[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: UK Transporters

2006-10-04 Thread Fifer
Thanks Patrick and apologies for casting aspertions. Do you know yet, when stock will arrive in the UK to fulfill orders place with official distributors? -- Fifer Fifer's Profile:

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: The modifying crowd and the Transporter

2006-10-04 Thread SuperQ
CardinalFang;142516 Wrote: But we do have the means to do it, it would just be prohibitively expensive! Think of the measuring gear used in military listening devices or all manner of scientific measuring equipment in physics labs that require incredible fidelity. They cost billions to

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: The modifying crowd and the Transporter

2006-10-04 Thread rajacat
opaqueice;142685 Wrote: Honest buck? I don't think so. And if you think that's OK, I suggest you read The Jungle by Upton Sinclair - would you like to go back to the days when there was no regulation of food or drugs, and snake-oil salesmen went around selling cure-alls to suckers? That's

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Flawless Gapless FLAC?

2006-10-04 Thread Wombat
I even wanted to give up the Squeezebox altogether cause of gap problems. Believe me, flac now is gapless. -- Wombat Wombat's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4113 View this thread:

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: The modifying crowd and the Transporter

2006-10-04 Thread P Floding
opaqueice;142685 Wrote: Honest buck? I don't think so. And if you think that's OK, I suggest you read The Jungle by Upton Sinclair - would you like to go back to the days when there was no regulation of food or drugs, and snake-oil salesmen went around selling cure-alls to suckers? That's

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: What should be the first upgrade?

2006-10-04 Thread P Floding
jmourik;142658 Wrote: I'm looking into upgrading my system, but don't know where to start... Current system: - Denon AVR-4800 - Mission 776 speakers, BW center and surround speakers - SB2 - Toshiba dvd player Considering: - Outlaw (990 or 970) + 7125? or 1070??? - Maybe new front

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: xmod :)

2006-10-04 Thread P Floding
Nikhil;142687 Wrote: Transporter, shmansporter I think we're all going about this audiophile business in a wrong way. here is the solution to all our woes http://creative.com/products/product.asp?category=209subcategory=668product=15913 Check out the awesome graph. Can the

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: The modifying crowd and the Transporter

2006-10-04 Thread CardinalFang
95bcwh;142702 Wrote: A pointless thread, all begins with people thrashing things that they have never listened to, imposing their own egoistic viewpoint, their self-perceived sense of superiority and expect the rest of the world to follow. Well for my part, I hope I contributed sound

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Loop for DSP, EQ, etc.

2006-10-04 Thread P Floding
PhilNYC;142688 Wrote: I would think that the design is coming to address all of the TaCT users on this forum. My guess is something that would allow you to send the digital-out signal to a digital processor like a TacT, then take the digital-out from the processor back to the digital-in on

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: The modifying crowd and the Transporter

2006-10-04 Thread adamslim
This thread has highlighted an important point: people disagree, and often do so irrationally. Of the 'sides' we have (objective vs subjective, perhaps), neither is really willing to listen to what the other really has to say, and life is kinda like that. It reminds me of someone's signature I

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: The modifying crowd and the Transporter

2006-10-04 Thread CardinalFang
adamslim;142759 Wrote: This thread has highlighted an important point: people disagree, and often do so irrationally. Of the 'sides' we have (objective vs subjective, perhaps), neither is really willing to listen to what the other really has to say, and life is kinda like that. I really

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] For Sale Apple Mp4 For A Cheap Price Of ....$150usd

2006-10-04 Thread powel
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[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: xmod :)

2006-10-04 Thread Fifer
It's got an X-Fi 24-bit Crystalizer and CNSS 3-D! Looks like the Tranporter's already obsolete ... -- Fifer Fifer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=639 View this thread:

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: xmod :)

2006-10-04 Thread mattybain
OMG is that for real? someone tell me this is a spoof site!! -- mattybain '[image: http://imagegen.last.fm/recenttracks3/recenttracks/MattyBain.gif]' (http://www.last.fm/user/MattyBain/?chartstyle=recenttracks3)

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Hey Sean

2006-10-04 Thread SteveC
TiredLegs;142070 Wrote: $485 for a little wooden knob?! For that much, they should at least give you the whole beech tree. They do, but the extra charge is to convert the rest of the tree to shavings to pack the knob in. -- SteveC

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: 'Wake On Audio' amplifier

2006-10-04 Thread max . spicer
radish;142609 Wrote: I loved my t-amp until it went bang and melted, taking it's PSU and a channel on my mixer with it :( I'm sure it was a freak occurance but I haven't bought a replacement. Eek, that wouldn't be good! Anyone who's seen a photo of my bedroom setup could see the problems

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: The modifying crowd and the Transporter

2006-10-04 Thread opaqueice
CardinalFang;142762 Wrote: I really object to that if you are including me in that sweeping statement. I for one never tried to shut anyone down with irrational statements and I was more than happy for someone to prove me wrong. Sean backs up his statements with product that impresses with

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: What should be the first upgrade?

2006-10-04 Thread Skunk
I wouldn't consider the SB3 an upgrade if you already have an SB2. Also, the DAC in the Transporter wouldn't make a difference when run through the Denon, unless in 2 channel bypass mode. -- Skunk Skunk's Profile:

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: The modifying crowd and the Transporter

2006-10-04 Thread opaqueice
P Floding;142737 Wrote: I have lived in a semi-socialist country, so I know a bit about over-regulation and its negative effects. Only things that can hurt you need be regulated. If you want to hurt yourself in the wallet by purchasing stuff purely based on the sellers hype -then you must be

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: xmod :)

2006-10-04 Thread adamslim
enhancing the highs and lows Voices are centered in front of you feel like you're sitting in with your favorite band It restores the details, expands the music X-Fi? Bah, humbug. I want XXX-Fi, a system so good it faithfully reproduces Christina Aguilera doing a table dance just for me ;)

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: What should be the first upgrade?

2006-10-04 Thread jan van mourik
Yes, didn't make that clear, the sb2 is really in my bedroom, but I move it to my main system on occasion. Which is too much hassle, so I want an sb3 or transporter.I haven't done any contact cleaning, no. Or fancy cabling... jan ___ audiophiles mailing

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: What should be the first upgrade?

2006-10-04 Thread adamslim
jmourik;142658 Wrote: - Denon AVR-4800 - Mission 776 speakers, BW center and surround speakers - SB2 - Toshiba dvd player Were I in your situation, I would separate the audio from the AV - that's my angle: I use a stereo system with an 8' projector :) So that would involve getting a

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: What should be the first upgrade?

2006-10-04 Thread joncourage
Is there an amp you can plug more than one thing into? (SB + pre-outs of an HT system's L/R, for instance) -- joncourage joncourage's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2837 View this thread:

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: What should be the first upgrade?

2006-10-04 Thread adamslim
joncourage;142824 Wrote: Is there an amp you can plug more than one thing into? (SB + pre-outs of an HT system's L/R, for instance) I would probably suggest an integrated, as the volume might be useful with the SB2. Although I have not yet tried to determine the sonic impact of the digital

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: What should be the first upgrade?

2006-10-04 Thread joncourage
Good reminder about the vol control on the SB. Thanks. -- joncourage joncourage's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2837 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28256

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: The modifying crowd and the Transporter

2006-10-04 Thread highdudgeon
Well said. CardinalFang;142762 Wrote: I really object to that if you are including me in that sweeping statement. I for one never tried to shut anyone down with irrational statements and I was more than happy for someone to prove me wrong. Sean backs up his statements with product that

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: What should be the first upgrade?

2006-10-04 Thread GoCubs
jmourik;142658 Wrote: I'm looking into upgrading my system, but don't know where to start... Current system: - Denon AVR-4800 - Mission 776 speakers, BW center and surround speakers - SB2 - Toshiba dvd player Interesting... I have a very similar set up. Denon AVR-4802 and Mission

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Sirius Satellite goes CD quality over internet

2006-10-04 Thread GoCubs
Walleyefisher;142663 Wrote: Greg - I found the other posting about issues with the sirius plugin. I realized that since I updated to 6.5 I didn't kill the built in WMA. That was my problem all along. Thank you for your support and I'm happily listening to the 128k stream which is a

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Sirius Satellite goes CD quality over internet

2006-10-04 Thread Andy Grundman
On Oct 4, 2006, at 9:56 AM, GoCubs wrote: Walleyefisher;142663 Wrote: Greg - I found the other posting about issues with the sirius plugin. I realized that since I updated to 6.5 I didn't kill the built in WMA. That was my problem all along. Thank you for your support and I'm happily

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Sirius Satellite goes CD quality over internet

2006-10-04 Thread Andy Grundman
On Oct 4, 2006, at 10:03 AM, Andy Grundman wrote: On Oct 4, 2006, at 9:56 AM, GoCubs wrote: Walleyefisher;142663 Wrote: Greg - I found the other posting about issues with the sirius plugin. I realized that since I updated to 6.5 I didn't kill the built in WMA. That was my problem all

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: The modifying crowd and the Transporter

2006-10-04 Thread 95bcwh
adamslim;142759 Wrote: neither is really willing to listen to what the other really has to say, and life is kinda like that. I don't listen to what people say, I don't fall for the claims of any modders, I don't listen to measurement either. I LISTEN to the product with my own ear, every

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Sirius Satellite goes CD quality over internet

2006-10-04 Thread GoCubs
Andy Grundman;142851 Wrote: I should say that yes I know of the existing bug report but the WMA handling since 6.3.1 has changed a lot so we need a new log. Sure thing. I've gone ahead and attached to the bug (http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=3001) current log output using the

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: UK Transporters

2006-10-04 Thread patrick
I hope to have most of the backlog gone by end of next week. This is a hope, not a commitment. Patrick -- patrick patrick's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6 View this thread:

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: What should be the first upgrade?

2006-10-04 Thread ErikM
I guess the question is what are you trying to acomplish and at what $$$ Everything you have and I'm not trying to be rude is pretty mid fi ( except the Denon which is a good home theater receiver , but not a great sounding amplifier) if I was trying to redo the system I'd start with auditioning

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Why does it sound better?

2006-10-04 Thread ErikM
I'm new here but have been doing audio for a LONG time both as a hobby and as a living. I my opinion and I'm not humble about this :-) the sound quality of these units is the same as it's always been.. it all about the power supply and the analog stage, period. If one thinks there are

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: The modifying crowd and the Transporter

2006-10-04 Thread rajacat
If Bolder, RW Audio and others had not experimented with different modifications and improved power supplies we might still be stuck with just the original unmodified SB. I believe because of their efforts Sean was spurred to create the Transporter because he realized that their mods worked and

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: The modifying crowd and the Transporter

2006-10-04 Thread tyler_durden
rajacat;142874 Wrote: If Bolder, RW Audio and others had not experimented with different modifications and improved power supplies we might still be stuck with just the original unmodified SB. I believe because of their efforts Sean was spurred to create the Transporter because he realized

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Why does it sound better?

2006-10-04 Thread 95bcwh
ErikM;142873 Wrote: I'm new here but have been doing audio for a LONG time both as a hobby and as a living. I my opinion and I'm not humble about this :-) the sound quality of these units is the same as it's always been.. it all about the power supply and the analog stage, period. If one

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: The modifying crowd and the Transporter

2006-10-04 Thread rajacat
tyler_durden;142877 Wrote: I think it more likely he saw that there was a market for a $2K player and decided to get into that market. Now he has to deal with all the usual problems of people who don't know about computers trying to make the thing work, plus he has to deal with looney

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Why does it sound better?

2006-10-04 Thread ErikM
No I'm not. Since the Transporter has better power supplies and I assume a cleaner, lower jitter output, I believe it will be a better Transport I do believe that going into the same out board DAC using a Transporter and a SB3 the Transporter should sound better. But there won't be as big a

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: What should be the first upgrade?

2006-10-04 Thread jan van mourik
i'm trying to go from mid fi to mid + fi. this system will be used for both stereo and home theater. from the components i'm considering you can see how much i'm willing to pay! thanks for the suggestions! On 10/4/06, ErikM [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I guess the question is what are you trying

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Why does it sound better?

2006-10-04 Thread adamslim
ErikM;142873 Wrote: How about a Transporter built by Meridian.. Now that would be state of the art sound! I was chatting to a sales guy from Meridian recently and he said that they all had Squeezeboxes, and they had loads around the factory. I wonder what we'll be seeing from them soon? :)

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: The modifying crowd and the Transporter

2006-10-04 Thread tomjtx
rajacat;142882 Wrote: Have you compared a Bolder modded SB and power supply to an unmodded one? If you haven't your opinion really doesn't mean much and is not a point of view of a rational person. Just one more mindless Slimdevice fanboy. Is it really necessary to be insulting? BTW I am

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Why does it sound better?

2006-10-04 Thread ErikM
I can garentee it will sound amazing... -- ErikM ErikM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7576 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28126

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: The modifying crowd and the Transporter

2006-10-04 Thread 95bcwh
tomjtx;142891 Wrote: Is it really necessary to be insulting? BTW I am somewhere between the 2 camps. I have a Bolder modded Elpac and I heard a big difference, but I also think there is a lot of chicanery out there and blind tests can be a good guide. He's just returning the favor, the

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: The modifying crowd and the Transporter

2006-10-04 Thread seanadams
rajacat;142874 Wrote: If Bolder, RW Audio and others had not experimented with different modifications and improved power supplies we might still be stuck with just the original unmodified SB. I believe because of their efforts Sean was spurred to create the Transporter because he realized

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: What should be the first upgrade?

2006-10-04 Thread ErikM
Start with the speakers! ( front mains first) Lots of good ones.. Vandersteen, Proac, BW, Thiel, Focal, Dynaudio.. Just to name a few.. Once you find the ones you love add electronics that compliment them, not just drive them. Then source, then cables, and powerline conditioning. The trick to a

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: What should be the first upgrade?

2006-10-04 Thread TiredLegs
Audio reproduction is only as good as its weakest link, so deciding what to upgrade depends on which component is most limiting your current system. In my own systems over the decades, speaker upgrades have made the most obvious improvements. The magnitude of difference between various speakers

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: The modifying crowd and the Transporter

2006-10-04 Thread adamslim
seanadams;142899 Wrote: Magic Pebbles: http://www.machinadynamica.com/machina17.htm There's science! They must work! Where's my credit card!!! -- adamslim SB3 and Shanling CDT-100, Rotel RT-990BX, Esoteric Audio Research 859, Living Voice Auditorium IIs, Nordost cables

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: The modifying crowd and the Transporter

2006-10-04 Thread P Floding
seanadams;142899 Wrote: That is absolute bullshit. Transporter incorporates none of those ideas and I have no reason to believe any of them work any better than these Magic Pebbles: http://www.machinadynamica.com/machina17.htm The only idea to come directly out of the mod community

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: What should be the first upgrade?

2006-10-04 Thread P Floding
jan van mourik;142822 Wrote: Yes, didn't make that clear, the sb2 is really in my bedroom, but I move it to my main system on occasion. Which is too much hassle, so I want an sb3 or transporter. I haven't done any contact cleaning, no. Or fancy cabling... jan No! No fancy cabling!

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: The modifying crowd and the Transporter

2006-10-04 Thread CardinalFang
95bcwh;142859 Wrote: The other side, so-called objective folks, they based their opinion on measurement. They think that there's 100% correlation between measurement and good sound. They believe that they have a moral high ground because measurement said so. So they pick on people that they

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: The modifying crowd and the Transporter

2006-10-04 Thread andy_c
Anybody wishing to find out more about the Jung super reg topology should check out Walt's regulator articles here: http://waltjung.org/Regs.html In Sean's earlier post, he mentioned that Andrew Weekes helped him with the super reg design. Andrew is well known over at diyaudio.com for having

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: What should be the first upgrade?

2006-10-04 Thread adamslim
My advice is the same to anyone: find a complete system that you just fall in love with, and work towards that. If you just audition one component at a time, you will never stop upgrading. There are huge differences between systems, so listen to as many as you can, and you will find one that

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: The modifying crowd and the Transporter

2006-10-04 Thread seanadams
P Floding;142904 Wrote: But isn't it the case that the very existence of modders (private or commercial) has been a factor in deciding that the Transporter is a feasible product? Transporter is targeted to the high end market. Modders are a tiny portion of that. I have no problem with people

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: The modifying crowd and the Transporter

2006-10-04 Thread jhm731
Transporter mods: http://www.referenceaudiomods.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PRODProduct_Code=SDTransporterCategory_Code=MODSProduct_Count=44 -- jhm731 jhm731's Profile:

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: The modifying crowd and the Transporter

2006-10-04 Thread 95bcwh
jhm731;142923 Wrote: Transporter mods: http://www.referenceaudiomods.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PRODProduct_Code=SDTransporterCategory_Code=MODSProduct_Count=44 Unless you know him, or unless he offers money back guarantee, you will be insane to fall for it. -- 95bcwh

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: The modifying crowd and the Transporter

2006-10-04 Thread occam
seanadams;142919 Wrote: Of course, I listen all the time. There are many things that are easy to hear but hard to measure, particularly with respect to the codec algorithms. However, I don't design the products to satisfy my own subjective preferences. When it comes to the DAC, things like

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Why does it sound better?

2006-10-04 Thread 95bcwh
ErikM;142890 Wrote: I can garentee it will sound amazing... I am pretty much convinced that eventually we will see a series of wireless transporter from CARY, Ayre, Merridian, Esotericwith price ranging from $2000 to $5!! -- 95bcwh

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: xmod :)

2006-10-04 Thread 77dzu
Here is more Xmod http://www.denguru.com/2005/07/05/creative/ -- 77dzu 77dzu's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5329 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28260

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: The modifying crowd and the Transporter

2006-10-04 Thread jbm0
jhm731;142923 Wrote: Transporter mods: http://www.referenceaudiomods.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PRODProduct_Code=SDTransporterCategory_Code=MODSProduct_Count=44 Oh, c'mon now. No reason to wave a red cape in Sean's face -- an earlier post already got him to display an

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: The modifying crowd and the Transporter

2006-10-04 Thread tomjtx
jhm731;142923 Wrote: Transporter mods: http://www.referenceaudiomods.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PRODProduct_Code=SDTransporterCategory_Code=MODSProduct_Count=44 This is where my skeptical side takes over. How have they had the time to evaluate the stock Tranporter, let alone each of

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: The modifying crowd and the Transporter

2006-10-04 Thread CardinalFang
seanadams;142919 Wrote: There are many things that are easy to hear but hard to measure, particularly with respect to the codec algorithms. That's an interesting comment - surely codec algorithms are fairly standardised and it's down to a good implementation that can supply correctly decoded

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: The modifying crowd and the Transporter

2006-10-04 Thread seanadams
CardinalFang;142941 Wrote: That's an interesting comment - surely codec algorithms are fairly standardised and it's down to a good implementation that can supply correctly decoded data at the appropriate time for the DAC. Are there that many variables in implementations or are you listening

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Why does it sound better?

2006-10-04 Thread Jez
jhm731;142498 Wrote: Can anyone on this forum hear 5-10 db differences at a -130db noise floor? Has anyone compared the DAC-1 to the DAC section of the Transporter? I actually did exactly this prior to going to the CEDIA show. This is obviously going to sound like shameless marketing, but

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: The modifying crowd and the Transporter

2006-10-04 Thread CardinalFang
seanadams;142943 Wrote: Not so much the math - certainly you don't mod and MPEG decoder in the same way you would a power supply or something. What I'm talking about is listening for glitches, dropped samples, misaligned data, different kinds of buffer issues, etc. There is a whole bunch of

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Why does it sound better?

2006-10-04 Thread P Floding
Jez;142946 Wrote: I actually did exactly this prior to going to the CEDIA show. This is obviously going to sound like shameless marketing, but I was concerned that with my cloth ears I wouldn't be able to hear any difference . . so I wanted get the facts before engaging sales BS mode ;-)

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: xmod :)

2006-10-04 Thread jeffluckett
CardinalFang;142920 Wrote: That sound like ideal hunting grounds for a lawyer! Someone surely is going to buy one and then slap down the law suit when they don't hear all that stuff... The graph is amazing though. I've tried measuring my experience before, but the tape measure keeps

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Why does it sound better?

2006-10-04 Thread Jez
P Floding;142957 Wrote: Did you try just connecting one source at a time to the speakers to see if it made any difference to sound quality? No. I'm afraid it was all a bit of a 'quick and dirty' test based on what kit we had to hand and how much time I had access to the Transporter for. We

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Why does it sound better?

2006-10-04 Thread P Floding
Jez;142968 Wrote: No. I'm afraid it was all a bit of a 'quick and dirty' test based on what kit we had to hand and how much time I had access to the Transporter for. We are setting up a serious listening room here in Mountain View so I'm very excited to hear how everything sounds through a

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: xmod :)

2006-10-04 Thread Robin Bowes
flattop100 wrote: I'm a live sound engineer. We have a slogan for these types of situations. 'You can't polish a turd, no matter how hard you try.' Here in Yorkshire, UK, we have a more succinct turn of phrase: Shit in, shit out. R. ___

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: The modifying crowd and the Transporter

2006-10-04 Thread Wombat
jhm731;142923 Wrote: Transporter mods: http://www.referenceaudiomods.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PRODProduct_Code=SDTransporterCategory_Code=MODSProduct_Count=44 Funny. These mods over there exchange the OPs for pretty noisy AD825. I won´t comment the sound but the excellent

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: xmod :)

2006-10-04 Thread CardinalFang
jeffluckett;142959 Wrote: See ... this is what I was saying in that other thread about published data. Creative (a reputable company ... or at least they used to be) is publishing garbage data to make thier product look like a first-class turd polisher. My guess is what they've built is a

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Why does it sound better?

2006-10-04 Thread mr_bill
WSLam;142527 Wrote: Two of my friends just came over to listen to my setup today. We compared the Transporter Analog out to DCC2 SE Preamp vs Transporter AES out to DCC2 SE DAC + Clocked. They both felt that the difference is so minute... and in some cases, they like the Transporter

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: xmod :)

2006-10-04 Thread P Floding
CardinalFang;143005 Wrote: My guess is what they've built is a filter that spatialises stereo by using a comb filter or HRT transforms then does some reverb and other filtering to make it sound impressive. It ends up being very tiring to listen to and a novelty to be played back through

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: xmod :)

2006-10-04 Thread CardinalFang
P Floding;143013 Wrote: The problem is that most people (99%?) have never heard an even half-decent system, and think that anything that sounds a bit different to their crappy stuff is fantastic. Bose and Bang and Olufsen also spring to mind as companies that have products that present audio

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: The modifying crowd and the Transporter

2006-10-04 Thread 95bcwh
Wombat;142999 Wrote: Funny. These mods over there exchange the OPs for pretty noisy AD825. I can´t comment the sound but the excellent measurements Sean reached are surely gone after this :) You will be surprised, what noise can do to your mid range. Depending on the degree of noisiness it

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: The modifying crowd and the Transporter

2006-10-04 Thread CardinalFang
95bcwh;143024 Wrote: You will be surprised, what noise can do to your mid range. Depending on the degree of noisiness it introduce to your system, it can make your mid range fuller, while sacrificing a little bit of top end transparency, sacrificing a little bit of bottom end tightness, if

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: The modifying crowd and the Transporter

2006-10-04 Thread Wombat
I have some LM6172 in the output of my DAC. They are noisy also in relation to others. -- Wombat Wombat's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4113 View this thread:

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: The modifying crowd and the Transporter

2006-10-04 Thread opaqueice
95bcwh;143024 Wrote: If measurement is the only truth that's worth pursuing, I wonder why manufacturers still need to send their gears for review. Why Stereophile still bothered with listening, might as well just get all the measurements, and use them to rank every piece of equipments.

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: The modifying crowd and the Transporter

2006-10-04 Thread Wombat
95bcwh;143024 Wrote: You will be surprised, what noise can do to your mid range. Depending on the degree of noisiness it introduce to your system, it can make your mid range fuller, while sacrificing a little bit of top end transparency, sacrificing a little bit of bottom end tightness, if

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Speakers without cables

2006-10-04 Thread tomsi42
Hello, I have a friend who has bought a squeezebox and want to use it in his living room. His problem is that both he and his wife are allergic to cables! They have a reasonably OK Yamaha amplifier they wants to use, but as the speakers are to be placed on each side of a fireplace, there isn't

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Speakers without cables

2006-10-04 Thread jeffluckett
tomsi42;143037 Wrote: Hello, I have a friend who has bought a squeezebox and want to use it in his living room. His problem is that both he and his wife are allergic to cables! They have a reasonably OK Yamaha amplifier they wants to use, but as the speakers are to be placed on each

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: The modifying crowd and the Transporter

2006-10-04 Thread 95bcwh
CardinalFang;143031 Wrote: Noise has a use in rounding off digital artifacts, but a higher noise floor from an op-amp only masks detail if it is audible. Have I said that adding noise increase details? I said, adding noise SACRIFICE transparency, that means masking the details. I don't see

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Speakers without cables

2006-10-04 Thread tomsi42
jeffluckett;143040 Wrote: The problem with any active speaker is that you sound is now only as good as the speaker's amplifier. It doesn't matter how good your receiver or any other component in your system is ... sound degradation can/will occur when the signal is modulated to RF (or IR in

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Speakers without cables

2006-10-04 Thread Pat Farrell
tomsi42 wrote: I have a friend who has bought a squeezebox and want to use it in his living room. His problem is that both he and his wife are allergic to cables! Two squeezeboxes into two powered speakers, no amplifier. -- Pat http://www.pfarrell.com/music/slimserver/slimsoftware.html

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: The modifying crowd and the Transporter

2006-10-04 Thread 95bcwh
opaqueice;143033 Wrote: Bringing up Stereophile's methodology is not a good way to convince a skeptic. I'm not trying to convince anyone, a modder whom I know, was not shown enough respect, I'm here to put up a defence. At the end of the day, the market will decide, good products will stay,

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Speakers without cables

2006-10-04 Thread jeffluckett
Well, if they could kill the breaker to that circuit, and if there's room inside the conduit ... they could try fishing the cable to the other speaker through there. With the circuit deactivated, it wouldn't impart any hum and since they're both 220 outlets, there's a good chance the conduit

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Speakers without cables

2006-10-04 Thread P Floding
tomsi42;143037 Wrote: Hello, I have a friend who has bought a squeezebox and want to use it in his living room. His problem is that both he and his wife are allergic to cables! They have a reasonably OK Yamaha amplifier they wants to use, but as the speakers are to be placed on each

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Speakers without cables

2006-10-04 Thread P Floding
Pat Farrell;143046 Wrote: tomsi42 wrote: I have a friend who has bought a squeezebox and want to use it in his living room. His problem is that both he and his wife are allergic to cables! Two squeezeboxes into two powered speakers, no amplifier. -- Pat

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Speakers without cables

2006-10-04 Thread tomsi42
jeffluckett;143045 Wrote: Well, if they could kill the breaker to that circuit, and if there's room inside the conduit ... they could try fishing the cable to the other speaker through there. With the circuit deactivated, it wouldn't impart any hum and since they're both 220 outlets,

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Speakers without cables

2006-10-04 Thread tomsi42
Pat Farrell;143046 Wrote: tomsi42 wrote: I have a friend who has bought a squeezebox and want to use it in his living room. His problem is that both he and his wife are allergic to cables! Two squeezeboxes into two powered speakers, no amplifier. -- Pat

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Speakers without cables

2006-10-04 Thread Pat Farrell
P Floding wrote: Two squeezeboxes into two powered speakers, no amplifier. Kidding, right? How do you get sample sync? Not kidding. I have no problems with sync. Not that I've tried two in one room. With identical SB models it might work. Folks who hate cables have to pay professional

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: The modifying crowd and the Transporter

2006-10-04 Thread mkozlows
opaqueice;142809 Wrote: So all this argument over science having a long way to go, etc. is irrelevant to the main point, which is whether or not some or most of these mods are snake-oil. That can be decided cleanly and definitively in a few minutes. The fact that this is never done says

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Speakers without cables

2006-10-04 Thread tomsi42
Pat Farrell;143054 Wrote: Audiophiles can't worry about professional fees or wires, they will probably have to trash their Yamaha... [/url] Unfortunatly, they aren't audiophiles. When they refurbished the house, they didn't even think about having hifi equipment in the living room at

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: SB3 Mods

2006-10-04 Thread joncourage
Someone suggested to me upgrading the clock. What does this mean exactly, and is it advisable to try? -- joncourage joncourage's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2837 View this thread:

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] SB3 to power amp. Sub problem.

2006-10-04 Thread robsob
My quest to have a button-less set-up continues. Planning to link the SB3 directly to power amp and then to my speakers. Looking at the Bel Canto s300 dual-mono power amp which should look great beside the squeeze box. Run into a little problem. Would like the option to still use my sub-woofer

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: The modifying crowd and the Transporter

2006-10-04 Thread highdudgeon
Very good points indeed. Except that, actually, it's quite easy to measure speakers. Professional testing software (Liberty Audio Suite is an industry standard; for Mac users, there's Fuzzmeasure) exists and is used by speaker designers, reviewers, and home-users (like myself). Some honest

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Speakers without cables

2006-10-04 Thread JJZolx
Pat Farrell;143046 Wrote: tomsi42 wrote: I have a friend who has bought a squeezebox and want to use it in his living room. His problem is that both he and his wife are allergic to cables! Two squeezeboxes into two powered speakers, no amplifier. You know, that exact approach

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Transporter reviews by owners please

2006-10-04 Thread JohnnyLightOn
How many new Transporter owners do you think are willing to stick their necks out and give you their honest opinion when: - They've only had the thing a week. - They may not have the words or experience to describe what they're hearing. and/or, most importantly, - If they don't think it's as

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