Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] 320kbps Mp3's on a hi-fi system....
I once had a demonstration from a manufacturer of his three CDPs into his lowest price point amps. What was odd was that the 'best' (and most expensive) CDP was significantly worse musically than the middle level player. It wasn't until we moved up a level in his amps, then the true improvement from the middle CDP to the top one could be determined. My feeling, at the time, was that the better CDP was simply overwhelming the base model amp with information, such that it couldn't order it sufficiently to be musical. Now, it is possible that we could have the same effect with MP3, whereby the reduction of information makes an amp more capable of dealing with it in a musical way. Thus, the MP3 would be preferred. Mind you, the manufacturer got pretty cross with me for voicing my opinion, it doesn't fit too well with the source-first flat earth ideology. -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Klaatu barada nikto ---- bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=51021 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Start Small or Jump to Transporter?
First of all there is a mistake above. Apple Lossless will quite happily convert hi-res files such as 24/96, IF you use the encoder supplied with iTunes. However, the reverse engineered routines that are supplied with programs such as dBpoweramp will not. This means such files need to be in wave format, added to the iTunes library, and then converted, which is a royal pain. I have all my stuff in Apple Lossless (for the iPod) and in FLAC for the Slim stuff. I keep them on separate drives, and so have (by serendipity I must admit) created myself a backup strategy. I rip to ALAC first, add to the iTunes library, and then convert with dBpoweramp in batches to FLAC in my squeeze library. There will not be any DRM in an ALAC file ripped or converted by dBpoweramp, now or in the future. -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Klaatu barada nikto bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=51311 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Power Line Filtration
I use the Shunyatas, and I love them. Costly though. -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=51004 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] FLAC recordings available here
If I remember rightly, the 'shed' is in the grounds of the studio. Hope you enjoy your trip Eric. -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more ---- bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50413 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] FLAC recordings available here
Hi Eric, I got the full tour of Gabriel's studio a few years back. It's by no means a home studio. There are a number of different recording areas, each with it's own unique sound and space. The studio manager is also hifi friendly, and they have paid a lot of attention to various things, such as the way the earthing is arranged - it all runs into the lake!!! All in all, an excellent studio, well run, with a really chilled out vibe in a beautiful area of England. -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more -------- bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50413 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] The Absolute Sound reviews AppleTV and Squeezebox Duet
My goodness, that's (almost) unbelievable -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=49614 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Amphony 2500 5.8 GHz DIGITAL Wireless Headphones
The Amphony phone were the only ones I could find that send a digital signal intact. My experience of other wireless phones has been disappointing, with lots of interference, and non-defeatable automatic gain control (which is really nasty). Infrared apparently gives better, interference-free, quality - but they have to be in line of sight of the transmitter, which is a major restriction. Philips make a digital headphone, but it only appears to be available in mainland Europe. These do not take a digital input, however, and thus you would get an AD/DA chain with an SB. -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50033 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Amphony 2500 5.8 GHz DIGITAL Wireless Headphones
Actually I was looking at these phones, after a disappointing experience with a pair of AKG 940s. They DO NOT do spurious DA/AD conversion and I'm pretty sure they will do both 44.1 and 48 without sample rate conversion. Unfortunately I couldn't find anywhere in the UK that sold them, which makes me think that they may be 'illegal' within our draconian wireless restrictions. -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more ---- bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50033 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Hi-frequency content of 24/96 files?
It may be that as Linn have been recording specifically for SACD, that they have DSD recording equipment. The peak at 30k could be DSD artifacts. -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=49412 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Kharma 3.2FE's or Reference 3A Grand Veena's
No personal experience, but there happens to be a review by Roy Gregory of the Grand Veenas in the latest issue of HiFi+. To the last two lines of the review: "You want music at home - real music? You need look no further than R3A's Grand Veena. No floorstander that I've heard near the price is anywhere near as much fun" Maybe worth tracking down a copy, but like all reviews, only good for making a shortlist of what you think will appeal to you, and it looks like you did that already. To be honest, it will niggle at you forever if you don't go and listen to the R3A's again, especially given the price difference. On the other hand if can't audition them, and you think the Kharmas are almost perfect - go with your gut feeling, get the Kharmas, and stop worrying about what else is out there. By the way, I know what you're going through :) -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more ---- bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=49442 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Sometimes I really don't get it!
I haven't had time to investigate further unfortunately. However, the most likely explanation is that noise from the PSU is making its way through the ring main to the hifi. In my case my system is pretty resilient to mains gunk, but it could be that the TP is susceptible. The other possible explanation is that noise is getting through the CAT5 cable, which seems unlikely, but easy to test, in my case, by simply unplugging the desktop from the router. The software will not make a difference, nor will the cat5 cable itself - so don't let anyone sell you an audiophile one. What does make a difference, strangely, is where you decode your flacs (either natively or on the server). A number of people have commented on this, mostly when using the analogue outputs of a slim device. Not everyone agrees on the which is the better setting though! Firmware version can make a difference, but Sean has commented that they haven't made an update recently that would affect sound quality (i.e. they have been functional and bug fix updates). Hopefully I will get the opportunity to make the tests I want to do to try and tie down the culprit over the weekend. Then I'll post an update and get shot down by all and sundry. -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more ---- bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=49190 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Advice on 24/96 with SB3 Please.
Given that disc space is cheap, I would opt for keeping the hi-res files outside your main music library, and using Foobar to perform a once only downsample as a copy of the original file which you put in your music library. That way you keep the load on the server to a minimum, with no on-the-fly conversion to be done. -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=49218 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Sometimes I really don't get it!
I think the basic test has to be to simply disconnect the offending computer from the router and if that does not cure it, then it is clearly interference through the mains loop, despite the consumer unit being in there. I will try this tomorrow. However, I've had this computer quite a long time now, and haven't really noticed it affecting the system when playing vinyl or the CD player that is now languishing in a cupboard. Another assertion I need to double check before drawing any sort of conclusion. -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more ---- bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=49190 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Sometimes I really don't get it!
If I were writing the above in a magazine, then I would have done extensive repeatability tests, but in this forum I think it is useful to post first impressions and see if there is other similar experience out there, and possibly (perhaps more importantly) someone who might be able to suggest why this might occur. So if I can ask you to take a huge leap of faith, and assume for the moment that I am neither deaf nor stupid. What about those people who find the TP generally dull and lifeless, or those that find its performance varies greatly? Just suppose for a moment that it is possible for a computer wired into the network to affect the performance of the TP - to make it a bit dull and lifeless. What if that computer is your main server? Then you will think the TP is dull and lifeless. Or in my case, if the server does not affect the TP but an ancilliary computer does, then you will perceive the performance of the TP changing from day to day. My experience is that the TP is 95% of the time an amazing performer, doubly so given the price. As I rarely leave my computer on when I sit down for a serious listening session, then that would add up. Again, this is first impressions, out there for debate. I will try it again, and in a more controlled way. I'll also try simply pulling the patch cable out. However, if I'm right, then I would repeat my question. What mechanism could cause it? -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more ---- bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=49190 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Sometimes I really don't get it!
Whoopee, back in the UK for a whole week, that means real hifi, vinyl, transporter instead of duet, and whopping great speakers instead of headphones. I use a QNAP for a server, and I'm wired to and from the router (don't really want a wifi transceiver hovering above my pre-amp). The QNAP is in another room, with a large Dell desktop, which is also wired to the router. This room is on a different ring main to the hifi. So I'm sat listening to my TP wondering why sometimes it sounds good, but uninvolving, and at other times it sounds simply great. My mind is wandering because exactly then was one of the uninvolving times. Anyway I wander into the study to see how my spyware scan is doing, nothing found, and so the desktop is not required. I switch it off and go back to listening. Thing is, when I walk back into the room I'm staggered by the change in sound. Now the TP sounds great again. Clearly switching on and off the desktop affects the sound, and it's not subtle. Why on earth? I mean CAT5 is decoupled AFAIK. It's a different ring main, different room. BTW, I wasn't even looking for a change, or experimenting, I simply turned off the computer because I didn't need it running. I have no sensible explanation. All I know is I'll be making sure the desktop is off when I listen seriously in future. -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more ---- bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=49190 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] About to sell my CD player--will SB3 be enough??
When my network is down I play vinyl... I'll get me coat! -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=49169 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Flac vs. CD
And I still want to upgrade the Orbe / SME. Someone should put me in a padded room for my own good :) -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48900 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Flac vs. CD
Phil Leigh;312599 Wrote: > Hmmm...possible. My system is very well "isolated" so maybe I won't see > the differences that David refers to - but I'm pretty sure David is > using some suitable mains conditioning... I think the answer lies in my post(s) on the 'photos of your transporter setup' thread. :) -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more -------- bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48900 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Flac vs. CD
Phil Leigh;312572 Wrote: > David - are you saying that you can clearly hear (and prefer) native > FLAC streaming and conversion over server-side conversion and streaming > as WAV? > Regards > Phil Hi Phil, Yes, indeed I am, and my son agrees with me. Actually I was a bit surprised, because not only was I dubious there would be a difference, but also I thought that if there were a difference, then the nod would go to transcoding on the server (i.e. less for the TP to do). -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more -------- bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48900 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Flac vs. CD
omega;312528 Wrote: > Johan73 & Rodney_Gold > > There's another thing you can try: > > http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36503 > > Regards Native vs server decoding - yes Display off vs display on - yes, but such a minute difference that even someone as anal as me doesn't worry. First song better than the rest - not in my system with a Transporter. -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more -------- bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48900 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Flac vs. CD
Rodney_Gold;312494 Wrote: > Kjg, I just tried your suggestion and can clearly hear a difference , > especially in the bass. didn't think it would affect things in the > digital domain , but it doesBass inst as thin..Switched > back to the old system to see if I was perhaps imagining it , but no , > def an increase in low or mid bass. You can hear a difference via the digital out, now that is surprising. I can certainly hear a difference via the analogue outs of my TP, with a firm preference for flac native decoding. Haven't tried digital, as I prefer the TP's internal DAC to my external one. I'm still trying to work out what is going on. Obviously via the analogue outs there could be other mechanisms at work. AFAIK people have checked the accuracy of the native decoder, and so the only thing I can think of is that it affects the SPDIF out somehow, perhaps changing the amount of jitter. Of course I could be completely wrong there. -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more -------- bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48900 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Does a dedicated music server make a difference
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48430 Question: Does a dedicated PC/music server sound better than a PC used for other duties? - Yes it does. - No it doesn't make any difference. I see you are using an external DAC, which I didn't notice before. In that case, no difference is what I would expect. If you're the curious type, you might try the same using the analogue outs ! -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more -------- bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48430 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Does a dedicated music server make a difference
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48430 Question: Does a dedicated PC/music server sound better than a PC used for other duties? - Yes it does. - No it doesn't make any difference. Yep, I think that's right, although I must admit that I find the new SC7 layout non-intuitive compared to SS6. So try toggling the top option between disabled and native, and see if you can discern a difference or not. I have an impression of the general trends of what people have found, but rather than influence you, I will save that till later. -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more ---- bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48430 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Does a dedicated music server make a difference
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48430 Question: Does a dedicated PC/music server sound better than a PC used for other duties? - Yes it does. - No it doesn't make any difference. Hi Nuuk, Sorry I'm not going to be near my home computer to be more precise today. If I remember the screen correctly, you have three boxes next to flac, something like: flac > flac/native > wave > MP3 if you set it to: flac > flac/disabled > wave > mp3/disabled then try toggling the first option to see if you find a difference or not. Sorry if that is a bit vague, perhaps someone else you be more precise if they are sitting at their server. -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more ---- bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48430 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Does a dedicated music server make a difference
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48430 Question: Does a dedicated PC/music server sound better than a PC used for other duties? - Yes it does. - No it doesn't make any difference. Nuuk, here is something to try: In the file types section of advanced settings, try changing the behaviour of flac files from flac > flac to flac > wave, and back again. The first causes the flac to be decoded natively in the hardware, and the second causes it to be decoded on the server. The second option can cause wireless throughput issues, however. If you are wired, there will be no issues. Many people (but by no means all) have reported a difference in the sound between these two options. I have found a difference using a TP, and I prefer the native decoding. This is nothing to do with the accuracy of the bits, as people have independently checked the bit accuracy of the native decoding. There is obviously some other mechanism at work, but I know not what. See what you think. -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more ---- bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48430 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Dilema with my setup
Ooops, iPhone is right, it would be potentially risky to use the QED, as it is possible to connect together the two amps. I should have read closer. I had a QED switch years ago and when you chose one output, the other switched popped out making it safe for this purpose. Oh well. As Phil said, if you are adept at a bit of soldering you should be able to make a switch. What happens with a lot of high end products is they have a unity gain pre-amp input to the stereo, that is not controlled by the volume control. In that case you can connect line level outs from the AV Receiver and always have the correct balance between the speakers when using 5.1 or 7.1. I looked through the specs of your receiver, and the line level out is not supported, neither is the unity gain option on the Arcam. The unity gain bit is less of an obstacle, but the lack of line level outs on the Sony is a showstopper. Do you have budget for this, or are you not looking to spend any real cash? -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48409 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Dilema with my setup
Actually this might do the trick and be fairly unobtrusive http://www.qed.co.uk/i175c194-191/Accessories/Audio_Switching/SS21_2-Way_Audiophile_Parallel_Speaker_Switch.htm What you have to do in is to wire the box backwards. In other words, where it reads speaker attach the amps, and where it reads amp, attach the speakers. It's about 40 quid. -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48409 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Dilema with my setup
There isn't an obvious answer with your current set of equipment. Some AV amps have pre-out sockets on them that can be used to feed direct into you Arcam, but this is not the case with this particular Sony. You can buy speaker switch boxes, but they usually compromise sound quality, at least the ones most generally available. Maybe you could try one. All of which means, unless you take a more radical approach (like moving to an Arcam Diva or FMJ for example) I don't see how you would get around this. Also I'm not sure how up to date the Arcam stuff is as regards to HDMI, and the various new sound formats. -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more -------- bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48409 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] AKG 940 AFC Wireless Phones
Yes I've seen these phones. They don't seem to be distributed in the UK or Austria, so I guess I would have to order them direct. I see from the other thread that you have ordered a pair. I would be very interested in your impressions of them when they arrive. -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more ---- bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=47652 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] AKG 940 AFC Wireless Phones
Well, after some time listening to these, using the Duet I bought for the purpose :) ,I am now very disappointed with them. Why? For one single reason. I can't imagine what they were thinking, but they have got undefeatable automatic gain control (AGC) included. This means that any music with wide dynamic swings becomes virtually unlistenable. Take the band Porcupine Tree as an example. Typically they will have relatively quiet sections followed by huge jumps to the full band. What the AKGs do is to turn up the volume of the acoustic guitar, and then slam the volume back down once the full band crashes in. They advertise these phones for use with DVD-A and SACD, nowhere in their specs do they mention AGC, although for other models they do. I don't personally consider AGC as suitable for DVD-A / SACD playback. I wrote to AKG to see if they would confirm the AGC, and to see if they had any suggestions. They haven't given me the curtesy of a reply. AVOID! -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more -------- bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=47652 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Power supply A/B
Whilst taking on board your point about the hyperbole, to be honest I was simply trying to describe what I heard. I remember being stunned by the improvement, which is why that review cost me loads of money, because I ended up buying the entire set of cables and the Hydra. I had to send it off for photography, and as I recall to another reviewer, and going back to more standard cabling was a complete letdown. It was agony waiting for them to return to stay. I still use it today, even though Roy Gregory reckons I would be better off using Nordost mains cabling to create a system wide consistency. One thing we never got round to doing, was to directly compare the Nordost and the Shunyata cabling. What is interesting about the Shunyata cables, is that they are one of the few esoteric cables to be used in professional studios, including Dave Gilmour's. -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=47658 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Power supply A/B
Robin Bowes;303885 Wrote: > bigfool1956 wrote: > > > Interesting you should say that. I use Shunyata powersnakes in my > > system, and I found that the TP sounded noticably better when > powered > > with the Python chord, which has the outer layer filled with the > > FeSi-1000 noise-reduction compound. > > You'd probably find they work even better if you lubricate with a > little > more snake oil. ;) > > R. I was thinking of having a sweepstake on who would make this comment first. I could completely sacrifice myself to the great god of flame and post this link: http://www.hifiplus.com/t-rev17-1.html -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more ---- bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=47658 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Power supply A/B
DCtoDaylight;303799 Wrote: > Actually you do have personal experience, you just didn't know! > If you open up your Transporter, you'll find it's got three power > supplies, two analog, that get all the press, and one switch mode that > no one talks about! The switch mode is reserved for powering the > display's, and isn't on the main pcb, but it's in the same chassis, and > attached to the same line cord. > > And while some people are nervous of switch mode supplies, others have > openly embraced them. Linn for example, use switchers in a lot of their > highly regarded gear. It's a typical case of, if it's done right, > there's no problem, if it's cheap hack job, well, you get what you pay > for > > Cheers, Dave Interesting you should say that. I use Shunyata powersnakes in my system, and I found that the TP sounded noticably better when powered with the Python chord, which has the outer layer filled with the FeSi-1000 noise-reduction compound. Supposedly it helps digital sources, but maybe it is related to the switcher. Dunno - but it works :))) -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=47658 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Amp has started popping
Coulld it be that the socket you are now using is the same ring main as your kitchen, for example, and so you are picking up pulses from your fridge/freezer. I would suggest temporarily using an extension lead to power your system from the original socket, without moving anything. If that cures it, then the cause is elsewhere on your circuit. -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=47751 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New tool for ripping DVD-As
DVDA Explorer -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=47576 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Power supply A/B
It is often said that the switch mode PS will affect other components (although I have no personal experience, having a TP). Might be worth having another go, but unplugging the stock PS when listening to the alternative. To Superq: you mean you agreed on the ones you liked the sound of, and she though best matched the home decor! (Sorry, couldn't resist the terribly un-pc sexist joke). -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=47658 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] AKG 940 AFC Wireless Phones
Popped out today and bought a pair of the above headphones on special offer. Cost in the UK is about 120 quid for these. Now I have always avoided wireless phones, having heard some of the (frankly risible) infrared ones some years ago. I wanted to get away from my in-ear phones for home listening, and was thinking of getting some decent over-ear (as opposed to on-ear) phones plus a half way decent headphone amp. I have been listening to them using the line out of my bog-standard iPod dock, and I have to say that I am very impressed with the sound from these phones for the price. It is such a pleasure to escape from the headpain induced by long term listening on in-ear phones. They have great bass and treble, and I find them very clear indeed (again, for the price). Now I'm thinking that a very nice little set up would be a receiver, with the line-outs feeding straight into the transmitter, Pick up the phones and the SBC, wander into the garden for some summertime bliss. Note, with these phones you do not need any for of headphone amp, they take line level directly. They quote 20 hours listening time on a single charge of the batteries. Oh, and they go flipping loud. My only gripe is that they don't go right over my flipping great big lug-holes, but I guess that's a gene problem, and not the AKG's. -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more ---- bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=47652 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New tool for ripping DVD-As
I've used this new version, and it is great, works at a click of the mouse. Since I got it I have bought several DVD-As, which I would otherwise not have done. So once again the RIAA have got it wrong, in terms of the affect on sales, when will they ever learn? Google is your friend. -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=47576 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Where to get a quality balun in the UK
Still haven't found anywhere in the UK that shows the Cardas adapters in their websites. Maybe I need to phone around. They seem to be about $80 a pair in the States, which is a pretty good price. Thanks for your suggestions - it seems, as you say, that people akin to Maplins stock lowish quality versions, and at 8 quid a pair it's not going to break the bank to use them temporarily. DJ shops also seem to be a good source. -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more ---- bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=47000 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Where to get a quality balun in the UK
Cardas make an appropriate adapter, and I've generally like their product. Finding one in the UK seems to be tricky though. I might go with the Maplin one as a temporary measure, assuming they have a pair in my local store, or have a look at the local Digital Village, as the DJ stores seem to do that sort of stuff. Trouble is I need it quickly. -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=47000 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Where to get a quality balun in the UK
Well I agree that it's trivial to make the appropriate cables, but currently I'm using Nordost Valhalla interconnects, so what I really want to do is drop a high quality solid adapter into the sockets on the amp, and plug the Nordosts into them. Mind you, in the long run I will probably get the Nordosts re-terminated, as I suspect this power amp will be my last one. -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more ---- bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=47000 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Where to get a quality balun in the UK
I've got a new amp coming Thursday, and it has only XLR inputs. As I am still very much a vinyl head, even if the TP has usurped my CDP for digital, so my preamp is very much required (and loved). Means I need to connect single ended pre to the XLR ins on the amp. Boulder state that single ended can be used, which leaves me requiring either an inline RCA to XLR single ended adapter or a similarly configured balun. I'm also unsure which would be best in this case. Any thoughts and help would be appreciated. -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more ---- bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=47000 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] How many reasons...
Nice to see that the launch of this product is triggering them to sell hi-res downloads of their music catalogue. -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 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] Best method of connection for SB Classic to AMP
The answer to your question lies in the way you are using your speakers. If you have small front speakers, and are using the sub-woofer to augment the bass, then you are using the bass management of the amp to do this. If, however, you have large front speakers, and are just using the sub for LFE, then you don't need bass management for stereo. With your amp, if you use the Stereo mode, and/or the Direct mode you will be using solely the front pair of speakers. Try it out using a CD. If it sounds good, then your speakers are up to the job, then the analogue out of the SB may be the best option, although you should compare it with the digital out to see what you think. If, in Stereo mode, it sounds very tinny, and lacking in bass, then you need the bass management, in which case use the digital out of the SB. -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46921 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Best method of connection for SB Classic to AMP
If you are using bass management on your home cinema amp, then using the digital out of the SB is the way to go. The reason is that when you use bass management, all analogue signals are digitised so that the bass management software can work on them, and then re-converted to analogue. If, however you are going to use the analogue-in in direct mode, it would be a good idea to try both the analogue and the digital outputs, and see which you prefer. -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46921 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Rc / Eq
What software are people using to measure the room response, create the test tones, etc. and if using Inguz, to create the filters? I'm not sure if a Qnap 109 is able to run inguz, is there a way to apply the filter to create a filtered file that can then be played without realtime processing? Will it work for various sample rates / bit depths? Maybe I am thick, but I was struggling to find the answers to these questions when I was reading the doco. -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46903 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Trade: My silver Transporter for your black Transporter
It's the same transporter, it is dual voltage. The power chord will be different though, but no problem there I assume. -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46717 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] 2 weeks without LP's!
Not to mention the crystalline structure of the the tape coating. -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46547 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] 2 weeks without LP's!
Good grief, I'm in the same boat as ralphpnj, work takes me abroad, and my complete system is a rarely visited treasure waiting for me in the UK. Not just my LPs, but my transporter too await my loving attention on my infrequent trips home. Although my son does get to play with the tp :) And what do I have to salve my musically bereft heart? An iPod :( -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46547 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] 2 weeks without LP's!
Instruments! My goodness who needs those new-fangled pieces of junk. Stick to the pure voice, anything else is just artificial. -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46547 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Linn Klimax DS - Network Music Player
The one thing I rarely see is an explanation as to what each items does, how it sounds, and musical references to those examples. That would be the most interesting. In addition I would like to know what was done to accomodate each item, in terms of partnering equipment (including stands and cabling), and if any thought was given to the repositioning of the speakers - something that is often required. In the end this is a forum, and not a hifi magazine. -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=38815 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Linn Klimax DS - Network Music Player
sc53;293923 Wrote: > Right you are Bigfool--I always appreciate subjective opinions and > understand that MMMV. Surprised you got such a hostile reaction to your > review! I have read elsewhere (including Stereophile) that the software > interface is very rudimentary and needs improvement Well not my review, but I was interested in the comments. -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more ---- bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=38815 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Linn Klimax DS - Network Music Player
tomjtx;293772 Wrote: > In your comparo did you level match with an SPL meter and do it blind? > > If not, the comparo and your conclusions are w/o merit. > > A db diff will be mistakenly perceived as a qualitative diff. > > A sighted comparo is invalid due to expectation bias. They may be without merit to you, but not to others lurking here. There's one or two people round here who need to read the forum header: It says Slimdevices, not Hydrogenaudio! The DBT point of view is by no means universally held here. -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more -------- bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=38815 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Bi- and vertical-amping
Crossing over to an active sub at 80hz is basically the THX configuration, even if it is in stereo and not 5.1. At 80hz you can just about play "spot the position of the sub" but it's quite hard. More to the point it slightly destabilises the image. Easy to fix though, either centralise the sub, or use two. If you carefully integrate the subs to the mains, it can work really well, IMO. -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more -------- bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46354 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Bi- and vertical-amping
I miss those days, being an independent publisher was a really interesting learning experience for me, albeit a financially damaging one. Oh well, maybe someone else will want me to write for them in the future. -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46354 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Bi- and vertical-amping
Phil Leigh;292837 Wrote: > Certainly the UK Hi-Fi press use bi-amping to mean passive bi-amping > (rather than any form of active crossover configuration) Which would of include me. -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more ---- bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46354 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Bi- and vertical-amping
I think I am going to stick my hand up and stand corrected, bowing the fact that this is, of course, and international forum. Despite my (way too many) years of interest in hi-fi, and despite the fact that I used to do live mixing professionally, I have not come across the use of bi-amping to mean active speakers in the UK. Googling around it appears that across the pond the term is (was?) used to mean active speakers. -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46354 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Bi- and vertical-amping
I'm sorry, but nobody in the business (with the exception of this guy) uses the term bi-amping to mean anything other than driving a passive loudspeaker with two amps. We already have a term for the other arrangement, and it is called "active loudspeakers", and has been for donkey's years. Mind you I used to think "size" and "shape" were well known English words, but someone with a minimal vocabulary must have decided we need new words for this and invented "form factor" - yuck. -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more -------- bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46354 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Bi- and vertical-amping
Something else that hasn't been mentioned in this thread yet, is that with bi-amping, each amp drives a simpler crossover circuit. Presumably this provides a simpler load than the full crossover. -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46354 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Bi- and vertical-amping
pski;292249 Wrote: > This is malarky. Again physics is the issue. The benefit of bi-amping is > derived from the fact that each amplifier has a fixed range to > reproduce. The net effect is a result of Ohm's law. Unlike evolution, > this is not a theory. This is incorrect. Each amplifier supplies a full range output, which is then filtered by the individual passive crossover leg before reaching the driver. The only way to get each amp to cover a restricted frequency range is to filter before the power amps pski;292249 Wrote: > If you are using a single amp on each channel, you will experience > benefits only because your amp was not capable of running two channels > simultaneously. If you are using two amps per channel, you might want > to check the local tech school for a theory of welding class.. each of > them will drive into each other. (Of course if you can deal with > "bridged mode" and cross the phase on the outputs.) Let's make this quite clear in the interest of safety. You never run two amps into a single speaker that has not been designed for bi-wiring/bi-amping. If the speaker has a single pair of binding posts, then it is not suitable. Also let's be clear that speakers that are designed with two or more pairs of binding posts will be sold with "jumpers" connecting the inputs, so that a single amp/cable can be used. It is absolutely essential that these jumpers are removed before connecting multiple amps. pski;292249 Wrote: > Active speakers are a different issue entirely. I couldn't agree more, in fact that's what I said, didn't I? (OK,OK so maybe saying "a different kettle of fish" isn't clear to everyone.) pski;292249 Wrote: > Another whole point of bi-amping is the ELIMINATION of passive > crossovers. No, that would be going active. Bi-amping refers to driving appropriate passive speakers. pski;292249 Wrote: > You also overlook the other obvious benefit of an active crossover: you > can tune the output volumes of the bass output (as well as it's upper > limit) versus the treble output. This makes a tuneable crossover the > ultimate "loudness" button. > > Any input Mr. Farrell? Actually I haven't overlooked this, I simply didn't comment on active configuration, other than to say it is different in its arrangement. Having said that, having differing relative volumes for each of the frequency ranges within a three way speaker would produce a very poor sound, due to the discontinuity at the crossover frequencies. What active does give you is the ability to utilise more powerful amps on the bass, where you need the extra headroom. You still need to balance the speaker at a given input level. -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46354 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] output inpedance of the TP
Don't try and compare line level situations with speaker load situations, as there is more to take into account in the case of speakers. In the line level situation, which you asked about initially, the connection is made using voltage bridging (AKA impedence bridging). Maximum power transfer is not required, and this configuration is more resistant to noise. In the case of a power amp to speaker connection, you need to be able to a number of things. You need to be able to generate a serious amount of power to move the speakers, and you need to be able to control these mechanical devices, particularly around the area of their mechanical resonance. For these reasons, speakers have a relatively low impedance, to enable good power delivery, but the power amp will, as opaquiece states, typically have an output impedance of around 0.1 ohms. While the lower output impedance does not optimise the power transfer, it does increase the damping factor. The higher the damping factor, the better controlled the speaker will be. Thus there is a trade off between power delivery and control. Also, you misunderstand the labelling of the output terminals on the MacIntosh. When they say 2, 4, or 8 ohm output load impedence, they are talking about the nominal impedance of the speakers, and not the the output impedance of the amplifier itself. -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46347 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] output inpedance of the TP
Take the highly regarded Brystons as an example. Their pre-amps have an output impedence of 110 ohms, and their power amps an input impedence of 50k ohms. 100 ohms or so is pretty much a standard value for pre-amps, and matches the output of the TP. Therefore this is a technical non-issue in your case. I hope that puts your mind at rest. -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46347 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Bi- and vertical-amping
Yes, of course - a dual mono design is effectively the same as my set up using monoblocks. Another thing about vertical bi-amping is that it does give you the opportunity to site the amps near the speakers, and run long interconnects if you so wish. -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46354 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Bi- and vertical-amping
I have four Alecto monoblocks driving my speakers, two per speaker. Adding the second pair of amps was a significant upgrade in terms of bass control and depth. It also made an (admittedly lesser) improvement to the treble, removing a layer of grain. When using stereo amps, it is normal to use one amp for the two bass sections of the speakers, and one for the two treble sections (horizontal). HOWEVER, although many people don't try this, it is actually better to use one stereo amp for the left speaker, and the other one for the right speaker. This way the power supply is only dealing with a single speaker's worth of bass delivery, and any crosstalk is kept within the same speaker. Of course, if you decide to go the bi-amping route, then it is trivial to try out both arrangements. On the question of whether bi-amping is an improvement, per se. That is a somewhat different issue. I found that when I had the opportunity to use a single pair of Bryston 600W monoblocks (the 7B's if I remember correctly), then I found them to be a considerable improvement over the two pairs of Alectos. In other words, bi-amping is not a universal panacea. It can be a cost effective way of upgrading an existing system, if you simply double up on you existing power amp(s). I would dearly love to compare lower powered bi-amped Brystons with a single pair of the 7Bs. Active speakers, where each individual frequency range in a speaker is driven with a different amp, and where the crossover frequencies are controlled electronically prior to the power amps are a very different kettle of fish. Just to be clear, although many people view active speakers as containing the crossover electronics, and amps within the enclosure, widespread use of this topology is quite recent. The term active speakers also applies to the topology that has the crossover and all the amps in your equipment rack, with multiple speaker cables running to each speaker. This is not what is referred to in common audio parlance as bi-amping (sorry Pat). -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more -------- bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46354 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] please help: amp drawing so much power that i get interference from other equipment
I have the 805's little brother, the 605 attached to the AV system. The one thing I would criticise about it, given the price, is the time it takes to recognise the type of signal it is getting via its digital inputs. While it is doing this, it mutes, and I think Sean is right in saying that this is probably what is ahppening in your case. Unfortunately it is even slower over the HDMI input. I would suggest a spike suppressor on your kitchen ring main would help, and they are generally no more than 20 quid / $40. -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46233 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Question re 24/96 Rez Files & Transporter
Worry not, the TP does not downsample 24/96 files, whether through the analogue or the digital outputs. -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46251 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Q: 'Alternative' CD formats..SACD, HDCD, XRCD
I have a number of LPs from Speakers Corner, Classic Records, MoFi, and Diverse Records. What all of these have in common is that they have been lovingly mastered to get the best out of the medium, and unlike some of the original pressings they have been pressed on pristine vinyl. (Maybe better vinyl = high res for analogue!!) If by buying SACDs and DVDAs I also get recordings that have been lovingly mastered to get the best out of the medium (not always the case I know) then I will buy them in the same way I buy the audiophile LPs - and frankly I don't care, in the end, if they sound good because of the mastering or the format. By the same token I am currently ripping all my DVDV's that have LPCM tracks, also with good results. At least it's one way round the loudness wars. -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more -------- bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=45839 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Q: 'Alternative' CD formats..SACD, HDCD, XRCD
Yes, I should have been clearer. I can hear a difference between flac and wave on my TP when using the unbalanced analogue out. Oh, and both my son and I prefer flac. -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=45839 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Duet Sound
Maybe I've been into decent hi-fi for too long, but I still can't my head round the numerous comments that the Duet is expensive. -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more ---- bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 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] Q: 'Alternative' CD formats..SACD, HDCD, XRCD
Many people on here have reported a difference in sound between playing waves and flacs. I've observed this myself on my TP. Clearly, as the flac is decoded to a perfect copy of the wave, there are other factors to take into account. To rhizomaticon, you do realise that you can store all your music in flac, and get SqueezeCenter to decode it before streaming to the SB. -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=45839 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Rotel RX-1052 & SBD
I wasn't dissing you Eric, I was being jealous!! -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=45615 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Rotel RX-1052 & SBD
Your woman tolerates you ?? - wow - she's a keeper. -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=45615 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Where is the Phase at the Transporters Connector?
Of course that well designed gear gets chucked in and out of vans, and is generally abused. After a while it gains a few 'roadie repairs', and then the funs starts. I lost count of the amount of back line stuff I had to rewire after the RCDs got tripped by rotten repairs. Good ones were: Wires stripped of insulation grounding on the case Earth and neutral swapped Highly abused distribution boards Mind you, I went to a few venues where the internal wiring was a death trap. -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more ---- bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=45195 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: Virtual Dynamics Power 3 � 2000% Profit Margin
The generally accepted rule of thumb for the hifi industry is a 1:10 ratio of cost of parts to bricks and morter retail. Taking that, $15 of components would, on average equate to $150. -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=45323 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: Virtual Dynamics Power 3 � 2000% Profit Margin
Actually what the article describes is properly called 'markup'. Gross profit is what I described, and net profit before tax is what was described by adamslim, except he also included the dealer percentage, which is of course a factor in the final price. And in this case normal usage does not equal correct. -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more ---- bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=45323 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Where is the Phase at the Transporters Connector?
Taking me back now. I used to be the sound engineer at the Top Rank Southampton. Everyone in the company was very twitchy, as a couple of years before I joined the guitarist in Stone The Crows had been electrocuted and killed on stage at the Top Rank Swansea. RCDs had been fitted everywhere, and I lost count of the number of times they got tripped because of some guest band's dodgy stage gear. Another thing I recall is going through every microphone cable we had making sure the connections where all in the same phase. That made a huge difference to the quality of the sound mix. (OK OK I know that's not mains) -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more ---- bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=45195 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Where is the Phase at the Transporters Connector?
This should be a non-issue in the UK and the States (recent wiring), as we have non-reversible mains plugs/sockets, and there is a standard way of wiring live and neutral. In Continental Europe, however, this is an issue, as the type C plug is reversible, and so you often have no way of knowing which way round you have connected live and neutral for any given appliance. European mains cables and distribution boards produced for audio systems usually have the hot pin marked in some way, to ensure consistent plugging. I am informed that it does make a difference, but as a UK consumer I have not experimented. -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=45195 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: Virtual Dynamics Power 3 � 2000% Profit Margin
Pity about the newspaper style percentage. If something costs you $15, and you direct retail it for $300, that's 95% profit, not 2,000%. If you think different, then you are the corporate tax man's friend, and I'm not employing you to do my company's accounts :))) -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more ---- bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=45323 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Help in understanding the loudness issue.
Maybe the tax example is a good one, perhaps we could say that noise is just in the loose change, and the music is in the greenbacks. Of course I was trying to make a point simple by cherry picking a specific example. Maybe it was a bad example. Timothy, I really do not understand what you are trying to get at with your points about asymmetric waveforms. Binary zero equates to zero amplitude, theoretical silence, the crossover point for a simple sine wave. This doesn't change, neither does the number of amplitude points between zero and maximum positive, and zero and maximum negative. Surely then, an asymmetric waveform simply goes from, for example, full positive amplitude to only half negative amplitude. Overall resolution in this case would be 3/4 of the max. -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=45107 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Help in understanding the loudness issue.
It's a semantic point I suppose, as yes, there are 65536 steps between full amplitude negative, and full amplitude positive. However I think it is important to be clear that there are not this many steps from zero amplitude to full amplitude. The point about noise is well made, although the effect on the sampling is not always intuitive: Example: Pure signal sample: 0011 add one bit of noise: 0100 in other words, just because noise modulates levels that can be represented in a small number of bits, does not means that the least significant bits are irrelevant. -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=45107 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Help in understanding the loudness issue.
Actually in a 16bit system, there are 32,767 discrete levels, positive and negative. The most significant bit is used as the sign (+/-). In a 24 bit system there are 8,388,607 levels (+/-) Full amplitude (0db) is in both cases the maximum value that can be stored in the word. A 24bit system has 255 extra steps between each step of a 16bit system. -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=45107 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Help in understanding the loudness issue.
You are mixing up amplitude (loudness) with frequency. The Nyquist theory is all about the highest frequency that can be reconstructed from a given sampling rate (i.e. half the sampling frequency). If you try and record frequencies at more than the Nyquist limit, what happens is that they are 'folded down' into the allowed frequency giving rise to distortion, known as aliasing. Aggressive filtering is used to stop freqencies above 22.05 Khz being allowed into the ADC. Clipping occurs when the amplitude of the input signal is allowed to exceed 0db. This can happen whatever the frequency, and is caused by engineers pushing up the average level of a track so that the peaks exceed 0db. -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more ---- bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=45107 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What is connected to your Transporter?
Yes, the Isotek stuff is also very good. In fact they impressed Nordost enough that they collaborated on the Nordost Thor. -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 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
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What is connected to your Transporter?
Hi Wireless, I have an original Hydra, I haven't heard the latest versions. Have a look at this link to see what I thought: http://www.hifiplus.com/t-rev17-1.html -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 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
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Who uses green marker pens on their CDs?
Oh yes, so there is. I might even have it in my collection. Sadly one day I sat on my Dad's 78 :( -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44567 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Who uses green marker pens on their CDs?
Completely OT, but when I was a kid, my Dad had a 78 which when played would give you a commentary of a horse race. The thing was that each time you played it a different horse would win It actually had 6 concentric grooves cut into it, and it was therefore random which groove the pickup would fall into when placed on the record. I loved that disc, but then I was only a kid. -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44567 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Who uses green marker pens on their CDs?
LPs are circular lumps of plastic, pressed out at speed, and subject to warps, air bubbles, non-concentricity, and sometimes not being circular. CDs are circular lumps of plastic... CD Players have to get the bits off, in a timely fashion, and the power demands of their servos can interfere with the player, and even other items in the replay chain. Ripping has to get the bits off - and that's it. Recent experience with ripping shows that getting the bits off is perhaps not as difficult as I previously thought. Most CDs in Accuraterip go through dBpoweramp on the first pass. I do notice that tracks near the end of a long CD tend to have more problems than others. As these tracks are on the outside of the CD, I assume that is due to warping. So items that I know to work, such as the Ringmat Statmat, or the CD Lathe are presumably more about reducing jitter and/or the work the servos have to do. The CD Lathe will make your CD perfectly circular, something that they are frequently not. That alone will reduce the load on the servos and motors. As always, the problem is identifying all the factors involved. For example, why does streaming wave sound different to streaming flac (wired) on a TP ? It ain't the quality of the bits. -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more ---- bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44567 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Transporter owner...
I would say the difference is one of order vs energy, in that the native decoding orders the music better, whilst the alternative has a little more energy. As an example, I listened extensively to the track "Secretly" by Skunk Anansie. When played with native decoding it becomes obvious how Skin phrases her vocal delivery to drop the words exactly to the timing of the band, little pauses here and there to ensure this happens. With the same track transcoded on the server, this becomes somewhat obscured. As I said, the transcoded file has a little more energy, but to my view this is at a cost. Somewhat like comparing a CD player to the TP. I suppose 'slightly brash' would be a reasonable description. I do know that some people prefer the transcoded wave stream, and the trade of may be personal and system dependent. My system is not short on energy, and so doesn't need any help in this respect. What I like is that this is a tweak that is free, reversible, and takes but a second to try. Why not have a go yourself and see what you think. If you are running wireless, then the extra bandwidth of the wave stream may cause problems, where you previously had none. -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more ---- bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44360 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] HDCD ripping
A couple of things that might be interesting. First of all I found this database of HDCD releases, I don't know how complete it is. http://www.hifimusic.se/hdcd/index.php?p=home&lang=en Secondly, I have one of the new iPods, and it appears that it has a 24 bit dac, as I can import an HDCD expanded by hdcd.exe into itunes, and thence to the ipod. My (much) older ipod would not allow such a file to be transferred. Also iTunes will happily convert the 24/44.1 file into ALAC, AAC, or MP3. Comparing the two files on the iPod (I used King Crimson's "Red"), the expanded file sounds distinctly cleaner and more natural to me. Obviously an iPod is not the best test!!! Unfortunately as I work abroad, the more critical listening on the TP will have to wait. The downside is that converting all the files and retagging them is a pain in the bum. -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more ---- bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32967 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Transporter owner...
In server settings, file types, uncheck the box flac -> flac, leaving the box flac -> wave checked. It is quite interesting to compare the two settings, as they certainly sound noticably different. My son, who is not a hifi nut, also could hear the difference. I can only guess as to why there is a difference, but it certainly won't be anything to do with the actual decoded file. -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more ---- bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44360 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Transporter owner...
Hi Kris, My CD players has a certain extra weight to the upper bass, something that I had unconciously compensated for when I positioned my speakers, as a result getting a compromise between the CD player and the turntable. The TP does not have this characteristic, and so I had to reposition the speakers to even the response (still working on that actually). So you could give that a try. Secondly, for some reason decoding FLAC natively in the TP sounds different to decoding it in SS/SC and sending the waves to the TP. Now I personally prefer the native option, but it is the work of a second to try that out too. -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44360 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Turn Me Up!
Google around and you will find this explanation, in various wordings around the net. A change of 1dB(A) is the smallest difference one can hear within an acoustically controlled environment A change of 3dB(A) is a just noticeable change in level difference in an external environment A change of 5dB(A) is a clearly noticeable difference in level A change of 10dB(A) is heard as a doubling in loudness of the noise I liked this wording the best, even though it came from an article about the noise effects of windmills !!! Nice thing about the web, is it can be used to back up things you knew from reading real books before the web was created - yep I am that old, and I even built a set of Gilbert Briggs speakers from his book :))) Back to the main point however, does anybody really think 3dB is enough headroom for real music? No, I thought not. -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43045 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Turn Me Up!
Perceived loudness of the human ear is not linear, but logarithmic. Thus a doubling of loudness (+3dB) is not heard as such. 1dB used to be considered the minimum step which a normal person would hear a difference, but later research found that actually there was a range from 1dB to 3dB where people could hear a difference. I used the term 'barely perceptible' deliberately to mean a little more than 'just perceptible' in order to try and cover the range of people above. In the end a 3dB change is perceived as a very small difference in volume, no matter how sensitive your hearing. -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more ---- bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43045 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Wishlist for Transporter 2
Hi AJones, Can you explain the reasoning behind your assertion that the TP's DAC has dithering issues, please. -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43466 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] B&W 802D Speakers. Tempted.
I met a guy called Dieter Ennemoser when I was covering the Vienna hifi show in 1999. An Austrian violin-maker by trade, he had produced a philosophy and associated laquer (C37) which he was using to treat existing components, and to create his own. Anyway he dragged me off to listen to his HUGE Archaeopteryx speakers, which at the time were selling for about 20,000 quid. They has and 18" C37 laquered bass unit that crossed over to the tweeter at 3k. Contrary to expectation, these speakers were the best thing I heard in the whole show. By no means what you would call a conventional presentation - but boy did they make fun music. My point being that big drivers can also work. Then again I have no idea how the speakers would stand up to extended listening. He still makes them though! http://www.ennemoser.com/ -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42808 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Ripping Vinyl
I've been looking at the ikey plus, which digitises direct to a USB device, so it doesn't involve trucking my PC over to my hifi. Anyone had any experience of this device? http://www.ikey-audio.com/ikeyplus.htm -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more ---- bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21836 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Ripping Vinyl
I've been thinking about digitising my singles. I haven't quite decided to what hardware to use as yet, but never mind. I think when I get to that point I will digitise a few selected album tracks and do some spectral analysis. Might be quite interesting. Obviously to do that I would need to sample at at least 96kHz. One thing I have not seen when looking at the various hardware options is the input filter specifications, which could be a source of misleading information. -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more ---- bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21836 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Ripping Vinyl
An LP has the potential to contain ultrasonic frequencies. Remember quadrophonics? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadrophonic -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21836 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Turn Me Up!
Exactly my point, whilst some listeners can hear a 1dB change, others cannot detect a change unless it is 3dB or so. However, this is also frequency dependent, with the greatest sensitivity in our hearing at around the 1khz mark. Thus the bald figures don't tell the whole story, as it would depend on the mix as to how dynamic we would perceive such a compressed mix. But the conclusion is still the same, our music is having the life squeezed out of it. -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43045 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Turn Me Up!
pski;271769 Wrote: > Sometimes I regret having taken too many physics courses. > > 3db is a doubling/halving of the volume. > > Logarithms: what a concept ! Yep, but our ears are logarithmic too. http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/jw/dB.html -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more -------- bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43045 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
