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I have ripped ~1100 CDs using WMA lossless with error correction. I am now ripping new ones with EAC and Flac. [image: http://www.makemoneymakemoney.net/1.jpg] [image: http://www.makemoneymakemoney.net/2.jpg] [image: http://www.makemoneymakemoney.net/5.jpg] -- Edi8th99 Edi8th99's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=50356 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30141 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
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There are several reasons for the Transporter. One of which is that I own a system that most would consider a bit above average. I want a piece of equipment that is flexible and yet sounds well/true. I have a duet that has never satisfied me. The right speaker seems to sound a bit richer. It will be used for my outdoor sound system. It is much more conveneint to entertain during the holidays and parties with Pandora (set it and forget it). As not everyone shares my particular musical taste (especially very large crowd), it renders my HTPC/music not practical. I have an HTPC my son built that is hooked up to the TV and to my stereo system. I have an extensive collection of CD's that I do not use nearly as much as I'd like to simply because it is easier to turn on Pandora. Ripping the CD's (which will be FLAC enocded) into my HTPC would allow me to easily access the music (which now I have to dig for). The transporter would make changing from CD to CD or Artist to Artist etc much easier. For convenience reasons, it will be running Pandora quite a bit of the time (as I do now) but when I want to sit/relax 'one on one' with my stereo I will be using the HTPC and Transporter. I previously had issues with my original Transporter I purchased but Logitech made good on it. I have been reluctant to purchase any of the alternatives because what I have stated above. -- artintampa artintampa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=49578 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30141 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
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Hello All My name is Steve, been an audiophile since the ripe ol age of 11 (1973) when I was bit by the bug. Have had many systems, alot of different equipment through the years. My current system consist of: - CEC CD-3300 CD transport - Benchmark DAC/PRE preamp and DAC - Parasound HCA-1500A power amp - Energy Connoisseur C-9 speakers - Kimber Hero/8TC cabling; Belden 1694A digital cables I'm a 2-channel fan, and the system above acts as both my music/HT system. I have a Panny BluRay player and Samsung 50 DLP HDTV. Though I'm a traditionalist by nature, I also like to stay on top of emerging technologies. I have been researching for quite awhile the Squeezebox lineup, but being a very picky listener, I'm skeptical. The new SQb Touch has peaked my interest lately. I'm lurking/reading with GREAT interest the developments of the Touch, and it looks promising. I have begun ripping my cd's with EAC to flac files in preparation for dipping my toes in the streaming waters. I look forward to learning alot from you! -- steveinaz steveinaz's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34707 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30141 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
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steveinaz;491976 Wrote: My name is Steve, been an audiophile since the ripe ol age of 11 (1973) when I was bit by the bug. Why does that sound like an intro at an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting? -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1179 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30141 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
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I certainly enjoy my beer too! -- steveinaz steveinaz's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34707 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30141 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
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Name is Ralph. I have only really owned one receiver. I bought a Pioneer SX-1250 brand new back in 1976 and loved the sound then and still love it now. I sold it in the late 80's and tried different stuff, but bought another one about 10 years ago and have since recapped it and it plays and sounds just like new. I have a nice 5.1 system in the living room (NHT 2.9's), but that old 1250 weighs more by itself than everything in the 5.1 system put together. I thought about getting something newer, but I like the looks and sound of the old silver Pioneer. I do have modern speakers hooked up to it. I have a pair of Onix Mini Stratas, that are 4 feet tall. I don't know why they named them minis since they are huge and sound fantastic. I have had a SB3 for a while with a power supply from an old Zip drive. Today I decided to order one of the refurbished Transporters. If it sounds better than the SB3, I will be in heaven. I also have a PS3 for playing my SACD's and bluray concerts and dvd's. For a CD player, I use an old Sony DVP-S7000 dvd player which was a reference standard back when it came out. My turntable is an old Technics SL-1100A. I don't know how my old gear sounds compared to new modern gear, but I think I would have to spend a crap load of money to improve it. -- Panotaker Panotaker's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=33482 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30141 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
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Hi, My name is Phoenix and I've been in the high end audio racket since the 1970's. My musical tastes run to the soft rock groups of that era (Buffalo Springfield, Fleetwood Mac, Beatles, Stones, Jackson Brown, Dylan, Linda Ronstadt, CSNY, Joni Mitcell, as well as classical and in the last ten years, Jazz. Over the 30 years I've had this hobby I've owned a number of Classic components: Large Advents, Bose 901's (the originals and a real disappointment), Rodgers LS3/5A's, Martin Logan CLS's, and Aerial Accoustic 10t's (my current speaker. Originally a vinyl freak, I've owned some true analogue classics as well including the Fidelity Research FR64s tonearm w' B60 Stabilizer which cost over $1200 in 1979 (ouch), but it's still my current analogue tomearm. Phone cartridges included the Classic ADC XSM, The Fidelity Research FR-1 Mk 3f, the Talisman Virtuoso DTi, and the Cardas Heart Ruby (My Current). Turntables included the original Accoustic Research turntable (still a great table for someone who wants a cheap analogue rig which will play well) and a VPI HW-19 Mk 4 with a 20 lb platter, a speed control and a Vibraplane. I also own a number of tube preanps including the Audible Illusions Mk 3, and the Harmon Kardon Citation I. My power ams are the inimitalbe Bel 1001, Mk 5 (two bridged to deliver a rock solit 200 wpc to anything) with all Nordost SPM cabling. I got into the Squeezebox because it offered tmy 1000+ albums (cd's) on a hard drive the size of a small book and playing them back perfectly to my Benchmark DAC1. It seems like and is the perfect way to listen to digital audio whic I believe has caught up with analogue audio. I also use a TACT RCS 2.0 to deliver room and speaker correction. All in all it sounds great, offers the ultimate in convenience and if I ever decide to get rid of the analogue side of things, I'm convinced I could live with a Squuzebox into a Tact into a Benchmark into the Audible Illusion into the Bel's and the Aerials quite happily. -- Phoenix Phoenix's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=30484 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30141 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
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howdy, i'm not a cowboy but i do tend to call other people cowboy. the name on my birth certificate says andrew but call me what you like. i'm 28. i work as a croupier/supervisor at crown casino. i've always been around music and have picked up a lot of my musical taste from my father who is also heavily into hifi and music. my lastfm account reflects his influence as most believe i have the tastes of a fifty year old man. i'm married with a 16 month old son who already likes to listen to music with me and is always trying to plug cables into the back of my squeezebox. i am currently upgrading my system (slowly). At the moment i am running a squeezebox - moodlab DAC - burson buffer - kingrex t20 + PSU (just upgraded from the Super T) and then out through some old speakers (pioneer woofers and new vifa tweeters) i found on the street which will be the next upgrade in about a year or so. my wife and i don't share all the same musical tastes so i tend to find myself listening to less and less punk and hardcore these days. either i'm growing up into a man or i'm not as angry anymore. -D -- drewe181 http://www.last.fm/user/drewe181/ drewe181's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8129 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30141 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
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I know this isn't audiophile but for now it will have to do for me. The SB3 into a RX v1800 AV Receiver. That goes into a fairly old pair of P5 BW Speakers. All in all I think its a fairly good setup that of course doesn't quite go into the audiophile range but does give me much pleasure. My upgrading of my receiver was one of the best things that I have done. I used to have a Kyrocera audiophile receiver which at the time was a great receiver. The real difference between it and the new one was that it didn't have the punch that this new Yamaha has with the BW's. They really seem to need just a bit more power than the Kyrocera had. I love music and I'm trying to improve as my pocket book will allow,which isn't a lot lately. I also like making fun of myself and others as we embrace the windmills in our own way. Isn't it fun. :) -- Nonreality -IF THE RULE YOU FOLLOWED BROUGHT YOU TO THIS, OF WHAT USE IS THE RULE.- HTTP://www.last.fm/user/nonreality Nonreality's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15723 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30141 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
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Hi! I was born in 1976. I am now based in Italy after spending almost 8 years in London, UK. I am a product designer, but I am currently working in the vehicles' security field. For some reasons a I am very often with too little money to fund my hobbies which include motorcycles (I had a Sì Piaggio, then I rode my older brother's Gilera RV 125, then had and destroyed a Ducati 900 SS, now ride a Suzuki DRZ400E through Umbria's and Tuscany's hillside). I have always had small and micro systems. I just recently managed to finish off my new systems which I started to assemble about 18 months ago... I now listen to: SqueezeBox 3 Trends Audio TA 10.1 Amp Klipsch Synergy F2 floorstanding speakers Chord Company Crimson Interconnect cable QED XT Silver Anniversary Speaker Cable. As you will be able to spot, I am always in search for the best quality/price ratio. I think I managed to build myself a reasonably decent system for a decent sum. Should one day money not be an issue anymore, then yoy'll find me in Hi-Fi stores more often. ;) Since playing my SB3, I fould I loved to phisically browse through my CD collection and now the only thing I see are letters and numbers. I have to find a solution to this... This is all for now. -- slimboy slimboy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14799 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30141 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
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Hi there, since last weekend I enjoy playing around with my new favourite toy, the Squeezebox Duet. I love everything about it, the sound quality, the looks and the usability. I'm routing it to my Solen Tigre hybrid amplifier, from there via Silent Wire cabling to my Audiophysics Yara Evolution speakers. Right now, I'm having a hard time in finding any improvement in sound quality when using the RME ADI-2 as an external DAC. When I don't find any help in this issue soon, the DAC has to go and I'll invest in better speakers instead. ;) Greetings from Hamburg, Germany, Zardoz! -- Zardoz Zardoz's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18036 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30141 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
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Hello everyone. Although I've only just registered on the forum I've owned a SB3 for just over a year. My SB3 replaced a PC with a Teratec sound card connected to a Yamaha AV amp. Then began lots of equipment purchases including a Musical Fidelity X-DAC v3, X-CAN v3 and X-PSU followed by a pair of Sennheiser HD600 headphones, Edmund ESI 10 amplifier and most recently a pair of BW 685 speakers that replaced my 14 year old BW DM601s then there was various PC components while I attempted to build a quiet music server. Thanks to this forum I've managed to rip my CD's using EAC to FLAC and have a music source that's reliable and easy to use. -- Gary_C Gary_C's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14134 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30141 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
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Hi, I'm David Ayers and I've just joined the forum. I suppose I'd better own up from day one, as being the former publisher of hifi+. Please give me warning before throwing rocks, so I can duck :)) My system is basically the same as shown in: http://www.hifiplus.com/reviewers.html with the following changes: Speakers: Revel Salons Interconnect and speaker cabling: Nordost Valhalla Power cabling:Powersnakes from a mark 1 Hydra I decided to stump up for a transporter, both for research and to use in a second system based abroad, and I'm currently eagerly awaiting it's arrival. I will be especially interested in its performance stand-alone, and also through my Trichord Pulsar One DAC (balance digital input). I have a nasty feeling I may have to buy a second unit to use abroad - as it has the potential to better my current CD transport. Let's see! -- 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=30141 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
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been here since early 2006. i am an electrical engineer that works on technology strategy these days, so the hands on stuff, other than occasional programming, is long gone, and i could design a circuit if my life depended on it. ;-) i live in the bay area in california, just 20 minutes away from Slim Devices HQ (California traffic permitting). back in 2006, i added the SB3 to this Accuphase system... http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=922stc=1d=1140415261 and then began the arduous task of ripping CDs once after the other. i started off doing it as 256k MP3s, convinced i was just doing it for convenience and that the subtle (but clearly detectable) differences in sound between 256k MP3 and FLAC were just important if i truly wanted to never listen to CDs again. of course, after you discover the utter and total convenience and power of the method, you need to reconsider. it took me a year to rip all my favorite jazz and classical CDs to FLACs, and everything rb, pop or latin goes into a 320k MP3, which is more than most recordings deserve, imho. recently, i had to leave my home system behind and go somewhere lightweight, you can see the little system here: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19817page=68 and now i have added another SB3 and a acoustic energy aego m system in the bedroom that provides listening pleasure and also acts as a fantastic wakeup alarm system. you have to enjoy -unless you are a snob- how all these things are truly bringing down the pricepoint at which it is thoroughly enjoyable to listen to music. i have been a music fanatic for many years - started collecting classical and soft jazz and rb and salsa as a teen, taking painstaking care of my LPs even then (i still have them). as a teenager i got a little Technics system with small bookshelf speakers when everybody else was looking for the most power for the least money. as a student eventually i had Denon stuff around, and got my first good CD player (a marked down Denon 1290 (seem to remember) eventually, eventually linked to a Luxman amplifier (relatively entry level). finally i got the accuphaxse setup pictured above, my dream system, with specially tuned speakers by a university psychacoustic department. it sounds great to me, even though it's nowhere near as esoteric as many systems one sees around here. at the end of the day, as a passionate (yet relatively mediocre) percussion and flute player, to me it's about the music, and i will be very critical when it comes to the sound of percussion instruments. i own over 2,000 CDs and a couple of hundred LPs, and entered the downloadable music era a few years ago - but still buymy favorites as CDs. -- pablolie pablolie's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3816 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30141 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
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Had an education that involved tons of live musical experiences. My interest for HiFi was spawned when I tweaked my first turntable at the age of 12 or 13. Had to make it less susceptible to vibrations, so I made my own floating suspension using rubber bands. At 14, did I got my first real amp. A set of Luxman C12 and M12. The source came to be a STD 305M turntable, which I still have. The arm then, was a SME 3009 Series II. Today it has a Series III arm instead with an Ortofon MC20II. The amp drove a set of Kef Carlton for some years, but a kit of Trapez speakers invaded the house. In between experiences has included Linsley Hood class A DIY amps, and Apogee DIY's. The first CD was a Philips CD200. They lived until the foam selfdestructed due to age. I used a fridge size SUB containing a 15 JBL driver until my son killed the driver. The Trapez were replaced by a set of Bowers Wilkins CD1's. The old Luxman became a frequent guest at the kitchen table trying to clean pot's and switches until replacing it with Holfi Pre8/Power8 amp set. The CD200 was replaced by a Musical Fidelity X-Ray 8 years ago, and has now been replaced by SB3,X-DACv3,X-PSUv3. Speakers were replaced by a set of Martin Logan Aerius i's about 6 years ago. Cables has been a mix of DIY's and stuff. Currently, the interconnects is Supra ISL's, and the speakercables are MIT's. The room is about 4.30 cm wide and 6.30 cm long. Speakers are positioned just about 1m from sidewalls and about 90 cm's from the wall behind them. Behind speakers are some homemade absorbers. My hope for the future is a new pair of ML Vantage, driven by an integrated amp of some sort. I focus on clarity and presence in sound. I feel the ML's delivers that in spades, and I really can't see nothing but another set of ML's replacing my Aerius's. My Slimserver is an old IBM Intellistation M Pro, with a 500 GB drive. It needs some more RAM, but works fine. To be replaced by something with lower power consumption and more RAM. -- golfdane golfdane's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13420 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30141 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
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I guess that it is about time that I posted an introduction. My name is Ralph which I supposed you have already guessed. 1. You post about your music experience, your audio experience, what drives you in this hobby, what brings you to Slim Devices, etc. I have been a music nutcase since I can remember. I have spent a lot of time in folk clubs, concert halls etc and play Guitar, Mandolin and Appelachian Dulcimer, all very badly. I have ripped about 600 CD's to my PC and I am very slowly working my way through 200 vinyl albums. I have been pretty into HiFi for years. What brought me to Slimdevices is a little stranger. I am a Brit living in the US and I still wanted to get radio from the UK and other places. The internet and later a squeezebox turned out to be the route I chose. I then discovered the benefits of storing my music on a hard disc. Have not looked back since. In fact I am constantly suprprised at what I can do these days. Tonight I am in a hotel in Mexico City streaming from my music collection in South Carolina. 2. You post about your current, past, and future (hopefully!) rigs. Discuss your room, speaker placement, cables, whatever. As a student (early 80's) I had lots of secondhand gear. When I got a job and had a few more pennies I wanted to get a better system and took the opportunity of buying a whole system that a workmate was selling as he upgraded to a Linn/Naim system. It was my first proper system. The turntable I cannot remember the name but it had an SME arm, the amp was a Cambridge A60 and I think the speakers were BW DRM4's. After that my system went through a lot of changes as I tried different makes like Tannoy, Tresham (anyone remember?), Audiolab. Todays system has a Transporter which I prefer to play balanced to a Brystom ST4. The speakers are Magneplanar MG1.6's, yes I am mosty definitely a Magneplanar type of person. I still have an Adcom CD player and a Thorens TD321 turntable. When I bought the Transporter I moved the SB3 to my garden system. That means that I can sit by my Koi pond and listen to whatever I want. 3. Say something about your audio philosophy. For example, do you believe in blind testing or not? Why? Audio philosophy. Listen to more music, all types. In truth I think that blind testing is just too contrived. Listening to music is an emotional experience and you have to give it time to come to conclusions. 4. Say something about what brings you to the forum and what you hope to get out of it. I first started coming to this forum just to learn about the device and the software and I am grateful for all the help others have been to me. Nowadays I visit the site most days just to see what is going on. -- RalphO RalphO Transporter/Audio Research SP9/Bryston ST4/Magneplanar MG1.6QR RalphO's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3619 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30141 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
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1 - Music Experience: I don't play an instrument or can sing a tune. 1 - Audio Experience: I#8217;m not recording engineer. 1 #8211; Hobby Drive: Laziness (tired of flipping CD's w.r.t SqueezeBox). Home Theater/Enjoy Music (General Music system). 1 - Slim Devices: Heard about it on http://meridianunplugged.com, figured if it was good enough for those guys it is good enough for me. I#8217;m also interested in Sonos because of user friendliness (Wife won#8217;t touch squeezebox). 2 #8211; Past: Lexicon, Krell, BW Nautilus, Matrix (I liked Matrix Better, hard for me to admit that, but true) 2 #8211; Current: All Meridian, 861V4, DSP-5500 Left, Right, Center, DSP-33 rears running #8220;Trifield#8221; 2 #8211; Future: Maybe add HDMI Card to 861 for SACD from PS3. Maybe check out Sonos. 2 - Cables: All stock Meridian Digital Cables. Cables don#8217;t matter in this setup. Really they don#8217;t. 2 #8211; Room: Untreated living room. 2 #8211; Placement: 3 in front and 2 at sides. 3 #8211; Philosophy: Blind testing, absolutely. Your head can play more tricks on you than you might ever believe. I also believe in instantaneous A/B testing (not just blind testing). If it takes more the 3 seconds to switch, the comparison is a waste of time (not always easy to do). This is critical for subtle differences (which most differences are). Testing in the store is completely useless as well (in home, in your room only, is all that matters). 4 #8211; Brings me here: Ripping tips, real upgrades that actually help, have not read a one yet that convinced me. -- mswlogo mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30141 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
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Jason - from Canada. I have a Linn-based system with the emphasis on 2-channel but the capability to do five. I'm still a fan of vinyl (around 1300 or so albums) but want to introduce a convenient non-compressed digital library - hence a USB drive full of flac files and a squeezebox! Anyhow, here's the current set-up: Sources: Linn LP12 turntable (akito 2B/adikt - maple plinth); Graham Slee Era Gold Mk V phono stage Linn Unidisk SC universal player/preamp (acts as DAC for SB3) Slim Devices Squeezebox (wireless) Power: Linn AV5125 5-channel amp - 4 channels for active mains Linn LK85 2-channel amp (for surrounds) Linn Ninka speakers (with active crossovers in amp) Linn Trikan centre channel Linn Classik Unik surrounds (on walls) Linn Sizmik sub Hitachi 42HDX99 Director's series Plasma TV All housed in a BDI avion (highly recommended). -- jbc jbc's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11473 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30141 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
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I have an insatiable love for music which i have had since i was a wee tacker. Music is my escape my nirvana. With a collection of around 3000 cd's and growing 3000 albums and shrinking (but never to be lost) i was after a better way of playing my music. The vinyl is a different kettle of fish and i love the ritual involved, it was more the Cd's on the floor and the room they take up. also i wanted good quality 'convenient' music i that makes sense. Being an member of some audio group discussion in Australia the Squeezebox has come up a few times and i thought it time to investigate. On the recommendation of a friend and without listening to one i bought a SB3 and had it modified at Bolder before shipping to Australia where it has since blown me away. I joined this forum i guess to keep up with what advancements are going on and what my next step will be most likely will be guided at some stage by this forum and the associated products. My setup is in my signature, im a skeptic when it comes to 'snake oil' which abounds in HiFi, but each to their own. I also understand that for me nothing is more important than the music and my passion is driven by that. -- el_hefty Inputs - SB3 (Bolder Cables mods) , Marantz SA-14 sacd , Michell transcriptor turntable Jasmine phone stage Pre Amp - Audio Alchemy Digital line controller Power Amp - Marantz 510m modified Headphone setup - Ming Da MC66-AE Headphone Amp Sennheiser HD-650 cans Speakers - Dynaudio Audience 50's el_hefty's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11485 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30141 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Personal Introductions: Please Make This a Sticky!
My name is Georg and I live in Switzerland. I like all kind of classical music, jazz, folk and complex rock/pop music. My cd collection grows and grows so I decided to build a music server, with synology DS106x disk server, slimserver and sqeezeboxes 3. After playing around with different file formats I found that the wave format has still the best quality, followed by the flac format. Therefore I have two directory structures on my server: one with flac for the normal use and one with the same pieces in the wave format for audiophile listening. I also modified my squeezebox 3 with a new power supply (this is a different story, I made a lot of experiences with it, please ask if you are interested in) and a converter from S/Pdif to AES/EBU. From there I use an Aqvox D/A-Converter and a symmetrical connection to the Stax SRM-007t and the SR-007 (omega2)earspeaker. I often got good ideas from this forum, so I decided to introduce myself. -- Georgie Slimserver 6.5.1 / SSODS 2.12 / DS106X / SB3 Georgie's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9604 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30141 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Personal Introductions: Please Make This a Sticky!
This is by way of opening up a thread for personal introductions. Some of us discussed as a fun method to get to know each other on a more personal level and hopefully, to defuse some of the knee-jerk reactions: The rules so far: 1. You post about your music experience, your audio experience, what drives you in this hobby, what brings you to Slim Devices, etc. 2. You post about your current, past, and future (hopefully!) rigs. Discuss your room, speaker placement, cables, whatever. 3. Say something about your audio philosophy. For example, do you believe in blind testing or not? Why? 4. Say something about what brings you to the forum and what you hope to get out of it. 5. -- highdudgeon Relax. It's about the music. highdudgeon's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2195 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30141 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
