Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] A/B SB3 vs Transporter
El Duderino;409076 Wrote: Good point. Downloaded some white noise and used my Radio Shack level meter to ensure equal volumes. It turns out that, for whatever reason, fixing volume at 100% on both the SB3 and Transporter is not enough to equalize volumes if one unit is connected using unbalanced RCA and the other using balanced XLR. In any case, volumes are now absolutely equal... Not much difference between the Transporter and SB3. Out of curiousity, what are the differences others have noted between these two in a true A/B comparison?While I don't have a Trasporter, your findings do not surprise me. Level matching using instruments (not simply ones ear) is critical. I've been fooled multiple times when comparing equipment simply because one was a bit louder. Ideally, to further eliminate bias, the test is performed blind. -- davidjames Discuss Quality Audio/Home Theater on a budget: http://www.budgetavtalk.com Blogging Soccer/Audio/Home Theater: http://blogs.netlowdown.com davidjames's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19208 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=61686 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Duet PSU upgrade..?
JezA;395069 Wrote: And by the same token, neither was your post an answer to the question I opened this thread with.I disagree as my questions both seek answers to your question and, depending on that answer, asks the inevitable follow up question, why they made the decision they did. Further it seeks to get the answer from the only source who truly knows the answer. I realize seeking direct answers from the source breaks most rules of Internet forums however ;) -- davidjames Discuss Quality Audio/Home Theater on a budget: http://www.budgetavtalk.com Blogging Soccer/Audio/Home Theater: http://blogs.netlowdown.com davidjames's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19208 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=59855 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Duet PSU upgrade..?
If a PSU can improve the sound has anyone asked Logitech why and why they don't sell the product with a better PSU? -- davidjames Discuss Quality Audio/Home Theater on a budget: http://www.budgetavtalk.com Blogging Soccer/Audio/Home Theater: http://blogs.netlowdown.com davidjames's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19208 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=59855 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Duet PSU upgrade..?
JezA;395000 Wrote: That would be for the same reason they don't sell the product with a better DAC, or a better analogue output stage, or a better case, or ... or ... or...Sorry, that's not an answer. My question is specific about a PSU, did you ask them or do you have a link to someone else who did? You may not be surprised, but I'm skeptical changing the PSU in the Duet would make a difference that can be heard. But that's just my opinion and I honestly would like to know if anyone who believes differently has pursued it with Logitech. -- davidjames Discuss Quality Audio/Home Theater on a budget: http://www.budgetavtalk.com Blogging Soccer/Audio/Home Theater: http://blogs.netlowdown.com davidjames's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19208 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=59855 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Stone Harley - new comedy team?
RGibran;379245 Wrote: I was hard-pressed to hear much of a difference. Perhaps there was an increased sense of authority to the sound of the CD played by the Ayre used as a transport, a better sense of extended low frequencies...That's exactly what I was thinking last night when I, for the first time, was able to A-B my SQ Receiver playing a lossless WMA and the CD it came from. Then I got out my meter and found the CD was playing about 2-3 DB louder. I compensated and voila, I couldn't perceive a difference. -- davidjames Discuss Quality Audio/Home Theater on a budget: http://www.budgetavtalk.com Blogging Soccer/Audio/Home Theater: http://blogs.netlowdown.com davidjames's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19208 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=57441 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] jitter
CatBus;372151 Wrote: Supported yes, proven no. Pat's position is that you should doubt until you see evidence. Credible evidence may very well exist, but he hasn't seen it. I'll assume the best from this comment. It's possible to reach the correct conclusion via a nonscientific method, and nobody disputes that. For example, I'll say that you're 6 feet tall. Absolutely unscientific, but I might just be right. Science is a yardstick. I can't convince anyone else that I'm right without it. Science isn't about always being right, it's about being independently verifiable so that you can know when you're wrong. Scientists use the scientific method so that others can show exactly how they are wrong. In this day and age, when someone does not use the scientific method, it is often precisely because they do not wish to be shown how wrong they are.Thanks for those comments, I was composing my own response but decided against it. I'm glad I did as you conveyed my thoughts better then I would have, and without my snarky overtone. :) -- davidjames Discuss Quality Audio/Home Theater: http://www.budgetavtalk.com Blogging Soccer/Audio/Home Theater: http://blogs.netlowdown.com davidjames's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19208 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56425 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Good sound from Squueezebox
Malor;369088 Wrote: I don't know about the other claims, but I can absolutely guaran-damn-tee you that there will be no subtle differences in sound quality from your network connection. It's packetized data with error correction. Either it delivers correct bits fast enough or it doesn't. If you get failures, they will be extremely obvious. If it's not obviously failing, it's not failing -at all-.Wait a minute, are you saying when I tested viewing digital pictures via different switches I was imagining things when one of them had more vibrant colors, sharper lines and deeper hues? Are you saying when I performed the same test using a joke I wrote in MS Word it wasn't funnier with the better switch? Damn. -- davidjames Discuss Quality Audio/Home Theater: http://www.budgetavtalk.com Blogging Soccer/Audio/Home Theater: http://blogs.netlowdown.com davidjames's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19208 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=55950 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
