If I were you, I would look at an external DAC. If SB output sounds less
detailed, less brilliant... less like what you expect it to be and if
your CD player seems much better.
Be sure you play FLAC or other lossless format, make sure you compare
CD and SB with the same interconnect cable and
brjoon1021;245248 Wrote:
I hope that I am a fully recovered audiophile that is now a music lover.
I remember buying many CDs that sounded good though I hated the music.
Steve Winwood and Anita Baker (I was in my last years of High School and
early College) come to mind.
I am also trying
Maybe a Transporter is a better match your system? That said, it's also
got a neutral, analytic sound which you're coupling with the usual
'accurate' BW characteristics.
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sosleepy;245263 Wrote:
I've recently purchased the squeezebox, which I am really enjoying.
However, I don't seem to be getting the oomph that I hope that I
would when using it. My system is pretty simple- McIntosh MA6500
integrated amp and BW 804 Nautilus speakers. The squeezebox is
What would the meta data tags ideally be?
So long as it's all there and easily seperated (e.g. use '|'), peeps
can use mp3tag etc. to move tags about. IMHO, so use your example
Artist - orchestra[, conductor]
Album - Piano Quintet in G minor Op. 57 for 2 Violins, Viola,
Violoncello and Piano
Dr. AIX;245193 Wrote:
Tagging and iTrax...I'm exploring whether we should add an option to the
profile section of the site to ask how verbose the user wants the
tagging of the content. We've been talking internally about this
because it becomes quite an issue with a long title. Take for
I don't remember the name but it was a comeback album in the late 80's
or early 90's that was out about the same time as Peter Garbriel's
So. I bought both of those and others because reviewers gave them
excellent marks for sound quality. The Steve Winwood disk I never
really liked but listened
darrenyeats;245151 Wrote:
There isn't enough information in your post to give a sensible answer.
What are you listening to the SB3 through? If you haven't arrived at
your perfect loudspeaker yet, I would put the $300 in a savings account
for that.
Over time I've come to appreciate the SB3
gwnzen;245358 Wrote:
btw I bought shek d1 DAC last night it cost me only 200 USD 2md hand.
but the question remain whether or not I am doing the right move here.
Also I heard that if you use external DAC you don't need linear
PSUupgrade. Is that correct? I hope so
thanks
Trying an
gwnzen;245358 Wrote:
Oops My bad
thanks darren
1 week ago i replace my cambridge audio 640C with SB3 to feed CA 640A
and drive Wharfedale 9.1.
I like the improvement warmer detail midrange and not bright unlike my
previous setup.
But I miss wider soundstage my old CA did.and the SB3
hi,
I name my WAV files like this:
e.g.
trackno - track - artist - album.wav
e.g.
01 - All I Need - AIR - Moon Safari.wav
that way the track squence keeps maintained...
My file system is tagged like this (folders):
MUSIC/GENRE/ARTIST/ALBUM/...tracks...
So I can find everything easily
Ahh let's see you're using a $3000. amp to drive a $3500. pair of
speakers and then hook up a $299.00 SB3 as a front end and you wonder
why it's sounds lacking? Got to be a Troll...
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sosleepy;245263 Wrote:
I've recently purchased the squeezebox, which I am really enjoying.
However, I don't seem to be getting the oomph that I hope that I
would when using it. My system is pretty simple- McIntosh MA6500
integrated amp and BW 804 Nautilus speakers. The squeezebox is
sosleepy;245263 Wrote:
I've recently purchased the squeezebox, which I am really enjoying.
However, I don't seem to be getting the oomph that I hope that I
would when using it.
Sorry about the vague language. Has anyone had a similar impression of
the squeezebox and if so, what steps did
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ErikM;245398 Wrote:
Ahh let's see you're using a $3000. amp to drive a $3500. pair of
speakers and then hook up a $299.00 SB3 as a front end and you wonder
why it's sounds lacking? Got to be a Troll...
? - I'm using a $30k active system on the back of an SB3 (OK + $2-3k
Dac)...
and your
Gotta go with the music, even though I occasionally get flack from
audiophile friends for it I've got some albums here that sound
like they were played with dry wall screws at some point in their life,
but the performances are so good they still end up on my turntable
Cheers! Dave
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I like to think that I'm both an audiphile and a music lover. Given the
choice, without question I'd opt for number two, and I think you'd have
a very hard time finding even the most hard core gear-hound that would
make any other choice.
You could make it much more difficult (and the
vrobin;245285 Wrote:
using ethernet instead of wifi can also help getting more of your SB
without costing too much...
If you mean avoiding dropouts, interference and general wireless hell
then yes.
If you mean it will yield subtle sonic improvements dem's fightin'
words... :-)
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Mark
Mark Lanctot;245524 Wrote:
sonic improvements dem's fightin' words... :-)
I hope all of you newbies have the flamethrowers charged up.
This is the SD flame forum after all.
.
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haunyack
Transporter - BK R200.2 - Vandersteen 3A Signature. (Listening room)
SB3 (RWA analog) - Rotel RB1070 -
Thanks for the suggestions so far. I'll give the preamp suggestion a
try when I get some free time in the next couple of days. My CD source
isn't anything to write home about- a Marantz DV7600 DVD/CD/SACD player.
It has more oomph than the squeezebox, but I know it isn't top of the
line either.
I'll pick option one. Really.
I've always liked music when it was on and had cds for the car, but was
never a music lover.
That is until I went to buy a HT setup and happened across an arcam on
focals. I have no idea what I've been listening to all my life - sound
maybe - but not music. I
I just received the TranquilPC running windows home server. Slimserver
is preinstalled and is working well with the transporter, but I need to
change the setting of the slimserver software. Does anybody know how to
get into the setup menue of slimserver on the TranquilPC?
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