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

2008-03-22 Thread Rodney_Gold
Compression when recording is not always a bad thing , if one has massive peaks and doesnt compress the music somewhat, everything else but the peaks will be way too soft. Digital clipping is another story , its very nasty sounding as the waveform is just sheared off , I would rather have

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Linn Records Studio Masters on Tp SB3

2008-03-22 Thread Pale Blue Ego
Josh Coalson;187979 Wrote: I *hope* that's not the reason Linn went with WMAL instead of FLAC! are the tracks DRMed? anyway I am considering using one of the reserved codes (there are 3 left) in the frame header for 88.2KHz and letting it be in the subset. as far as FLAC is concerned

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

2008-03-22 Thread Audiotic
* Mac Mini with 2 x 500 GB USB drive, with 450 GB music (most lossless and high def (96/24). 2nd 500 GB drive is backup, running automatically. * Via Gbit ethernet, wired, to Transporter * Siltech Paris to Harman Kardon AVR 8500 * Mission 782, biwired (Ixos) * REL Strata III Sub (two of them,

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New transporter firmware (v.40) in nightlies

2008-03-22 Thread Robin Bowes
Rodney_Gold wrote: I went to FW40 a few days ago cos I wanted to try the foldback, Total disaster , my TP started resetting itself arbitrarily , getting back to an earlier version was also a nightmare, I had to do +/power, 1/power many times and run downstairs to restart the server a few times

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New transporter firmware (v.40) in nightlies

2008-03-22 Thread ModelCitizen
nuhi;281626 Wrote: Today I installed v7.0.1 - 17914 and on my surprise it had a firmware 40 in it This is odd. I've installed 7.0.1 but my Transporter has stayed at firmware 36, even despite attempts to update manually (using brightness button). MC -- ModelCitizen Somewhere, something

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

2008-03-22 Thread muski
Thanks, Sean. -- muski Transporter-Bryston BP25DA-Bryston 4B SST-Wilson Watt Puppy 7 Transporter-Headroom Max Balanced Headphone Amp-Balanced AKG701s HD650s muski's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New transporter firmware (v.40) in nightlies

2008-03-22 Thread nuhi
ModelCitizen;282347 Wrote: This is odd. I've installed 7.0.1 but my Transporter has stayed at firmware 36, even despite attempts to update manually (using brightness button). MC Same here until that build. Downloaded from there, maybe they changed it in the newer ones:

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New transporter firmware (v.40) in nightlies

2008-03-22 Thread Phil Leigh
Teus de Jong;281801 Wrote: I always use native Flac. Now you're in this discussion Phil, I would also like to comment on one of your posts in another thread. I think you're right that 24/44.1 or 24/48 is enough. But Linn sells the master tapes only in one format (which differs per

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

2008-03-22 Thread bhaagensen
Thanks a bunch for all of your answers. I realize I got the whole think backwards, or at least very wrong. I'll have a good look at your answers now. -- bhaagensen bhaagensen's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New transporter firmware (v.40) in nightlies

2008-03-22 Thread Robin Bowes
nuhi wrote: ModelCitizen;282347 Wrote: This is odd. I've installed 7.0.1 but my Transporter has stayed at firmware 36, even despite attempts to update manually (using brightness button). MC Same here until that build. Downloaded from there, maybe they changed it in the newer ones:

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

2008-03-22 Thread Timothy Stockman
bigfool1956;282195 Wrote: Actually in a 16bit system, there are 32,767 discrete levels, positive and negative. The most significant bit is used as the sign (+/-). In fact there are 65536 discrete steps, because real-world waveforms are not perfectly symmetrical. However, in real-world

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] SqueezeCenter-7.0.1-17957

2008-03-22 Thread cheetah
I have installed the trunk build of SC7. The version is SqueezeCenter-7.0.1-17957.exe. However, there is no prompt to upgrade to the FW40 for tranporter. Checking the Firmwire folder in SC7 folder, the firmwire for transporter is still only 36. Can anyone advise how to upgrade to FW40?