There are a lot of debates and assumptions about the way these USB audio
boxes are clocked.
My understanding is that the operating systems fetch a sample rate in
the file header, then manage to create some clocking at this sample
rate, and eventually pushes out the data bits through the USB to a
bobschneider;193096 Wrote:
> For my other gear, I just trained the dog to walk over and adjust the
> controls from the faceplates, with her snout. Unfortunately, I can't
> do this with my SB3, since it doesn't have any controls on the
> faceplate. Time to talk to the wife about getting a Transp
jlmatrat;193091 Wrote:
> Regarding the Lavry dispute, one sure could expect some perfect plot
> from any digital output, if the product was really and totally immune
> to jitter. What amount of jitter can be left in order to be recognized
> as immune to jitter? I don't know.
Well, from the descr
jdbaker;193041 Wrote:
> This might seem obvious, but do not let your dog get a hold of your
> remote. A while back my Airedale puppy chewed on my SB3 remote, The
> remote had a few chew marks but seemed to work fine. Last night the SB
> just went haywire, long story short I finally figured out th
opaqueice;193078 Wrote:
> But for the moment I'm happy - upgraditis will set in later :-).
I just haven't been able to get the SB2 that I have up to where my CD
player is in terms of audio quality. Every time I spin a disc it just
reminds me that there is something not there and I do think it's
opaqueice;192976 Wrote:
> ...you seem to have proven that the Lavry DA10 is [b[not[/b] immune to
> input jitter, contrary to the claims of the manufacturer: there is a
> clear difference between the SB3+DA10 result and the Terratec+DA10.
>
> There were recently some debates on another forum o
Fair enough.
I agree about the interface - SS is just not very good. They need a
nice graphical remote to bypass it, or at least a bigger display -
something like a little flat screen that plugs into the SB4 (so you can
remove it if you don't want it) and displays album art. Even better if
i
Jaco;193008 Wrote:
> So, here's my feature request for the Transporter: please, please add
> HDCD decoding!
It would be quicker to figure how to rip CDs to take advantage of HDCD
as outlined in this thread.
Microsoft seems to have little interest in HDCD. HDCDs are still being
produced, but wh
Anne;193023 Wrote:
> I converted a cd to 24/96 wavs in dbpoweramp and played it on SB3. The
> files were HUGE, over a gigabyte an album and its just throwing money
> at harddisk manufacturers
Yes - there is zero point in converting CD to anything but 16/44.1 -
aside from the HDCD issue which
Funny story. Not funny for you I guess!
Perhaps one of the buttons got stuck down due to, umm, puppy slobber.
I find when this happens it's almost impossible to get the remote
working again. There's a residue that gathers around the rubber behind
the faceplate that's impossible to remove.
--
This might seem obvious, but do not let your dog get a hold of your
remote. A while back my Airedale puppy chewed on my SB3 remote, The
remote had a few chew marks but seemed to work fine. Last night the SB
just went haywire, long story short I finally figured out the remote
was constantly sending
darkglobe;192411 Wrote:
> Have you considered the racket a laptop actually makes?
Mine is very quiet - the fan only comes on if it is doing some serious
processing and playing back music isn't that stressful.
As far as USB DAC goes, I don't see why it should be prone to losing
data if it is us
Excellent. So I'll:
1. Use a test tone and measure SPL. Then try:
a. jump neg side
b. jump both neg and pos
c. disconnect one side of bi-wire and leave jumpers attached.
2. Listen to various test tracks under my normal conditions and three
stated above.
I'll report sometime over the weekend
I converted a cd to 24/96 wavs in dbpoweramp and played it on SB3. The
files were HUGE, over a gigabyte an album and its just throwing money
at harddisk manufacturers
--
Anne
Bryston B-100 SST, Squeezebox 3, Stax Signature II, Martin Logan Aeon I.
--
SoftwireEngineer;192869 Wrote:
>
> Also, you did not tell us your subjective opinion of the sound of the
> modded SB2 vs the SB3 with or without the Lavry (?)
It's difficult to explain, and I don't lke the usual talk about air,
clarity, authority, soundstage, and the like.
Regarding the Lavry,
PhilNYC;193011 Wrote:
>
> So the question I had was which File Type was being used when making
> this comment...ALAC->FLAC or ALAC->WAV? He just said that he wasn't
> using ALAC->MP3, but didn't specify whether he was using FLAC or WAV.
> If he was using ALAC->FLAC (the default setting), then
opaqueice;193002 Wrote:
>
> The issue here was different - it was whether you hear a difference
> between ALAC->WAV and WAV->WAV, or between ALAC->FLAC and WAV->FLAC.
>
The comment being discussed was an assertion that "but I found that
reproduction of Apple Lossless files through the SB3 was
I've been planning to upgrade to a Transporter, but by doing that I'll
be losing the ability to play my HDCD's as they were intended - damn!
Ok, I can always connect the digital out of the Transporter to a DAC
that can decode HDCD, but then I'll have to remember which of my CD's
are HDCD encoded :
I've just verified that ripping with EAC using FLAC works for HDCD -
yay!
My setup consists of an SB3 with a Denon 3805 A/V amp. The 3805 has the
ability to decode HDCD. The digital output of my SB3 is connected to the
digital in of my Denon 3805, that is, I'm using my 3805 as a decoder and
DAC
PhilNYC;192999 Wrote:
> It depends on how you have the File Types set up in Slimserver. You can
> have it convert Apple Lossless files to either FLAC, MP3, or WAV, and I
> believe the default converts it to FLAC.
>
> I do perceive a slight but noticeable improvement in sound quality when
> usin
Ben Diss;192997 Wrote:
> That's an interesting thought. Since I'm biwired I should be able to
> connect a bridge between the high and low side at the speaker and
> listen for a difference in sound. If biwiring makes a difference I
> should hear it, right?
>
> -Ben
Ideally you would disconnect
Ben Diss;192997 Wrote:
> That's an interesting thought. Since I'm biwired I should be able to
> connect a bridge between the high and low side at the speaker and
> listen for a difference in sound. If biwiring makes a difference I
> should hear it, right?
>
> -Ben
One interesting thing to try
opaqueice;192974 Wrote:
> That's an extraordinary claim - my understanding is that SS converts
> apple lossless files into WAV *at the server side* before streaming it
> to the SB3, and therefore the packets the SB3 receives, and the
> processing it has to perform, are *identical* whether your mu
opaqueice;192977 Wrote:
> If you draw a little schematic circuit diagram you'll see that the
> bi-wired configuration is identical to the single-wired if the wires
> are ideal, but if you replace them with (very small) resistors to model
> the fact that they aren't perfect, there is a slight diff
opaqueice;192974 Wrote:
> That's an extraordinary claim - my understanding is that SS converts
> apple lossless files into WAV *at the server side* before streaming it
> to the SB3, and therefore the packets the SB3 receives, and the
> processing it has to perform, are *identical* whether your mu
Hmmm... could be this: if the FFT uses the *other* definition than the
one in the wiki, which is to put a 1/sqrt[N] in front of both the
transform and its inverse, then a bandwidth-limited signal (say a pure
sin) would have an amplitude twice as large for the 4096 as for the
1024 (4/sqrt[4]=2).
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I'm glad you've got it working for you.
I personally can't hear any difference between fw15 and the latest fw
(aside from the obvious volume control behaviour), but if it works for
you, then it's fine by me.
It's just a shame that open source and open minds don't go hand in hand
really.
--
Pa
haunyack;192854 Wrote:
> Sounds reasonable.
> What about the crossover effect?
> Does it present different path characteristics for the 2X2 cable
> connection?
>
If you draw a little schematic circuit diagram you'll see that the
bi-wired configuration is identical to the single-wired if the wir
These are very very interesting plots - for one thing, you seem to have
proven that the Lavry DA10 is [b[not[/b] immune to input jitter,
contrary to the claims of the manufacturer: there is a clear
difference between the SB3+DA10 result and the Terratec+DA10.
There were recently some debates o
Shuggie;192970 Wrote:
> I'm sure all the above is theoretically correct, but I found that
> reproduction of Apple Lossless files through the SB3 was noticeably
> poorer than WAV or AIFF, even after checking that Slimserver was not
> transcoding ALAC to MP3 etc. So, I can understand that ALAC is
I'm sure all the above is theoretically correct, but I found that
reproduction of Apple Lossless files through the SB3 was noticeably
poorer than WAV or AIFF, even after checking that Slimserver was not
transcoding ALAC to MP3 etc. So, I can understand that ALAC is not a
compromise per se, but th
Its a highly subjective question, and I think you will get a range of
replies on this one, but I think an unmodified SB2/SB3 comes close to
an entry level NAD type CD player. Of course with tweaks and
modifications, or with an external DAC, it can end up sounding much
better than a far more expens
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