Screens are nice, but I rarely look at mine at all. Even in the living
room, we use the laptops and the web interface to play music. The only
time the Squeezeboxes or their remotes are ever touched is for firmware
updates when we upgrade slimserver. I am really more interested in
audio quality h
linuxtx;206083 Wrote:
> Okay... Looking to update my system a bit. At this point it is a
> Squeezebox 3 going into a Musical Fidelity A5 integrated (on its way).
> I would really like to upgrade the Squeezebox 3, but I am curious...
>
> Squeezebox 3 -> Musical Fidelity X-DAC V8 (Tube/SS) -> M
Okay... Looking to update my system a bit. At this point it is a
Squeezebox 3 going into a Musical Fidelity A5 integrated (on its way).
I would really like to upgrade the Squeezebox 3, but I am curious...
Squeezebox 3 -> Musical Fidelity X-DAC V8 (Tube/SS) -> MF A5
integrated.
or
Transporter -
You'll get as many opinions as there are members here.
My opinion is read this paper then go demo a pair in your price range.
http://www.meridian-audio.com/w_paper/DSP_speakers_scr.pdf
They range from $5000.00/pr (that includes amps and DACs) to
$54,000.00/pr.
Oh yeah, don't waste money on the
God I love to fool with this stuff!
For today's experiment, I have a graph showing my room Impulse Response
(blue) the correction filter (red) and the resulting output via the
Test_Convolution simulation (puke brown). If we look at the 40Hz point
it seems like the correction filter is boosting th
As has been pointed out, there are many conflicting standards for audio
metering. One major issue is: just what are you expecting to see? Do
you want an indication of loudness (maybe some type of "average" level)
or are you interested in peaks? Or maybe some (hopefully useful)
combination or pe
I'm currently talking to Hexateq about creating a 2 channel,
flush-mount, auto-sensing D class amp that fits into the wall.
The idea is that it hooks to a set of ceiling speakers and power at the
back, with RCA on the front for connecting the SB3 up to. No power
switch, no LEDs.
At the moment i
Vintage Cdc3500 Stereo Cassette Deck from 1976... for illustrations
purposes really but i might consider a trade for your transporter.. ;)
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Thanks for the posts. It is probably good that people keep pushing me to
audition. (I read Hurley's Hi-Fi guide and he strongly recommends this
too).
Any recommendations for a good tube amp with balanced inputs? The
McIntosh C275 looks awesome, but I was hoping for something a bit
cheaper.
--
Ron,
Thanks for doing that test... The meters are obviously using a weighed
value of some sort.
Anyway, what it's doing is irrelevant. It LOOKS good, and since the
unit is VUs it's perfectly okay. (I must have had a total brain fart or
someting when I started the thread in the belief that it wa
Probably..the firmware makes a difference. But I feel the following will
make much more of a difference -
1. Wired vs Wireless (or with wireless, better connectivity using a
good router etc)
2. Streaming WAV to the SB3 (I recently did this flac-to-wav and can
notice a good amount of difference)
3.
I would recommend you get an amp that is balanced. I found Transporter
to sound better with balanced outs (XLR)
Those speakers get rave reviews.
But you will get best results if you listen to a lot of high end gear
and develop an idea of what pleases you the most.
Don't let an audio salesperson
I think I might have prompted this thread by my claim in the V15 SW
thread that I can hear a difference in absolute phase. To be honest,
even though I believe I can hear a difference, I find it difficult to
decide which I prefer using my current speakers. I believe this is
because they are ported
Go to a hi-fi show, and listen to some systems way out of your price
bracket. Find the ones you are blown away by (I mean totally), and you
have your direction.
There are many radically different approaches to hi-fi/music
presentation. I recommend not making an expensive mistake!
There's no wa
Thanks for the fast response.
I've been busy finsihing my dissertation. Researching audio has been a
late-night / early-morning decompression thing. I have read a lot but
haven't done much auditioning. I do plan to do some before I lay down
the big bucks.
So I appreciate any recommendations for
Hypnotoad;206025 Wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm getting a better paying job and want to waste my money on audio
> equipment! Help me.
>
> I plan to rip all of my CDs, put them on an external hard drive and get
> a Transporter (which I would operate from my MacBook Pro).
>
> So far, so good, I hope.
>
>
Hi,
I'm getting a better paying job and want to waste my money on audio
equipment! Help me.
I plan to rip all of my CDs, put them on an external hard drive and get
a Transporter (which I would operate from my MacBook Pro).
So far, so good, I hope.
I'm then thinking about using the Transporter
pnielsen,
I generated some 1 kHz tones using Audacity at various levels and
exported them as FLAC files (44.1kHz-16bit.)
Files were then streamed to Soft Squeeze, results:
0.1 full scale resulted in -9 VU
0.2 full scale resulted in -6 VU
0.4 full scale resulted in -2 VU
0.5 full scale result
Thanks for clarifying, Phil. I guess I will look at the actual
correction curves tonight to see which have really extreme correction
values associated with them. If I understand the way Inguz works, they
might still be usable if I take advantage of the Gain capability to
reduce the overall gain. T
Ron F.;205811 Wrote:
> I could be incorrect, but I believe that 0 VU represents -20 dBFS or 20
> dB below full scale.
Ron, you nailed it! That's exactly what it is. The VU scale is not a dB
scale.
It looks like the transporter may be using 0dB = -10dBFS.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nominal_le
I've got 2 SB3s on homeplug connections and the technology works
flawlessly. Even the original specification, which is 14mbps, is
plenty for uncompressed audio.
I also like the idea that, unlike a wired ethernet connection, I can
easily move the SB3s to any other room, or even outdoors.
Also no
Yes it's really important to keep an eye on what the RC is doing to
avoid large boosts in the lower midband as this is where most of the
power is required on rock and pop and amps will run out of steam /
overheat / clip / damage speakers if running with a lot (hard to
quantify - say > 10dB0 of boo
I will do an experiment with some files created in Audacity, and see
what 0 VU comes out to be on the SB3...
-Ron
--
Ron F.
*Squeezebox setup:* wireless SB3 -> CI Audio VDA.2 DAC + VAC.1 PSU
*Main rig:* NAD 7600 + NAD 2600A -> Phase Tech PC-6.5 speakers
*Headphone rig:* Headroom Max -> Sennhe
I think I might just go this route. It seems trying to trade or
purchase/sell to get a wireless for my wired SB3 is going to cost just
as much...
Also the Homeplug concept can be used for a lot of things...
thanks,
-Tal
--
taloyd
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Pat Farrell;205844 Wrote:
> Well, you should not go completely crazy. With EQ (not that Inquz is
> likely to do this) you can pump up either end past what the amp or
> speakers can handle, and with speakers that can't do it, say go loud
> way
> up high, you can keep adding gain until you see s
After reading through all these forums (wow, is there a ton of stuff!) I
think I'm gonna skip the linear power supply and buy a Benchmark DAC-1
and connect via optical. Not too sure about the posts about skipping
the preamp and connecting directly to the power amp but I'll give it a
shot. Thanks
I was going to respond, but cliveb nailed it... the VU meter relates to
output voltage of the attached machine where 0VU = +4dBm @ 600-ohms
(.775 volts). Most PRO analog gear was capable of producing an output
of +24dBm before clipping, giving you 20dB of theoretical headroom.
This is, pretty mu
Or, just get a pair of homeplug network adapters. These create a wired
connection using your building's existing electrical wiring. Just plug
one in near your router, and the other near the Squeezebox.
A pair of them costs about $80.
--
Pale Blue Ego
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Cuthbert;205908 Wrote:
> Absolutely agree. Looks good and makes no difference to the sound. (as
> far as I'm concerned.) :)
Ditto. They are great as they are!
--
James_B
James_B's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/m
blessingx;205802 Wrote:
> Please don't fix every analog 'problem' in the digital world. ;)
Absolutely agree. Looks good and makes no difference to the sound. (as
far as I'm concerned.) :)
--
Cuthbert
Cuthbert's Profile:
The volume goes up to 11 - how wouldn't the VU go above 0dB? Otherwise
it wouldn't go as LOUD
--
adamslim
Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have
others
http://www.last.fm/user/AdamSlim/
'Last.fm group: people who don't listen to any of last.fm's top
artists'
pnielsen;205806 Wrote:
> No. That's not right.
>
> In an old analog device, 0dB usually represents a threshold value of
> some sort. Usually this value is set for the level when distortion
> reaches a certain treshold value. Thus, in analog electronics 0dB does
> not represent the maximum possib
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