Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] There is life after the Soundcheck TT mods..
I've been away from this forum for quite a while and it's depressing to see such mud-slinging as this thread serves up. Who really cares if someone else does, or does not hear a difference (improvement or not) in some kit/tweak etc. It's not a competition. If you like someone great. If I don't, well that's great too. Folk should just get on with their lives and stop pissing in the wind on threads like this one. I guess I'll stay away for another year. I post on places that are tolerant of all approaches to hifi and music . . . morris_minor's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13950 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=94770 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter being phased out?
pippin;486599 Wrote: SB3 is gone but Transporter is still there. Scroll right. A prime example of a flawed web interface . . . Any web usability expert will tell you that people just don't expect to have to scroll sideways :0/ -- morris_minor Living Room: Transporter Study: Receiver Kitchen: Boom Son's Bedroom: Classic iPeng on an iPhone, 2 x Controllers Server: TranquilPC T2-WHS-A3i SC 7.2.1 - 23630 - - - - 'Last.FM' (http://www.last.fm/user/morris_minor_1) morris_minor's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13950 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=71092 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter being phased out?
JezA;482800 Wrote: And I notice that ripcaster - a big online Logitech retailer in the UK - has dropped the Transporter from it's website. This page still works for me: https://www.ripcaster.co.uk/node/71 They've dropped the free-Controller-with-a-black-TP promotion that I took advantage of a while back, though . . . . -- morris_minor Living Room: Transporter Study: Receiver Kitchen: Boom Son's Bedroom: Classic iPeng on an iPhone, 2 x Controllers Server: TranquilPC T2-WHS-A3i SC 7.2.1 - 23630 - - - - 'Last.FM' (http://www.last.fm/user/morris_minor_1) morris_minor's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13950 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=71092 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter wish list...
What about a good headphone amp/socket? -- morris_minor Living Room: Transporter Study: Receiver Kitchen: Boom Son's Bedroom: Classic iPeng on an iPhone, 2 x Controllers Server: TranquilPC T2-WHS-A3i SC 7.2.1 - 23630 - - - - 'Last.FM' (http://www.last.fm/user/morris_minor_1) morris_minor's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13950 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=69447 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Ref: What Should I Buy ?
harbars;452504 Wrote: I just need to find a dealer here in the UK that isn't a total rip off... Logitech UK: TP=GBP 1799 Ripcaster: TP=GBP 1289 plus free Controller for Black TP https://www.ripcaster.co.uk/node/71 I bought my TP from Ripcaster, otherwise no connection :0) -- morris_minor Living Room: Transporter Study: Receiver Kitchen: Boom Son's Bedroom: Classic iPeng on an iPhone, 2 x Controllers Server: TranquilPC T2-WHS-A3i SC 7.2.1 - 23630 - - - - http://www.last.fm/user/morris_minor_1 morris_minor's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13950 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=66594 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Ref: What Should I Buy ?
deutscherhififan;448438 Wrote: Go for the transporter. There is a guy selling new product on Audiogon for $1250 right now. If you compare this to a lesser 'combo solution of for example a duet ($400) and a decent DAC (for example Cambridge DAC Magic), you are much better off with the transporter, especially at that price and given the transporter's performance. Two antennas for better reception, two configurable screens, a DAC much better than a DAC Magic or similar, a better internal power supply, the list goes on. As I said, no question. Transporter owners will always tell you go for a Transporter ;-) How about getting a SB Classic as proof of concept which you can always re-use elsewhere in the house if you upgrade to a Transporter? And if Wi-fi performance is an issue, how about Homeplug/Powerline devices? I use these to great effect connecting server to router to switches to TP etc. Bob -- morris_minor Living Room: Transporter Study: Receiver Kitchen: Boom Son's Bedroom: Classic iPeng on an iPhone, 2 x Controllers Server: TranquilPC T2-WHS-A3i SC 7.2.1 - 23630 - - - - http://www.last.fm/user/morris_minor_1 morris_minor's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13950 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=66594 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Best Sounding version of Slimserver?
I was asked recently by a work colleague who knew I was into streaming music what the best audiophile router was. I told him to look for those that had gold plated ethernet sockets and linear power supplies and also to be careful what cat-5 cable he bought (Monster Cable might be good place to look . .). He thought wireless would degrade the sound, so I mentioned that Shakti Stones help focus the signal by increasing the resolution. Hopefully that's him sorted, then . . . -- morris_minor Living Room: Transporter Study: Receiver Kitchen: Boom Son's Bedroom: Classic iPeng on an iPhone, 2 x Controllers Server: TranquilPC T2-WHS-A3i SC 7.2.1 - 23630 - - - - http://www.last.fm/user/morris_minor_1 morris_minor's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13950 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=66366 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Superiority of Toslink?
Have a look here: http://www.tnt-audio.com/accessories/toslink_comparison_e.html -- morris_minor Living Room: Transporter Study: Receiver Kitchen: Boom Son's Bedroom: Classic iPeng on an iPhone, 2 x Controllers Server: TranquilPC T2-WHS-A3i SC 7.2.1 - 23630 - - - - http://www.last.fm/user/morris_minor_1 morris_minor's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13950 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=65893 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Audiophile Documentary
This gave me a warm glow as one of the guys had a Michell Gyrodec, as do I. But in the scheme of all their systems this was the least expensive piece of kit on view! Didn't one chap say 50% of his sound was the electric supply, and 20% his suspended rack system. That only leaves 30% for all the gear . . . But in monetary terms I suppose 30% of $100,000+ buys you a lot. They must all be super-loaded because their ladies didn't kill them when they revealed the cost :o) -- morris_minor Living Room: Transporter Study: Receiver Kitchen: Boom Son's Bedroom: Classic iPeng on an iPhone, 2 x Controllers Server: TranquilPC T2-WHS-A3i SC 7.2.1 - 23630 - - - - http://www.last.fm/user/morris_minor_1 morris_minor's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13950 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=66238 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] LP-Digital Conversion?
I certainly can't compete with cliveb's excellent help page, but here's how I work (with a Mac). The output from my Michell Gyro SE/Tecnoarm/G1042/Graham Slee Era V Gold phono stage goes into a Sugden Headmaster (for headphone listening) and then out to the amp. The pre-out from the Headmaster connects to an M-Audio Transit USB device that I connect to a MacBook running Audacity. I've taken to recording at 48Khz/24bit (so am only partially loony!). Once an LP has been captured - usually as one large wave file, I transfer this to a Mac Mini desktop running Apple's Soundtrack Pro. Being somewhat masochistic I do all the click removal manually by redrawing the samples - identifying visually the worst offenders. I'm not obsessive about surface noise - though in the past I have used DCart on a PC, with moderate success at times. Once the waveform is cleaned up, it's a simple - though time consuming process to cut and paste tracks to a new wave file, top and tail them (adding a fade in/out so surface noise ramps in and out) and save them before converting to Flac, tagging, and adding to Squeezecenter. I know there are tools that can automate some (or maybe all) of this, but I don't feel the need to use these . . Two things strike me as being really important: use the best quality source components you can afford, and when making the initial recording set the levels so the signal peaks just under 0db. If it's consistently over you'll get a loudness wars type result, and if too far under there'll be a need to normalise the waveform upwards; only do this on waves containing the complete LP or else you'll destroy the levels between tracks. I try not to normalise at all. As a very rough guide, the processing takes about twice as long as actually recording it - if there's only moderate click removal needed. Each LP-rip is a labour of love, and visitors hearing Flac playback of the files often don't believe they're from old-fashioned vinyl . . . -- morris_minor Living Room: Transporter Study: Receiver Kitchen: Boom Son's Bedroom: Classic iPeng on an iPhone, 2 x Controllers Server: TranquilPC T2-WHS-A3i SC 7.2.1 - 23630 - - - - http://www.last.fm/user/morris_minor_1 morris_minor's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13950 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=65876 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Anyone tried a 96k 24 bit download
FYI - Gimell are giving away a track from an album of Josquin masses for a limited period: http://www.gimell.com/recording-josquin---missa-malheur-me-bat---missa-fortuna-desperata.aspx It's available in all resolutions (unless they limit you to one download) so doing a quality comparison would be easy! -- morris_minor Living Room: Transporter Study: Receiver Kitchen: Boom Son's Bedroom: Classic iPeng on an iPhone, 2 x Controllers Server: TranquilPC T2-WHS-A3i SC 7.2.1 - 23630 - - - - http://www.last.fm/user/morris_minor_1 morris_minor's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13950 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=63908 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Dummy Guide to Digital HiFi
Nonreality;365847 Wrote: I always read the manuals but not always before I dive into a product. I hate products that don't have them. I hate products with no manual, too, but I try to get hold of the manual before buying a product to see if it really does what the advertising hype implies :o)) - and, yes, I certainly did this with my first Squeezebox. On a few occasions this has saved me from very expensive mistakes! -- morris_minor Living Room: SB3/SBC Sonifex RB DAC1 Musical Fidelity X10v3 Sudgen Headmaster Yamaha DSPAX-750SE Kitchen: SBR Sony Minisystem [via Homeplug AV ethernet] Server: TranquilPC T2-WHS-A3i SC 7.2.1 - 23630 morris_minor's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13950 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=55131 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Blue Train AKA format wars
Darren, Your post got me diving into SoundtracksPro for a look at my copy of Blue Train. This was from an enhanced CD billed as The Ultimate Blue Train, remastered and with a Multimedia presentation (early Macromedia Director stuff). It's always sounded reasonable but - see the screen shot . . . this is worse than your worst example! I'm very tempted by the vinyl issues Redspark have on offer, one with a CD - though the 4-sided 45rpm is favourite :o) (Note to self - Christmas is coming . . .). http://www.vivante.co.uk/ShowProduct.aspx?ID=8015 http://www.vivante.co.uk/ShowProduct.aspx?ID=8271 Bob +---+ |Filename: bluetrain.jpg| |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=6341| +---+ -- morris_minor Living Room: SB3/SBC Sonifex RB DAC1 Musical Fidelity X10v3 Sudgen Headmaster Yamaha DSPAX-750SE Kitchen: SBR Sony Minisystem [via Homeplug AV ethernet] Server: TranquilPC T2-WHS-A3i SC 7.2.1 - 23630 morris_minor's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13950 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=55737 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter versus Duet, trying to decide
mswlogo;364856 Wrote: I probably have 30-40 DVD-A or DTS CD's ripped and they sound great. A bit OT, sorry - but what do you use to rip DVD-As and DTS CDs? I've both OS X and (a-hem) Vista machines standing by :o) Back on topic - I agree with Themis that an SB3's display is really good to have. My Duet's tucked away in the kitchen where it would be hard to see a display, and we have a laptop on most of the time on the kitchen table running SC or Moose for controlling it (and reading the news over breakfast etc). So unless the unit's going to be out of sight anyway I'd always recommend an SB3 (or TP of course). Bob -- morris_minor Living Room: SB3/SBC Sonifex RB DAC1 Musical Fidelity X10v3 Sudgen Headmaster Yamaha DSPAX-750SE Kitchen: SBR Sony Minisystem [via Homeplug AV ethernet] Server: TranquilPC T2-WHS-A3i SC 7.2.1 - 23630 morris_minor's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13950 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=55672 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] This is something you dont get from digital
Check out http://www.jimlawrence77.net/LPCOVERS/LPcovers.html Some real classics here! Bob -- morris_minor Living Room: SB3/SBC Sonifex RB DAC1 Musical Fidelity X10v3 Sudgen Headmaster Yamaha DSPAX-750SE Kitchen: SBR Sony Minisystem [via Homeplug ethernet] Server: TranquilPC T2-WHS-A3i SC 7.2 - 22900 morris_minor's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13950 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=53355 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] 320kbps Mp3's on a hi-fi system....
pablolie;332925 Wrote: I think one thing that has not been mentioned in this thread is... for me the key consideration is that I never ever want to rip my albums again. Ever. That opens a whole new direcxtion in the discussion as a rule... because, which format is really the most futureproof? Open source lossless FLAC? -- morris_minor Living Room: SB3/SBC Sonifex RB DAC1 Musical Fidelity X10v3 Sudgen Headmaster Yamaha DSPAX-750SE Kitchen: SBR Sony Minisystem [via Homeplug ethernet] Server: TranquilPC T2-WHS-A3i SC7.1 morris_minor's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13950 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] 320kbps Mp3's on a hi-fi system....
ralphpnj;332366 Wrote: In other words, you young folk just run along now and leave us two old guys to reminisce about the good old analog and pre-web streaming days. :) Hey, come to think of it when you listen to a web streamed fm broadcast you could be getting both types of compression - digital compression since the audio stream is using some form of low bit rate lossy codec and dynamic range compression introduced by the radio broadcast. There's digital compression and digital clipping; compression robs the music of light and shade, clipping is just plain nasty. Neither do any service to the music. I guess someone's happy somewhere - bean-counters probably, just not the musicians or their listeners. -- morris_minor Living Room: SB3/SBC Sonifex RB DAC1 Musical Fidelity X10v3 Sudgen Headmaster Yamaha DSPAX-750SE Kitchen: SBR Sony Minisystem [via Homeplug ethernet] Server: TranquilPC T2-WHS-A3i SC7.1 morris_minor's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13950 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] 320kbps Mp3's on a hi-fi system....
I've been following this thread with a bemused interest. I use FLAC because you can recreate the original wav file should you need it, and I don't like the thought of throwing away data needlessly. I have some MP3s in my library - mostly downloads - but never give more than a nanosecond's thought to the fact that I may be listening to a less than perfect rendition of the original wav file (which is a less than perfect rendition of the studio master anyway). The fact that a lossless file can be proven to be lossless, and the fact that for many people in many circumstance high bitrate MP3s are indistinguishable from the original (whatever that may be) seems to be totally irrelevent to the enjoyment of music. I hope posters here exercise the same zeal in attacking the CD loudness war (sorry, going off topic here . . ). I don't seem to generally buy CDs that are driven by radio plays, but a recent impulse purchase of an album by Amadou Mariam (Dimanche A Bamako) has proved almost impossible to listen to properly - ie not just as background - which is a pity because the music is great. I put a track at random into a wav editor, and it clips constantly. I would make a prediction that in this case an MP3 would sound indistinguishable from a lossless FLAC. Horses for courses, eh? (I just can't be bothered to find out, though :O) Bob +---+ |Filename: Soundtrack ProScreenSnapz001.jpg | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=5683| +---+ -- morris_minor Living Room: SB3/SBC Sonifex RB DAC1 Musical Fidelity X10v3 Sudgen Headmaster Yamaha DSPAX-750SE Kitchen: SBR Sony Minisystem [via Homeplug ethernet] Server: TranquilPC T2-WHS-A3i SC7.1 morris_minor's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13950 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] 320kbps Mp3's on a hi-fi system....
Phil Leigh;332284 Wrote: Whoever mastered that should be taken out and SHOT. Well, exactly! It does play nice'n loud though :o/ -- morris_minor Living Room: SB3/SBC Sonifex RB DAC1 Musical Fidelity X10v3 Sudgen Headmaster Yamaha DSPAX-750SE Kitchen: SBR Sony Minisystem [via Homeplug ethernet] Server: TranquilPC T2-WHS-A3i SC7.1 morris_minor's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13950 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] 320kbps Mp3's on a hi-fi system....
ralphpnj;332417 Wrote: The chances of jazz getting popular, by any definition of the word popular, are pretty remote. Thank [EMAIL PROTECTED] for that! I've got some Dexter Gordon, Paul Desmond and MJQ discs on order from Amazon ... BTW since I've gone Slim my CD purchasing has shot up: so much easier to play music when set free from the shackles of the silver disc! B -- morris_minor Living Room: SB3/SBC Sonifex RB DAC1 Musical Fidelity X10v3 Sudgen Headmaster Yamaha DSPAX-750SE Kitchen: SBR Sony Minisystem [via Homeplug ethernet] Server: TranquilPC T2-WHS-A3i SC7.1 morris_minor's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13950 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
[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Shopper connects to Jesus via Denon link cable
Ok. Hands up all you forum-people who've been having fun over at Amazon.com . . . http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06/20/denon_cable/ -- morris_minor morris_minor's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13950 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=49187 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Analog sound Xbox 360 vs SB3?
bigbwb;300554 Wrote: What is the difference between the classic new SB? The site only shows the classic now anyway with burr brown DACS as you mentioned. Has the newer unit took a step down in any way? I may try to score a deal on a used one to save a few bucks too:) Thanks! Brandon Though the DACs are different in the SB3 and Receiver, the boxes have been designed to sound pretty similar - ie very good. The Receiver is really just a different form factor for people who don't need a display on the box and want the the functions provided by the controller. So, no, the newer box is in no way a step down. I would suggest you base your choice on your needs - unless your system and your ears are ultra sensitive, IMO you wouldn't hear a different between SB3 and SBR. [Others in the Audiophile forum may beg to differ :o)] Cheers, Bob -- morris_minor Living Room: SB3/SBC Sonifex RB DAC1 Musical Fidelity X10v3 Sudgen Headmaster Sennheiser HD 595 Kitchen: SBR Sony Minisystem [via Homeplug ethernet] Michell Gyrodec SE DC [Tecnoarm, Goldring 1042] Graham Slee Era V Gold Pioneer DV565 universal player, Yamaha DSPAX750SE, Kef Cresta 30 (fronts), Tannoy Profile 633 (rears) Mac Mini [1.83GHz, 2Gb], Iomega Minimax 500Gb, LaCie Ethernet BigDisk 1TB, D-Link DSL604+, M-Audio Transit USB, Audiolab 8000A, Monitor Audio M2s morris_minor's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13950 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=47401 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] 2 weeks without LP's!
Of course the final spanner in the works comes from Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle :o( -- morris_minor morris_minor's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13950 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!
If you're imagining music, who needs speakers? [This thread's got a bit existential IMO :o)] Suffice to say - those of us who like, and care about vinyl reproduction can do so happily in the knowledge that flat-earthers don't know what they're missing - especially those who confuse the odd pop or tick from an LP as the spawn of the devil . . . -- morris_minor morris_minor's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13950 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!
Oh yes! I need my vinyl fix! Just the physical act of carefully removing an LP from its sleeve and placing it on the turntable is pleasurable. Could never say that for a CD (which is why I've taken to my Squeezebox so easily - and will be installing a Duet later today :o). And the sound - I agree, it is less fatiguing. Even with, perversely, FLACs of vinyl . . . It all comes down to, IMO, psychology and the way our brains interpret signals from our senses. Which is why audiophilia is such a can of worms! Bob -- morris_minor SB3 Sonifex RB DAC1 Musical Fidelity X10v3 Sudgen Headmaster Sennheiser HD 595 Michell Gyrodec SE DC [Tecnoarm, Goldring 1042] Graham Slee Era V Gold [Sugden Headmaster] . . . Pioneer DV565 universal player, Panasonic DVR, Yamaha DSPAX750SE, Kef Cresta 30 (fronts), Tannoy Profile 633 (rears) Mac Mini [1.83GHz, 2Gb], Iomega Minimax 500Gb, LaCie Ethernet BigDisk 1TB, D-Link DSL604+, M-Audio Transit USB, Audiolab 8000A, Monitor Audio M2s Crappy old PC - 1GHz Athlon morris_minor's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13950 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] audio insanity
opaqueice;291074 Wrote: I've seen my share of ansurd audio systems, but this one takes the cake. No, that's too mild: it utterly obliterates them all. http://www.soundsolutionsaudio.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=10834 Couldn't see a Squeezebox in amongst the kit :0) But I sure hope he's happy! -- morris_minor morris_minor's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13950 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46270 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: Virtual Dynamics Power 3 � 2000% Profit Margin
Give the cat a medal! Or at least some smoked salmon fresh from a Scottish Loch - for exposing what most of us know but couldn't afford to prove :o) -- morris_minor morris_minor's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13950 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
[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Who uses green marker pens on their CDs?
If you do, this may be of interest: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44533 -- morris_minor morris_minor's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13950 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] Audiophile Deathmatch: Monster Cables vs. A Coat Hanger!
I think we should be thankful that SD is an English-speaking company, thus having forums (fora, sorry) in English. How many of us could post in Dutch, Danish, German etc ? After a while browsing around these fora you get to know the regular poster's points of view. If you don't share them, and challenging them produces a pub bore kind of response, do what you'd do in a pub - just walk away. Getting nasty just looks plain bad for those new to things Squeeze . . who come here for help and support. And then of course there's the moderation route . . . :0/ We should be able to have interesting debates without getting personal. Just my tuppence. Bob -- morris_minor morris_minor's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13950 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44124 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Linear PSU in stock at Farnell (UK)
ModelCitizen;275388 Wrote: My Farnell PSU gave up the ghost after about a year too. I replaced it with a Transporter. :-) MC I must try that one on 'er indoors! -- morris_minor morris_minor's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13950 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21550 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Audiophile Deathmatch: Monster Cables vs. A Coat Hanger!
Pale Blue Ego;274919 Wrote: Coat hanger? Try these: www.anticables.com Has anyone here experience of anticables? Are they as good as they seem, or it a question of inverse snake-oil (if not quite coat hanger league :o) -- morris_minor morris_minor's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13950 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44124 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Audiophile Deathmatch: Monster Cables vs. A Coat Hanger!
Shredder;275073 Wrote: Morris..antis are excellent..see my previous post.. Sorry - missed that in the excitement over coat hangers :o) -- morris_minor morris_minor's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13950 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44124 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Linear PSU in stock at Farnell (UK)
I'm on my second PSU from Farnell: http://cpc.farnell.com/PW00187/batteries-power-supplies/product.us0?sku=UNBRANDED-AD-05150R_requestid=142966 The first one was duff from the word go; SB kept shutting down. The replacement has lasted about 2 months: a few days ago the SB display started flickering badly, then the unit kept restarting after a minute or so of playing. So I've gone back to the wall wart - display now OK, and the unit plays for hours. To be totally honest, I can't actually discern any audible difference between the wall wart and the (working) linear. So I'm not bothering with a replacement from Farnell. But - I may have just been unlucky with the PSUs I got. I know others here use them successfully . . . . -- morris_minor morris_minor's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13950 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21550 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Do you listen to lossy codecs or lossless ?
I'm sure you'll the vast majority of users here stick to lossless formats, esp. FLAC, whenever possible. Why discard musical information when you don't have to? It's a different matter for portable devices etc where file size is important . . . -- morris_minor morris_minor's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13950 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43910 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Ripping Vinyl
Doesn't one of the differences in sound between LP and CD have to do with the filtering of high frequences by CD? Musical information - in the form of harmonics - extends way beyond the 20KHz barrier of a CD, and even if you can't identify the sound at high frequencies they must (surely?) influence the tonal characteristic of the fundamental note you can hear. Higher frequencies come off an LP, so in my mind it's worth trying to capture them. -- morris_minor morris_minor's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13950 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] Lushness!
GuyDebord;261753 Wrote: Sadly, all of this talks about Us and the sick and abusive industry we support. If this direct attack on the stupidity of many audiophiles can't detract people from this forum to stop believing in 50 dollar ethernet cables, what can we expect about the future of this hobby? more 15,000 Euro interconnects? more magic pebbles? and all for the gullibility of the demanding consumer. This type of websites should awaken the stupid and create an awareness about the wrong turn of the industry, if this doesnt do it, what will? We are all victims in one way or another, its just the extent of endless dissatisfaction that is growing; thanks to the massive marketing strategies, this form of mind control will for sure perpetuate... I have to admit I started this thread for a bit of a laugh, knowing that a great many people in these forums share my scepticsm (and even contempt) for anything approaching snake oil. But Guy's observations about the future are really quite worrying, and there is a danger that people like us (who like good quality sound systems, at whatever price level we can afford) will get tarred with the loony brush by those not in the know who assume that all audiophiles share the same wacky beliefs. -- morris_minor morris_minor's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13950 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42583 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Lushness!
gw43;261725 Wrote: In the link to the alarm clock, I think the PWB in PWB Electronics is Peter Belt. http://www.belt.demon.co.uk/ I'll have a pint of what he's had! Here, at least they're sharing their widsom for free: http://www.belt.demon.co.uk/Free_Techniques/Free_Techniques.html If CDs sound better after being frozen, will my FLACs if I freeze my NAS? -- morris_minor morris_minor's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13950 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42583 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Lushness!
Perhaps we could all club together for a conference call to get it done on the cheap? http://www.machinadynamica.com/machina60.htm And I'll sell you **my** alarm clock for a couple of quid: http://www.machinadynamica.com/machina41.htm -- morris_minor morris_minor's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13950 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42583 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] There's More There There!
Is audiophilia a communicable disease? Or a psychological condition? -- morris_minor morris_minor's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13950 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42094 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] There's More There There!
Rub yourself liberally with snake oil and bow down before the great gods of exotic gear with stratospheric price tags. Do this enough times and any commonsense you may have had flies out the window, along with all sense of proportion . . . :o/ Seriously tho' - the sad thing is how many people get converted to the religion and line the pockets of the cult leaders with their money (hard-earned or otherwise). -- morris_minor morris_minor's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13950 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42094 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] There's More There There!
A nice Aussie Shiraz works wonders with my gear . . . -- morris_minor morris_minor's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13950 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42094 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Doh! Now we need 24-bit/176.4kHz on the Transporter!
Isn't this a question of empathy and emotional connection with the music? A Russian may be more connected with Russian music, but surely not only Russians can be excellent interpreters of Russian music? Or have I mis-understood this somewhat off-topic discussion :o\ -- morris_minor morris_minor's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13950 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41824 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Doh! Now we need 24-bit/176.4kHz on the Transporter!
When I started digitising vinyl many years ago, I played with a program called DCart. It's still around, and offering many ways to enhance your music files, including a Virtual Valve Amp and Harmonic Exciter (sic.): http://www.diamondcut.com/Catalog/vva.htm Plus, there are some useful filters for really dire recordings. Bob -- morris_minor morris_minor's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13950 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41824 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] transporter or SB question
I think trouble with hi-fi is that it's inanimate objects trying to achieve the impossible: the recreation of live music. If you accept this - then every piece of kit ultimately fails. We just have different tolerances to the manner of these failures, and accept limitations based on our own perceptions (and budgets). There is no holy grail in audio, but the paths aiming for it just go different ways. And that's what makes it interesting IMO! -- morris_minor SB3 [Regulated PS] Sonifex RB DAC1 Musical Fidelity X10v3 Sudgen Headmaster Sennheiser HD 595 Michell Gyrodec SE DC [Tecnoarm, Goldring 1042] Graham Slee Era V Gold [Sugden Headmaster] . . . Pioneer DV565 universal player, Panasonic DVR, Yamaha DSPAX750SE, Kef Cresta 30 (fronts), Tannoy Profile 633 (rears) Mac Mini [1.83GHz, 2Gb], Iomega Minimax 500Gb, LaCie Ethernet BigDisk 1TB, D-Link DSL604+, M-Audio Transit USB, Audiolab 8000A, Monitor Audio M2s Crappy old PC - 1GHz Athlon morris_minor's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13950 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41469 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] transporter or SB question
harmonic;253762 Wrote: Well tom has a bug up his arese with me and he seems to follow me around using every kind of trick he can to atack or destroy what im trying to say. I think he gets a kick out of seeing have i react ; ) Perhaps it's the way you say it? I'm guessing English may not be your first language . . . ? -- morris_minor morris_minor's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13950 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41469 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] transporter or SB question
Of course, to call someone a prat is to say they're a fool, or colloquially a dickhead. Perhaps the association with pace, rhythm and timing is just unfortunate :o) -- morris_minor morris_minor's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13950 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41469 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Digital downloads and Red Book CDs
I've just been exploring non-DRM downloads from Linn Records and Gimell Records (which are splendid BTW). However, I have a question concerning Red Book Cds. The spec gives a CD a frequency response of 20Hz to 22.05KHz. A CD quality download is presumably a file that's been nowhere near a CD and can be expected to have a wider frequency range. If I produce a CDR audio version of the CD quality downloads, (for car use, say), am I right in thinking I'll be losing the frequency extremes? Does the 20Hz-22.05Khz limit get applied to the data when burning/making the disc, or is it a function of the playback device? [This question would also apply to computer recordings of vinyl - my Era V phono stage spec quotes 5Hz - 2.7MHz (nice for bats and whales:o)] Or have I got this all totally wrong, and 44.1KHz/16bit recordings are limited to the Red Book frequency range by definition? Some enlightenment from those who know would be most welcome! Thanks, Bob -- morris_minor morris_minor's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13950 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41668 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Digital downloads and Red Book CDs
Timothy - thank you for your detailed reply! Bob -- morris_minor morris_minor's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13950 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41668 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] A photo of your Squeezebox setup (please)
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19817 Question: Should there be a new forum for photos? - yes - no - maybe Mr_Sukebe;247084 Wrote: Here's a photo of the latest version of my system. For info: SB+ Bel Canto DAC2 Impulse Ta'us speakers Coherent system cables Stillpoints under the amp and SB+ control unit. Nice! But you forgot to mention the Morphy Richards SureFlow-Steam room conditioner . . . -- morris_minor morris_minor's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13950 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19817 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Are you an audiophile or a music lover?
bigfool1956;245697 Wrote: Looking at the original post: Isn't option 1 what happens when you have a great hi-fi and then you get married, and option 2 what you get when you slink off to another room ipod in hand? How true :o( One answer would be to get a second SB I'spose . . -- morris_minor morris_minor's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13950 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40553 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] A photo of your Squeezebox setup (please)
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19817 Question: Should there be a new forum for photos? - yes - no - maybe Great looking kit, Arge! Love the white space . . . Could you post some construction details for us? And some listening impressions?? Thanks, Bob -- morris_minor morris_minor's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13950 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19817 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Are you an audiophile or a music lover?
The other day a friend said to me Well, I'm not an audiophile like you . . ., referring to the mini system he played his music on. This got me thinking, because I don't think I'm an audiophile - more a music lover who likes good quality sound. I have (a very healthy) cynicism of the claims made by high-end equipment manufacturers, and read Hi-Fi+ for it's amusement value. Yet I do have a good turntable, a phono stage, DAC etc plus of course an SB3. My friend suggested this test: In a mythical Blade Runner-type future you have a stark choice - 1) Have a hi-fi system to die for, but only be allowed to play music on it you currently hate. or 2) Be restricted to a compressed and bandwith limited portable-type player, but able to play all your favourite music. I know which I'd go for, but what would you do . . .? Bob -- morris_minor morris_minor's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13950 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40553 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] A photo of your Squeezebox setup (please)
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19817 Question: Should there be a new forum for photos? - yes - no - maybe Thanks, arge! This looks a great project. . . . Bob -- morris_minor morris_minor's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13950 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19817 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] A photo of your Squeezebox setup (please)
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19817 Question: Should there be a new forum for photos? - yes - no - maybe My setup: details in the signature. Before SB3 came along the DAC was fed by the Pioneer universal player. Both the Era Gold V phonostage and RB DAC1 (with X10v3 output buffer) feed into the Sugden Headmaster for serious listening on 'phones, with the tape out from this going to the AV amp for putting on speakers. The pre out from the Sugden goes into the M-Audio Transit USB audio interface for recording LPs on the Mac for car use - and now FLAC of course. As much as I'm growing to love the SB, the Gyrodec is my real pride and joy: with the tecnoarm and G1042 feeding the Era V it really performs . . . +---+ |Filename: sb1.jpg | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3725| +---+ -- morris_minor SB3 Sonifex RB DAC1 Musical Fidelity X10v3 Sudgen Headmaster Sennheiser HD 595 Michell Gyrodec SE DC [Tecnoarm, Goldring 1042] Graham Slee Era V Gold [Sugden Headmaster] . . . Pioneer DV565 universal player, Panasonic DVR, Yamaha DSPAX750SE, Kef Cresta 30 (fronts), Tannoy Profile 633 (rears) Mac Mini [1.83GHz, 2Gb], Iomega Minimax 500Gb, LaCie Ethernet BigDisk 1TB, D-Link DSL604+, M-Audio Transit USB, Audiolab 8000A, Monitor Audio M2s Crappy old PC - 1GHz Athlon morris_minor's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13950 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19817 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Is the DAC in the Squeeze the same as S3?
Pat Farrell;13111 Wrote: At 10:27 PM 3/7/2004, Roy M. Silvernail wrote: I'm curious what DACs come in at the lower end of the price spectrum. The little bit that I've looked, it seemed that $800 was a low figure. I'd be likely to try out something in the $200 range just for grins, but I can't really justify 2x system price for an outboard DAC. I'd have to go Onkyo shopping first (and I seem to recall the Onkyo build-in DAC is pretty nice). M-Audio and others have a lot of DAs at lower prices. Someone earlier on this list mentioned their transit with is about $80. The M-Audio SuperDAC2496 is about $300 http://m-audio.rjmg.com/index.cfm?pid=3279 Hang around the pro audio (home recording studio) folks or the audiophile folks, and you'll see lots of DAs. The RME line has a very solid reputation, they have a new product, stereo DAC announced with no price. http://www.rme-audio.com/english/adi/adi2.htm Pat I use an M-Audio USB Transit hooked up to my Mac Mini to record vinyl from my Gyrodec SE Era V Gold with great results. I'm a firm believer in checking out pro-audio gear as you miss out on the audiophile bullshit :o) -- morris_minor morris_minor's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13950 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=4862 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Hi-Fi critric reveals their limited vision
darrenyeats;239282 Wrote: David, To be fair, many people see fit to set up a home network and to manage their data without a music player coming into it. It's useful for many reasons. The SB3/Transporter is therefore able to tap into a large market of people who can use a set up they already have in one more way. The basic point - that if you're not interested in computers a CD player is more appealing - I agree with. Darren I have to reluctantly agree with this. I work in IT (well, web management in an IT dept of a University) and have a home network with a Mac and PC, and guest laptops, and a big NAS. My SB3 was running within 5 minutes, and I knew about ripping and file formats (though not FLAC :0). Had I not had my previous knowledge, a wireless router - not just an internet providers ADSL modem - the setup and bits I'd have needed would have been quite daunting to contemplate. Those of us with the knowledge, who've seen the future should not expect too much of those who just love music played as simply as possible. -- morris_minor morris_minor's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13950 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=39438 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Which budget constrained DAC for SB3?
I've just got my SB3 and am having good results feeding into a Sonifex Redbox DAC1 (£435) Sonifex make broadcast equipment and one enterprising audio dealer got the company to make a more domestically acceptable version by lopping off the rack mount. Here's a link to Sonifex: http://www.audioatmosphere.com/AUDIO_SS/displayproduct.asp?UID=26032box/rbdac1_ld.shtml and to the page from the dealer's site (split from it's frameset): http://www.audioatmosphere.com/AUDIO_SS/displayproduct.asp?UID=26032 The dealer makes comparison with units costing to £3,500; I can't really vouch for this, but Stuart - the guy I dealt with - said the RB DAC1 gave the Benchmark DAC1 a good run for its money, and at half the price I gave it a go on an approvals basis. I kept it!! I read somewhere that if the SB3 had been made by an audio manufacturer they'd have tripled the price for it. I'm sure the reverse applies and the pro-audio broadcast market is pretty demanding and wouldn't like being ripped off by inflated prices. Anyway - this may help . . . My first post to the forum BTW. Lot's of good stuff here :o) -- morris_minor morris_minor's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13950 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=39892 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
