Thanks for feedback.
So. What you are saying is that I should go for a linear PS.
Anyway - how can I measure ripple?
Or what should be the highest ripple value I can accept?
I'm living in Norway so I am not sure where to buy Herbach-Rademan's
PS
rgds T2Capa
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GaryB;183146 Wrote:
Or one could accept that these differences do exist and try to
understand what's going on. I find it very telling that jhm721 found
the differences to disappear once copied to a hard drive.Somehow
the timing / jitter issues of the originals are getting replaced by
Based on the system and the car, there are a number of products that
allow you to connect directly into the car stereo via the cd changer
inputs. I use one made for xmradio but connect the line input cable to
my ipod if not using the xmradio. It is a cable connect but you don't
have to worry
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radio? It shouldn't cost much, and you won't have to worry about
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325xi;183337 Wrote:
That's interesting, I didn't know unreadable disk can really be
repaired. What commercial kit do you use? Where can it be found?
Since you're in Canada, you can pick up the same exact one I use at
your local The Source (I hate that name).
I posted about it here:
MahlerFreak;182828 Wrote:
I have been using a player modified by these folks:
http://dvdupgrades.ch/digital_audio.html
for a couple of years now to convert SACD to 24bit 88.2 Khz PCM for
input into my Meridian system (which doesn't have DSD digital input).
It outputs 24/96 from
One way to capture SACD or DVD-A sound is not to rip it, but to
digitize the analog output using a top-quality soundcard. You are
going digital--analog--digital, but it's possible to get high-quality
(24bit) stereo wav files that would be suitable for SB3 or Transporter.
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325xi;183328 Wrote:
I accept Nespa might improve readability of CD, which might cause to
better sound on an appliance player. However if your CD could be read
perfectly before treatment, nothing can make it better. And
bit-identical rips cannot sound differently - they are just copies of
Pale Blue Ego;183471 Wrote:
One way to capture SACD or DVD-A sound is not to rip it, but to
digitize the analog output using a top-quality soundcard. You are
going digital--analog--digital, but it's possible to get high-quality
(24bit) stereo wav files that would be suitable for SB3 or
kcl wrote:
Pale Blue Ego;183471 Wrote:
One way to capture SACD or DVD-A sound is not to rip it, but to
digitize the analog output using a top-quality soundcard. You are
going digital--analog--digital, but it's possible to get high-quality
(24bit) stereo wav files that would be suitable for
Here is my result from HDCD ripping.
'[image: http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/4905/hdcddj2.th.jpg]'
(http://img401.imageshack.us/my.php?image=hdcddj2.jpg)
The test track is Mike Oldfield's 2000 remaster of Tublar Bells, Part
1.
The upper trace is the 16b original EAC rip in WAV format.
I am also from Norway, maybe we met in another forum ? Anyway, you
might find these interesting :
http://www.clasohlson.no/Product/Product.aspx?id=383375
and
http://www.mascot.no/pdf/8937.PDF
The Mascot can be found on elfa.no
They both cost app. the same, around 6-800,-
You can also look at
jhm731;183472 Wrote:
If you can accept that the Nespa might improve readability of CD, which
might cause to better sound on an appliance player, why you did you
make fun of the sixmoons review?
BTW- What is an appliance player?
An appliance player typically has one shot at reading the CD
Eric Carroll;183498 Wrote:
'Here is my result from HDCD ripping.'
(http://img401.imageshack.us/my.php?image=hdcddj2.jpg) (this board does
not appear to permit inline images).
The test track is Mike Oldfield's 2000 remaster of Tublar Bells, Part
1.
The upper trace is the 16b original
Ok, yes, its scaled down.
But why?
Did you see the same thing or something different?
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SB3-Pioneer VSX-49TXi-Mirage OM7+C2+R2
ReadyNAS NV+
I have used the Kennsington transmitter on long road trips and it works
fairly well. Its sound quality is definitely better than the Belkin I
was using. However, you will find that you occasionally need to change
the broadcast frequency and retune your radio because strong nearby
stations do
Eric Carroll;183511 Wrote:
Ok, yes, its scaled down.
But why?
Did you see the same thing or something different?
Well...yes I saw the same thing. The problem is that the relative peaks
(ie the difference between the highest amplitude and 0dB) in 24 bit are
no higher than at 16 bit. So it
I have the standard supplied Bose system in my Audi TT and it really
rocks.. no complaints whatsoever... from my experience of this unit I
can't see why people slag off Bose so much. It sounds much better than
the Blaupunkt in my last vehicle (a VW Golf).
I also use an iTrip to link up my iPod.
I've just setup my Squeezebox and Slimserver and have noticed an issue
regarding the quality of my stored music vs that of streams: my music,
regardless of quality, hits the Squeezebox at a lower VU than outside
streams (Pandora, etc.).
While the majority of my collection is 128-256 kbps, I have
It could be something as simple as inadvertent locking down of the
volume on the RCA output from the SB if that's what you're using. I use
the optical and an external DA function, and have never ever -despite
some other issues- encountered a problem with volume levels.
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... An appliance player typically has one shot at reading
the CD in real time - and is therefore more prone to all sorts
of issues compared to using a ROM drive to rip with re-reads,
buffered, asynchronously ...
In that case the quality of the music using our regular CD players
should
I am using digital TOC with volume locked, not RCA. With more
experimentation I've found that the better the quality (1411, vs.
128kpbs) the higher the gain, but it doesn't seem to correlate
completely: Streamed audio at 128 (mostlyclassical.com, groovesalad,
etc) still has a much higher VU
any effect if your turn the gain stuff off?
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kphinney;183583 Wrote:
Thanks pablolie. I am using digital TOC with volume locked, not RCA.
With more experimentation I've found that the better the quality (1411,
vs. 128kpbs) the higher the gain, but it doesn't seem to correlate
completely: Streamed audio at 128 (mostlyclassical.com,
tomjtx;183108 Wrote:
Same length, same brand and both short.
your PRE likes XLR connection. In typical home environment and short
cable lengths, the two type of connection should not make an audible
difference. XLR only reject common-mode noise PU by the cable itself,
as I understand it.
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I am not saying you should get a linear supply. You are the first
person I have seen that wants to change from one switching supply to
another. Everyone else has wanted to go from a switcher to a linear
supply to reduce noise from the power supply - at least that is what
they think will happen.
SB3-Optical-MF A3.24DAC-50kOhm pot-2 Naks PA7-BW N802-
Nice!
*Very* nice. Very nice indeed.
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The SACDs I have that I really want to listen to on Slim, I'm going to
take the analog out of my player, re-record to 88.2k/24-bit and
re-encode using DTS. I could also encode to Dolby, but it can't go
over 48k sampling.
It's a LOT of extra work just to avoid getting out of my chair to
change a
Phil Leigh;183503 Wrote:
An appliance player typically has one shot at reading the CD in real
time - and is therefore more prone to all sorts of issues compared to
using a ROM drive to rip with re-reads, buffered, asynchronously.
Universal players have large RAM buffers. The disc spins at x2
pablolie;183592 Wrote:
SB3-Optical-MF A3.24DAC-50kOhm pot-2 Naks PA7-BW N802-
Nice!
*Very* nice. Very nice indeed.
The originator of this thread mislabeled the quality for playback
level. It's only a volume issue, not sound quality per se. In my
system, the PC server SB3 playback level
... The originator of this thread mislabeled the quality for
playback level.
I do think there are some standards for signal levels, so I think it
would be unusual for different sources to have very different levels.
Then again, I have tended to only and exclusively feed pure sources
into my
empty99;183588 Wrote:
your PRE likes XLR connection. In typical home environment and short
cable lengths, the two type of connection should not make an audible
difference. XLR only reject common-mode noise PU by the cable itself,
as I understand it.
That's why I was was wondering if anyone
Eric Carroll;183511 Wrote:
Ok, yes, its scaled down.
But why?
Did you see the same thing or something different?
The guy in that thread used -6dB non-HDCD files, when comparing to
decoded HDCD files- which is why his levels look similar. Even had you
done this, your dynamic range looks
t2capa;183363 Wrote:
Anyway - how can I measure ripple? ...
I'm living in Norway so I am not sure where to buy Herbach-Rademan's
PS
rgds T2Capa
You'd need an oscilloscope, custom probes, and lots of other bits with
careful setup to measure ripple. There would probably be soldering
I have looked at this in Audacity and now in WaveLab Lite. I can report
conclusively that the 24b Chronotron WAV plugin capture is exactly 6dB
down from the 16b rip on the peaks.
Is this expected? In essence the 24b capture is quieter and shows the
same dynamic range.
Personally I don't think
jhm731;183472 Wrote:
If you can accept that the Nespa might improve readability of CD, which
might cause to better sound on an appliance player, why you did you
make fun of the sixmoons review?
Because they claimed the device to consistently improve how CD
sounds. The only thing any CD
... computer ripping has much better chances to retrieve
the lost stuff ...
At the risk of losing something else elsewhere. Flipped bits in SRAMs
are quite likely. The thing is - they don't matter. Which is why the
obsession with utter and constant bit perfection everywhere is a losing
When trying to reach the final solution to be able to skip totally the
normal CD transport I'm struggling with the following question:
What is to your experience the ultimate difference in a direct AB
comparison between
1.
CD feeding directly a DAC and compared to
2.
Slimserver feeding Apple
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