There IS a way for dirty ground from a digital environmnet to get over
a wire to a clean environment, its called a ground loop. In order for
this to happen there has to be a loop (hence the name!) A loop is
caused when there is more than one path that ground currents can take
from one environment
...foundation that collects the tax on blank CD's... CD's for
photography...It's not easy to think of something taxable that is
associated only with listening to music
Oh god what papers do you read! There is a famous and obvious solution
to this... Microsoft pays a % of the sale price on
such a thing is very possible despite all the knuckle headed denials.
Please: if you want to carry on a discussion, stop throwing insults at
us and actually address some of the points that have been made. Just
because many of us disagree with you doesn't mean we're thick.
willyhoops;200923
mark-e-mark
I would like to see more discussion around the trust relationships and
their security enforcement mechanisms...
If you mean you would like to learn about DRM and hacking etc then i
can give this quick tutorial:
Today we can use encryption to completely protect data from any
Lol :D Brilliant!
Am I right in thinking that what you really mean, is:
I'm bored now that we're part of a big company. I want to go off and
do another start-up...
... and can I have a job? ;)
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willyhoops;200923 Wrote:
There is a famous and obvious solution to this... Microsoft pays a % of
the sale price on every Zune to the record companies to compensate for
piracy. Apple was asked to do the same but refused.
Hmmm, indirectly you will pay for that taxation. and what if I would
use
from 10 euro cd artist gets maybe some 20 cents if they're lucky
So you think that 2% of the CD sale price does to the artist if they
are luyky. Common sense should tell you that is junk. I was guessing
arount 10% same as a book but more for very established artists.
A quick check at a harvard
willyhoops;200946 Wrote:
So you think that 2% of the CD sale price does to the artist if they are
lucky.
I think you've mis-interpreted, the point being made is only a fraction
of the CD cost actually goes to the artist - NOT that servies thinks the
artist should only get 2%.
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willyhoops;200923 Wrote:
The obvious way to distrubute the money is based on survey of pirate
content although this is hard to measure for real small artists... Eg
iPod survey information shows today that under 5% of the music on an
iPod is purchased through the iTunes store.
You seem to be
willyhoops;200946 Wrote:
So you think that 2% of the CD sale price does to the artist if they are
lucky. Common sense should tell you that this is junk. No one can make a
living from that. I was guessing around 10% (same as a book) or 15%+ for
very established artists. Even 10% sounds low
I saw the article by Janis Ian. I can't see the bit where he got to 2%
but it looks like a complete junk article. For example:
There is zero evidence that material available for free online
downloading is financially harming anyone. In fact, most of the hard
evidence is to the contrary.
Even
Well, one small example for you - take it how you will.
I recently saw an album available for download in lossless format -
obviously not an official source ;) This is how I like to try out new
stuff, after all if I want a new car I can test drive it first, I can
try on new clothes prior to
Thats a nice story and its keeping sales alive at the moment. But when
the consumer looses all interest in physical CDs, why would he download
a free lossless CD and then like it and then buy exactly the same thing
again. RIAA reports sales by value including both CDs and Digital
downaloads as
willyhoops;200953 Wrote:
I saw the article by Janis Ian. I can't see the bit where he got to 2%
but it looks like a complete junk article. For example:
Even the copyright abolish fans here are surley not arging that file
sharing has had no financial hard on anyone.
There is no
willyhoops;200958 Wrote:
Thats a nice story and its keeping sales alive at the moment. But when
the consumer looses all interest in physical CDs, why would he download
a free lossless CD and then like it and then buy exactly the same thing
again.
Well as I already had the download, there
ah i checked on wiki... she is an uneducated lesbian folk singer and
outspoken critic of the RIAA. well she must be smart then...
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The way you describe her, tells us enough about you...
And you still never countered any arguments given here against DRM...
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www.whatwhatclub.co.uk
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It also seems to me that this is a vulnerability in SD's master plan - I
am better off using a configurable PC and NAS as my system because at
least I can control the technical parameters explicitly, though I loose
convenience and elegance. With SD what I see is not
It is not a static playing field - I agree.
Is the issue chipsets? The TP DAC is very advanced and could support
all of the formats mentioned. The TP implementation does not support
88.2 for some reason other than a chip.
It is not the server side since this is streaming data bits and does
not
willyhoops;200964 Wrote:
ah i checked on wiki... she is an uneducated lesbian folk singer and
outspoken critic of the RIAA who has herself sold a lot of records.
well she must be smart then...
share price of majors has been beaten down and now there in interest in
them. maybe you have
totoro;200983 Wrote:
Her sexuality is relevant to the discussion in what way? So far, most of
what I've seen from you in this debate is ad hominems, blanket
assertions, and strawmen. But this particular ad hominem is just too
much.
You are a boor, a jackass, and an idiot.
You forgot
AndyC_772;200939 Wrote:
I'm bored and have way too much free time now that we're part of a big
company. I want to go off and do another start-up...
Well if there is a no-compete agreement I say Sean should just run for
president.
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I think this is a reference to that well know 'myth' of Joan Rivers
picking up radio signals in her mouth when driving around hollywood in
the 1940's. Speculation was that the amalgam in her mouth picked up
radio waves etc... or she was a drunk old bat ... seems that science
went for the '..
well i knew it would annoy a little... but come on - have you ever had
an intelligent rational debate with a folk singing lesbian? :-)
willy the 'troll'
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I have been reading about modified equipment, now just a thought, would
it be possible for one of these specialist companies to put an analogue
input on to the transporter, which would run to the existing analogue
outputs - switchable from transporter to analogue in?
Allowing pre-outs for
Sean: Well crafted, thought out answer... but I would recommend an
acoustically transparent fermi cage for the OP's head, or maybe just
dental floss - farmed in Montanna of course.
Best chuckle in a long time!
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That's what a home theater bypass does. It lets one input pass through
from the processor to the amp without any volume control applied (so
the processor controls the volume on that input). This feature would
have been godly on the transporter, its a shame its not there.
You can put the
discocarp;200994 Wrote:
Completely skip the processor when listening to 2ch.
His preamp can do that. The problem is having speaker wire going to the
moscode when he wants to watch movies.
My latest thought was to leave the moscode connected to the mains at
all times, and send only the front
Skunk;200999 Wrote:
My latest thought was to leave the moscode connected to the mains at all
times, and send only the front 2 channels from the pre processor to it
even in theater mode, while the other channels go to the theater amp.
This is really the only way to do it at this point.
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Skunk;200999 Wrote:
His preamp can do that. The problem is having speaker wire going to the
moscode when he wants to watch movies.
My latest thought was to leave the moscode connected to the mains at
all times, and send only the front 2 channels from the pre processor to
it even in
discocarp;201003 Wrote:
HT processor--(preouts)--2 ch preamp--2 ch power amp--speakers
All the preouts presently go to the OP's multichannel amp though,
unless there was a secondary set, which would then eliminate the need
for the 2-channel preamp (just go directly to the 2-channel amp and put
tomjtx;200975 Wrote:
Starve the troll, save the world
Ah Heroes, there should be another to download soon. Who cares about
music copyright when TV shows are whizzing around the ether within
minutes of ending? It's an outrage...
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Those are my principles, and if you don't like
seanadams wrote:
Nice for letter.
You forgot a couple...
Rather than engage in this tired discussion, I suggest exploring the
following factors which are more likely to improve sound quality in
your situation:
( ) room acoustics
( ) single malt scotch
( ) aged Kentucky bourbon
( ) 1974
Mark Lanctot;201006 Wrote:
All the preouts presently go to the OP's multichannel amp though, unless
there was a secondary set, which would then eliminate the need for the
2-channel preamp (just go directly to the 2-channel amp and put the
Transporter on one of the pre/pro's inputs.)
So the
The SB3 will only do 24/48 regardless of f/w - I have 81 installed. My
24/96 FLAC files play at 24/48. The Transporter does do 24/96 according
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BigTony;200989 Wrote:
I think this is a reference to that well know 'myth' of Joan Rivers
picking up radio signals in her mouth when driving around hollywood in
the 1940's. Speculation was that the amalgam in her mouth picked up
radio waves etc... or she was a drunk old bat ... seems that
willyhoops;200958 Wrote:
Hence the move away from selling music to making money off live tv and
events being tested by the major lables. This is disasterous for
smaller artists.
Um.
Record Labels don't make moneey off live shows and events.
That is how artists make money: and how they have
Here is the troll...
[image: http://www.whatwhatclub.co.uk/images/14.jpg]
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Thats a nice story and its keeping sales alive at the moment. But when
the consumer looses all interest in physical CDs, why would he download
a free lossless CD and then like it and then buy exactly the same thing
again. RIAA reports sales by value including both
provide some evidence for it!
not to mention the logical arguments...
HAVE YOU READ THE TWO ARTICLES I ALREADY POSTED HERE?
Not from a folk singing lesbian... actually from a major national uk
newspaper! oh yea, and if you are not from the uk... the newspaper is
the best here after the Financial
Yes, but what about a picture of Sillyhoops?
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Heuer;201015 Wrote:
The SB3 will only do 24/48 regardless of f/w - I have 81 installed. My
24/96 FLAC files play at 24/48. The Transporter does do 24/96 according
to the specs.
IIRC the SB3 DAC IC is capable of 24/96, so any restriction must be
either down to processing power, or firmware,
Very good likeness
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Interesting as the only reason I am contemplating buying a Transporter
is for the 24/96 capability (I use an external DAC). Maybe SD are
deliberately clamping down the resoultion to avoid impacting TP sales.
Wonder if there is a work around?
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willyhoops;201036 Wrote:
Provide some evidence for it???!!!
Not to mention the logical arguments... HAVE YOU READ THE TWO ARTICLES
I ALREADY POSTED HERE?
Not from a folk singing lesbian... actually from a major national uk
newspaper! oh yea, and if you are not from the uk... the newspaper
Timothy Stockman;200581 Wrote:
What's at the beginning of the file? (Track 2 - Forget Me) Nothing
out-of-the-ordinary that I can see. First view is the beginning of the
file, showing intertrack silence, then the cymbal hit followed by the
first piano note. In the second, the vertical
one of the best postings i read the last time. substance and humor:
kudos!
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This is what is happening with the SB3 as well, but it never does get a
grip unless you turn off the complex screensaver. With the SB3,
decimating the 96kHz stream to 48kHz is also an additional workload.
I also find that the noise floor present while streaming a Linn Records
96kHz flac to the
Heuer;201051 Wrote:
Interesting as the only reason I am contemplating buying a Transporter
is for the 24/96 capability (I use an external DAC). Maybe SD are
deliberately clamping down the resoultion to avoid impacting TP sales.
Wonder if there is a work around?
There's a difference in
Bugger! A TP it will have to be then.
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willyhoops;201036 Wrote:
actually from a major national uk newspaper!
Oh well, if it's in a UK newspaper it must be true then, the papers
never tell porkies do they ;)
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discocarp;201012 Wrote:
So the original poster wants to use a different amp in HT from 2ch? Is
that the piece of the puzzle I was missing?
Yes, but that would require switching speaker cables.
I did some more looking at the link I posted earlier, and I believe
this is what you can do:
It looks like bugs # 4886 and 4562 are relevant.
I am going to try the flac - flac transcoding to level 0 that was
mentioned and see if that fixes the problem for my SB3.
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I am not seeing a problem with 24/96 FLAC on my SB3 but then I do not
use the screensavers - just artist name and the small graphic analyser.
I will try playing a file with the VU meters on and see what happens.
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As the Transporter is a digital preamp an option would be to take the
front L/R channel outputs into an analogue-to-digital converter and
feed the digital signal into the Transporter. For HT you switch to the
digital inputs on the Transporter otherwise you use the Transporter as
normal. I used
If you have a decent AV-capable pre all this hassle can be avoided. If
you are going to have a system in one room that can do it all then
you really need to get to grips with the idea that a you do not need 2
pre-amps. I realise that decent means expensive but then - this is
the Audiophile forum.
willyhoops wrote:
but come on - have you ever had an intelligent rational debate with a
folk singing lesbian? :-)
You know Willy, I had you down as many things; learning that you're a
female folkie surprises me. ;)
R.
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Hey everyone. I'm circling around getting a real hi-fi system and I just
read this review
http://www.stereophile.com/integratedamps/407bryston/
of Bryston's new integrated with an onboard dac. What's appealing about
the idea of getting it is that I'd really be done: get a good pair of
speakers
If SB3 connectivity is important, you might want to look at our Symphony
integrated amplifier as well. It will deliver clean DC to your
Squeezebox as well (+DAC module)
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Yes, nice to read that review
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ROFL
Sean originated the company and was the chief designer of the
Squeezebox and the Transporter... He has now also invented the
automated forum response checklist.
It must have taken some preparation, but it should now be seen as the
gold standard when addressing more esoteric and
And thanks to TD for setting it up.
Steve.
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And thanks to TD for setting it up.
I wonder how long Sean has had that form lying around waiting for such
a nicely delivered straight line setup.
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You claim that an
(X) hypothetical
improvement in sound quality can be attained by:
(X) removing bits of metal from skull
Your idea will not work. Specifically, it fails to account for:
(X) the placebo effect
(X) your ears honestly aren't that good
(X)
Nobody answered my question!
TD
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Brilliant.
I hope it isn't copyrighted :-).
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them... Usually better system synergy this way..
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Kinda of like comparing good analog to digital... If you listen to
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willyhoops;201044 Wrote:
how about this?
It's nice, but if you are the artist don't you want to add a copyright
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willyhoops;200953 Wrote:
There is no quality control on the internet. If you search around you
will find that September the 11th was a US / Israeli plot as well. And
Dianna was murdered by the MI6. And that they never landed on the
moon... Do you believe these things as well?
9/11
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willyhoops;200953 Wrote:
I saw the article by Janis Ian. I can't see the bit where he got to 2%
but it looks like a complete junk article. For example:
Even the copyright abolish fans here are surley not arging that file
sharing has had no financial hard on anyone.
There is no
I have a few questions, but i am not
an audiophile high - end user or expert. So the questions maybe appear
stupid. Anyway, i will be wery pleased if you take your time and
answer.
I am considering a purschase of Quad 12L Active studio monitors
tyler_durden;201148 Wrote:
Nobody answered my question!
TD
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Hi,
If I'm getting this right, then you have confused the concepts of
computer soundcard and Squeezebox.
Generally, you use either one or another. If you use SB, then the
quality of the sound coming from it has nothing to do with your
computer soundcard. You can also connect the soundcard
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