Re: [slim] Meridian MQA - Breakthrough? LMS possible?
For those that enjoy these things. http://www.computeraudiophile.com/f8-general-forum/meridians-mysterious-mqa-site-22575/index2.html#post378620 R1200CL's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=63832 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=102648 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] [Preview] iPeng on Apple Watch
A little update because I'm getting questions on a watchOS 2 version of the iPeng Watch App. I have experimented with this quite a bit and I'm still a bit undecided about what to do. The decision to switch to a native watchOS 2 App or not is unfortunately not as straightforward as it looks at first glance. There are several aspects impacting the decision and people generally expect improvements through the use of watchOS 2: - Performance - Support using the crown and sensor access - Being able to run Apps when the watch is unavailable - Additional features like browsing content - Design improvements Unfortunately it turns out that in reality not all these points profit from a switch to watchOS 2. PERFORMANCE Performance is the first and most important point here. Most users expected the performance, especially the start time to improve for watchOS 2 Apps but unfortunately the opposite is true. With watchOS 1 the actual App is running on the iPhone and the watch only launches a set of resources. Turns out the bottleneck in the whole process is not the (fast) iPhone but the slow processor and memory on the watch. watchOS 2 Apps are generally bigger and have to run initialization code on the watch so they take LONGER to launch. This is bad. What is worse, though, is that actually doing things on the watch is also slow and there are things you can't do at all. For example, iPeng has these scrolling titles to show titles that don't fully fit the screen. These can't get rendered on the watch so if the App actually runs on the watch it still needs to call the phone for that and this is now not just an upload but a roundtrip and takes longer than before. The same is true for generating the background images, scaling images, communicating with MySqueezebox.com (communicating with local servers works directly from the watch), changing players and some other functionality. There is one aspect where things are easier on the watch which is memory use. watchOS 2 Apps can use more memory than watchOS 1 Apps on the phone could but then on the phone it was always easy (and fast) to use the main App which is even less memory restricted. So from a performance standpoint moving to watchOS 2 would be a step backwards ACCESS TO CROWN AND SENSORS Being able to change the volume using the crown would actually be the most important improvement in a watchOS 2 App and it's actually the one single reason I still consider it. Sensors... iPeng is not a health or sports App. Period. BEING ABLE TO RUN APPS WHEN THE WATCH IS UNAVAILABLE Also almost a nonstarter. There are a few edge cases where this might work (App already launched and track doesn't skip and,...) but in most cases the watch App still needs information from the phone. ADDITIONAL FEATURES Feature implementation is actually more constrained by what makes sense on the UI than where the App runs. Actually having worse performance doesn't really help, too. DESIGN Dis is actually another aspect haunting me a bit. scrolling labels. Blurred backgrounds. Exactly scaled images (bad scaling has a tendency to _really_ look bad on the watch and it comes in two different resolutions). All of this has to be done by the companion App on the phone even in watchOS 2 and this means it creates a roundtrip impacting performance. So... in the end it boils down whether I'm willing to accept worse performance to be able to use the crown. For now I have decided to stick to the watchOS 1 version. Maybe Apple finds ways to improve performance on the watch or adds at least some graphics functionality and that will make it easier but for now I feel like the watch is slow enough to require every bit of performance optimization I can get and using watchOS 2 really doesn't help with that. --- learn more about iPeng, the iPhone and iPad remote for the Squeezebox and Logitech UE Smart Radio as well as iPeng Party, the free Party-App, at penguinlovesmusic.com *New: iPeng 9, the Universal App for iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch* pippin's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13777 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103693 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Meridian MQA - Breakthrough? LMS possible?
pablolie wrote: > Doesn't it have plenty? I have repeatedly read that often listeners > prefer the MP3 copy of stuff compared to the lossless original, perhaps > because the psycho acoustic model throws a slight bathtub EQ in there. I was thinking I the realm of thier copying/piracy paranoia . Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH 2 x MeridianDSP5200 MeridianDSP5200HC 2 xMeridianDSP3100 +Rel Stadium 3 sub. Bedroom/Office: Boom Kitchen: Touch + powered Fostex PM0.4 Misc use: Radio (with battery) iPad1 with iPengHD & SqueezePad (spares Touch, SB3, reciever ,controller ) server HP proliant micro server N36L with ClearOS Linux http://people.xiph.org/~xiphmont/demo/neil-young.html Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=102648 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Meridian MQA - Breakthrough? LMS possible?
Mnyb wrote: > ... > But the industry might like a file format that's not quite a copy of the > studio master . > Doesn't it have plenty? I have repeatedly read that often listeners prefer the MP3 copy of stuff compared to the lossless original, perhaps because the psycho acoustic model throws a slight bathtub EQ in there. ...pablo Server: Virtual Machine (on VMware Player) running Ubuntu 12.04 + LMS 7.7.5 System: SB Touch --optical->- Benchmark DAC2HGC --AnalysisPlus Oval Copper XLR->- NAD M22 Power Amp --AnalysisPlus Black Mesh Oval->- Totem Element Fire Other Rooms: 2x SB Boom; 1x SB Radio; 1x SB Classic-> NAD D7050 -> Totem DreamCatcher + Velodyne Minivee Sub Computer audio: workstation --USB->- audioengine D1 -> Grado PS500e/Shure 1540 pablolie's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3816 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=102648 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Inguz EQ w/ 7.7.5 help?
Running a Duet setup with two players (sync'd), LMS 7.7.5 and have Inguz successfully installed. Need EQ only, not DRC. I've scoured these boards pretty thoroughly for info but some big issues remain and am trying to get some firm current answers in one place. - File types: My library is made up of mp3 and ALAC files, and I stream Spotify. So far I've got the DSP working only on the mp3s. Anyone got ALACs working (have to use custom conf files)? Spotify (even possible)? - Strange boosting behavior when cutting frequencies: On the mp3s where the DSP is usable, I noticed that cutting frequencies seems to result in a compensating BOOST in the rest of the spectrum, as if there were a normalizing or compression effect on the signal. As a test I created a preset in which I cut every band 12db (did a 3-band version and a 9-band version). The result is LOUDER than a flat setting, rather than dramatically softer. WTF? Thought replay tags/Track Gain might have something to do with it but I've set the players to "No Volume Adjustment" and the issue persists. Very strange, and kind of a dealbreaker unless I can resolve, as precise or subtle adjustments become impossible if pulling one lever in effect moves all the others in a way not shown or acknowledged by the UI. - Player isolation: The inguz website info is pretty unequivocal that customizing different players/rooms is impossible-- the plugin is applied in the server and streamed identically to all players. But some (not so recent) posts I've read seem to indicate that you can edit custom conf files in such a way as to apply the eq to one player and bypass the processing on another. This would suit me beautifully, assuming that both the affected and unaffected players could still stream in sync and share crossfade and replaygain volume settings. Any wisdom there? Thanks in advance for any advice! blscorp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=65189 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=104998 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Meridian MQA - Breakthrough? LMS possible?
Mnyb wrote: > are that many studios still stuck in 24/48 ? For one example, I took a really recent recording - David Bowie's Blackstar, jut because... Looks like at least two of the tracks were recorded or processed in 48 K, even on the "24 / 96" off HDtracks. "To try to judge the real from the false will always be hard. In this fast-growing art of 'high fidelity' the quackery will bear a solid gilt edge that will fool many people" - Paul W Klipsch, 1953 Julf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=42050 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=102648 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Original Slim Devices?
Its seems that streaming hardware is all the rage these days, while Logitech decided to get out of the business! Will Logitech ever stage a streaming hardware come back @Michael? local.bin's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=104968 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Meridian MQA - Breakthrough? LMS possible?
Mnyb wrote: > That's not good it means that MQA decoding is needed or you actually get > less than CD quality ? Even if the file is playable It may be even worse. If you can believe one find of esldude at CA the MQA file even has a different frequency response in this non decoded musik. This whole crap smells like a tricky way shoving DRM in the ears with leaving out nothing in manipulating our perception. Transporter (modded) -> RG142 -> Avantgarde Acoustic based 500VA monoblocks -> Sommer SPK240 -> self-made speakers Wombat's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4113 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=102648 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Meridian MQA - Breakthrough? LMS possible?
-1 " Similar to claims made by @Vert, he has trouble with his CD rips sounding good and he finds the music he streams from Tidal to sound better, even better than CD playback. He said Tidal sources their streams directly from the manufacturer who often provides source material that is of higher quality than the physical CDs that you can buy." If they do so they should be boykoted altogether. It is lots of crap written lately with only getting people into streaming for quality. Transporter (modded) -> RG142 -> Avantgarde Acoustic based 500VA monoblocks -> Sommer SPK240 -> self-made speakers Wombat's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4113 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=102648 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SB3 Random Reboots
In early 2014, I had the same issue, but instead of 10-20 minutes, my SB3 would reboot after 2-3 minutes into a song. I followed the same troubleshooting steps as you did, and was going to retire it...maybe sell it for parts. Later that year with my SB3 still sitting around collecting dust, and with nothing to lose, I followed the steps outlined in the following thread even though I didn't think I had lightning damage: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?101236-Lightning-damage-to-Squeezebox-3-repaired! I desoldered and removed the offending chip, replaced it with a $2 voltage regulator, and my SB3 is still working today. findpassport's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=63454 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=104835 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
