[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Replaygain affecting sound quality?

2005-12-10 Thread Patrick Dixon
What SS version are you using? Some versions of the SB volume control, used 16 bit sub-integer divisors and created rounding of 16 bit audio. This was audiable to me and some others (but apparently not everyone!). The latest nightlies don't do this, but only with gains of more than -30dB.

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: How to get a deep soundstage

2005-12-10 Thread hkfind
To me, deep soundstang not about the width but also the arrangement. For example when you playing a CD on orchestra, you can identify the position of the musical instruments with layers. That's the good soundstage! I have this experience in my friend's home. So is anyone can this similar

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Best mod?

2005-12-10 Thread sleepysurf
The Elpac WM075-1950 connector is the exact type and polarity required, thus plug-n-play. -- sleepysurf squeezebox2 (with elpac wm075-1950-760 linear psu) direct to amp using slimserver preamp vol control, 300gb buffalo linkstation (remote flac audio file storage), sunfire cinema grand 200

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Best mod?

2005-12-10 Thread jplatner
thanks very much -- jplatner jplatner's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2320 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18491 ___

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: SB1 digital out compared to SB2 and SB3

2005-12-10 Thread Neil Cameron
Your first assumption may be wrong; there is a potentially relevant diference between the SB2 and SB3 hardware. To quote Bolder CAble Co: It contains all the same circuitry of the SB2 with one small difference. The internal power supply for the digital buffer chips is now powered by a linear

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Best mod?

2005-12-10 Thread mbonsack
sleepysurf Wrote: Nope, the WM080 has entirely different specs. See spec comparison here... http://www.elpac.com/uploads/documents/datasheets/WM%20REV%20A.pdf I stand corrected. So, where can you get the 075 since it appears to have been discontinued? Does one have to settle for the 1.2A

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] A sudden thought...

2005-12-10 Thread Pat Farrell
On Sat, 2005-12-10 at 13:02 -0800, CardinalFang wrote: If the drives were anything less than 100% accurate, PC's wouldn't be able to install apllications or do any of the normal things we take for granted. Sorry, but you've got a twist or two to your thinking. The basic idea is right. Once

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: A sudden thought...

2005-12-10 Thread bludragon
pfarrell Wrote: On Sat, 2005-12-10 at 13:02 -0800, CardinalFang wrote:[color=blue] So you should expect it to sound as good as a $1000 or more 'audiophile' CD player. I think that's pretty optimistic, unless living in the US means you have to suffer some really bad 'audiophile' equipment,

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] 24/96 flac files

2005-12-10 Thread dhuskey
I am doing my own recording into 24/96 flac format. Does anyone know if the SB3 can handle that format, or do i need to dither down to 24/48 or another format? -- dhuskey dhuskey's Profile:

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: SB1 digital out compared to SB2 and SB3

2005-12-10 Thread scan80269
I just purchased a brand new SB3, and a colleague subjected the digital outputs to a quick jitter measurement using Audio Precision equipment. Results: SB3 digital coax out jitter: ~99ps SB3 digital optical out jitter: ~892ps My colleague's own SB1 is supposed to have digital optical out jitter

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: SB1 digital out compared to SB2 and SB3

2005-12-10 Thread Pat Farrell
On Sat, 2005-12-10 at 18:26 -0800, scan80269 wrote: Thus, we believe that SB2/3 digital output is superior to SB1 based on lower jitter levels. Well, you've measured superior jitter levels. No need to believe for the measured units. I believe that most of the focus on jitter is hype to

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: How to get a deep soundstage

2005-12-10 Thread tyler_durden
I have Quad ESL 63s, and make my own ESLs and amplifiers, and I find that the most important factor for sound stage is not the speakers themselves, but their placement in the room, and the listener's position relative to the speakers and walls, etc. I also must confess the #1 soundstage

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Quick question: CD's per hard drive

2005-12-10 Thread tyler_durden
ceejay Wrote: Be careful doing WAV first with EAC and then producing FLAC separately: the advantage ofgoing straight to FLAC is that EAC will look up the metadata and populate your tag information for you, which won't happen if you do it in separate steps - you'll have to use something