle - your sockets need loosening off and straightening up :D Chris :) -- Stratmangler There is no element of personal attack in my response. Stratmangler's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20387 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85319 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Garage Conversion - Sound advice ?
ralphpnj;636854 Wrote: niggle and loosening off Only the British. I love the expressions you English gentlemen come up with. Very colorful(sic) indeed. I suppose I could have said something along the lines of take your spirit level back for a refund because it's got a faulty bubble, and all of your socket fronts are pissed as a result :D And remember, pissed has a different connotation this side of the pond ;) Chris :) -- Stratmangler There is no element of personal attack in my response. Stratmangler's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20387 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85319 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Garage Conversion - Sound advice ?
ralphpnj;636857 Wrote: Yanks: pissed means mad or angry at something or someone Brits: pissed means inebriated and ??? Please educate me on the Queen's slang. Well the inebriated bit is correct, because all of the faceplates are wonky, as in not straight, straight as in sober :D It can be fun this two nations divided by a common tongue malarkey. Chris :) -- Stratmangler There is no element of personal attack in my response. Stratmangler's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20387 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85319 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Garage Conversion - Sound advice ?
ralphpnj;636863 Wrote: I quite agree and I also find it fascinating. Idioms and idiomatic expressions are the spices of any language. The Queen's English and all its various permutations are all called English whereas many other languages with similar dialects are each known by different name. For example many of the Slavic tongues. I think that are bigger differences between Cockney accent and a Southern American accent than between some languages. Ah, now you're mentioning some old devisive terms - The Queen's English - it's quite an odd way of speaking English, and I don't personally know anyone who speaks it. The English The Queen speaks has little to do with common parlance, like wot I talks :D Chris :) -- Stratmangler There is no element of personal attack in my response. Stratmangler's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20387 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85319 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Garage Conversion - Sound advice ?
ralphpnj;636866 Wrote: Once again you're quite right. I should have said British English rather than the Queen's English. Now me I grew up speaking Brooklynese, as in dirty tree or thirty three, as you Englishish would say. But I types good English. Now more specifically you should have said flat BBC English, as became the norm here before the widespread acceptance of local dialect by Auntie (Beeb, as in BBC). My parents were both born and raised in Manchester, Lancashire. I was born in the Middle East (Aden, to be specific), and raised all over the place, as my father was in the Royal Air Force. And the way I speak is very close to flat BBC English - it's an easily understood, neutral accent, which is also quite accepting and accomodating of slight local dialect and inflection. My roots are North West England, specifically Manchester (I am a lifelong supporter of Manchester City Football Club, as were/are most of my family), and although I no longer live in Manchester I reside just 20 miles away to the North on the East Pennine Moors, where men are men, and sheep are nervous. so I'm still in close contact ;) Confused ? I am permanently, and I gave up on it all years ago, and just take things for what they are :D Chris :) -- Stratmangler There is no element of personal attack in my response. Stratmangler's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20387 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85319 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] I would like some HDMI info
The TV handshakes with the HTR. The HTR sends out a handshake request to the TV, and the TV responds. If the device cannot receive the protocol it is being asked to receive it basically says so back to the device trying to send the protocol. Your TV cannot receive DD so it tells the HTR not to send it. Simples :) Chris :) -- Stratmangler There is no element of personal attack in my response. Stratmangler's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20387 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=88035 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Garage Conversion - Sound advice ?
tank121;632260 Wrote: Thanks to Stratmangler on this forums. He's been round tonights and done an excellent top. All connected and test and ready to go into the plasterboard once fitted. Dali speaker brackets arrive today hooray. You're more than welcome. Chris :) -- Stratmangler There is no element of personal attack in my response. Stratmangler's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20387 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85319 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Cat5 or not ?
tank121;630310 Wrote: When you coming over to do my install then ? You anywhere near my location ? Chris :) -- Stratmangler There is no element of personal attack in my response. Stratmangler's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20387 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=87567 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Cat5 or not ?
tank121;630077 Wrote: Is there a special cat5 cable for external use e.g. out of the wall of the lounge round the external walls and into the garage ? External Cat5e ? Yes, there is proper external cable. The sheathing is non reactive to UV. Only just come across the thread - Cat5e is more than happy running at gigabit speeds under normal conditions. I instal this stuff for a living. I've only once had to instal Cat6e in order to get gigabit working, and the company in question had an electrified railway line running along the back of the building, so RFI was a major factor in their case. Chris :) -- Stratmangler There is no element of personal attack in my response. Stratmangler's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20387 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=87567 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Shielded Mains Cables
snottmonster;628238 Wrote: Must admit I've never thought to use CAT7 as a shielded mains cable... DO not use -any- data cabling for mains cabling, it is unsafe to do so ! Chris :( -- Stratmangler There is no element of personal attack in my response. Stratmangler's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20387 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=87319 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Is touch a better sounding unit than SB3 ?
magiccarpetride;623206 Wrote: I've heard that Touch sounds way worse than SB3. This is due to the fact that Touch comes shipped out of the factory with a buffer size at 20,000. 20,000 what ? Goldfish ? Peanuts ? Anyway, don't listen to them rumours - the Touch is better sounding than the SB3. Not a lot better, but then the SB3 was pretty good to start with ;) Chris :) -- Stratmangler There is no element of personal attack in my response. Stratmangler's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20387 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=86762 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Awesome news -- got my S-Booster
magiccarpetride;620352 Wrote: PMI (pardon my ignorance), but what is SBooster? Some people use a magical thing called google. ;) http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=ensl=nlu=http://www.squeeze-upgrade.com/filosofie-achter-sbooster-concept-pm-29.htmlei=A32KTeT0MMmxhAfSlLXDDgsa=Xoi=translatect=resultresnum=2ved=0CCkQ7gEwAQprev=/search%3Fq%3DSBooster%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26prmd%3Divns Chris :) -- Stratmangler There is no element of personal attack in my response. Stratmangler's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20387 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=86542 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Awesome news -- got my S-Booster
Phil Leigh;620363 Wrote: I love the way that website carefully avoids explaining how it works its magic... Me too - I definitely caught a whiff of Audiophoolery BS going on. ;) Chris :D -- Stratmangler There is no element of personal attack in my response. Stratmangler's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20387 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=86542 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Raise your hand if you're convinced that speaker cables make no difference to sound q
Don't Naim amps have stability issues with certain types of cable ? Can't remember the specifics of it all Chris :) -- Stratmangler There is no element of personal attack in my response. Stratmangler's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20387 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=86298 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Is Transporter compatible with CAT6 cabling?
audiomuze;617511 Wrote: PROBLEM SOLVED - I HADN'T SEATED THE CONNECTOR PROPERLY WHEN PLUGGING INTO TRANSPORTER. No more Ethernet over power - objective achieved. Plugging it in does help ;) -- Stratmangler There is no element of personal attack in my response. Stratmangler's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20387 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=86292 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Is Transporter compatible with CAT6 cabling?
F**k - Cat6e is a pain in the nuts to strip back and terminate. Now there's all that additional foil screen to deal with - that's gonna cost in installation time, and no-one's gonna be prepared to pay for the extra work involved ! -- Stratmangler There is no element of personal attack in my response. Stratmangler's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20387 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=86292 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Why do things sound the way they do?
Phil Leigh;617302 Wrote: The standard number of springs is 3... (or if you want one that stays in tune, 5!) Mine stays in tune, it only has 3 springs -and- the bridge is floating too. It does have a graphtec graphite nut and string tree on it ;) Chris :) -- Stratmangler There is no element of personal attack in my response. Stratmangler's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20387 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=86236 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Why do things sound the way they do?
The player exerts far more influence on the sound than the instrument itself. A good instrument helps, but is not essential. A great player with an mediocre instrument will always come through and sound great, whereas a mediocre player with a great instrument will always sound mediocre. -- Stratmangler There is no element of personal attack in my response. Stratmangler's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20387 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=86236 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] soundcheck's Touch Toolbox 2.0
brillo;616590 Wrote: I disagree. I think the Caiman's headphone section and amp are quite good. I've used it with AKG K702 and Sennheiser HD 650 headphones. Ditto. I've used it with Goldring DR150s, and things sound pretty fine. Chris :) -- Stratmangler There is no element of personal attack in my response. Stratmangler's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20387 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=84742 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Worst sounding album in your collection
Michael Schenker Group - MSG - very good songs let down by PPP Chris :( -- Stratmangler There is no element of personal attack in my response. Stratmangler's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20387 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85882 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Worst sounding album in your collection
Mnyb;614956 Wrote: MSG leads to UFO , they did really bad sounding records they where bad on LP too really bad , I remeber not even wasting a crome tape copying UFO back when , that was pointless you did not hear a quality loss going from vinyl to cassette with UFO . I'm not a native English speaker google came up with at least 20 examples of PPP acronyms ? In this case it means p*ss poor production ;) -- Stratmangler There is no element of personal attack in my response. Stratmangler's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20387 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85882 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] If you can hear it, can you measure it?
magiccarpetride;611424 Wrote: Repetitio ist mater studiorum. No it's not - it requires the intellect of your average canine ;) -- Stratmangler There is no element of personal attack in my response. Stratmangler's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20387 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85681 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Sound quality between wav and flac
earwaxer9;570049 Wrote: Interesting - I will have to play around with dbpoweramp some more! I have the full version. What DSP option would I use? thanks There are two things you'd need to set up - resample to, and bit depth. Why you'd want to is beyond me - all you're going to do is add lots of noughts. You can't just magic information out of thin air if it doesn't exist already. -- Stratmangler There is no element of personal attack in my response. Stratmangler's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20387 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=71321 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] One for the gullible ?
Has your Cat6 cable turned up yet Gaz ? Which position does it sound best in; PC to router, or router to Touch ? Chris ;) -- Stratmangler There is no element of personal attack in my response. Stratmangler's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20387 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80786 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Audio DiffMaker crash
Insufficient memory. Edit the files down to 30 seconds duration and try it again. Chris :) -- Stratmangler There is no element of personal attack in my response. Stratmangler's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20387 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80906 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] One for the gullible ?
Gazjam;566158 Wrote: All silly nonsense aside (Yes, I'm looking at YOU Audioquest) could there be a case for a shielded Ethernet cable causing an HF Bridge into the SB Touch? Elsewhere in the audiophile forum here, there are steps described to maximise the potential sound quality of the SB touch...from Linux script files to disable non essential services on startup through to maximising your ethernet network setup. the software mods WORK for me (I've tried 'em)and for sht's n giggles ive ordered an 0.5m cat6a unshielded ethernet cable to try... why not? costs buttons and it will be an interesting experiment too! Every little helps.. If I'm not mistaken 0.5m is actually 0.5m too short to be a certified patch cable - it's most certainly the case with Cat5e. If you can hear any difference using the lead I want some of the funny shit you're smoking. :D -- Stratmangler There is no element of personal attack in my response. Stratmangler's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20387 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80786 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] One for the gullible ?
funkstar;565152 Wrote: Just like every other cable that conforms to the Cat5 spec. Oh dear. My thoughts precisely ;) -- Stratmangler There is no element of personal attack in my response. Stratmangler's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20387 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80786 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] One for the gullible ?
http://www.divineaudio.co.uk/networking/cables/audioquest-cat5e-ethernet-cable-12m/prod_1910.html Saw this and nearly wet myself ! Chris :D -- Stratmangler There is no element of personal attack in my response. Stratmangler's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20387 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80786 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Lossless download sites?
Buy CD's online at Amazon - go for the free delivery option, rip CD when it arrives, put CD in a box with other CD's and place box in the attic/cellar/under bed etc. It often works out cheaper than downloading lossless files. -- Stratmangler There is no element of personal attack in my response. Stratmangler's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20387 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80193 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] listening to HD Audio (24/96)
DCtoDaylight;522882 Wrote: I've got a bunch of concert DVD's, which have a 24/96 PCM sound track. Which one's have a 24/96 PCM sound track ? Nearly all of mine have a 16/48 AC3 sound track. The one exception has a 24/48 PCM sound track. Chris :) -- Stratmangler There is no element of personal attack in my response. Stratmangler's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20387 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75935 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] listening to HD Audio (24/96)
bobscomp;522791 Wrote: I can not figure out how to get HD audio files for listing on the Transporter, I have downloaded from Music Giants super HD 2.o files, but they are Microsoft Plays for sure DRM and that will not play thru squeezbox server. SACD and DVD Audio can not be (leagaly) ripped to the computer, and I can find no other source for HD (24/96) audio files. I must be loosing my mind :) DVD-A can be ripped, either by use of DVDAExplorer or Foobar. Chris :) -- Stratmangler There is no element of personal attack in my response. Stratmangler's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20387 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75935 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Beatles 24 vs 16 bits...
I was digging around on the BW Society of Sound website and found this http://blog.bowers-wilkins.com/lab/?p=561 , should anyone be interested. Chris :) -- Stratmangler There is no element of personal attack in my response. Stratmangler's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20387 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=72852 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Sound quality between wav and flac
deadushka;501660 Wrote: Try to change your SB3 for a receiver or a Transporter and you'll see what you actually listening to. A DAC doesn't have a major impact, it's just a link in the chain. This chap uses the same DAC as I do. Read the link then repeat your statement with a straight face if you can ! http://theartofsound.net/forum/showpost.php?p=62300postcount=245 Chris:D :D :D PS - my tongue is firmly in cheek with this reply - there is no element of personal attack in my response. -- Stratmangler Stratmangler's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20387 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=71321 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Sound quality between wav and flac
deadushka;501676 Wrote: Again, sorry for partial cut'n'paste: All I was trying to say is that if you change the SB3 for a Duet receiver in your chain you will surely notice the difference. Although in theory there should be none. No worries :D I can't test your theory as I only have SB3 to play with. It would be interesting to compare the different models via an external DAC. And you're correct - they should all sound the same, as long as you limit the test to files that all of the players can natively cope with (ie. 24/48 files or less). Chris:) -- Stratmangler There is no element of personal attack in my response. Stratmangler's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20387 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=71321 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Sound quality between wav and flac
Daverz;500974 Wrote: Why are you taking the time to yell at us? We are only audiophiles, for FSM sake! The thread has gone on for nearly 2 months now, and just keeps going round in circles. And it goes round in circles for the same reason - someone makes a claim and then fails to provide any proof. Any evidence provided by other forum members that is contrary to the claim is ignored. Daverz;500974 Wrote: Why does it bother you that some folks may not be entirely happy with the sound from their Squeezeboxen? It doesn't bother me. I use an external DAC on my SB3. So as you see, I'm not entirely happy with my Squeezebox's sound. I am happy with the DAC in tow. Daverz;500974 Wrote: Perhaps you are too emotionally invested in these little black boxes. Nope - although I still think they're a great way to play my digital music collection. Daverz;500974 Wrote: Joking aside, and however skeptical I am, it does bother me a that there -might- be some real effect here that is degrading sound quality. I believe that a decent DAC should only care that the bits are delivered to it in order and in a timely fashion, and audiophile fussing about this annoys me, but I don't know enough to be able to dismiss the paranoia completely. Audiophile fussing got to me, as you're aware. I've had similar concerns once before - I went from one version of server to another, and the sound quality went from excellent to dreadful. I also posted on this section of the forum to see if anyone else had experienced the same issues. My problems were sorted out by an uninstal, registry cleanup, and totally clean reinstal. Since then I've not encountered any problems or noticed any audible differences when switching from one version to another. I also cannot hear any differences between wav and flac files. I have played around unpacking flacs to wavs and packing wavs up to flacs and listening to them - I'm buggered if I can detect any differences. So I fall into the very contented camp. Anyway, that's enough of this; may I take this opportunity to wish you all a very Happy New Year. Chris:) -- Stratmangler Stratmangler's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20387 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=71321 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Sound quality between wav and flac
I find the paranoia behind this thread quite intriguing. Paranoia is the correct word to use, especially when comments are made about sounds being shortened by 10 cms or so. IT'S ONLY AUDIO, FOR GODS' SAKE !!! There are far more important things in life, such as family friends. Spend time with your kids. Go play football in the park with them, fly a kite, whatever. It's far more important because it's time you will not get again. If you don't like the SQ of such and such a version of Slimserver/Squeezecenter/Squeezebox Server that's fine. Stick with what you like and just get on with life. You don't have to use the latest version for things to work. Just use whatever it is that sounds good to you and be happy and enjoy the music. Chris:) -- Stratmangler Stratmangler's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20387 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=71321 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Beatles 24 vs 16 bits...
EMI did future proof the Beatles remastering project as far as was possible - see this article http://www.theinsider.com/news/2102658_Re_Mastering_the_BEATLES_Catalog_The_Process I agree that the sample rate seems to be the key to improved audio - most of the music DVD's that I have are AC3 on the stereo tracks, which transcodes to 16/48 files. The audio on these discs is better than CD with no exceptions - perhaps I've been lucky in this respect. That said, I've also noted the improvements brought by HDCD when the files have been ripped using dBPoweramp with the DSP plugins installed. The resultant files are 24/44.1 . The audio improvements are worth pursuing. Back to The Beatles - it is perfectly feasible for EMI to release the albums at 24/192, all that is required is the will (on EMI's part) to do it. I can't imagine that this will happen anytime soon, for reasons of copyright security if nothing else. The potential of hi-res release does still remain. Chris:) -- Stratmangler Stratmangler's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20387 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=72852 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
