[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Fixed vs variable digital output

2006-02-09 Thread fcm4711
Hi Duman Unfortunately I have only limited control over the display from within IR Blaster plugin. SlimServer generates the text you are seeing and the plugin cannot alter that. Sorry. Felix -- fcm4711 Everyone said: This cannot be done. But one day someone came along who didn't know about t

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: A photo of your Squeezebox setup (please)

2006-02-09 Thread pablolie
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[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Cyrus DAC's & Squeezebox 3

2006-02-09 Thread Skunk
I'm not familiar with Cyrus, but I went to their site and the DACX has six digital inputs, 2 toslink optical and 4 digital coax, the Squeezebox 3 can work with this. The DAC XP is a "preamp equipped version, which adds two RCA inputs to the six digital inputs". The Squeezebox can work with this t

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: A photo of your Squeezebox setup (please)

2006-02-09 Thread notanatheist
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[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Power supply upgrade

2006-02-09 Thread richidoo
Kurt Wrote: > Plus it looks really cool! ;-) Make no mistake, I did not infer that it looks good.. It looks like crap unless you hide it in a case, or if you (or your wife) is a electronic geek and can appreciate the beauty of exposed circuitry. See attached pic of my setup with the PS. It is

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Upgrading the Power Supply

2006-02-09 Thread aybee
lade Wrote: > It might just be the smell of the new PS that made me a little nervous. > I'll try again over the weekend. That's the ps from CPC/Farnell isn't it? I too thought it might blow up or melt going by the smell it was giving off. The stink does ease off after about a week of use. Cer

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Active Crossover

2006-02-09 Thread John Stimson
Nah, those are more like the quick & dirty way. They're specific to 1/4" plug audio cables too. I assume that you're going to be using RCA cables. In that case, you want to put the resistor in series with the center conductor, and leave the outer conductor intact. The wiring for the center con

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Upgrading the Power Supply

2006-02-09 Thread lade
BeerCan Wrote: > Well one thing is for sure. The linear supply will be much warmer than > a switcher. So if your SB is on or near the supply it may be getting > its heat that way. If it is not near it then I would suggest somthing > is wrong. I am using a linear and my SB is cool to the touch

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Upgrading the Power Supply

2006-02-09 Thread BeerCan
Well one thing is for sure. The linear supply will be much warmer than a switcher. So if your SB is on or near the supply it may be getting its heat that way. If it is not near it then I would suggest somthing is wrong. I am using a linear and my SB is cool to the touch. -- BeerCan

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Upgrading the Power Supply

2006-02-09 Thread nelamvr6
lade Wrote: > I just got mine today. This is definetly not a switcher - more a > substantial transformer. Anyway, I just disconnected it again as I > thought my Squeezebox was getting a little warm (something I haven't > noticed when using the stock PS). > Anyone else made this observation? I h

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Active Crossover

2006-02-09 Thread jonheal
John Stimson Wrote: > Because if a bass sound is hard-panned to one side or the other, you may > miss it completely. Bass may be fairly nondirectional but that's no > guarantee that the left and right channels of all recordings will be > identical in the 20-80Hz range. > > A quick & dirty way t

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Cyrus DAC's & Squeezebox 3

2006-02-09 Thread thelaurels
Can anyone confirm which versions of Cyrus DAC's the squeezebox 3 works with? There appears to be a lot of history here but sorting the wood from the trees, is not easy. DAC X, DAC XP, wide mode/sonic improvements upgrade, etc. Thanks -- thelaurels

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Active Crossover

2006-02-09 Thread John Stimson
Because if a bass sound is hard-panned to one side or the other, you may miss it completely. Bass may be fairly nondirectional but that's no guarantee that the left and right channels of all recordings will be identical in the 20-80Hz range. A quick & dirty way to blend the channels would be to

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Upgrading the Power Supply

2006-02-09 Thread lade
nelamvr6 Wrote: > Not a lot of info on that site...are you sure that's not a switcher? I just got mine today. This is definetly not a switcher - more a substantial transformer. Anyway, I just disconnected it again as I thought my Squeezebox was getting a little warm (something I haven't noticed

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Active Crossover

2006-02-09 Thread ezkcdude
jonheal Wrote: > But the sub only has a mono input. It's expecting a mono sub output from > a modern preamp/receiver. Why can't you run the RCA from either the R or L channel alone to the mono input on the sub? You don't need to sum the channels. -- ezkcdude --

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Upgrading the Power Supply

2006-02-09 Thread dwsomers
"Define "reasonable". A warranty would push up the price. Of course, I would warrant that it would work, but if you want 12 months or something it would be reflected in the price. As for knowing what I'm doing, I have been "doing" electronics for > 30 years and have a degree in ElectroAcoustics

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: A photo of your Squeezebox setup (please)

2006-02-09 Thread Horizons
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[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: A photo of your Squeezebox setup (please)

2006-02-09 Thread jep
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[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Upgrading the Power Supply

2006-02-09 Thread Robin Bowes
dwsomers said the following on 02/09/2006 07:00 PM: > Robin Bowes quote > "I spy a business opprtunity ... :) > > How much would folk be prepared to pay for a plug and play linear > supply? > > What sort of box would you like (will affect the cost) ?" > > Well Robin, I'm certainly interested. It

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Active Crossover

2006-02-09 Thread John Stimson
Hi Jon, You asked about my homebuilt crossover on the photos thread. So as not to clutter up that thread with unrelated chatter, I'm responding here. I designed my crossover based on the system concepts I read about in an article in -Speaker Builder- magazine. I used IC op-amps instead of the

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: A photo of your Squeezebox setup (please)

2006-02-09 Thread Frode
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[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Active Crossover

2006-02-09 Thread Skunk
jonheal Wrote: > Pat, > > 12 ft. of four fat speaker cables draped across the room? WAF: -80. > Now, that, I'm sure you can understand! Should you choose this path, you only need a thin guage wire to carry the actual high level signal, not another big fat one to drive the woofer, which will tak

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Active Crossover

2006-02-09 Thread jonheal
pfarrell Wrote: > jonheal wrote: > > Actually, I think my system goes fairly low as it is. I haven't put > an > > SPL meter on it yet, but I think it's safe to say that it's no more > > than 3db down at 60Hz. Maybe 50Hz. (I'll find out for sure with a > meter > > before I proceed too much further

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Upgrading the Power Supply

2006-02-09 Thread dwsomers
Robin Bowes quote "I spy a business opprtunity ... :) How much would folk be prepared to pay for a plug and play linear supply? What sort of box would you like (will affect the cost) ?" Well Robin, I'm certainly interested. It would be good if you could throw a few options our way in terms of c

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Active Crossover

2006-02-09 Thread Pale Blue Ego
Look for a used Audio Control "Richter Scale" active sub crossover. Stick it between the pre and pro. Done. -- Pale Blue Ego Pale Blue Ego's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=110 View this thread

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Active Crossover

2006-02-09 Thread Pat Farrell
jonheal wrote: > 12 ft. of four fat speaker cables draped across the room? WAF: -80. > Now, that, I'm sure you can understand! Yeah, that is close to 'sleep in the tub' unacceptable. -- Pat http://www.pfarrell.com/music/slimserver/slimsoftware.html __

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Upgrading the Power Supply

2006-02-09 Thread joncourage
Sorry, haven't investigated it as I'm in the US and ordered mine from Allied. Just saw it on the other thread and assumed it was posted by someone who'd already done the homework. -- joncourage joncourage's Profile: http:

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Active Crossover

2006-02-09 Thread jonheal
pfarrell Wrote: > jonheal wrote: > > I have an older preamp that does not include any internal circuitry > or > > connections to accomodate a subwoofer. Nevertheless, I would like to > > get a subwoofer, but I would prefer not to string miles of speaker > > cable in order to use the subwoofer's h

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Active Crossover

2006-02-09 Thread Skunk
jonheal Wrote: > But the sub only has a mono input. It's expecting a mono sub output from > a modern preamp/receiver. It's expecting the low frequencies from both the L and R channels. Some receivers do this on the LFE out, but most audiophiles use regular amps, so they feed both the L and R c

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Active Crossover

2006-02-09 Thread Pat Farrell
jonheal wrote: > Actually, I think my system goes fairly low as it is. I haven't put an > SPL meter on it yet, but I think it's safe to say that it's no more > than 3db down at 60Hz. Maybe 50Hz. (I'll find out for sure with a meter > before I proceed too much further.) > (I'm looking for that extra

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Active Crossover

2006-02-09 Thread jonheal
http://www.rane.com/note109.html -- jonheal Jon Heal says: Have a nice day! http://www.theheals.org/ jonheal's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2133 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Active Crossover

2006-02-09 Thread Skunk
jonheal Wrote: > Robin, > I was under the impression that it was not acceptable to sum the > channels with a Y-connector because you mess up the impedance. Is this > not true? If you didn't have a tape loop, you put a Y on L and a Y on the R output of your pre. One set goes to sub, the other to

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Active Crossover

2006-02-09 Thread Robin Bowes
jonheal said the following on 02/09/2006 05:34 PM: > I was under the impression that it was not acceptable to sum the > channels with a Y-connector because you mess up the impedance. Is this > not true? It will affect the impedance, but if both inputs are high (they should be) then the difference

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Active Crossover

2006-02-09 Thread Skunk
jonheal Wrote: > Who knows? The bottom line is that they are supposed to either roll-off > the high or low end at 12db per octave at a given frequency. The sub comes with one of those, it's called a crossover. Your mains have one too... You should investigate tweaking the crossover in you mai

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Active Crossover

2006-02-09 Thread jonheal
Robin Bowes Wrote: > jonheal said the following on 02/09/2006 12:34 PM: > > I think we need a "Components" forum for this sort of post, but be > that > > as it may, I'll proceed. > > > > I have an older preamp that does not include any internal circuitry > or > > connections to accomodate a subw

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Active Crossover

2006-02-09 Thread Pat Farrell
jonheal wrote: > I have an older preamp that does not include any internal circuitry or > connections to accomodate a subwoofer. Nevertheless, I would like to > get a subwoofer, but I would prefer not to string miles of speaker > cable in order to use the subwoofer's high-level inputs. Doesn't you

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Active Crossover

2006-02-09 Thread jonheal
ezkcdude Wrote: > The description says they are "active crossover simulators". What > exactly does that mean? Who knows? The bottom line is that they are supposed to either roll-off the high or low end at 12db per octave at a given frequency. It's difficult to find authoritative reviews of these

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Active Crossover

2006-02-09 Thread ezkcdude
The description says they are "active crossover simulators". What exactly does that mean? -- ezkcdude ezkcdude's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2545 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Active Crossover

2006-02-09 Thread jonheal
ezkcdude Wrote: > Another idea is to get one of the ready-made crossovers from Parts > Express, such as this one: > http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?&DID=7&Partnumber=260-221 I believe those crossovers are intended for high-level inputs. But browsing around Parts Express, I came across

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Active Crossover

2006-02-09 Thread Robin Bowes
jonheal said the following on 02/09/2006 12:34 PM: > I think we need a "Components" forum for this sort of post, but be that > as it may, I'll proceed. > > I have an older preamp that does not include any internal circuitry or > connections to accomodate a subwoofer. Nevertheless, I would like to

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Active Crossover

2006-02-09 Thread ezkcdude
Another idea is to get one of the ready-made crossovers from Parts Express, such as this one: http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?&DID=7&Partnumber=260-221 -- ezkcdude ezkcdude's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Need non-audiophile small power amp

2006-02-09 Thread P Floding
Skunk Wrote: > There's the super T amp > http://www.si-technologies.com/frontEnd/cm_productDetail.jsp?productID=35 > > The case fullfills your 'cool looking' requirement, but I think the > black one looks cool too. > > Good tip on the volume/power bypass Pfloding. Do you notice any major > dif

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Active Crossover

2006-02-09 Thread konut
While the DCX is popular, due to parts shortages, its currently unavailable. Behringer makes an inexpensive electronic analog xover, the CX 2310 which goes for around $100 street and has the flexibility you require. The only thing is you'll need to get adapter cables from RCA to XLR which will ra

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Need non-audiophile small power amp

2006-02-09 Thread Skunk
There's the super T amp http://www.si-technologies.com/frontEnd/cm_productDetail.jsp?productID=35 The case fullfills your 'cool looking' requirement, but I think the black one looks cool too. Good tip on the volume/power bypass Pfloding. Do you notice any major differences between your version

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Active Crossover

2006-02-09 Thread ezkcdude
You mean you need a high-pass filter between the amp and main speakers? There are a lot of people who swear by the Behringer DCX2496 active crossover, which can be used as a 2- or 3-way crossover. I believe it costs around $300. Do a search on diyaudio forums, and you'll see plenty of discussion a

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Active Crossover

2006-02-09 Thread jonheal
Skunk Wrote: > Doesn't your current pre have a 'tape' output for recording to cassette? > Maybe you could run that to the sub, and use the subs crossover. The problem there is that 100% of the signal would still proceed into the power amp for the main speakers. I need a low-pass filter between th

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Active Crossover

2006-02-09 Thread Skunk
Doesn't your current pre have a 'tape' output for recording to cassette? Maybe you could run that to the sub, and use the subs crossover. -- Skunk Skunk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2685 View

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Active Crossover

2006-02-09 Thread jonheal
I think we need a "Components" forum for this sort of post, but be that as it may, I'll proceed. I have an older preamp that does not include any internal circuitry or connections to accomodate a subwoofer. Nevertheless, I would like to get a subwoofer, but I would prefer not to string miles of s

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Upgrading the Power Supply

2006-02-09 Thread nelamvr6
joncourage Wrote: > This was the one I was thinking of from another thread: > > http://tinyurl.com/8rz6x Not a lot of info on that site...are you sure that's not a switcher? -- nelamvr6 nelamvr6's Profile: http://forums

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: A photo of your Squeezebox setup (please)

2006-02-09 Thread Frode
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[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: A photo of your Squeezebox setup (please)

2006-02-09 Thread jonheal
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[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Need non-audiophile small power amp

2006-02-09 Thread P Floding
Millwood Wrote: > I need a simple stereo power amp to drive in-ceiling speakers in my > kitchen from my SB3. I'd like something small and cool. I think > 10W/channel is plenty. Listening will be mostly talk radio. > > I've seen DrAmp and Pragmantics SAA - but I can't figure out how to buy > e

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Upgrading the Power Supply

2006-02-09 Thread P Floding
Heuer Wrote: > RS Components sell the Lambda PSU in the UK. RS stock number: 173-1604. > This is the one I used. If nothing else you can download the full PSU > spec from the RS site as a pdf. > > Finished item: > > http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y186/q-max/DSCF0124.jpg Is it just me that ha