[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Software Equalizer for Squeezebox?

2005-10-27 Thread JJP
tggreen Wrote: Thanks. I just voted for both 2133 and 729. you could also vote for: Bug 1305: implement bass and treble equalizing options for sb2 :-) -- JJP ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Taking th plunge?

2005-10-27 Thread JJZolx
sammie Wrote: Ok, all set to order the new squeeze box 3, have it modded by Boulder Cable, and get to work burning my entire CD Collection w/ EAC. But this is all new to me, so I need some answers to a lot of questions and nudges in the right direction. See Wayne's statements in his forum

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Taking th plunge?

2005-10-27 Thread Mike Anderson
Thanks for attention and help. By the way, for how many products can you get each and every answer to your questions provided -by the friggin' CEO himself?- Dude, not too long ago, I was in the same position you were. Just buy a Squeezebox. Don't look back. And enjoy. I love my

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Taking th plunge?

2005-10-27 Thread seanadams
Mike Anderson Wrote: By the way, for how many products can you get each and every answer to your questions provided -by the friggin' CEO himself?- Some day other CE companies will disover this new INTARWEB, and how a single question answered publicly benefits hundreds more than just he who

RE: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Taking th plunge?

2005-10-27 Thread Neil Davidson
seanadams Wrote: BTW home routers are gradually moving towards the ability to connect hard disks and run useful software on them. I do think that this is the future, but today it's not fully baked. Yes, these appliances do more and more. If you are going to be getting an

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Taking th plunge?

2005-10-27 Thread Pat Farrell
Sammie, you have a few basic concepts a bit twisted. Think about the name of the company. It is SlimDevices. The name reflects a philosophy, the device does a very few things very well. For lots of things that we use it for, takes a real computer. Not a new or fast one, but a computer. Most of

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Sound Quality w/ Latest Firmware

2005-10-27 Thread seanadams
Patrick Dixon Wrote: So Sean, I have a suggestion. The log volume control is clearly a better approach overall, but could you implement a version that uses 1/256 rounded multipliers for (say) volumes 20-40, and non-rounded multipliers below? No critical listening can really take place

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Sound Quality w/ Latest Firmware

2005-10-27 Thread sleepysurf
If this is gonna take a while to implement, any chance of posting the latest pre-log nightly/beta for us to revert back to, for comparison? Frankly, I too, have suspected something ain't right lately, but haven't had time to investigate. -- sleepysurf squeezebox2 (with elpac wm075-1950-760

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Sorting files by bitrate

2005-10-27 Thread radish
First off, it's highly recommended that you use FLAC rather than WAV. You'll save some space, and (IMHO more importantly) get reliable tagging which is essential to managing a large library. Secondly, your's is a problem I also face, and I have yet to find a solution. My girlfriend has a large

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Question for Sean

2005-10-27 Thread seanadams
PhilNYC Wrote: Darn, you beat me to it... ;-) Sean, nice to hear that you are afflicted just like the rest of us. However, I noticed that you didn't discuss the cables and power conditioning used, so at the moment, you only qualify as a newbie audiophile... ;-) I'm using 12 AWG romex

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Question for Sean

2005-10-27 Thread seanadams
seanadams Wrote: I'm using 12 AWG romex for the speakers, CAT5 for the RCA cables, and twinax for the AC power. Can I get my membership card now? ( kidding ) -- seanadams ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: SB2 audiophile edition

2005-10-27 Thread sfraser
Nope. I bet they would sell more @ $2000 than $1000. It's all in the marketing .. Don't forget the gold plated ethernet jack..;) Scott -- sfraser ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: 96/24 .wav support?

2005-10-27 Thread Michel Fombellida
abdomen Wrote: I understand that 48/24 works now Not completely... see http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1859 Michel -- Michel Fombellida ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: 96/24 .wav support?

2005-10-27 Thread abdomen
Michel Fombellida Wrote: Not completely... see http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1859 Thanks for the information. I voted for the bug, as I have a number of 48/24 recordings I have been meaning to bring into my Slimserver library. -- abdomen

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: SB2 audiophile edition

2005-10-27 Thread JJZolx
MrC Wrote: I happend to find an interesting article on the New York Times regarding Olive's players. With the references in this thread to those products, I thought others might find it an interesting read.

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Sorting files by bitrate

2005-10-27 Thread radish
I'm curious - what do you use Mixmeister for on an HTPC? -- radish ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Question for Sean

2005-10-27 Thread CardinalFang
seanadams Wrote: ( kidding ) Ah - it was a test to see if the true audiophile would spot that you had failed to mention the direction of the cable and its orientation with repect to magnetic North. Does anyone remember the HiFi show in the UK where Linn removed all the telephones to stop the

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Sorting files by bitrate

2005-10-27 Thread sfraser
radish Wrote: I'm curious - what do you use Mixmeister for on an HTPC?[/QUOTE Typically I use it to make mixed 6-8 hour party music mix's (my wife and I are Parrotheads). I remote desktop into the HTPC ( which is connected to my Home theatre and networked into my music server in the

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Sound Quality w/ Latest Firmware

2005-10-27 Thread jhwilliams
sleepysurf Wrote: If this is gonna take a while to implement, any chance of posting the latest pre-log nightly/beta for us to revert back to, for comparison? Frankly, I too, have suspected something ain't right lately, but haven't had time to investigate. Unfortunately I'm at work so I

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: EAC vs Musicmatch

2005-10-27 Thread jhwilliams
sfraser Wrote: Hi, I am new to the SB2 SS products but have been storing wav files on hardrives for years. Quick qustion, I see alot of people like using EAC product for ripping CD's. What are your opinions regarding file/sound quality of using a product like Musicmatch to rip CD's in WAV

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Replay Gain in next nightly/firmware 22

2005-10-27 Thread WildCoder
I wanted to experiement with the new replaingain settings using my softsqueeze (the one included in 6.2 slimserver) but I can't find a replaigain setting under the player's audio setting. I guess I need to wait for the next release of softsqueeze? -- WildCoder

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Question for dwc

2005-10-27 Thread Pat Farrell
On Thu, 2005-10-27 at 20:34 -0700, dwc wrote: (whose speaker cable is made out of 14g computer power cords with the ends cut off) Last time I checked, 14 gauge wire was good for like 15 amps. How loud do you listen? and how many watts of power does your amp put out? -- Pat

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Question for Sean

2005-10-27 Thread jhwilliams
pfarrell Wrote: Last time I checked, 14 gauge wire was good for like 15 amps. How loud do you listen? and how many watts of power does your amp put out? A mere 1800 watts! Of course, 14 gauge is important for resistance characteristics, esp with long runs... Also there is skin effect,