Just curious, what is 'the bigger PS' you refer to? (I'm thinknig about
to having my Elpac modded by Bolder, thus am interested in any
alternatives).
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ecruz;157930 Wrote:
I'm selling my Bolder modded Elpac to upgrade to the bigger PS. I paid
$40 for the Elpac $85 for the mod (Wayne's now charging $100 for the
mod). I'm asking $110 plus shipping.
I also have a wireless Squeezebox(the original model) that I'm going to
list on ebay as
Sleestack;160308 Wrote:
You should also check out GIK acoustics. Effective and cheap. For $500,
you coud get quite a few of their panels. I use a combination of their
panels and Echo Busters, which are more expensive.
The GIK are great for wall applications becasue they have recessed
jmourik;159511 Wrote:
What advice can you guys give on dedicated power lines?
jan
Make sure you get an electrician who has done this kind of work before
(guys who have wired big home theater installations are good). There's
a bunch of stuff to consider:
- Get 20A lines.
- If possible,
The Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet have tested the transporter (only on
the web edition) :
http://www.dagbladet.no/dinside/2006/12/07/485308.html
For the two of you who don't understand Norwegian, here is a summary.
Title: This is your digital music future.
Summary: The tester is already a fan
OK, run that by me again?
tomsi42;160421 Wrote:
He found that the difference in sonic quality was light.
So that's bad?
His conclusion is that the transporter is the future for music.
So that's good?
I'm confused - did he like it or not?
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Mark Lanctot;160422 Wrote:
I'm confused - did he like it or not?
He liked it a lot - but I suspect he is in love with his Marantz.
quote: Var kanskje Transporter noe mindre presis og holografisk i
måten den tegnet opp lydbildet? Hadde den litt mindre fysisk trøkk enn
Marantzen? Nyansene var
ecruz;160280 Wrote:
Anyone? Anyone?
I sent you a PM over a week ago saying I wanted the PS. I also reponded
in your other thread -
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30067 .
I went ahead and finally purchased a new PS and had it sent for
modding, but maybe others have tried to
Lemme see, hmmm...It was 1966, I was like 7 or 8 yrs old, living in
Vietnam. Money was tight, my dad has a Philips tubed reel to reel, I
still remember waiting for the power gauge to turn green before
cranking it to Play. Not satisfied with it's 2x6 built-in mono speaker,
my brother and I took it
highdudgeon;158363 Wrote:
1. You post about your music experience, your audio experience, what
drives you in this hobby, what brings you to Slim Devices, etc.
I'm not aaudio engineer or anything like that, although I have a degree
in Applied Physics and have studied acoustics and solid
Thanks again chaps.
This has been very useful. I will buy the wireless SB since it offers
me more flexibility in the future.
Happy listening
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jmourik;160406 Wrote:
Pass Seymour seems to be pretty popular for a no-nonsense recepticle.
I do like the looks of some of those esoteric ones though ;-) And with
the PS Power I could get one dedicated line for my amp, and one for the
rest, all in one recepticle, h!
With most duplex
Bob Bressler;160335 Wrote:
Depending on how your home is wired, HomePlug can introduce quite a bit
of latency. (HomePlug uses Forward Error Correcting to reduce the
error level - which adds latency on both ends.) If it high enough, the
SB buffer will play out before being refilled.
That
geraint smith;160156 Wrote:
Even if Apple could, by some fiendish means, (like the one Radish
suggests - Nightmare!) retrospectively slap DRM on stuff that's already
been ripped to ALAC, they'd be mad to try it. How could they possibly
know what had been legally, and what illegally, coded
How much does this particular obsolete Marantz technology cost?
MC
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ModelCitizen
Now what?
Transporter Naim NAP 250 PMC OB1s.
Music catalog: http://modelcitizen.mine.nu/music.txt
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Does the cost explain it's quality?
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Some sensible proposals from the lawmakers in the UK, at least...
The law will also be amended so that consumers can legitimately
transfer music for their own use, for example from a CD they have
bought to an MP3 player.
ceejay;160540 Wrote:
Some sensible proposals from the lawmakers in the UK, at least...
The law will also be amended so that consumers can legitimately
transfer music for their own use, for example from a CD they have
bought to an MP3 player.
ModelCitizen;160522 Wrote:
How much does this particular obsolete Marantz technology cost?
MC
In Norway it costs about 1000,- kr less that is about $150. I am
waiting for the serious guys for a test myself...
Personally, I would think that the transporter should be better.
But then I am
It took me less than 10 seconds to open a new tab in safari, go to
froogle, and find that CD player for $2,000. I don't understand why
people ask such easily answered questions. But, there it is.
Again, price isn't really a fair indicator of quality. People can
spend thousands of dollars on
highdudgeon;160561 Wrote:
I don't understand why people ask such easily answered questions.
Well, that's an easy one.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laziness
MC
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ModelCitizen
Now what?
Transporter Naim NAP 250 PMC OB1s.
Music catalog: http://modelcitizen.mine.nu/music.txt
Damn good answer!
ModelCitizen;160584 Wrote:
Well, that's an easy one.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laziness
MC
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highdudgeon
Relax. It's about the music.
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tomjtx;160153 Wrote:
I hope not. I have about 500 CD's and counting, I would hate to have to
re-rip:-(
Modulo apple hacking your files and redering them useless (an event I
consider far less likely than any number of other things which could
destroy them) you can always find a program which
Mark Lanctot;160516 Wrote:
This isn't so far fetched at all. They're itching to get the Fair Use
debate in the courts. Once it's declared illegal, they can charge for
every copy you require, whether it's a physical CD or digital file.
Something like this happened with taping radio.
Sleestack;160314 Wrote:
Nothing I said would contradict that. Nevertheless, I also said I
thought it might be because the North Star upsamples. North Star isn't
going anywhere, b/c I do continue to want a CD transport in my 2.2.
system. I'm too lazy to promptly burn my CDs when I get new
jhm731;160591 Wrote:
You said:
Ever since I got my Transporters, they are the only transports that
have been used with my TACT based systems.
Hence, I thought you were no longer using the Aberdeen Northstar.
The fact that you plan to keep your Northstar and Esoteric transports,
IMO,
jhm731;160591 Wrote:
Audiophiles will continue buy and use CD transports.
I very much doubt that, although it may take some time before the CD
transport market is totally dead.
I rip CDs as soon as I buy them - it takes very little effort or time
(only slightly more than playing the CD in
highdudgeon;160585 Wrote:
Damn good answer!
what is wikipedia? :-)
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jmourik;160406 Wrote:
Thanks again PhilNYC, solid piece of advice! I'm actually looking for a
good electrician here in the Houston area...
Pass Seymour seems to be pretty popular for a no-nonsense recepticle.
I do like the looks of some of those esoteric ones though ;-) And with
the PS
tomjtx;160608 Wrote:
This is an EASY DIY. I am a klutz and it was not hard for me.
Materials + electrician shouldn't be more than 300.00 MAX and probably
less.
Would actually be kinda fun to do, unless I electrocute myself or cause
the house to burn down...
jan
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jmourik
Beats me. Something about laziness. Look it up, you lazy bum!
tomjtx;160607 Wrote:
what is wikipedia? :-)
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Relax. It's about the music.
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I have to second this. One example does not prove the rule. For that
matter, the example of audiophiles -- although a large number of very
serious audiophiles I know have gone the server route exclusively --
does not prove the rule.
In the end, the people who put out music will bend in the
I have a new sealed silver transporter for sale. $1550 including
shipping.
Please email me if interested.
Thanks,
Bill
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Jeff,
Typically the issue with high latency is that the music drops out
periodically - i.e. the connections are still there, but the new data
does not get there in time.
I guess that if the delays were really long, the TCP connections would
time out and have to be reconnected, but this almost
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