ezkcdude;144519 Wrote:
There's an interesting release about Sonos over on the Stereophile
website.
http://www.stereophile.com/news/100906sonos
Apparently it is big news that Sonos now has Rhapsody capabilities. I
thought that was so last year, but then again, I'm a SqueezeBox owner.
Deaf Cat;126086 Wrote:
Hiya,
Anyone spent alot on a digital coax?
I know they can make a big difference just wondered if anyone out there
had spent more than say 200quid/$ on one?
What make and why?
Cheers for any experience shared :)
To be fair, unless you can hear the difference
By midnight I prefered the coax over theglass.audio is fun
when it's cheap
This I will like the the glass again...but I promise not to
post :-)
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Smiler33;144222 Wrote:
I am looking to buy a new amp and am not really interested in home
cinema but more a quality budget audio set-up.
For some reason I seem to have a leaning towards Rotel. This new 2006
range has good looks and proportions and I can buy in Asia for a much
lower price
P Floding;143835 Wrote:
OK, thanks for the info!
I noticed today that some of the magic from yesterday wasn't there. Of
course, audio memory is horribly unreliable, but memory of the general
feeling of being there and being drawn into the performance is more
reliable. I wasn't drawn in in
anyone did a comparision between the Transporter and a modded SB3
(either Bolder or Red Wine) with linear power supply to a Benchmark DAC
?
I am sure there is a difference, but is it significant ? you know, the
OMG, did Santa replaced my hifi set with a $500,000 system? ...
or maybe it is in the
P Floding;144197 Wrote:
Update:
For the RCA cabling that grounds the SB3 to the TacT via the unused
analogue outputs/inputs I created dedicated left and right cables:
The signal ground (neutral) lead runs as as usual, but signal was
removed and instead the input side was shorted and
I am in the UK and bought these -
http://www.robertschofieldaudio.co.uk/browse.php?section=Accessories
the cheapies, £1 each.
On the same page are offerings for Din type to suit old Quad and Naim.
This guy is fairly local to me in Lancashire and has always given me
great srvice on bespoke
I just finished building my DAC, and it works, and now I want to test
it. The DAC upsamples (or downsamples) to 96 kHz. So, I went looking
for FLACs on the Live Music Archive. I found some recent 24-bit, 96 kHZ
files of a Drive-by-Truckers concert. Seems like a great test. What will
the
ezkcdude;144683 Wrote:
I found some recent 24-bit, 96 kHZ files of a Drive-by-Truckers concert.
Seems like a great test. What will the SqueezeBox output if I play these
files?
Assuming you're running slimServer 6.5, 48kHz x 24bit on the digital
outputs, and probably the same feeding into the
My Transporter arrived today, all great apart from the knob seems to
vibrate for about half a second randomly when browsing through the
menus (even with the remote).
Is it just mine or do they all do that?
Lawrence..
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krochat;144689 Wrote:
Assuming you're running slimServer 6.5, 48kHz x 24bit on the digital
outputs, and probably the same feeding into the DAC if you're using the
analog outputs. Try it, you'll like it!
That's kind of what I figured. Good enough for now, though.
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jampot;144658 Wrote:
I am in the UK and bought these -
http://www.robertschofieldaudio.co.uk/browse.php?section=Accessories
the cheapies, £1 each.
On the same page are offerings for Din type to suit old Quad and Naim.
This guy is fairly local to me in Lancashire and has always
it does that ocasionally. should not be every half a sec though...
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'Transporter' (http://www.slimdevices.com/) + 'SB3'
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(www.emmlabs.com/html/audio/dcc2/dcc2.html) - 'Acoustic Reality
eAR1001' (http://www.acoustic-reality.com) -
This is normal - it is a demagnetization cycle controlled by software.
We are tuning it to happen less often, only as needed.
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seanadams;144709 Wrote:
This is normal - it is a demagnetization cycle controlled by software.
We are tuning it to happen less often, only as needed.
That's a relief, scared it was going to blow up! ;-)
Will that be a firmware update then?
Lawrence..
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lozcs;144710 Wrote:
Will that be a firmware update then?
Correct. There is all kinds of knob behavior that we can control in
software, so I'm sure there will be some other tweaks too.
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Very expensive. A bit like the Sonos, but with the ability to add lots
of capacity and redundancy. http://sooloos.com/www/the-system.html
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Slick interface, but, uh, $12,000 USD for the base system! Wonder if
that includes the subscription service? I bet Slim could (WILL)
eventually offer a Slim Controller to rival the Sonos or Sooloos
designs, for the rest of us.
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squeezebox2 (with elpac linear psu) benchmark
tomjtx;144591 Wrote:
By midnight I prefered the coax over theglass.audio is fun
when it's cheap
This I will like the the glass again...but I promise not to
post :-)
Tom,
You did not tell whether you tried this with your Lavry or the Sonic
Frontiers. I think the Lavry
Looks to me like a triumph of marketing over substance (pretty normal
huh?), unlike SD which unusually for these times seems to be the
reverse. Glad to see the boxes have no useless buttons and knobs on
them.
I can't belive that anyone would want a ruddy great touch screen on
their dinner table.
khewa;144616 Wrote:
Hi P Floding,
I would like to get the same sonic nirvana as you did. Did you modifiy
your SB3 to get the level of sonic quality that you're currently
getting ? is the linear power supply from Elpac ?
I use a linear power supply, yes. It is not the Elpac. I haven't tested
khewa;144701 Wrote:
Is Naim gear affected by the unconnected input sources as well ? Naim
has always pride itself on it's DIN connectors as opposed to the RCA
connectors claiming that it is superior compared to RCA connectors. If
Naim is also affected, then all those claims are just
SoftwireEngineer;144735 Wrote:
Tom,
You did not tell whether you tried this with your Lavry or the Sonic
Frontiers. I think the Lavry is pretty much immune to jitter from
sources.
I have the Zu Ash and the Sound Professionals Glass toslink. I prefer
the Glass toslink with my SB3. Though
tomsi42;143726 Wrote:
To bad there isn't something similar in the 25-50W range with a decent
PSU. The class D amps I have found on the net, are either 5-10W or
100-1000W.
How about the flying mole ca-s3? It's 20 watts, so not all the way
where you want to be, but closer.
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ModelCitizen;144739 Wrote:
I should think yourself lucky that you have a vibrating knob.
MC
wow. we actually get to the logical end of the question before this was
said. Thats impressive :)
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Got home today and switched on the hifi.
Lots of treble energy emminating from the speakers. Did it really sound
like this yesterday? Sounds a bit flat and digital today...
I pulled out and pushed back in the digital RCA contacts to see if that
would help. It helped a little, but the sound was
tomsi42;144758 Wrote:
It's closer, but a bit expensive for the tasks I am thinking about.
But for some more serious uses, it looks interesting.
If the av123 xempower _ever_ comes out, it could fit the bill pretty
well (it's supposed to be ~250). They're being cagy, but it seems that
it's a
So you're saying to connect a set of analog cables (not connected to
anything else), or something like Cardas caps, even if you're using the
digital out?
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highdudgeon
Really nice Harbeths. Nuforce amps. Digital EQ. Lavry DA10. SB3.
Transporter on the way. This is my main system. The
highdudgeon;144763 Wrote:
So you're saying to connect a set of analog cables (not connected to
anything else), or something like Cardas caps, even if you're using the
digital out?
If you don't want to read the whole other thread, perhaps these two
postings can serve as a condensed version:
Does anyone in the UK provide SB3 upgrades, like Red Wine or Bolder in
the U.S.
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Would any of you lucky Bay Area Transporter Owners be interested in
attending a Head-Fi meet in Marin on Saturday October 14th?
Head-Fi, for those of you who are unaware is the meeting place for
headphone hi-fi enthusiasts.
Full details of the meeting are in this thread :-
Gotcha, thanks.
P Floding;144767 Wrote:
If you don't want to read the whole other thread, perhaps these two
postings can serve as a condensed version:
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=143385postcount=9
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=144197postcount=25
Caps or
P Floding;144744 Wrote:
Not necessarily, as the Naim rationale for the DIN solution is to avoid
signal ground loops that result from using two separate interconnects
(left and right). Not to stop RF entering unused connectors.
thanks for the feedback. Now it's much clearer what Naim was
P Floding;144743 Wrote:
As it turns out it seems I have to fiddle with these connectors at
least every day to maintain great sound.
any idea why the connectors has to be fiddle around to maintain the
sound quality ? maybe it's oxidation of the conacts, but oxidation
should not occur that
ModelCitizen;144738 Wrote:
Glad to see the boxes have no useless buttons and knobs on them...
(pretty model though.. lovely cleavage).
MC
Agreed on both counts.
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DCtoDaylight;144792 Wrote:
The Transporter claims to support 24/96 on it's digital outputs.
Anybody tested this yet? And if you stream a 24/96 source, what do the
SB3's do? Downsample? or are they capable of 24/96 on their digital
outputs as well?
Starting with SlimServer 6.5, 24/96
Yannzola;144799 Wrote:
Agreed on both counts.
Heh... which two counts was that? :)
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Just found this thread and wanted to contribute.
I wrote a post on my blog a while back about J. Gordon Holt's Audio
Glossary with excerpts featured on Stereophile.
My post:
Last night I tried using SB3 without the preamp. The noise coming from
SB3 was incredibly loud! It was like, wow, who recorded the sounds of
the beach? :-)
The amps were NAD C370's (two in a 300W monoblock configuration).
Connecting M-Audio Revolution 5.1 sound card (PCI card in a PC)
produced
dcolak;144816 Wrote:
Last night I tried using SB3 without the preamp. The noise coming from
SB3 was incredibly loud! It was like, wow, who recorded the sounds of
the beach? :-)
The amps were NAD C370's (two in a 300W monoblock configuration).
Connecting M-Audio Revolution 5.1 sound card
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