Hi,
This should be an easy question.
In my newly remodeled media room, I would like to have the following
set-up:
1. Apple Macbook
2. Airport Extreme Base Station (802.11n version, because I will use
iTV)
3. Hard drive with music connected to AE.
Now, I don't have all the pieces in
Hi folks - had a crazy idea last night, hows about replacing my Meridian
analogue setup (556 24bit DAC/502 preamp/557 power amp) with a pair of
DSP5000's (or 5500's but I think these are still a bit costly on the
used market!) fed straight from the SB3?
Is this feasible, has anyone here done
I used Acoustica MP3 CD Burner is an intuitive, elegant music burning
software
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tomjtx;228356 Wrote:
IMHO , they are meant as light hearted humor and, ultimately, are an
attempt to save you money.
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I don't think anyone meant to insult you or your system.
This forum CAN be nasty - but I agree these posts were meant to be
light-hearted.
Darren
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Yep, slimserver is OK with a network drive and yes you can rip onto a
network drive. Be aware however that when for any reasons (and there
are plenty) a wlan connection fials your rip may fail and you may or
may not notice it.
Furthermore there are many issues reported in the forum where apple
Maybe the solution, then, is to rip when wired and play music when not
wired.
Of course, this will change the path in iTunes and perhaps require a
library rebuild in slimserver.
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You might want to see this thread
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=38314 for related
information.
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SB3 / Inguz - Sony DAS-703ES DAC - Krell KAV-300i - PMC AB-1
Dell laptop - JVC UX-C30 mini system (old, cheap, loved)
Sounds feasible. The only drawbacks I can see are that the SB3 as
standard isn't the worlds greatest digital source. In addition, the
5000s have their own style of presentation, clearly very marmite. I've
heard them and didn't like them, but go check them out for yourself, you
may love them.
Hi Chinanico, glad you're liking it.
WAV is just fine. Actually it's the most CPU-efficient; if your music
is stored as FLAC then it goes through a decoding process first, before
processing, then gets re-compressed to FLAC afterward.
And -20dB gain to stop clipping is fine too.
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Apogee Mini Dac now and makes a clear improvent. The digital edges
around voices are gone now :-)
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Why compress at all?
a) disk is cheap (1TB disk is ~$300 this can hold on the order of 1600+
CDs, 250GB is nearly free ;-)
b) once in AIFF (native) you can rip to any format you choose by
clicking and going to bed (to build a library for ipod for example)
c) you rip all your cds once (and
This approach has been discussed several times on the Meridian Board
although I'm not sure how may are actually use it. Most people with
DSPs have a processor as well. The approach is perfectly feasible and
I think the SB is an excellent digital source.
I spoke to some of the guys from Meridian at a hifi show last year and
they said they had loads of Squeezeboxes driving their speakers. It
seems a perfect idea.
You may need to be careful to get good 75ohm cables though - maybe
that's why people suggest DSP control units?
Adam
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I use DSP5000s mkII. I did for a whilse connect them direct to the SB3,
via their D2 input (you can use D1 to feed from a controller for your
other sources). It worked well.
In the end though I am using D2 for direct connection to my 598 player
so I can listen to multi channel DVD-A (my 561
I've never heard of them. I will do some more research!
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Hey Mike,
what do you mean by bridge mode and how does this effect bi-amping?
How much are the maridian? How much the Vandersteen? I read about atc
100 in this thread? Seem to be active speakers? This would involve
replacing my dali speakers. I am satisfied with them.
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tome;228444 Wrote:
Why compress at all?
Why not compress to a lossless format?
a) disk is cheap (1TB disk is ~$300 this can hold on the order of 1600+
CDs, 250GB is nearly free ;-)
But 250GB/2 is even more free.
b) once in AIFF (native) you can rip to any format you choose by
thanks, I appreciate it. It was so much simpler to put a disc on a
platter...
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jaysung;228458 Wrote:
Hey Mike,
what do you mean by bridge mode and how does this effect bi-amping?
How much are the maridian? How much the Vandersteen? I read about atc
100 in this thread? Seem to be active speakers? This would involve
replacing my dali speakers. I am satisfied with them.
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Just tried the Virtual Dynamics Master in place of my Chord Signature
Digital Coaxal, and wished I had not.
Any one thinking of digi cables and like the Chord Digi Coax, try the
VD Master, only if you can afford it :o
Did not for one second think I'd want to give my chord the boot! Still
I'll
Whoa, hold on for the storm...
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storms... have they not blown themselves out yet !
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Here we go
I think i will sit this one out.
But yes cables do make a big difference if your speakers are
transperant enourgh , however its not always the expensiv ones that
sound best.
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I was certainlyy trying to be lighthearted...
So you know where I stand on this, I have an SB2 strapped to a 150W
active wedge monitor (Carlsbro!) which I drag into the garden for the
one day a year when the sun shines. It sounds great (honestly). It's
mono and very VERY loud-and you can stand
Phil Leigh wrote:
I was certainlyy trying to be lighthearted...
So you know where I stand on this, I have an SB2 strapped to a 150W
active wedge monitor (Carlsbro!) which I drag into the garden for the
one day a year when the sun shines. It sounds great (honestly). It's
mono and very VERY
Robin Bowes wrote:
Now there's an idea. I've got a couple of powered wedges in the garage -
stereo!!
Right, so you drag them out in the yard, fire up the grill, pass out
some beers, and then hog the two square feet of sweet spot.
There are times when mono is better than stereo, and this is
Deaf Cat;228534 Wrote:
Just tried the Virtual Dynamics Master in place of my Chord Signature
Digital Coaxal, and wished I had not.
Any one thinking of digi cables and like the Chord Digi Coax, try the
VD Master, only if you can afford it :o
Did not for one second think I'd want to give
Robin Bowes;228556 Wrote:
Phil Leigh wrote:
I was certainlyy trying to be lighthearted...
So you know where I stand on this, I have an SB2 strapped to a 150W
active wedge monitor (Carlsbro!) which I drag into the garden for
the
one day a year when the sun shines. It sounds great
emilioforte;228478 Wrote:
thanks, I appreciate it. It was so much simpler to put a disc on a
platter...
hmmm - but only a millionth of the fun!
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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
I'm contemplating buying a pair of Wharfedale 8.1 active speakers,
intended to be used in direct connection to my SB3. According to the
specifications the speakers has an idle mode, which is automatically
entered when no music is playing. So this would be a very convenient
setup, with no need to
Well these things are £170 a pair..it all depends what you are after.
£170 is not a lot for a pair of proper active speakers.
Most (by no means all) people on this forum are using speakers that
cost 10x that and amplifiers that cost the same again.
I'd say for £170 they are probably a decent
harmonic;224665 Wrote:
The very point about moddifing audio components is that its here you can
get real improvments, cables platforms and so on will only make the
sound different.
Those that have been exposed to mods done right will have a hard time
coping with some of the skeeptics
emilioforte;228583 Wrote:
Has it occurred to anyone that these posts could be a joke...? ; )
I am dead serious
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ATC produces speakers for different budgets starting from $1,000 up to
the million dollar system they installed at the Walt Disney Concert
Hall in Los Angeles. If you are curious about any of them I'd be happy
to provide more information if you'd like to pm me.
I am an ATC dealer in the San
Maybe this is a dumb question. What if lossless formats change over
time so that in five or ten years the players are using a different
format? Will it be possible to convert from one lossless format to
another?
opaqueice;228457 Wrote:
Why not compress to a lossless format?
But
musiklov3r wrote:
Maybe this is a dumb question. What if lossless formats change over
time so that in five or ten years the players are using a different
format? Will it be possible to convert from one lossless format to
another?
Not so dumb, but easy to answer.
WIth any lossless format,
I have a new power supply that I want to try. What is type/size of
connector do I use to connect to the sb3 with 5 volt?
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harmonic;228542 Wrote:
however its not always the expensiv ones that sound best.
Do you know of any reasonable(£) ones that may do as well?
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Eric 2;227065 Wrote:
The Transporter is something I have considered. I wish I could hear the
difference between this and the Stello but I think this is going to be
very difficult here in the UK. Ive also searched the web to see if
anyone else has compared the 2 but without any luck. I
donwalker;228599 Wrote:
I have a new power supply that I want to try. What is type/size of
connector do I use to connect to the sb3 with 5 volt?
It's an N size coaxial power connector. (See the Power Input
section of http://www.slimdevices.com/pi_squeezebox.html )
The Radio Shack part is
Well, I'm not expecting miracles, but have had good experiences with
small affordable bookshelf speakers before. I was very happy with my
last pair, Rogers LS 3/5a, which I unfortunately had to part from when
moving across the Atlantic. If the Wharfedales was on par or close
enough to what I
Pat Farrell wrote:
Robin Bowes wrote:
Now there's an idea. I've got a couple of powered wedges in the garage -
stereo!!
Right, so you drag them out in the yard, fire up the grill, pass out
some beers, and then hog the two square feet of sweet spot.
Er, or spread them out with long XLR
Robin Bowes wrote:
Pat Farrell wrote:
Right, so you drag them out in the yard, fire up the grill, pass out
some beers, and then hog the two square feet of sweet spot.
Er, or spread them out with long XLR cables to cover the whole garden.
Which means there will be no sweet spot, no stereo
All right, DB or even SB testing isnt going to be anywhere close to easy
to set up for me. But I did use my daughter to choose between FLAC and
WAV on the puter...its upstairs while I was listening to tracks
downstairs. These were my results.
Indian Woman by Brent Alan. Vocal and 1 acoustic
Hi MP,
Thanks for your time.
I was doing my tests on M. Jackson ultimate collection 4 cds and Black
Sabbath Best of 2 CDs
Andrey
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You might look at the powered Quad speakers -- I've only used the
passive versions which are really outstanding bargains, but Quad's
electronics are good. From their website:
The Active L-series are powered versions of our famous L-series
loudsepakers. The 2 models, the '11L active' and the '12L
If you go direct out of your Mac G5 into your stereo, don't you get all
of your computer sounds going through your stereo, too?
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...don't you get all of your computer sounds going through your stereo,
too?
No, on a Mac you can specify which audio device to use for sound
effects (internal speakers, external device, etc.) or even turn them
off completely...
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No difference in sound quality either way. The only benefit to the SB3
is that it has no moving parts and is totally silent, so it works
nicely in a dedicated listening room. And for controlling it from
across the room, the VFD display and remote work well.
If your playback system is in the
tingtong5;228445 Wrote:
I just received my DIP Classic a few days ago, its between SB3 and
Apogee Mini Dac now and makes a clear improvent. The digital edges
around voices are gone now :-)
I concur. Sound better with the DIP for me. Smoother.
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