i was hoping to get help explaining what i'm hearing.
i have a denon 3802 with b&w 610 speakers and a definitive sub. i'm
doing a/b comparisons between using the denon internal dac vs the
sb3's dac.
what i'm hearing is that when using the denon dac, the sound stage is
more forward, and possibly
davehg Wrote:
>
> Why should Sean and his team spend their time determining what the
> problem is when it could be tied to a defective part on a mod?
No reason, I agree. I was just stating a fact, as I see the JD100 as
being more similar to a Squeezebox than a Saleen.
Fixed link to your arti
Until or unless they decide to certify these mods, or release their own
high end audiophile versions (unlikely), the risk is on us. Why should
Sean and his team spend their time determining what the problem is when
it could be tied to a defective part on a mod? That is why companies
like Dinan (B
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> Mark Lanctot Wrote:
> > OK, well I can accept if I'm wrong or if that
> guide is wrong, but...
>
> Now I'm not sure either is wrong. I will try my best
> to track down the
> site where I read what I posted.
>
> Looking at the posts you linked to, leav
Which model do you have?
SB3: No known issues with the s/pdif - by now the implementation has
been extensively proven and I would be very surprised if there are any
bugs.
SB2: very early units may have an impedance match problem on the coax
output, but this was fixed around April.
SB1: there ar
Well for what's it's worth I have the box unchecked and accuraterip has
been reporting that all tracks so far have been accurately ripped.
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nelamvr6 Wrote:
> Well for what's it's worth I have the box unchecked and accuraterip has
> been reporting that all tracks so far have been accurately ripped.
Yes, that should be the moral of the story. Although sometimes when I
cancel the extraction AR says 'all tracks accurately ripped'. When
Skunk wrote:
rick's cafe Wrote:
Could someone give me a brief idiots guide to FLAC Ripping
Easier said than done apparently
I find CDex and FlacFrontEnd a lot easier to
explain and setup than EAC.
I think CDex will do direct flac compression just
as EAC does.
EAC is at best user hostile.
F
fuzzyT Wrote:
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> Skunk, i think you may (or i) must be misunderstanding the meaning of
> that checkbox.
>
> You seems to be describing it as:
>
> "This deluxxe drive caches data, please use the data from the cache in
>
> order to get faster rips."
>
> While I've always understood it to mea
Mark Lanctot Wrote:
>
> If this were the case and the guide were wrong, wouldn't EAC's error
> correction algorithm never trip?
>
Well EAC has permission to slow your drive down to .5x, in which case
the drive would disable it's own cache, afaik.
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Well, no need to go to Hydrogen Audio again. The answer was in EAC as a
tooltip, and I was wrong.
If you mouse over the checkbox for cache in drive options EAC says:
"If your device caches audio data that was just read, it would be a
problem for EAC to read this data again to compare both extrac
Mark Lanctot Wrote:
> OK, well I can accept if I'm wrong or if that guide is wrong, but...
Now I'm not sure either is wrong. I will try my best to track down the
site where I read what I posted.
Looking at the posts you linked to, leaving it checked is what disables
it. Which seems contradicto
Turns out this issue comes up pretty regularly at Hydrogenaudio:
http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=39967
http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=27809
In that last thread, this poster uses a much more accurate term, -cache
override-:
http://tinyurl.com/bf9
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Skunk Wrote:
> http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19263
OK, well I can accept if I'm wrong or if that guide is wrong, but...
If this were the case and the guide were wrong, wouldn't EAC's error
correction algorithm never trip?
Because it does trip with me, at least once per CD. Us
Hey, c'mon here.
What I meant to say was that Hydrogenaudio is so
big I always have a problem finding things there.
I'm sure there is something there, I've just
never been able to find it.
A search might not turn up anything either. It
would either turn up too many results or not enough.
Mark Lanctot Wrote:
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> I'm open to learning but if you're just going to
> say I'm wrong without pointing me in the right
> direction, that doesn't help anybody out, does it?
>
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19263
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Skunk wrote:
fuzzyT Wrote:
IIRC, EAC has the capability to test whether the drive has the caching
feature.
Yes, it does. And if your drive caches it automatically checks the box,
sort of guessing that you want it to rip 'faster' rather than 'better'.
Skunk, i think you may (or i) must be mis
Actually, the "drive caches data" actually
protects the secure ripping process.
From
http://users.pandora.be/satcp/eac03.htm#-
"Drive caches audio data: EAC reads every audio
sector twice and compares them. If the two sectors
are different EAC knows that a read error occurred
and will reread
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See, that's the kind of practical info I need.
Thank you, Skunk! :-)
Skunk wrote:
> fuzzyT Wrote:
>
>>IIRC, EAC has the capability to test whether the
drive has the caching
>>feature.
>
>
> Yes, it does. And if your drive caches it
automatically checks the box,
> sort of guessing that you w
Mark Lanctot Wrote:
>
> I've never looked into it. I'm sure
> Hydrogenaudio would have the answer.
>
>
Is that passive agressiveness?
You sure looked into tagging. Which, AFAIK doesn't require re-ripping
to change.
I hope you're not suggesting that 'I' go look. I am pretty sure I won't
nicky6 said the following on 12/01/2006 08:38:
> A "tapestry" (don't know the english word for a cloth haning on the
> wall) on the side wall
That would be a "wall hanging".
R.
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fuzzyT Wrote:
> IIRC, EAC has the capability to test whether the drive has the caching
> feature.
Yes, it does. And if your drive caches it automatically checks the box,
sort of guessing that you want it to rip 'faster' rather than 'better'.
If your drive is caching data, EAC doesn't read your
IIRC, EAC has the capability to test whether the drive has the caching
feature.
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Yes, that guide is a little dated, and the
detailed guide is very dated.
There could be some reason drive caching isn't
used. I've never looked into it. I'm sure
Hydrogenaudio would have the answer.
m1abrams wrote:
> Skunk Wrote:
>
>>My only quibble w/ that guide is that I believe you
SHOU
Skunk Wrote:
> My only quibble w/ that guide is that I believe you SHOULD check 'drive
> caches data' in 'drive options'. Only then can EAC defeat that feature.
> PLEASE correct me if I'm wrong!
>
> Yeah I thought Accurate Rip took control of my offset testing.. If
> your accurate rips are com
Mark Lanctot Wrote:
>
> http://users.pandora.be/satcp/eac-qs-en.htm
>
My only quibble w/ that guide is that I believe you SHOULD check 'drive
caches data' in 'drive options'. Only then can EAC defeat that feature.
PLEASE correct me if I'm wrong!
Yeah I thought Accurate Rip took control of my
My SB3 runs into an Audio Synthesis DAX Discrete and the results are
very good indeed. Locks on to 44.1khz, upsamples and is off. Never had
any problem.
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fuzzyT Wrote:
> A decent, rough rule of thumb for me has been to estimate about 1GB of
> HDD space needed to store 3 CDs worth of FLAC encoded files.
>
I agree; it a good starting point. My collection of 1448 CD's takes up
479GB (=> 339MB per CD => ~1GB for 3 CD's). I have many older CD's
(~35
Some of this is covered here:
http://users.pandora.be/satcp/eac-qs-en.htm
I can't remember where I found out about how to
configure AccurateRip with EAC (it's not in that
guide), but as I recall it wasn't that
complicated. AccurateRip even determined the
offsets for me, I believe using resul
Also, you should use accurate rip. Once you have set up eac, install
accurate rip, and copy the .dll into the eac directory. Start eac, and
insert some original cd's until it finds one it recognises, rip it, and
you should be good to go.
If you want to go the whole hog you can also calculate an
A decent, rough rule of thumb for me has been to estimate about 1GB of
HDD space needed to store 3 CDs worth of FLAC encoded files.
Double this figure if you want to keep a backup of your library on HDD.
Background numbers:
CDs are averaging about 500 to 550MB.
FLAC encoding results in an aver
as far as i know this was ONLY an issue with the original squeezebox 1
and pcm. the chip used to process pcm (as opposed to mp3) was an off
the shelf unit which had abysmal specs for timing - it wasn;t capable
of keeping a true 44.1khz clock rate but wobbled around it - various
software fixes were
You're welcome!
One thing which the EAC Quickstart guide lightly
brushes on is the command-line FLAC and EAC encoders.
These may seem a bit obscure, but with
command-line switches you can do some incredibly
powerful things and have a dramatic effect on the
sound in just one step!
The quickst
Has this issue been further investigated or resolved?
Ironically, when I bought my sb3's, it was with the intention of
acquiring a Bel Canto (or similar DAC) to use with it.
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jtfields Wrote:
>
> Sorry, I'm not trying to completely hijack this thread.
>
I think us single driver people already hijacked it ;)
I have never heard those speakers, but Swans does have a name in the
mid-fi community.
I know Swans makes 3k$+ speakers too, and with the two higher end
m
Mark .. once again .. many thanks for the explaination which I found
very helpful...
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rick's cafe wrote:
Could someone give me a brief idiots guide to FLAC Ripping vs WAV vs
MP3.
I'm not sure if you are asking about the file formats or
ripping software.
Since, this is the audiophiles list, part of the answer can be short and
easy. MP3 and other lossy formats throw away parts
Download EAC from here:
http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/
Configure it using this:
http://users.pandora.be/satcp/eac-qs-en.htm
To burn to WAV, use the EAC "WAV" button. To burn
to FLAC, use the EAC "MP3" button but with the
"FLAC (compression)" profile loaded. To burn to
MP3, use the EAC "MP3"
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Could someone give me a brief idiots guide to FLAC Ripping vs WAV vs
MP3. I will be playing all my music on SB3 thru a Cambridge Audio 540R
... any advice or recommendations welcomed.
Also on avg what is the file size for a CD ripped as FLAC vs the rest
and what rippers do you recommend I use.
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