Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Best way to split digital signal

2007-11-29 Thread jt25741
Phil Leigh;244884 Wrote: http://www.ramelectronics.net/html/audio_toslink_adapt.html#pof-820 http://www.monoprice.com/products/subdepartment.asp?c_id=104cp_id=10423 Looks like the same product. I haven't used these, but may since my DVD player is dying and I dont see many these days with

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Posible bug in built-in MP3 decoder - please verify

2007-11-29 Thread dcote
amazing how much attraction this thread is getting for the fact that nobody is interested in MP3 format. ;-) personally, i appreciate these guy's efforts, because my GF is not technically savvy enough to rip her music to any other format than MP3. that means that half our collection (~3000

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Posible bug in built-in MP3 decoder - please verify

2007-11-29 Thread sikahr
Hi dcote, You can try bug workaround listed above if you want ( tested only in 7.0). Nenad -- sikahr sikahr's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14065 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Heresy

2007-11-29 Thread dcote
if you are scared of the cost of a transporter - go with the squeezebox. unless you have *super* audiophile equipment+expectations it will do nicely. for the cost of one TP, you can buy almost 6 SBs! ;-) thats a lot of music for the entire house... -- dcote

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Posible bug in built-in MP3 decoder - please verify

2007-11-29 Thread sikahr
Hi dcote, thank you for listening. dcote;246053 Wrote: however: i can only hear the artifact if the track is quiet and the volume is turned WAY up. This is it. Bug is not showstoper but very annoying on hi-fi gear. My rough estimation is that generated noise is about -50 - -60 dB.

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Oscilloscope question for Sean or anyone

2007-11-29 Thread Phil Leigh
If I wanted a scope for looking at SPFIF waveforms, what bandwidth would be good enough? I'm interested in doing some experiments on the SB SPDIF and would like to make some proper measurements! (sorry if this is the wrong forum for this question) Thanks Phil -- Phil Leigh You want to see

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Oscilloscope question for Sean or anyone

2007-11-29 Thread Phil Leigh
Pat - thanks! So 50Mhz would be OK (I'm not looking at jitter) - that's cool...roll on eBay! Cheers Phil -- 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 system and some

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Missing the oomph

2007-11-29 Thread david68
sosleepy;245532 Wrote: 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

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Oscilloscope question for Sean or anyone

2007-11-29 Thread Pat Farrell
Phil Leigh wrote: If I wanted a scope for looking at SPFIF waveforms, what bandwidth would be good enough? I'm interested in doing some experiments on the SB SPDIF and would like to make some proper measurements! One ususally buys an 'scope that can handle a comfortable amount over the

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Bedroom Box

2007-11-29 Thread Jitterbug
iPhone;245978 Wrote: With the small speakers and gainclone amp, why did you choose to go with an outboard DAC? The speakers are Monitor Audio GR10s - so reasonably revealing for the size. There is an improvement from the onboard DAC - probably not enough to justify the inclusion if I did