[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Active speakers for a large room to replace Quads
pfarrell Wrote: > > > Sonus Faber makes some more expensive speakers that I totally > lust for, but the budget will not allow. > > -- > Pat > http://www.pfarrell.com/music/slimserver/slimsoftware.html I once owned an immaculate pair of Extremas but a house move forced their sale. I may never hear their like again... :-( -- hifisteve hifisteve's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4227 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=23172 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Active speakers for a large room to replace Quads
I'd second the recommendation of both the Meridian and ATC speakers. >From a sound quality perspective, although my personal preference would be ATCs (probably the SCM20 SL Towers, the SCM50s carry a hefty price tag and are pretty huge), if you're planning to connect straight to the SB then the all digital Meridian route might have the edge. -- hifisteve hifisteve's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4227 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=23172 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: SB3 rave in Stereophile March eNewsletter
I've got to say that I've found reading through this thread fascinating. I caught the 'audiophile' bug when I was about 13, when the best I could do was purchase repaired bits of very non-high end hi-fi from a shop near my home, purchased with paper-round money. Over the years my 'upgrade syndrome' (a phrase coined by a non hi-fi friend) ended up with me having MF Nu-vista 3D cd player, M3 amp, Sonus Faber Extrema speakers and Kimber Select interconnects and speaker cable. Oh and a wife that thinks I'm mental. I'd got to the point where I was genuinely satisfied with my system and stopped having any desire to change it apart from adding my SB3 to the line-up. I could get into the debate over whether the SB3 outperforms my CD player etc. but as far as I'm concerned, the SB is the bit of kit that has enhanced my enjoyment of music more than any other, by freeing my music from dusty shelves. At the end of the day, while I do care deeply about sound quality, being able to enjoy my music is what counts most to me. Perhaps I was never really an audiophile in the first place. P.S. For what it's worth, I think that comparing any equipment without blind testing is ridiculous. I recall A/B testing a Sony CD player against a 'flavour of the month' player which was getting lots of good press at the time, and which also 'looked the business'. I'll let you guess which one I and a fellow hi-fi nut thought was the best, until we redid the tests wearing a pair of Virgin Atlantic eyeshades that is. -- hifisteve hifisteve's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4227 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22301 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Calling all audiophiles - Uncompressed or lossless?
That's exactly the kind of debate I was kind to kick off! Probably worth pointing out that I don't really believe one way or the other, I've only just got my SB3 and I'm currently sitting uncomfortably on the fence trying to decide which format to encode all my CDs with. Incidentally, having an engineering background I am inherently sceptical of 'tweakery' in general, which means that I'd essentially think that lossless compression with digital data would work perfectly well, especially as the 'shorthand' replacement of extra zeros was how I'd assumed it would work. I just wondered if anyone had experienced differences (perceved or measured) between uncompressed and lossless. Other than the obvious compatability issues, any views on whether there's any other advantages/disadvantages of using Apple lossless rather than FLAC? -- hifisteve hifisteve's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4227 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21700 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Calling all audiophiles - Uncompressed or lossless?
I just wanted to put the point up for discussion. All I wanted to know is whether all 'audiophiles' are convinced that lossless compression truely has no impact on sound quality. I appreciate that the theory is sound but theory and reality are two different things. I mean Eienstein's theory shows that time is not constant and I'm sure that even the most scientificly minded people find that slight weird to get their heads around. p.s. I've never gone in for any of the 'tweaking' I mentioned but there are plenty who have -- hifisteve hifisteve's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4227 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21700 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Calling all audiophiles - Uncompressed or lossless?
Now I know that this might sound like a silly question, and for non-hifi nuts and computer experts it probably is, but this is addressed to people like me - very fussy about my music and not totally convinced that computers don't involve witchcraft... If storage space were not an issue, would people actually sooner store their music totally uncompressed rather than use a 'lossless' codec? I know people are going to say that lossless preserves all the data etc. but let me ask you this: If someone invented a 'lossless' way of making food 'smaller' for storage by removing the water, would you rather eat an apparantly perfectly reconstituted or untouched version? I mean water is just water right? If you put it back where it came from is as good as before isn't it?... I'm sure this is more of a psychological question but then we live in the world of 'vibration cones', 'green pen on CD edges' and 'deep freeze your CDs for better sound' -- hifisteve hifisteve's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4227 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21700 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: What Amp and Speakers Are You Using?
Musical Fidelity Nu-Vista M3 integrated Sonus Faber Extrema speakers Kimber Bi-Focal XL speaker cable and KS-1021 interconnect -- hifisteve hifisteve's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4227 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21643 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: AB Testing Support
Funny you should say that because I had the same thought. All the WAV files I ripped using iTunes are fully accessible via my SB using the normal browse and search functions and as far as I can see they carry all the usual track info. I'm not particularly knowledgeable but I'm presuming that tagging adds data to the music file itself. If WAV files don't support this then I'm guessing that either iTunes or SB is able to allow the same level of search features just by using the file/path structure, as I've not used the browser music folder option. -- hifisteve hifisteve's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4227 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21545 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: AB Testing Support
I was actually interested in peoples experiences of AB blind testing of PC & SB3 vs reasonably serious CD players, rather than kicking off a discussion over my choice of format. As it happens, the time difference between creating WAV and FLAC files is quite significant in my experience. Multiplied by 2000 CD, that's a good chunk of my time I'd prefer not to spend sat at my PC when the extra storage cost so little. -- hifisteve hifisteve's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4227 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21545 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: AB Testing Support
Hi Folks. Well I've just joined the exciting world of SB3 after a friend lent me a spare one which he'd bought for his bedroom. As I told him through gritted teeth "The only way you're getting this back is by prising it from my cold dead hand" Anyway, I'd read all that people have said about format, quality, easy of use, not shackling yourself to an 'Apple only' file format (have an MP3 player in my car) and had opted for using Easy CD-DA to rip everything to FLAC. Out of curiosity, I decided to try comparing an untouched WAV file ripped using iTunes (ripped very fast, about x30) with the same track as a FLAC file produced by Easy CD-DA. I have to say that despite being a hardened hifi nut of many years , I couldn't reliably separate the WAV, FLAC and original CD through a £3k CD player. As a result I've decided to save my sanity and do the lot as uncompressed WAV files and invest a bit of money in some HD space. Has anyone else done this comparison? -- hifisteve hifisteve's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4227 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21545 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
