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If one has an upgraded linear power supply for the SB3... what should a
configurable outlet in the power filter be set up for?
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thought that might be it.
I went with a Panamax M55300-EX for my primary
systemhttp://www.panamax.com/literature/pdf/M5300EX_L549A.pdf but it
seems a little overkill for this second system
Has anyone done in-depth research into a <$200 power conditioner?
Seems these things run from $12.9
Judging by the internal photos shown of the Lavry DA10 on the
DIYhifi.org site, it appears to use a very cheap switching power
supply.
I can't imagine this being superior or even comparable to the
Transporter or any other quality DAC for that matter.
To make matters worse, it uses a low cost De
Get something 9anything) along this line:
http://www.audioadvisor.com/prodinfo.asp?number=FUPST8
You have a grounding issue somewhere.
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mlsstl;186349 Wrote:
> some pretty strong accusations. JohnW obviously shows technical
> competence in his writings, but he certainly is not forthcoming about
> his interests.
>
> However, I've said my piece and people can take it or leave it as they
> wish.
http://www.diyhifi.org/forums/viewto
i'm posting to Audiophiles cuz i figure you guys would be best to
address with a question like this.
I'm trying to build a nice bedroom system around my Squeezebox.
Currently i'm running it wireless into my amp, the Naim 5i. I get a
fair amount of 'hum' noise from the device (most audible befor
I have read both TAS and Stereophile for over 20 years. The quick
answer is that Stereophile is much stronger on equipment and at best
mediocre on music, the best music overview they do is a feature called
Records to Die for once a year or so. On equipment they are much
better due in part to Joh
Skunk;186232 Wrote:
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> What would be helpful to me is if you/someone could define the
> theoretical connection points in the following pic, especially in terms
> of how Vcc,Vdd are powered together/separately (don't they need to see
> their voltages in sequence- i.e. from a rail?).
>
Well it
P Floding wrote:
> In addition I don't think cranking out DACs is such an impressive thing
> compared to a lot of electronics engineering. It's a bunch of standard
> parts, after all.
Isn't that where we were in the late 70s, all amplifiers sound alike
because they all have the same parts and sam
> In addition I don't think cranking out DACs is such an impressive
thing compared to a lot of
> electronics engineering. It's a bunch of standard parts, after all.
Then there are a lot of awfully overpriced units on the market,
including the Transporter.
My personal opinion is that the debate
Nikhil;186206 Wrote:
> I had my SB2, Sonos ZP80, Cyrus CD8+PSX-R & Apple Airport Expres feed
> into a DAC-X which in turn fed into a Cyrus 8 Integrated amp + PSX-R
> power supply which was driving Dynaudio Audience 52SE speakers. This
> setup provided me with many hours of enjoyment, and of all
mlsstl;186331 Wrote:
> > I would not want to do business with a entity with such low
> integrity.
>
> I think you are rushing to judgment. I own a DA-10 and think it sounds
> marvelous. I've also followed the discussion over at diyhifi.org and at
> lavry.com. Several points to consider.
>
> 1.
Is there a place to get one of these for $30?
On Amazon, I saw a battery powered portable amp for about $32, but then
I'd need to buy an AC adaptor?
I'm looking to power two pairs of speakers in my kitchen ceiling. Maybe
a pair of these amps would do the trick.
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> I would not want to do business with an entity with such low
integrity.
I think you are rushing to judgment. I own a DA-10 and think it sounds
marvelous. I've also followed the discussion over at diyhifi.org and at
lavry.com. Several points to consider.
1. The fellow who started the debate (Jo
Ben Diss;186323 Wrote:
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> Still, I had to do a little test. I had my wife help me do a blind A-B
> test to see if I could hear the difference between Crystal mode and Wide
> mode. I could NOT tell the difference after many attempts. For
> reference I have a stock SB3 and a Blue Jeans digital
I love my DA10. I auditioned 4 different DACs and chose this one.
Still, I had to do a little test. I had my wife help me do a blind A-B
test to see if I could hear the difference between Crystal mode and Wide
mode. I could NOT tell the difference after many attempts. For
reference I have a s
P Floding;186311 Wrote:
> I would care a great deal, as in one case I can forget about
> interconnect problems, noise entering the SPDIF link, etc, etc, and in
> the other case all things that should not matter suddenly do matter.
> What a bummer.
Additionally, it may cause one to wonder whether
There are a series of reviews on O'Reilly Digital Media of the Edirol
R-09, Zoom H4, and M-Audio MicroTrack. I've been thinking about picking
one up. Don't expect audiophile-type quality, especially without good
microphones. There are some audio clips for downloading there.
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slimkid;186305 Wrote:
> Assuming that the price/sound quality ratio of DA10 is right, and
> assumig that it works as advertised with regarding to its features, do
> we even care that there are questionable technical explanations made by
> its creator, or that there are some parts that are non fun
slimkid;186305 Wrote:
> But, that thread opens very interesting question, for me at least.
> Assuming that the price/sound quality ratio of DA10 is right, and
> assumig that it works as advertised with regarding to its features, do
> we even care that there are questionable technical explanations
P Floding;186301 Wrote:
> Seems bits are not so easy for some designers.
But, that thread opens very interesting question, for me at least.
Assuming that the price/sound quality ratio of DA10 is right, and
assumig that it works as advertised with regarding to its features, do
we even care that t
Yep, Apple Lossless, like I said. It seems this is a known bug with the
current release. As an experimented, I upgraded again and the
pop/crackles came back. Interestingly, it does not happen if you
forward between songs.
At any rate, the bug is on SD's radar screen. Hopefully they will
reali
Phil Leigh;186293 Wrote:
> This thread is one of the funniest things I've ever read...
> "bit accurate" apparently is the be all and end all...if only life were
> that simple. Bits are easy - analogue is really the hard bit!
Seems bits are not so easy for some designers.
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No, I d
The Audio Critic: http://www.theaudiocritic.com
Reviews of gear and music, and insightful commentary with no BS. See
the back issues for a great discussion about the fraud of expensive
speaker wire:
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Phil Leigh wrote:
> Patrick Dixon;186285 Wrote:
>> For monitoring, but surely not for mixing?
>
> Sorry - yes that's what I meant!
So, that won't affect the sound at all, right?
R.
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Pale Blue Ego;185401 Wrote:
> I could understand if they claimed they heard better bass definition of
> airier highs, but "tempos dragged"? That just seems fishy.
What do you expect from a British review?
Us British have always tired to make ourselves look cleverer with the
way we does speak,
You might also try SoundStage, www.soundstage.com. Like Stereophile and
TAS, though, it is equipment-oriented.
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P Floding;186283 Wrote:
> I read the entire thread, and it sure gives an additional dimension to
> the "objectivist" vs. "subjectivist" debate.
This thread is one of the funniest things I've ever read...
"bit accurate" apparently is the be all and end all...if only life were
that simple. Bits ar
Ben Diss;186290 Wrote:
> Don't miss these two threads:
>
> http://lavryengineering.com/lavry_forum/viewtopic.php?t=337
> http://lavryengineering.com/lavry_forum/viewtopic.php?t=180
I don't have a login at Lavry..
But thanks anyway for the tip.
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No, I didn't ABX it. And I won't e
Don't miss these two threads:
http://lavryengineering.com/lavry_forum/viewtopic.php?t=337
http://lavryengineering.com/lavry_forum/viewtopic.php?t=180
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Patrick Dixon;186285 Wrote:
> For monitoring, but surely not for mixing?
Sorry - yes that's what I meant!
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Phil Leigh;186281 Wrote:
> Patrick - whilst I generally agree, the signals do have to be rendered
> into analogue for monitoring/mixing...
For monitoring, but surely not for mixing?
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ezkcdude;186228 Wrote:
> FYI, there's a *very* heated thread taking place at diyhifi.org on the
> Lavry DA-10. The jist of it is that there are some folks claiming that
> the DA-10 basically does not do what it claims. I highly recommend
> reading this before you purchase:
>
> http://www.diyhifi
Patrick Dixon;186177 Wrote:
> Hmm, this isn't quite correct.
>
> Digital signals are incredibly robust, and moving them around studios
> or the home or almost anywhere else is really not that difficult.
> However, what is much more difficult is the process of converting
> between the digital an
I think I may have fixed the problem. If I tell the slimserver to
convert the flac files to wav at the server, the popping seems to go
away. I will continue testing.
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ezkcdude;186228 Wrote:
> FYI, there's a *very* heated thread taking place at diyhifi.org on the
> Lavry DA-10. The jist of it is that there are some folks claiming that
> the DA-10 basically does not do what it claims. I highly recommend
> reading this before you purchase:
>
> http://www.diyhifi
thank all of you for your comments.
As soon as I hit the button, I realized that it was silly to
ask a question without searching the forum first, but you know, it was
early in the morning and the coffee had not turned me on yet.
I have a rather old system (20 yrs?), a Musical Fidelity Dr. Thom
Stereophile and The Absolute Sound are the big ones here in US, but
neither focus primarily on recordings, more on equipment. For music
reviews I read Paste, Uncut, and No Depression--but my taste in popular
music runs to alt.country and singer-songwriters.
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Hi
I'm looking for the best sound magazine both focusing/reviewing quality
recordings and audiophile equipment. I have been looking on
http://www.stereophile.com/ but I don't know if it's good and is the
main focus audiophile with just a squeeze of music or are both subjects
covered well?
Are th
mudlark;186226 Wrote:
> The DAC-X doesn't come with a remote. I use a programmable philips
> device. I can help with how to set the thing up if you wish.
Thanks. I will probably take you up on that offer, once I set up my
Cyrus gear again.
Cheers
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mmg_fan;186140 Wrote:
> Anyone use any of the new solid state recorders like the Edirol R-09?
> http://www.edirol.net/products/en/R-09/
>
> There's also a 1-bit recorder out soon by Korg...
> http://www.korg.com/gear/info.asp?a_prod_no=MR1&category_id=3
>
> What's the quality like of the audio?
davidcotton;186243 Wrote:
> Hi
>
> Not read it yet, but www.avsforum.com have a review of the transporter.
I believe that that is just a post linking to the audioholics review
mentioned in another thread.
http://www.audioholics.com/reviews/digital-media-servers/slim-devices-transporter-digital
Hi
Not read it yet, but www.avsforum.com have a review of the transporter.
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Good question.
But I'm afraid I don't know either. Some definitive input on where to
attack the DAC supplies would be very useful. Anyone?
A possible alternative to SuperReg for me would be try a TentLabs Shunt
regulator, which at only 15 x 38 x 8mm might just fit inside the SB3
case. Don't kn
Pop occurs randomly. I have received an email from someone who seems to
have this working correctly. They did have the same problem when using
a coax cable but switched to aes/ebu connection and problem went away.
Don't know what slimserver version they are using though. I have tried
the aes/ebu c
parrydave;186172 Wrote:
>
> However, if I use an external SuperReg to give 5Vcc, it would make
> sense to also derive the 3.3Vdd as per the app note and power the DAC
> completely off-board.
>
> Sounds relatively straightforward. Just depends on where to attack the
> Dac supplies. Also, would
FYI, there's a *very* heated thread taking place at diyhifi.org on the
Lavry DA-10. The jist of it is that there are some folks claiming that
the DA-10 basically does not do what it claims. I highly recommend
reading this before you purchase:
http://www.diyhifi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=23864#23
Nikhil;186206 Wrote:
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> A couple of quick questions - slightly OT
> 1) Do you find that the PSX-R improves the quality of the DAC-X? I have
> 2 PSX-R units, but 3 pieces of Cyrus gear that can be used with the
> power supplies. I felt the most audible benefit could be obtained while
> connect
gian;186155 Wrote:
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> Any comment very welcome.
>
> regards,
> -GianLuca
I don't believe the sound quality differences between DACs are
generally audible (that view puts my into a small minority of
audiophiles, but I can back it up). So if I were you, I'd give a lot
of weight to the other fe
i like the idea of the solid state recorder. i used a high-end minidisc
recorder a few years ago in amsterdam to record some very good musicians
playing under a large arch in a park. just recently, i was listening to
my music collection on random in the background, and i heard an
impressive soun
yes, many threads here and elsewhere
I was considering th eLite DAC-60, but after further research and
reading tons of reviews I purchased the lavryDA10.
Lots of reviews and comparisons of this DAC against others.
Especially check head-fi.org and audioasylum
http://www.head-fi.org/forums/showt
Walter,
Is the pop occuring randomly? Or is it consistently in the same place
(eg. always when the track starts, etc)?
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mudlark;186193 Wrote:
> I didn't post last time this came up. I have a Cyrus DACX and PSX-R
> which does the digital bits of my SB3. I bought the DACX because it got
> good reviews, and because I have a Cyrus Preamp system which i like. Due
> to being slightly crippled I need a remote system for
I didn't post last time this came up. I have a Cyrus DACX and PSX-R
which does the digital bits of my SB3. I bought the DACX because it got
good reviews, and because I have a Cyrus Preamp system which i like. Due
to being slightly crippled I need a remote system for best enjoyment.
The DACX is ab
Phil Leigh;186049 Wrote:
> No I get it now!
>
> The thing we need to hang onto here is that in studios, digital signals
> move all over the place between (digital desks, ADC's, DAC's,
> processors, computers / workstations etc etc.
>
> Generally these are using not plain SPDIF - but then again
Hi Skunk,
Some good stuff there. Having read the links it makes a lot more sense,
but I am far from expert in such matters!
First, my comment about no internal SuperReg was based only on the fact
that I don't want to rehouse the SB3. If I can make one fit, ofcourse
that would then be the favouri
My dac has a display that shows the sample rate of the input signal.
It showed 48khz.
- Eric
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Many threads on this already, such as
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32740&highlight=external+DAC%2A
This is one of the uses for the digital output - another would be the
case where the SB is being used with an all digital
amplifier/receiver.
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