Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Beating a dead horse: choosing SPDIF cables

2007-08-29 Thread zanash
pfarrel is right an rca plug cannot be 75ohm its a design thing ...I don't know if the canare is close or notbut as said its to do with the diameter and size of the central conductor ..I can't see who they have managed it I've put up a simple diy recipe that will outperform all but the

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Using TP optical input - How?

2007-08-29 Thread Heimiko
nuhi;223503 Wrote: Heimiko, maybe you could try the 7 as well. If it helps to you too then I'll reinstall my Windows with just 7 on it, I reinstall almost every week anyway, it's my other hobby (not joking) :) Okey, will try this eve, if I got time that is. Otheriwse - tomorrow. --

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Beating a dead horse: choosing SPDIF cables

2007-08-29 Thread Deaf Cat
I've only tried, the three chord's, a Cardas and a VDH andoh can't remember the others, still I settled with the Chord digi Signature love it :D VDH did nothing for my kit or ears, Cardas was wonderfully warm, detailed and relaxing, Chord Sig bit more of a wake up call :) Try your favorite

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Beating a dead horse: choosing SPDIF cables

2007-08-29 Thread 325xi
Some time ago I decided I won't pay premium price for cables anymore - unless I know it is technically justified, which didn't happen to me yet - so Au is out. Too bad I didn't try it before. :) Now, what about RF/EMI and shielding? All BS, or there's something in that? -- 325xi

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Beating a dead horse: choosing SPDIF cables

2007-08-29 Thread opaqueice
jhm731;223532 Wrote: Take a look at Audience's Conductor cables: http://www.audience-av.com/cables/c_description.php Thanks for the link. There's some entertaining reading there, particularly this: http://www.audience-av.com/powerchord/ To the OP, I would recommend bluejeans cables.

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Beating a dead horse: choosing SPDIF cables

2007-08-29 Thread eiret
Just for the couriosity. http://www.venhaus1.com/diycatfivecables.html -- eiret eiret's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11521 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] HDCD ripping

2007-08-29 Thread cjk32
arne;223272 Wrote: well... i've written a batch file that scans the whole media library of foobar for hdcds and saves the results in a log file. this way you can conveniently scan all you flacs or apes without converting them manually. after that you can use foobar again to convert the

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] HDCD ripping

2007-08-29 Thread Phil Leigh
cjk32;223680 Wrote: Sounds like an excellent tool, exactly the sort of thing I had in mind when referring to script wrappers. I've added some (hopefully script friendly) command line options. I won't explain them here as I'd like the usage information (hdcd.exe -h) to be self

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Beating a dead horse: choosing SPDIF cables

2007-08-29 Thread ErikM
Stereovox XV2, a true giant killer. http://www.signals-superfi.com/stereovox/index.html http://www.enjoythemusic.com/magazine/equipment/0706/stereovox_xv2.htm -- ErikM ErikM's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Beating a dead horse: choosing SPDIF cables

2007-08-29 Thread 325xi
ErikM;223725 Wrote: Stereovox XV2, a true giant killer. http://www.signals-superfi.com/stereovox/index.html http://www.enjoythemusic.com/magazine/equipment/0706/stereovox_xv2.htm Why to pay $150? I don't mind if it makes sense, so... anything special about this cable? -- 325xi

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Beating a dead horse: choosing SPDIF cables

2007-08-29 Thread mvalera
Maybe I'm asking a dumb question... but how can you pick up radio frequeny - electromagnetic interference on an optical cable using light to transmit the data? -- mvalera Michael Valera Online Communities Manager Logitech Streaming Media Systems slimdevices.com

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Beating a dead horse: choosing SPDIF cables

2007-08-29 Thread mvalera
Oops sorry! You're referring to the coax version. I always forget that spdif is either optical or coax. :p Mike -- mvalera Michael Valera Online Communities Manager Logitech Streaming Media Systems slimdevices.com

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Beating a dead horse: choosing SPDIF cables

2007-08-29 Thread Pat Farrell
mvalera wrote: mvalera wrote: Maybe I'm asking a dumb question... but how can you pick up radio frequency - electromagnetic interference on an optical cable using light to transmit the data? Oops sorry! You're referring to the coax version. I always forget that spdif is either optical or

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Audio Problem

2007-08-29 Thread brucegrr
I need some advice on how to pin down a problem I am having. I have a squeezebox hooked up to Audioengine speakers. The connection is via composite cable (red and white) from the squeezebox to the speakers with a composite Y ending with an mini-rca plug at the speakers. The problem is I will

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Empirical Audio Pace-Car Reclocker

2007-08-29 Thread eiret
Interesting test/article. This Steven Nudget(Emperica Audio) coming from Intel and silicon valley has knowledge about dac`s, circuits, opamps. No doubt. Same with the engineers at BenchmarkMedia. They are on an collision course, maybe. They both want to engineer good dac`s, but Steven Nudget

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Empirical Audio Pace-Car Reclocker

2007-08-29 Thread DCtoDaylight
At the risk of nit-picking No oscillator is perfect, every one ever built has some level of phase noise (aka jitter). Therefore anybody who claims their product has no jitter is lying. That's the whole point in determining how much jitter is audible. So you know how good to make your

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Empirical Audio Pace-Car Reclocker

2007-08-29 Thread opaqueice
DCtoDaylight;223799 Wrote: No oscillator is perfect, every one ever built has some level of phase noise (aka jitter). Therefore anybody who claims their product has no jitter is lying. No one claims that - it wouldn't mean anything. What does mean something is to claim your DAC is

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Audio Problem

2007-08-29 Thread brucegrr
Yeah it works fine on another amp. I have two squeezeboxes and it does the same with both. I thought surely it has to be a cable but I changed the cables (and speaker wires) and I still have the same intermittent problem. -- brucegrr

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Audio Problem

2007-08-29 Thread kphinney
Have you tried a regular CD player with the Audioengines? -- kphinney SB3 Rotel RCD-1070 CIAudio DVA-2 w/ VAC-1 PS JoLida 102B Omega Grand 6's PowerMac Zhaolu D2.5 with headphone amp mod. AKG K501 kphinney's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Audio Problem

2007-08-29 Thread brucegrr
No I have not. I don't own one. We use the Squeezebox for all our music. -- brucegrr brucegrr's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3964 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Audio Problem

2007-08-29 Thread brucegrr
The Rca jacks are outputs for a subwoofer -- brucegrr brucegrr's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3964 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=38015