Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter Troubles

2007-08-06 Thread JJZolx
NewBuyer;219200 Wrote: I was about to purchase a Transporter, then saw this thread... very interested to learn what is the problem/solution to these posted issues, and why it apparently isn't affecting an SB3(?) The Transporter is still a relatively young product and the firmware seems to be

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter Troubles

2007-08-06 Thread NewBuyer
ermine;219202 Wrote: ? I take it you mean RF on the powerlines? You don't get DC on AC powerlines. If you did, if would quickly get fixed when people notice the wisps of smoke curling up from transformers in their gear. Indeed you do, and I believe it may be on any leg (even the

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter Troubles

2007-08-06 Thread Greg Erskine
NewBuyer;219200 Wrote: I was about to purchase a Transporter, then saw this thread... very interested to learn what is the problem/solution to these posted issues, and why it apparently isn't affecting an SB3(?) Hi NewBuyer, As I said in my orignal post, I consider my issues to be very

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Advice to improve Sound.

2007-08-06 Thread HerculePirate
Do you think that the combination of a Room Correcting System like that of TacT will help my situation. Does anyone have any experience with the TacT RCS 2.0s Thanks herculepirate -- HerculePirate HerculePirate's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Advice to improve Sound.

2007-08-06 Thread zanash
all the times I've heard tact implementation...it seems to take something away from the music...make it sound sterile. I suggested a cheap and easy way you could see if you could get more out of your speakers ...have you tried that yet ? just moving the speaker position by a few inches can

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Advice to improve Sound.

2007-08-06 Thread egd
Some more information on things you might want to try: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?p=127139#post127139 -- egd Thecus N5200PRO Transporter ATC SCA2 ATC SCM100SLAT egd's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter Troubles

2007-08-06 Thread ermine
NewBuyer;219207 Wrote: In fact, PS Audio advertised an item called a 'HumBuster' (http://www.psaudio.com/products/upchbmoreinfo.asp) that was specifically designed to remove the DC on an AC line. I find it hard to trust the reports of a company that states Because transformers work when

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] This Is An Improvement

2007-08-06 Thread 325xi
Wombat;218891 Wrote: Well, i donĀ“t follow these I can hear threads anymore. Everybody answers Yes, i abxed even when the chance to really do a proper abx is nearly impossible. wav against flac against itunes against slimserver. How can somebody really tell wav is better than flac if he only

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter Troubles

2007-08-06 Thread cliveb
JJZolx;219206 Wrote: The Transporter is still a relatively young product and the firmware seems to be less mature than that of the Squeezebox. The tone of this thread might give lots of people the impression that Transporters regularly freeze/lock up/whatever. I realise that I'm tempting fate

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter Troubles

2007-08-06 Thread opaqueice
NewBuyer;219207 Wrote: Indeed you do, and I believe it may be on any leg (even the ground). In most homes it will be a small amount, but in some homes it can be higher. When motors from a refrigerator, washer/dryer, microwave, etc come online, the DC component can increase and even modulate

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter Troubles

2007-08-06 Thread johann
opaqueice;219325 Wrote: There's no way DC can make a transformer (or anything else) hum. I'm sure a strong DC current with high voltage would make you go hum for at least short while. ;) -- johann johann's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] How is Audiodiffmaker meant to work?

2007-08-06 Thread ermine
I'd go further and say this program is of extremely limited practical usefulness, at least with external recordings (ie not made by itself). And I'll only give it that qualification rather than a full NFG because I haven't tried that. I recorded the output of the SqueezeBox 1 for 30s using Sound

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] How is Audiodiffmaker meant to work?

2007-08-06 Thread opaqueice
I wouldn't draw any conclusions one way or the other from that. It sounds like your recording device simply isn't good enough, or there's some other problem somewhere. I tried this three times - with a SoundBlaster card in my PC, with a Tascam USB mic interface using the line-in, and with my

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter Troubles

2007-08-06 Thread opaqueice
johann;219332 Wrote: I'm sure a strong DC current with high voltage would make you go hum for at least short while. ;) More like sizzle... -- opaqueice opaqueice's Profile:

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

2007-08-06 Thread connorml
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Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] A photo of your Squeezebox setup (please)

2007-08-06 Thread truckfighters
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Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] How is Audiodiffmaker meant to work?

2007-08-06 Thread ermine
Okay, so I try this again, using my Toshiba laptop and another copy d/l just now. I have to rack the digital gain of the SB1 down to keep it within the input range of the line-in, but I do the same as before. I record the beginning of a track, stop, record it played again. The actual track used

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter Troubles

2007-08-06 Thread occam
opaqueice;219325 Wrote: There's no way DC can make a transformer (or anything else) hum. http://www.ewh.ieee.org/r6/san_francisco/pes/pes_pdf/PGE_Presentation_TransformerHum.pdf The Creek amps were/are well known for their toroid transformers humming with the presence of an dc on mains lines

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter Troubles

2007-08-06 Thread opaqueice
occam;219418 Wrote: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/r6/san_francisco/pes/pes_pdf/PGE_Presentation_TransformerHum.pdf The Creek amps were/are well known for their toroid transformers humming with the presence of an dc on mains lines (easily seen with a dual trace scope with both ac and dc

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter Troubles

2007-08-06 Thread occam
Indeed, if we could just keep that pesky AC from our power transformer's primary, then the 'bonus' DC would be no problem at all. Your 'subtlety' is not lost at all; it conveys a great deal... -- occam occam's Profile: