bigfool1956;245697 Wrote:
Looking at the original post:
Isn't option 1 what happens when you have a great hi-fi and then you
get married, and option 2 what you get when you slink off to another
room ipod in hand?
How true :o(
One answer would be to get a second SB I'spose . .
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In lieu of the found problem, I would like to convert MP3 to WAV before
streaming the song to SqueezeBox.
I was trying to do it through File Types in Server Settings and by
modifying convert.conf file, but I failed miserably.
Can someone help me please? :-)
Thanks.
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I downloaded a track (Something's Comming from Claire Martins Too Darn
Hot album) from Linn at studio master quality and CD quality.
I then converted the studio master version to a .wav file and loaded it
into Cooledit Pro where I did a frequency analysis and found that the
spectrum of the
mvalera;245654 Wrote:
Moving this to the audiophile forum...
Mike
MP3? Audiophile? Are you in a mischevious mood today Michael? ;)
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Quoting Shredder ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
While I am very excited by the idea of the Slim Device products, it has
occurred to me that I may not really need one. It has occurred to me
that I could accomplish the same end by putting my music on a NAS
device, connecting the NAS directly to a DAC,
dcolak;245791 Wrote:
In lieu of the found problem, I would like to convert on the fly MP3 to
WAV before streaming the song to SqueezeBox.
I was trying to do it through File Types in Server Settings and by
modifying convert.conf file, but I failed miserably.
Can someone help me please?
Mark. You may have hit on the answer to my question.
In reading about NAS devices, I thought I had been told that I could
run ethernet cable directly from the NAS to a router and then from the
router either wirelessly or with ethernet to the Transporter/SB3.
Wouldn't it be the same for any DAC?
I am no expert but I have been told that I can run a lengthy etherenet
cable from the NAS to the DAC. Because of the noise issue you idenitfy,
I plan to put the NAS in my laundry room whether I go Slim Devices or
not.
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Which NAS are you looking at that has a digital audio out?
And what interface are you referring to? SlimServer to catalog the
music and SoftSqueeze to play it? Can SoftSqueeze even run on a NAS?
It's not heresy, you can accomplish all this with a PC. But if you
just look on all the
Quoting Shredder ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
Mark. You may have hit on the answer to my question.
In reading about NAS devices, I thought I had been told that I could
run ethernet cable directly from the NAS to a router and then from the
router either wirelessly or with ethernet to the
Wouldn't this mean putting the NAS right next to the audio gear, in your
listening area? That would mean cooling fans, spinning hard-drives, etc.
interfering with your listening pleasure, wouldn't it?
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nicketynick
Wireless SB3, Denon DRA-F101, Mission M31 loudspeakers
WinXP SP2 Slimserver,
I know I'm not going to explain this right, but I'll try, in layman's
terms (sorry, laymen!)
You can't just hook the NAS/router directly into a DAC - you're still
missing the 'soundcard' function that a computer (or the SB3) provides
in translating the digital file (.wav, eg) into a *digital
OK. Makes sense re: the sound card.
Perhaps, I should change the scenario. Other than the ability to use a
NAS, why do I need a Slim Devices product if I can stream music
directly from my PC to a DAC?
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Shredder;245838 Wrote:
OK. Makes sense re: the sound card.
Perhaps, I should change the scenario. Other than the ability to use a
NAS, why do I need a Slim Devices product if I can stream music
directly from my PC to a DAC?
The quality you'll get from such a setup will reach from horrible
I can only answer why I chose SB over your scenario, because I was
previously doing more or less what you suggested.
First, for me it was very convenient to have a remote control
interface and a GUI right there in my listening area. I suppose you
could get around this with a handset type device,
Shredder wrote:
Perhaps, I should change the scenario. Other than the ability to use a
NAS, why do I need a Slim Devices product if I can stream music
directly from my PC to a DAC?
You don't.
If all the music is stored on some file server (which you can call a NAS
if you like) you can just
nicketynick;245837 Wrote:
I know I'm not going to explain this right, but I'll try, in layman's
terms (sorry, laymen!)
You can't just hook the NAS/router directly into a DAC - you're still
missing the 'soundcard' function that a computer (or the SB3) provides
in translating the digital
Shredder;245838 Wrote:
OK. Makes sense re: the sound card.
Perhaps, I should change the scenario. Other than the ability to use a
NAS, why do I need a Slim Devices product if I can stream music
directly from my PC to a DAC?
Let me start with; is it just about the money? If you are looking
Hey. Thanks for all the great responses. Interesting and I learned a
lot. Great forum, BTW.
Transporter/SB3, it is.
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Buy a cheap second hand laptop and plug it into a dac or directly in a
receiver and you're done. Foobar, winamp, itunes will be perfect for
this...
But a squeezebox or a transporter is an audio component like a
better cd player not a computer. If you don't mind the audio
component side of the
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Shredder;245838 Wrote:
OK. Makes sense re: the sound card.
Perhaps, I should change the scenario. Other than the ability to use a
NAS, why do I need a Slim Devices product if I can stream music
directly from my PC to a DAC?
The quality
What's the point of being an audiophile if you are not a music lover?
One might as well make electric trains or collect stamps. I consider
myself as an audiophile because i prefer to listen to the music i love
on the best system i can afford instead of the crappy record player or
radio i had in
Generally speaking Linn albums are superb examples of recording and
mastering.
I thought the SB3 couldn't handle 96Khz at all?
It handles 88.2 by dropping alternate samples AFAIK...
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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
One other advantage which I didn't hear mentioned, but just occurred
to me. If you are considering both SB3 and transporter, this could
imply that you wish to have them both playing simultaneously at some
times. With SB3/transporter, this is painless -- they can each
simultaneously play
Fifer;245803 Wrote:
MP3? Audiophile? Are you in a mischevious mood today Michael? ;)
I dare you to notice difference between 320 kbps and a wav! :-))
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sikahr;245831 Wrote:
Try this.
In convert.conf add
mp3 wav * *
[madplay] --very-quiet --bit-depth=24 --output=wave:- $FILE$
and add madplay.exe to BIN server directory.
Restart, and test MP3 playback.
Unfortunatelly, this dont work OK, I get mix between music and noise.
You
sikahr;245831 Wrote:
Try this.
In convert.conf add
mp3 wav * *
[madplay] --very-quiet --bit-depth=24 --output=wave:- $FILE$
and add madplay.exe to BIN server directory.
Restart, and test MP3 playback.
Unfortunatelly, this dont work OK, I get mix between music and noise.
You
Mitch, I agree. As I have read the responses here, it did occur to me
that the PC/dac option would definitely not work well for two players.
Thanks.
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dcolak;245879 Wrote:
Thanks. Where did you get madplay from? I visited a thousand open source
sites and never found a simple option to download win32 executable. :-((
So it's rare?
See Rarewares.org then: http://www.rarewares.org/mp3-others.php
'This thread'
snarlydwarf;245886 Wrote:
So it's rare?
See Rarewares.org then: http://www.rarewares.org/mp3-others.php
'This thread'
(http://forums.slimdevices.com/archive/index.php/t-13677.html) makes
that appear to be a Windows executable.
Thanks. Unfortunately, it didn't work. Squeezebox reports
Strange.
It works for me on 7.0.
Try restart machine and enable madplay at mp3 file type.
Good luck.
Nenad
P.S. Nisi slucajno Damir #268;olak(moj kolega s posla)? :))
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Must looks like this (NOKIA 770 skin):
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Sorry for offtopic on Croatian:
ivio Damire, ima imenjaka kod mene u Splitu
pozdrav Nenad
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sikahr;245894 Wrote:
Strange.
It works for me on 7.0.
Try restart machine and enable madplay at mp3 file type.
Good luck.
Nenad
P.S. Nisi slucajno Damir #268;olak(moj kolega s posla)? :))
It must be the version, I'll install the 7.0 and try it again.
P.S.
Ha, jesam Damir #268;olak,
This is a project I put together for the bedroom. May be interesting to
others. My objective was good sound in a sleek package.
It uses an SB3,a NOS DAC, and a gainclone amplifier, all with separate
powersupplies. I use Felix's ampswitch plugin to turn off the DAC and
Amp powersupplies in
And now for my hosts audiophiles,
mp3 decoding in full 24-bit, as promised in slimdevices promo
material:
mp3 flc * *
[madplay] --output=wave:- --replay-gain=audiophile --attenuate=-0
--very-quiet --bit-depth=24 $FILE$ | [flac] -cs --totally-silent
--compression-level-0 --endian big
Very nice! I'm thinking of doing something similar. What DAC did you
use?
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Nice plant, I mean project. With the small speakers and gainclone amp,
why did you choose to go with an outboard DAC?
If you were doing it again, would you get a used SB2? My thinking is if
I was going to use an external DAC the idea would be to save the price
of a new SB3 and put that money
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