darrenyeats;293615 Wrote:
> I use an SPL meter and either multi-band tones or noise to match
> levels.
> Darren
For serious tests, the levels should be matched closer than 0,2 dB.
Thats very hard (if not impossible) to do with an SPL meter.
A cheap and workable solution is to play a 50 Hz sinewa
my stock test track is trk 2 on the run dsotm pink floyd ...
listen for the airport tannoy and see if you can hear what being
said...then you can listen for turbo prop airliner taxing from low on
the right through the central position past the left speaker then
turning and racing across the imag
That's a good one! :)
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It was moving to 7.1 that caused the upgrade to firmware 40. I'd have
persevered with it if I did not have the Transporter wired directly to
my amp.
A quick warning to others: Upgrading by downloading the Windows
executable and then errr... executing it, such that 7.1 just overlaid
my 7.0.1 insta
All you vinyl heads are dead wrong. Your new-fangled gizmos such as
vinyl LP records, magnetic cartridges, diamond styli, electric motors,
etc. are compromises of the infinitely superior shellac recording
technology that preceded them. And those are compromises of the one,
true, high-fidelity me
ModelCitizen;293732 Wrote:
> I've just updated to todays 7.1 nightly. My Transporter looks as though
> it's working fine but it's silent.
>
> Guess I'd better go back to 7.0.1.
Did moving to 7.1 switch you to FW40? There's the Xlinix reprogramming
to be done as part of that change. When movi
I am using (and LOVE) the room correction on the TacT.
I was thinking that there probably wouldn't be much difference since
I'm using and external DAC. From what I've heard, the big upgrades to
the Transporter are on the analog side.
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Phil Leigh wrote:
> For example, I often use:
>
> School from Crime of the Century by Supertramp.
> - The cymbals when they arrive are a big help to me.
> One Night In Paris by 10CC
> - a wealth of detail to be retrieved
> Sledgehammer (Peter Gabriel, So remastered)
> - can be like nails on
Okay I originally had the SB3 when it came out. It is a nive piece and
an exeptional value. I moved to the transporter becasue I wanted the
AES/EBU for my dCS Purcell and Delius DAC. Here are my observations.
>From an analog point of view the Transporter is worth the additional
money. I used
ecruz;294050 Wrote:
> I have an SB3 with the Bolder digital mods and power supply. I send the
> digital signal to a TacT 2.0 pre/DAC.
>
> I know the Transporter is a lot better than the SB3 if you're using
> their respective internal DAC's. My question, is the Transporter a step
> up from the SB
I have an SB3 with the Bolder digital mods and power supply. I send the
digital signal to a TacT 2.0 pre/DAC.
I know the Transporter is a lot better than the SB3 if you're using
their respective internal DAC's. My question, is the Transporter a step
up from the SB3 if I'm using an exteranl DAC?
Hi Duke, in your quest for a "warmer" external DAC try to find a used
Electrocompaniet ECD-1. I found one for $1100 on Audiogon and use it
with my Squeezebox and previously owned Olive music server. I like it
better than the Benchmark DAC I also have for its (to me) more lush,
warmer sound with di
mmg_fan;294023 Wrote:
> Great surprise, think this was mentioned in a recent stereophile
> article, but archive.org has some high res live recordings available in
> the live music section.
> Would love to get feedback or reviews on best 24 bit recordings
> there...
I downloaded several of th
Timothy Stockman wrote:
> Well recorded vinyl can sound great; well recorded CDs can sound great.
> The key is WELL RECORDED. Many vinyl albums have problems, just as many
> CDs do.
And all of the mastering engineers and recording engineers want to make
them sound great. But the pointy haired
I should have explained what I meant on the analog bypass. I'm
bypassing any digital upsampling and only using the preamp as a volume
control.
I can really tell the difference when hook up the Transporter to my
reference system which is shown below.
Soundesign Stereo Dual Cassette TV Radio
+
Great surprise, think this was mentioned in a recent stereophile
article, but archive.org has some high res live recordings available in
the live music section.
Would love to get feedback or reviews on best 24 bit recordings
there...
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I hope to be hearing the DS later this month - so I will refrain from
commenting on it until then, except to say that I doubt it will "blow
away" the SB into a good dac, never mind a transporter.
In 30 years I've only heard two "blow away" moments...(I guess I must
get out more)
1) Linn Aktiv Bari
Well recorded vinyl can sound great; well recorded CDs can sound great.
The key is WELL RECORDED. Many vinyl albums have problems, just as many
CDs do. IMHO vinyl itself is not the magic, nor are CDs; it's the
recording and mastering process... There are a few recordings,
irrelevant of the med
Hi Dave. Thanks for your input. I have similar experiences with my
setup. About 20% of my CDs sound like the music was made for my system.
About 70% sound pretty good. About 10%, especially the some older,
remastered CDs, sound terrible. I have just recently been getting
serious about this hobby (
Hi Anne. The Apollo uses a Wolfson WM8740 sigma-delta converter.
Stereophile measured the Apollo's noise at -90dB and the distortion at
-80dB.
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The one thing I rarely see is an explanation as to what each items does,
how it sounds, and musical references to those examples. That would be
the most interesting.
In addition I would like to know what was done to accomodate each item,
in terms of partnering equipment (including stands and cabl
tomjtx wrote:
> bigfool1956;293926 Wrote:
>> Well not my review, but I was interested in the comments.
>
> The conclusions are flawed if the comparison was not done with level
> matched sources. and not just level matched "by ear"
> There is no escaping that.
> DBT is somewhat of another matter.
bigfool1956;293926 Wrote:
> Well not my review, but I was interested in the comments.
The conclusions are flawed if the comparison was not done with level
matched sources. and not just level matched "by ear"
There is no escaping that.
DBT is somewhat of another matter.
However one can't rule out
sc53;293923 Wrote:
> Right you are Bigfool--I always appreciate subjective opinions and
> understand that MMMV. Surprised you got such a hostile reaction to your
> review! I have read elsewhere (including Stereophile) that the software
> interface is very rudimentary and needs improvement
Well n
Right you are Bigfool--I always appreciate subjective opinions and
understand that MMMV. Surprised you got such a hostile reaction to your
review! I have read elsewhere (including Stereophile) that the software
interface is very rudimentary and needs improvement
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tomjtx;293772 Wrote:
> In your comparo did you level match with an SPL meter and do it blind?
>
> If not, the comparo and your conclusions are w/o merit.
>
> A db diff will be mistakenly perceived as a qualitative diff.
>
> A sighted comparo is invalid due to expectation bias.
They may be wit
I have dsp5500's , connected directly , I do have a 518 which I tried ,
but find that whatever setting I use , it actually changes the sonics ,
and not for the better , it removes the drive from the music, even in
bypass (the meridian still acts on the signal in bypass) Worked much
better with jus
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