Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter volume setting for balanced output?

2008-03-21 Thread seanadams
You're fine with Transporter at max. Its maximum output level is 3Vrms, so it will not clip the Bryston. -- seanadams seanadams's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3 View this thread: http://forums.s

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter volume setting for balanced output?

2008-03-21 Thread muski
I connect my Transporter to a Bryston BP-25DA preamp via the balanced XLR outputs (ie. I use the Transporter's DAC). I had always assumed that it was best to have the volume control of the Transporter set all the way up to 100, until I saw this thread on the Bryston forum: http://www.audiocircle

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Help in understanding the loudness issue.

2008-03-21 Thread wireless200
bhaagensen;282186 Wrote: > Hi, > > [...] > Next question. Is compression not preferable to overly aggressive > filtering as in above? Sure one gets a distorted waveform compared to > the original source, on the other hand one can potentially avoid > throwing too much stuff in the bin. If so what

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Help in understanding the loudness issue.

2008-03-21 Thread bigfool1956
Actually in a 16bit system, there are 32,767 discrete levels, positive and negative. The most significant bit is used as the sign (+/-). In a 24 bit system there are 8,388,607 levels (+/-) Full amplitude (0db) is in both cases the maximum value that can be stored in the word. A 24bit system has

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Help in understanding the loudness issue.

2008-03-21 Thread bigfool1956
You are mixing up amplitude (loudness) with frequency. The Nyquist theory is all about the highest frequency that can be reconstructed from a given sampling rate (i.e. half the sampling frequency). If you try and record frequencies at more than the Nyquist limit, what happens is that they are 'fo

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Help in understanding the loudness issue.

2008-03-21 Thread th00ht
bhaagensen;282186 Wrote: > > it's Easter and I seem to have time to wonder about all kinds of > strange things, among which is subj. > Happy Easter, Bjørn bhaagensen;282186 Wrote: > > I think that according to the Nyquist theorem sampling frequencies > above 22.05 at 44.1 results in aliasing

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Help in understanding the loudness issue.

2008-03-21 Thread bhaagensen
Hi, it's Easter and I seem to have time to wonder about all kinds of strange things, among which is subj. I think that according to the Nyquist theorem sampling frequencies above 22.05 at 44.1 results in aliasing, therefore everything above 22.05 is filtered in the analoge domain before sampling

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Jensen Speakers

2008-03-21 Thread gsawdy
Kurt;282139 Wrote: > I also haven't heard or seen that name since the 8-track days! > > I would agree that in-ceiling installations are less than optimal, and > to be honest there are probably some manufactures that do a better job > than Jensen, IMO. > > I know a lot of people that use speaker

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Jensen Speakers

2008-03-21 Thread Kurt
I also haven't heard or seen that name since the 8-track days! I would agree that in-ceiling installations are less than optimal, and to be honest there are probably some manufactures that do a better job than Jensen, IMO. I know a lot of people that use speakers of this grade to do whole house

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What is connected to your Transporter?

2008-03-21 Thread milanlad
Transporter (Wired Ethernet to QNAP TS-101 Built-in Slimserver) Arcam A90 / P90 (Bi-Amping) PMC Db1+ Speakers Van Den Hul D102 Mk3 Interconnects Van Damme Blue Series Loudspeaker Cable Any thoughts or suggestions for improvement are welcome. -- milanlad ---

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Audiophile Deathmatch: Monster Cables vs. A Coat Hanger!

2008-03-21 Thread haraldo
seanadams;275014 Wrote: > While I agree that audiophile cables are the most shameless kind of > snake oil in this industry, and I would actually expect a coat hanger > to make an acceptable speaker cable (low frequency, low-Z), I certainly > would not say that all cables are BS. > The late John

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] SB3+Lavry DA10: advise on volume setting

2008-03-21 Thread didbox
Thank you for your very useful answers, now it's crystal clear for me! -- didbox didbox's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15290 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=4498

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] SB3+Lavry DA10: advise on volume setting

2008-03-21 Thread JohnSwenson
The SNR may not be an issue with the SB3 when using digital out, but it WILL be an issue with the external DAC. An analog attenuator after the DAC attenuates noise as well as signal, no matter where the DAC is (in the SB or external). So I think it comes down to audibility of the two methods and