Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] A photo of your Squeezebox setup (please)

2007-05-06 Thread snoogly
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Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Buying Transporters in the UK

2007-05-06 Thread CardinalFang
cliveb;199530 Wrote: I fear that the future is not at all bright for the Transporter, which is a crying shame, because it's a *stunning* piece of kit. Well being as there is a sale on for Squeezeboxes, I would expect them to also become Logitech branded as well come June 1st when the sale

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Buying Transporters in the UK

2007-05-06 Thread Andyoz
cliveb;199530 Wrote: This really is a huge mistake, marketing-wise. The audiophile community just isn't going to believe that a box with a Logitech badge can possibly be high-end. Yes, it's irrational snobbery, but it's the way the marketplace works. I fear that the future is not at all

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] A photo of your Squeezebox setup (please)

2007-05-06 Thread muski
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Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] A photo of your Squeezebox setup (please)

2007-05-06 Thread Skunk
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Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Linn Records now doing FLAC

2007-05-06 Thread Timothy Stockman
Wow, this is great news! I downloaded a couple Claire Martin 24/96 albums. Good stuff! -- Timothy Stockman Timothy Stockman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8867 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] HD Music Downloads from iTrax

2007-05-06 Thread truckfighters
hi there! really looking forward to your new service! my suggestions: please include FLAC file format for download (24bit 96kHz). that plays on almost anything... please include paypal as a payment method please sign me up as beta tester (transporter through BW N 802D speakers...) cheers

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Linn Records now doing FLAC

2007-05-06 Thread adamslim
Timothy Stockman;200031 Wrote: Wow, this is great news! I downloaded a couple Claire Martin 24/96 albums. Good stuff! Which would be the best one of her albums to get, do you think? I know next to nothing about jazz, but they seemed quite good when I played the samples on the Linn website.

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] HD Music Downloads from iTrax

2007-05-06 Thread Balthazar_B
Second (or third) the suggestion for FLAC. FLAC (as a lossless compressed format) can really be the common denominator for all lossless formats (except today for proprietary Apple Lossless, but it's heavily rumored that FLAC will be natively supported with the Leopard OS release later this

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Linn Records now doing FLAC

2007-05-06 Thread adamslim
Olav Sunde;199763 Wrote: Actually the release notes for firmware 81 says that bug 4712 -88.2kHz sample rate content plays at half speed- is fixed, but the bug entry is not closed. Well the latest nightly (FW v81) now seems to work - the test file plays OK. I'll check the Messiah tomorrow.

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Linn Records now doing FLAC

2007-05-06 Thread Timothy Stockman
adamslim;200065 Wrote: Which would be the best one of her albums to get, do you think? I know next to nothing about jazz, but they seemed quite good when I played the samples on the Linn website. Recommendation? Adam I started with her latest, He Never Mentioned Love. Maybe her best to

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Linn Records now doing FLAC

2007-05-06 Thread Jetlag
Just to confirm, the 24/96 files play perfectly with latest daily (FW 81) on the SB3, correct? Has anyone tried them on the TP? I am not home right now but I think the latest TP FW is 31. -- Jetlag Jetlag's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] A photo of your Squeezebox setup (please)

2007-05-06 Thread Animeka
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Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] A photo of your Squeezebox setup (please)

2007-05-06 Thread CatBus
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[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter listening test

2007-05-06 Thread opaqueice
Several people asked me to report on this, so here goes. I went over to PhilNYC's today along with a friend and auditioned a transporter, as well as a number of other sources and DACs. Most of the listening was done through Phil's main system, the details of which you can find on this forum or

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter listening test

2007-05-06 Thread crooner
Thanks for your excellent report! Your findings are exactly what I have been suspecting for some time now. There isn't really any significant difference between SB3 and TP, specially when driving an external DAC (using conventional SPDIF). Now, it would be interesting to compare a SB3 driving

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Linn Records now doing FLAC

2007-05-06 Thread davep
Jetlag;200105 Wrote: Has anyone tried them on the TP? I am not home right now but I think the latest TP FW is 31. I have tried the latest Claire Martin album on the TP and get a slightly strange burbling sound at the very beginning of playing a track, as if the TP is sorting itself out to

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter listening test

2007-05-06 Thread azinck3
Thanks for taking the time to write this up. It's certainly in line with my experience with digital audio sources. While you sometimes catch a lot of flack (flac? :) ) around here for your objectivist leanings I'm appreciative of your contributions (and usually in complete agreement). --

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] A photo of your Squeezebox setup (please)

2007-05-06 Thread TCM
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