[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: SB3 -getting better with battery power

2006-11-12 Thread tyler_durden
I be interested to know what sort of analog 5V regulator runs with just 6VDC input. Most require a couple volts drop to work, and when they don't get it, they stop regulating. TD -- tyler_durden tyler_durden's Profile: h

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Any fellows SB3er using Icepower class D w/ B&W speakers ?

2006-11-12 Thread nelamvr6
Sleestack;153982 Wrote: > i shed all my SS amps (Parasound and Meridian) for 4 Bel canto Ref1000s > and TACT BOZ 216/2200s. Couldn't be happier. The BelCantos never > blink. Shouldn't Class D amps also be considered SS? Not trying to start an argument, just asking. -- nelamvr6 -

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: SB3 -getting better with battery power

2006-11-12 Thread NewBuyer
P Floding, that is really interesting! Especially how the wall-wart seems to degrade simply by being plugged only into the wall (and the other side presumably left unplugged). I wonder, do you have (or could you source) an optical cable to try? I would be quite interested to know if replacing the

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Really wierd squeezebox problem

2006-11-12 Thread NewBuyer
Mark Lanctot;154244 Wrote: > I've heard that Ethernet cables can cause a ground loop. In fact they'd > be more likely to, as the upstream equipment is almost certainly on a > different circuit. Hi Mark, I was advised the SB ethernet ports are pulse-transformer isolated (so hopefully ethernet gr

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: low cost dac recommendations?

2006-11-12 Thread SuperQ
pvadbx;153943 Wrote: > While I've got the Transporter for my main system, I'd like some > suggestions for a low cost DAC to get audio out of my computer. The > Mac has optical out, and I'd like an upgrade from the analog out I'm > currently using in my office. Any suggestions that use an optica

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: low cost dac recommendations?

2006-11-12 Thread opaqueice
AnotherTribe;154332 Wrote: > Has anyone any experience or comments on the Lite Audio DAC-AH? Would > this be a step up from the Squeezebox 3 onboard DAC? I am entertaining > the idea of an external DAC to "squeeze" all the potential out of the > device but I am unable to drop any serious $$$ (>$5

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: low cost dac recommendations?

2006-11-12 Thread AnotherTribe
Has anyone any experience or comments on the Lite Audio DAC-AH? Would this be a step up from the Squeezebox 3 onboard DAC? I am entertaining the idea of an external DAC to "squeeze" all the potential out of the device but I am unable to drop any serious $$$ (>$500). -- AnotherTribe

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Total BS (Logitech) Sellout

2006-11-12 Thread Walleyefisher
Pat Farrell;153981 Wrote: > Walleyefisher wrote: > > Does anyone else feel slighted by the Logitech buyout crap. Granted > I'm > > sure they got paidbut all the Slimdevices credibility just went > out > > the freaking window. > > Troll? > Its not news, and its not bad. > But if you hate i

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Trasporter display configuration - done much?

2006-11-12 Thread ceejay
Not sure I can help with request 2, though there might be something worth exploring by configuring the Now Playing and Screensaver configs differently. BTW - if you use erland's new CustomScan plugin you can get it to read any tag you like and get it presented for use by MusicInfoScr, this is a g

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Better sound with digital out. Why?

2006-11-12 Thread cliveb
beerbunny;153895 Wrote: > When I play a bass heavy song like "Burning Down the House" at volume > with the digital output connections (and tone controls neutral), it > punches you in the stomach and shakes the filament of a nearby > lightbulb. When I run the same song through the RCA analog at vo

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Trasporter display configuration - done much?

2006-11-12 Thread ModelCitizen
ceejay;154237 Wrote: > I think I now have it as good as its going to get with the current > software, but still want more - I will do something with an enhancement > request along the lines we've discussed when I get round to it.Ceejay Well, you are one ahead of me then... cos I thing that what I

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Really wierd squeezebox problem

2006-11-12 Thread Mark Lanctot
happy;154182 Wrote: > Possibly, but I have other stero equipment (both digital and analog) > hooked up elswhere and no problems and it doesn't happen when I plug > the power in, but rather when I plug the ethernet cable in and it > connects to slimserver. I've heard that Ethernet cables can caus

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Trasporter display configuration - done much?

2006-11-12 Thread ceejay
ModelCitizen;154229 Wrote: > A > Thanks. > You're welcome. > > How much do you charge an hour to set these things up? :-) > MC I'm not sure ... but if I charged the rate my employer charges for my time, I'm quite sure I've cost more than the price of a Transporter just playing with the disp

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Trasporter display configuration - done much?

2006-11-12 Thread ModelCitizen
ceejay;154224 Wrote: > Have you tried using "Jump Back On Wake"? So if the MusicInfoScr > screensaver has kicked in and you are looking at its displays and you > then press a button - you get taken back to where you were before (eg > the LastFM menu)? Ceejay Ahah, another missing link to screen d

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Trasporter display configuration - done much?

2006-11-12 Thread ceejay
ModelCitizen;154222 Wrote: > One thing that constantly bugs me and that could possibly be tied into > the display configuration and the way the whole display thing works is > the way the Now Playing screen works. Currently, for instance, if I am > listening to a Last.Fm station I can't just go ba

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Trasporter display configuration - done much?

2006-11-12 Thread ModelCitizen
One thing that constantly bugs me and that could possibly be tied into the display configuration and the way the whole display thing works is the way the Now Playing screen works. Currently, for instance, if I am listening to a Last.Fm station I can't just go back (left) into the Last.FM stuff to

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] SB3 -getting better with battery power

2006-11-12 Thread P Floding
Firstly: Any ABX-fetichists can stop reading right now! I'm sure it has been reported before in various threads about power supplies for the SB3, but I'd like to chime in too and report that my latest alteration to get better sound out of the SB3 (digital coax into TacT RCS) has given quite a lea

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: SB is killing the SACD format! ;)

2006-11-12 Thread oreillymj
Forget about fancy upmarket gear, buy a PSOne http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15484873/from/RSS/ This sort of stuff re-affirms my suspiciion that a lot of audiophiles are chasing shadows. They think that sound quality improves the more they spend, whereas a lot of it is physcological. -- oreillymj

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Really wierd squeezebox problem

2006-11-12 Thread ceejay
What happens if both the SBs are in the same room and powered from the same socket? Is it perhaps the case that the two rooms are on different power circuits (possibly even different phases?) and that the two circuits have a large ground offset? Ceejay -- ceejay --