jhm731;161975 Wrote:
How many DACs have you tested with the Transporter to reach this
conclusion?
None - I don't have a TP.
PhilNYC seems to think his Dodson DAC is better than the Transporter's
DAC.
Sleestack doesn't think it's total waste to use the TP as a transport.
He uses TPs
highdudgeon;162012 Wrote:
And, hey, they're only over $10k. Lavry makes a $9k unit, if you're
looking at things like that. Before you get there, though, you'd
better make damn sure you have out-of-this-world speakers and
electronics. Out of this world.
As for the technical level thing,
Eric Seaberg;162019 Wrote:
You shouldn't have to switch sampling rates! If you're going to be
using the M-Audio interface all the time to feed the Transporter, just
set the TP to LOCK to incoming digital clock from your source and it
should switch automatically. You should be doing this
opaqueice;162050 Wrote:
None - I don't have a TP.
The one thing which is totally obvious is that people's opinions of how
things sound vary tremendously, which means they are an extremely
unreliable guide. Therefore I prefer to winnow down the number of
options I consider using
The sound is definitely one of personal preference but if my experience
is anything to go by I would suggest that the Transporter will be much
more reliable and better built than the Arcam.
Having replaced my Arcam with an SB3 at least I know that it will
actually play music when I want to
highdudgeon;160227 Wrote:
I've seen Benchmark and Lavry DACs beat $6 players ...
I'd hope they would. ;)
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simplicity is the ultimate sophistication
Then why add an external DAC to a carefully engineered product?
The wordclock method should eliminate (or at least very greatly reduce)
jitter, but it is still at best equal to the setup inside the TP. So
this DAC had better be superior to the
opaqueice;162050 Wrote:
In this case the DAC is receiving a noisy signal and has an additional
disadvantage before it can even equal the TP. Of course there may be
DACs out there that can do this, or that simply have analogue stages
that sound better to some people, but that would be the
opaqueice;162073 Wrote:
Then why add an external DAC to a carefully engineered product?
The wordclock method should eliminate (or at least very greatly reduce)
jitter, but it is still at best equal to the setup inside the TP.
This depends on the quality of the clock/oscillator being
ezkcdude;161956 Wrote:
good music speakers room placement (and it's free!) amp DAC
transport cables insane audiophile tweaks
LOL! I'm not quite into insane audiophile tweak territory yet!
I'll order a new PSU and see if that helps. Finger's crossed...
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ezkcdude;161956 Wrote:
good music speakers room placement (and it's free!) amp DAC
transport cables insane audiophile tweaks
Sane and cheap audiophile tweaks might change this a bit:
- Making sure that your speakers are rock-solid (i.e. stands, spikes
etc)
- Cleaning contacts
I think
Konig,
But, really, I defy you to tell any difference. I have a lavry and
have had up to three DACs in my place at the same time. Usually, it
takes somewhat experienced ears to tell the difference. I've heard the
Lavry Gold, which runs $9-$8k or so, and there is precious little
difference
The Mac should spit out whatever it's playing, i.e. CD @ 44.1 and DVD
Video @ 48k. Can you not confirm this on the M-Audio? I have a couple
of M-Audio interfaces here. I'll check it myself.
On the Transporter settings page in the browser in the AUDIO tab,
there's a setting for DIGITAL CLOCK.
highdudgeon;162129 Wrote:
2. First and foremost, get your room and speaker sorted out. Study your
speaker's characteristics. Learn about speaker placement (look at
articles on Allison rules). Learn about room measurement and look
into, at the very least, EQ based on measurement and,
My experience, after a couple of days:
If you are using the Transporter as a line stage, running directly to
your amps, and if you need to use the XLR outputs (I do, because I need
the RCAs for the subwoofers), then the Endlers are ideal. I absolutely
cannot tell that they are in the signal
ob-kook,
Have you found any solution on this? I am experiencing the same
situation - sound image shift to the left. I sent you PM.
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This time from 'Positive Feedback'
(http://www.positive-feedback.com/Issue28/squeezebox3.htm). Mainly
about the digital mod SB 3 from Bolder.
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PhilNYC;162137 Wrote:
Why is First and foremost listed as #2? ;-)
But interestingly, it was prior to getting my room and speaker
placement sorted out that I found myself not hearing much difference
between things like the TP and my DAC. Getting the room
jhm731;161542 Wrote:
Skunk;161498 Wrote:
The http://www.welbornelabs.com/psreghc.htm is also based on the
original Jung design.
I just noticed that the supply mentioned above is now available in a
kit specifically designed for the SB3 for $185. Assembly is
required.
highdudgeon;162129 Wrote:
Konig,
But, really, I defy you to tell any difference. I have a lavry and
have had up to three DACs in my place at the same time. Usually, it
takes somewhat experienced ears to tell the difference. I've heard the
Lavry Gold, which runs $9-$8k or so, and there
Ah.
Time for some speakers...!
Konig;162183 Wrote:
im using stax omega 2 headphones. i had no speakers. i need a
transporter bcoz i dont even have a transport. I already have the dac.
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Relax. It's about the music.
adamslim;162113 Wrote:
Sane and cheap audiophile tweaks might change this a bit:
- Making sure that your speakers are rock-solid (i.e. stands, spikes
etc)
- Cleaning contacts
I spent ages making the speakers solid, but I haven't cleaned the
contacts. Would this also apply to the contacts on
Weird that he didn't mention the Transporter?
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FunkyMunkey;162199 Wrote:
I spent ages making the speakers solid, but I haven't cleaned the
contacts. Would this also apply to the contacts on the amp?
Yes, all contacts should be cleaned.
Tom
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Skunk;161709 Wrote:
I noticed in the archives you mentioned having a couple alwsr boards,
did anything ever come about?
Also in the archives, Seans response to Mike Hansons ALWSR supply was
that the 14V (or 12.5?) internal rail after the display was the place
to try attacking, rather than
You don't have a TP, and you haven't compared it's DAC to any other
DACs, but you feel qualified to give people advise. LOL.
opaqueice;162050 Wrote:
None - I don't have a TP.
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Hi Old Guy, I've not been able to play around with this more yet due to
travelling and being away from my system. For next steps, I plan to try
running it one more time as well as using the Foobar convolver with the
filter I create (as per suggestions above).
Other than that, I will need to get
Hi -- I've been having some drop outs with albums ripped under AAC at
320kbps. Airport Extreme network, 802.11b/g, 100% signal strength.
Am I better ripping at a lower rate? Does it even matter, so long as
it is above MP3?
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Relax. It's about the music.
highdudgeon;162240 Wrote:
Hi -- I've been having some drop outs with albums ripped under AAC at
320kbps. Airport Extreme network, 802.11b/g, 100% signal strength.
Am I better ripping at a lower rate? Does it even matter, so long as
it is above MP3?
You shouldn't be having
That's what I thought -- I've played uncompressed files I don't know
how many times. Possibly a neighbor's network is interfering? I
wasn't even on the web -- I was cooking dinner with the kids when it
happened.
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Relax. It's about the music.
highdudgeon;162247 Wrote:
That's what I thought -- I've played uncompressed files I don't know
how many times. Possibly a neighbor's network is interfering? I
wasn't even on the web -- I was cooking dinner with the kids when it
happened.
With the microwave?
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Jon Heal says:
highdudgeon;162247 Wrote:
That's what I thought -- I've played uncompressed files I don't know
how many times. Possibly a neighbor's network is interfering? I
wasn't even on the web -- I was cooking dinner with the kids when it
happened.
using the microwave?
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Oh: we have wireless phones (5.8ghz) but that hasn't been a problem
before. Recently we did change to Vonage, so now there's my internet
connection, cable, and phone all on the same line. ???
highdudgeon;162250 Wrote:
Nope, no microwave -- all real cooking.
Beats me. I get drop outs
5.8GHz phones won't interfere. Vonage also won't, it's bandwidth
requirements are very low and also are obviously on the outbound side
of things, not on your LAN. What is your AAC set to stream as? FLAC?
It's possible the transcoding was interrupted by something else running
on the server...the
If you're not experiencing dropouts when streaming other types of files,
then I would also suspect that the problem is with the transcoding from
AAC to (most likely) Flac. How is your server's CPU load when playing
these files?
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Jim
Maybe you have some bad rips. iTunes doesn't do bit-accurate rips, does
it?
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Oh this is normal. Many people who'd never listened to a mod often felt
qualified to trash them. LOL..
jhm731;162214 Wrote:
You don't have a TP, and you haven't compared it's DAC to any other
DACs, but you feel qualified to give people advise. LOL.
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As far as I know, it does. I sometimes and sometimes don't get drop
outs with the same stuff. Mind you, it is very rare...weeks or months
apart. It's just that tonight, and over the last two or three days, I
had a spate of them.
No plugins.
What should be the ideal conversion for aac?
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highdudgeon;162188 Wrote:
Ah.
Time for some speakers...!
Time to rob a bank for a new house, new speakers and some pleasant
gifts to my mum so she doesnt complain about the noise
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jhm731;162214 Wrote:
You don't have a TP, and you haven't compared it's DAC to any other
DACs, but you feel qualified to give people advise. LOL.
I've never dunked my head into a bucket of urine, and yet I nonetheless
feel qualified to advise people it's a bad idea. While it may come as a
One thing you can do is rip to a lossless format, such as FLAC, and then
set slimserver to stream as mp3 (bitrate limiting) with whatever bitrate
is necessary to avoid dropouts. Personally I've never had drops (with a
wireless g network and strong signal strength) even when streaming WAV,
but
Okay, this has got to be the funniest retort (and sage, too) that I have
ever read on this forum!
opaqueice;162271 Wrote:
I've never dunked my head into a bucket of urine, and yet I nonetheless
feel qualified to advise people it's a bad idea. While it may come as
a shock, there are such
bluesdoc;161532 Wrote:
So what do you think? for best SOUND quality would you think Squeezebox3
plus DAC (eg. Benchmark or equivalent), vs Transporter alone, vs
Transporter plus DAC (which might be overkill? or not?) thanks in
advance. BluesDoc
Hey!!! Is that you JS? Glad to see you over
I have a pretty decent system (see signature and pic below). I am
currently using an ummodded SB3 with the Power One linear PS. The DAC
is a Lite Audio DAC60 (BB 1704 based, 6922 outputs) with upgraded
coupling caps (Sonicaps with bypass).
I am not willing to get rid of my preamp since I also do
I agree. This is from the November/December issue and is marked new in
the table of content.
Slim Devices Squeezebox 3 with Bolder Cable Digital and Power Supply
Modifications NEW
as reviewed by Samuel Roberts
Maybe they have a large backlog... ;-D
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seanadams;162206 Wrote:
...Just for completeness: I've also suggested that replacing the
external 5V feed is silly, because it does not reduce noise at the
internal power rails - those are internally linear-regulated _down_
from the output of an internal switching _step-up_ supply. Changing
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