The 803s is a serious speaker that deserves a good amplifier.
I suggest that you keep your Denon for the Home Theatre stuff and get a
dedicated stereo amplifier for the 803s. And then you should consider
the transporter or a DAC for the SB2/SB3. If I were you, I would be
looking at an amplifier
Finally, my order has been shipped almost immediately by SD. My email
got an answer few hours after sending it. So my free SB3 is on this
way to my home (scheduled delivery : today !).
Many thanks to Slimdevices. No doubt they are very busy but they are
also very efficient (not sure if i can
tomsi42;147172 Wrote:
The 803s is a serious speaker that deserves a good amplifier.
Seconded. They like power and quality, lots of both. Chord work well;
I'd scour ebay for a while, looking for an old Chord, Krell or Musical
Fidelity beast, preferably one at least a foot cubed in size ;)
Oh
Hi guys,
Question to new Canadian owners of Transporter - hope there are any...
How did you get it - direct or through dealers?
Direct seems to me somewhat problematic, considering customs fee,
shipping by UPS, and finally UPS SH...
If it was a dealer - any recommendation what dealer to go?
SoftwireEngineer;147131 Wrote:
Exactly, my point and probably that of others.
Now lets speculate what could be the reason - different players used as
transport sound different. Conclusion - jitter.
Ah, but now you're talking about two-box setups, where the CD player is
used only as a
Power rating of the Transporter is 100V to 240V and 50-60Hz
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I just went through this process recently when I bought a new pair of
Dynaudio speakers. I also have a Denon AVR4800. My conclusion was to
keep my Denon as my hometheater with my old Klipsch KG4's, center, and
satellites. Perfect for movies.
I paired my Dynaudios with a Luxman L-430 (120WPC x 2
ModelCitizen;147043 Wrote:
However both my enquiries to [EMAIL PROTECTED] requesting a
projected shipping date for my Transporter have met with a deafening
silence.
Maybe they're a bit busy.
MC
I've done SlimDevices Orders department a disservice. One of my mails
mails to them bounced
OP was asking about the SB3, where you need to make sure you get the
right external power supply shipped for your voltage and pin
configuration. If you can buy it locally then hopefully they will get
this right. If you buy from Slim Devices directly then they say they
ship the right supply for
I'm not sure if this really belongs in this forum (having just read all
the DRC stuff) but I thought I'd share my recent experience with a
strictly non-audiophile setup that turns out to be pretty good.
The existing system includes a reasonable NAD amp and a pair of Kef
speakers that were
awy;147211 Wrote:
I guess that you are all shuddering pretty badly by now.
You bet ;)
awy;147211 Wrote:
I was very surprised. I sat and listened carefully to several tracks
with good dynamic and acoustic range, switching back and forth between
the two sources (playing
tomsi42;147213 Wrote:
If you are comparing PC souncard to SB3 with MP3 files, you are doing
yourself a disservice (I am not sure what you are comparing here).
I'm comparing (a) CD player directly connected (analogue) to amp, with
(b) PC sound card playing MP3 files with SoftSqueeze and
awy;147215 Wrote:
I'm comparing (a) CD player directly connected (analogue) to amp, with
(b) PC sound card playing MP3 files with SoftSqueeze and connected
(analogue) over long bit of wet string :-) to amp.
Hmmm, maybe time to upgrade your stereo?
Try listening to acoustic music with
ModelCitizen;147052 Wrote:
In my experince it's rare that people turn thewir hifi up loud. It
confuses me why so many audiophiles buys kit that only sounds good
loud. I think that when people buy gear they should take care to buy
stuff that sounds good at the volume they are most often
In the UK and EU the nominal supply is actually 230V - see
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mains_electricity
Following voltage harmonisation co-ordinated with CENELEC countries, all
electricity supply within the EU is now nominally 230 V ± 10% (though
some countries have stricter specifications:
When I purchased the SB2 I opted for a premium (fast) UPS shippment
option , in this case the brokerages fees were already included in the
price , you only have to pay the taxes. In results you get faster
delivery and much lower total cost.
I know at least that there are dealers in Montreal and
tomsi42;147172 Wrote:
I suggest that you keep your Denon for the Home Theatre stuff and get a
dedicated stereo amplifier for the 803s.
I've been thinking of doing that, and driving the 2-channel amp from
the Denon. Just wondering how much of the avr4800 sound I have right
now is caused by the
jan van mourik;147132 Wrote:
Should be good for both 2-channel music and 7-channel home theater
blasting...
Actually, just ditch the home theatre rubbish. A good 2-channel system
is fine for AV - get an active sub that you can turn off if you want
thumps; surround is pointless. I dumped my
No, i like surround too much! And the occasional dvd audio. I already
have a subwoofer, a sunfire.
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Just checked - my order was placed 25th July!
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Ok so I love my SB3 in my small family room system ( SB3, Bel Canto Dac
1, Nakamichi TA4a, Monitor Audio GR 10) I'm thinking that it's time to
redo the big system in the living room. Currently it's Proac D25 / Rel
StrataIII, Plinius 9200, Meridian GO8, Cardas Golden Reference spr
cables, Kimber
ModelCitizen;147201 Wrote:
I ordered Transporter directly from SlimDevices on the 5th October and
the email from Mac Kay says with luck it will be with me by the end of
next week (i.e. 27th October).
Can't wait to hear it with my new PMC OB1 speakers! :-)
MC
I'm close to a decision to
I don't know how big your room is, but if it's relatively large, I would
consider investing more in a quality and/or larger subwoofer.
www.avsforum.com has all sorts of thoughts on the matter - velodyne,
outlaw, svs, hsu - to name a few.
Another 5.1 system to look at might be SVS's STS package.
jan van mourik;147270 Wrote:
No, i like surround too much! And the occasional dvd audio. I already
have a subwoofer, a sunfire.
Can you separate the A/V gears from Audio only? If not, compromises
must be made:
-Provide clean 2 channel power amp for your BW
-Provide clean Dolby Digital Pre for
As of this morning it looks like we have shipped all orders placed
through 9/26/06. Our production rate is picking up though, and we
should be getting through the backlog more quickly in the next couple
weeks. The gating factor has been the labor-intensive plating and
finishing processes for the
to rid the system of active preamp, to simplify signal purity. I am
thinking of doing same but read that Transporter balance out do not
have switchable resistors for volume control, you must rely on digital
volume, in certain setup, may be less than optimum.
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Mine arrived Monday but I can't unpack it until the weekend. The
anticipation is killing me... :-)
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The problem is that no device is capable of reproducing a digital source
in the original quality (the same applies to analogue sources). To
replay a digital source, you must first convert it back into an
analogue signal (since sound and our ears are analogue). There will
always be small
sahhee;147442 Wrote:
I really like the way my system plays music today, but am wondering if
anybody out there has compared a CD transport + DAC compared to
Transporter+DAC.
FWIW, I have compared an Oracle CD1000 transport and the Transporter
feeding my Dodson DA-218 DAC, and the differences
Phil Leigh;147455 Wrote:
? - but the music started as analogue...
And there were inaccuracies in the analog-to-digital process as well...
:-(
(ignoring CD's that ONLY contain digital synth samples)
Even those would be converted from analog to digital, since most
digital synths don't
I ordered mine through an Ottawa Dealer, RB Computing
http://www.shoprbc.com/ca/shop/product_details.php?pid=18447
Their price is right in line with ordering direct, but then I don't
actually have my transporter yet!
Dave
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adamslim;147226 Wrote:
Following voltage harmonisation co-ordinated with CENELEC countries,
all electricity supply within the EU is now nominally 230 V ± 10%
(though some countries have stricter specifications: for example, the
UK specifies 230 V +10% #8722;6%). .
And the reason we have a
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