Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] First shot at using Inguz

2007-09-12 Thread muski
I found this plot of showing the uncorrected/corrected phase response from someone using DRC. Does anyone know how to plot this from the Impulse_Response_Measured.wav & Impulse_Response_Filtered.wav files that Inguz produces? I have plotted before/after freq response using REQW, but don't see an

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Warbling after 2 mins when listening to 24/96 FLAcs with Spec. Anlzr.

2007-09-12 Thread mswlogo
Try transcoding to wave format on the server. This offloads the squeezebox from decoding to the PC. -- mswlogo Thinkpad XP SS > Cat5 > SB3 > SPDIF-COAX > Meridian 861V4 (Trifield, Room corrected, Upsampled) > DSP5500 Mains, DSP5500HC Center, DSP33 Rears

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

2007-09-12 Thread Chinanico
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Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Affordable Audio review of SB3

2007-09-12 Thread SoftwireEngineer
Come on guys..dont be too trigger happy. When you buy an amplifier or CD player for say, $1k, $5k or $10K (or sometimes $25k), how much do you think gets spent on the power supply ? It is very proportional to other aspects of the product (like output stage, drive/sled mechanism etc). So I dont see

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Affordable Audio review of SB3

2007-09-12 Thread westernboy
auronthas;226730 Wrote: > I enjoyed sound quality from analog output of SB3 to my integrated > amplifier so far. > > I am thinking to add in external DAC later, i.e. Benchmark DAC1, what's > your advise? I've found the SB3 analog output to be almost as good as that from the (expensive for me)

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Affordable Audio review of SB3

2007-09-12 Thread TiredLegs
Mark Lanctot;226795 Wrote: > Since they are both calling the same external encoder, the results > should be the same provided neither one had a ripping error. I know the results "should" be the same. I was asking if that's what fred7 actually found. -- TiredLegs ---

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Best digital output... Coax or Tos?

2007-09-12 Thread penda
After sorting out some RFI issues, i went back from optical to coax. I do not know why, but I prefer the sound - in a/b tests it sounds the same but after a few hours i'm sure I get less 'fatigue' - could all by psychological of course! -- penda -

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Affordable Audio review of SB3

2007-09-12 Thread Phil Leigh
Mark Lanctot;226801 Wrote: > Hmm? All you need is "flac -5 [input file]"! > > Did I miss something? No - it was a joke! -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal... ...SB3+TACT+Altmann+MF DACXV3/Linn tri-amped Aktiv 5.1

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Power Supply Upgrade for SB3?

2007-09-12 Thread queequeg
Veering recklessly back on topic, I recommend gdg read the Application Note AN1695/D from ONSemi, "Handling EMI in Switch Mode Power Supply Design." Last time I looked I could not find it on the ONSemi site (http://onsemi.com), so you may need Google to help you find it. -- queequeg --

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Affordable Audio review of SB3

2007-09-12 Thread Mark Lanctot
Phil Leigh;226798 Wrote: > Ah yes but clearly you underestimate the capability of a "subroutine" to > undermine the quality of the calling program! > > :o) Hmm? All you need is "flac -5 [input file]"! Did I miss something? -- Mark Lanctot 'Sean Adams' Response-O-Matic checklist, patent pe

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Affordable Audio review of SB3

2007-09-12 Thread Phil Leigh
Mark Lanctot;226795 Wrote: > Since they are both calling the same external encoder, the results > should be the same provided neither one had a ripping error. Ah yes but clearly you underestimate the capability of a "subroutine" to undermine the quality of the calling program! :o) -- Phil Le

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Affordable Audio review of SB3

2007-09-12 Thread Mark Lanctot
TiredLegs;226775 Wrote: > What did you find in your comparison of dbPowerAmp and EAC? Were they > identical in their ripping output? Since they are both calling the same external encoder, the results should be the same provided neither one had a ripping error. -- Mark Lanctot 'Sean Adams' Re

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Affordable Audio review of SB3

2007-09-12 Thread Phil Leigh
tyler_durden;226781 Wrote: > There are only four reasons for the sound of a device to be "completely > transformed" by changing a power supply (or its line cord): > > 1) The power supply design was woefully inadequate to start- a > condition not found in any commercial product I have ever seen o

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Affordable Audio review of SB3

2007-09-12 Thread tyler_durden
corbey;226652 Wrote: > Another questionable part of this review, at least to me, is his > assertion that upgrading the external power supply completely > transforms the sound of the Squeezebox. > There are only four reasons for the sound of a device to be "completely transformed" by changing a

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Affordable Audio review of SB3

2007-09-12 Thread TiredLegs
fred7;226050 Wrote: > (In a Windows CMD box the FC command can be used to compare the files > with the /B option). I actually went through this years ago myself out > of curiousity to see that FLAC worked properly and also comparing > dbPowerAmp to EAC. <> What did you find in your comparison of

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Affordable Audio review of SB3

2007-09-12 Thread auronthas
I enjoyed sound quality from analog output of SB3 to my integrated amplifier so far. I am thinking to add in external DAC later, i.e. Benchmark DAC1, what's your advise? -- auronthas Auronthas Digital Sources: Squeezebox 3 / Cambridge Audio 540C V2 Integrated Amplifier: Cambridge Audio 540A