[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Squeezebox 2 - Subtle noise and distortion.

2005-11-21 Thread Patrick Dixon
This states you should use the mov wav * * entry in convert.conf for playback of AAC files. This has never worked for me (I just get a load of digital static noise) which is why after searching these forums I switched to using mov aif * *. I tried mov wav * * with the same result as you. I

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Squeezebox 2 - Subtle noise and distortion.

2005-11-21 Thread slimnick
Patrick Dixon Wrote: I tried mov wav * * with the same result as you. I also tried to create a mov flac * * entry, piping the output of faad to flac I couldn't get that to work either, but that maybe because I didn't really know what I was doing! Yes - I think there is definitely an

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: How to patch SS code for volume control bug?

2005-11-21 Thread MrKegFlex
MrKegFlex Wrote: I don't think I followed the steps properly to revert back to firmware 15. I have 6.2.0 and 6.1.1. I copied the files from server/Firmware in 6.1.1 to the same directory in 6.2.0. Restared my SB2 and it said it was updating the firmware. However, when I look at the

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Squeezebox 2 - Subtle noise and distortion.

2005-11-21 Thread LavaJoe
Patrick Dixon Wrote: I tried mov wav * * with the same result as you. I also tried to create a mov flac * * entry, piping the output of faad to flac I couldn't get that to work either, but that maybe because I didn't really know what I was doing! Did you guys try both -f1 and -f2

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Squeezebox 2 - Subtle noise and distortion.

2005-11-21 Thread slimnick
slimnick Wrote: I've just tried using wav * * with -f 1 and -f 2 FAAD options. Both just give me loads of satic / noise when I play the track. I can only get my ACCs to play using the mov aif * * option in convert.conf. Nick. ...and changing -f 2 to -f 1 makes no difference on my set-up

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Squeezebox 2 - Subtle noise and distortion.

2005-11-21 Thread Patrick Dixon
LavaJoe Wrote: Did you guys try both -f1 and -f2 flags (in faad - with respect to whether the pipe at the end expects WAV of AIF)? I wonder if it's a bigendian/littleendian (byteswap) issue. You'd get static if the sample bytes were swapped, but that's not what's going on with the Kate

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: SB-3 and external DAC

2005-11-21 Thread davehg
I use a Musical Fidelity Tri-Vista 21 DAC, and have a/b'd an unmodified SB3 against the DAC and a Pioneer Elite PD-S95 transport. I actually bought 2 SB3's; one to modify and one to place downstairs so the wife can listen. I think the sound of the stock SB3 into my system is good, but not as

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: How to patch SS code for volume control bug?

2005-11-21 Thread tass
If you've left old (newer!) files in the firmware directory, it's probably still putting you onto the latest version. To do what you are after, you should clean the firmware folder out first. On saying this, though, do old firmware releases work with 6.2? Also, you'd be best performing a blind

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: How to patch SS code for volume control bug?

2005-11-21 Thread MrKegFlex
tass Wrote: If you've left old (newer!) files in the firmware directory, it's probably still putting you onto the latest version. To do what you are after, you should clean the firmware folder out first. On saying this, though, do old firmware releases work with 6.2? Also, you'd be best