Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Ground Loop and Transporter

2008-05-21 Thread Ron Olsen
Club1820;242103 Wrote: > I also had a NASTY ground loop hum in my system caused by the cable > connection. I purchased and installed the jensen transformer and it > completely went away. Paid $49.99 for it. Parts Express also sells > one for way less but I figured I would go with the one that

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] CD red book de-emphasis?

2008-05-21 Thread DCtoDaylight
alekz;303927 Wrote: > Actually, you can deemphasize using external programs/filters like "sox" > No one said you couldn't deemphasize with external software, they just questioned how good a job it would do. The whole point of adding emphasis was to move the low level, high frequency parts of t

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Speaker upgrade

2008-05-21 Thread ccoff
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Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] FLAC on a Mac with iTunes - CAN DO!

2008-05-21 Thread kphinney
GuyDebord;304021 Wrote: > If youre tags were correctly done you wouldnt have any problems, I guess > that keeping FLAC also helps avoid some organization... Good luck with > your virtual drive. Thanks. I'm not adverse to keeping things organized, but I prefer to do without it if I can. I do wi

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] FLAC on a Mac with iTunes - CAN DO!

2008-05-21 Thread GuyDebord
kphinney;303996 Wrote: > > > 2) "Max" will convert all of your FLACs in one go - no question there, > but it DOES NOT retain all tag information. The last time I tried Max I > found myself retyping and hunting cover art for many, many, hours. > > If youre tags were correctly done you wou

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] FLAC on a Mac with iTunes - CAN DO!

2008-05-21 Thread kphinney
Nikhil;303643 Wrote: > well .. I just tried TwistedFLAC on my G4 PPC mini and all I get is > a spinning beach-ball ... had to restart twice :( . I know the MacFUSE > part is fine, because NTFS-3G works perfectly. I will wait until > someone gets this running on the platform. Firefly will su

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] FLAC on a Mac with iTunes - CAN DO!

2008-05-21 Thread kphinney
GuyDebord;303762 Wrote: > JUST USE "MAX", IT WILL CONVERT ALL YOUR FLACS IN ONE GO, CANNOT BE > EASIER.. 1) I don't want to convert my files. FLAC is what I use and will continue to use, even if I have to eschew iTunes like I have for years. 2) "Max" will convert all of your FLACs in one go

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] audiophiles and oenophiles

2008-05-21 Thread Themis
Nonreality;303832 Wrote: > So being an A/V receiver automatically makes everything sound the same? > Are you saying no dynamic range. Maybe the reason they do to you is that > you haven't listened to any of the nicer ones from Denon or Yamaha > without bose speakers. There has been a huge impro

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] naim volume control with squeezebox controller

2008-05-21 Thread Phil Leigh
This is the audiophile forum - we don't do "threads" :o) -- 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+Stontronics PSU - Altmann JISCO/UPCI - TACT RCS 2.2X with Good Vibrations S/W - MF X-DAC V3/X-PSU/X-10 buffer (Audiocom

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Power supply A/B

2008-05-21 Thread bigfool1956
Whilst taking on board your point about the hyperbole, to be honest I was simply trying to describe what I heard. I remember being stunned by the improvement, which is why that review cost me loads of money, because I ended up buying the entire set of cables and the Hydra. I had to send it off for

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Power supply A/B

2008-05-21 Thread Robin Bowes
bigfool1956 wrote: > Robin Bowes;303885 Wrote: >> bigfool1956 wrote: >> >>> Interesting you should say that. I use Shunyata powersnakes in my >>> system, and I found that the TP sounded noticably better when >> powered >>> with the Python chord, which has the outer layer filled with the >>> FeSi-1

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] CD red book de-emphasis?

2008-05-21 Thread alekz
Actually, you can deemphasize using external programs/filters like "sox" (http://sox.sourceforge.net/) An excerpt from soxeffect manual page: deemph Apply a treble attenuation shelving filter to audio in audio-CD format. The frequency response of pre- emphasized recordings is rectifie

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] naim volume control with squeezebox controller

2008-05-21 Thread FaberOptim�
pichonCalavera;295843 Wrote: > A lot of fun seeing how simple questions evolve in the Audiophile forum. > :D LOL Gotta laugh since 75%+ of this thread was diverted to irrelevant discussion of matters of little or no interest/pertinence to the OP's question - which was my sole reason for reading

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Power supply A/B

2008-05-21 Thread bigfool1956
Robin Bowes;303885 Wrote: > bigfool1956 wrote: > > > Interesting you should say that. I use Shunyata powersnakes in my > > system, and I found that the TP sounded noticably better when > powered > > with the Python chord, which has the outer layer filled with the > > FeSi-1000 noise-reduction co

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] CD red book de-emphasis?

2008-05-21 Thread lauret
Because of these difficulties with recoding, I was wondering if it was possible to implement sending the pre-emphasis flag (with the flag set in the cue-sheet). A lot of SB users are using an external DAC, who can benefit from this feature. -- lauret

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Power supply A/B

2008-05-21 Thread Robin Bowes
bigfool1956 wrote: > Interesting you should say that. I use Shunyata powersnakes in my > system, and I found that the TP sounded noticably better when powered > with the Python chord, which has the outer layer filled with the > FeSi-1000 noise-reduction compound. You'd probably find they work eve

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Power supply A/B

2008-05-21 Thread bigfool1956
DCtoDaylight;303799 Wrote: > Actually you do have personal experience, you just didn't know! > If you open up your Transporter, you'll find it's got three power > supplies, two analog, that get all the press, and one switch mode that > no one talks about! The switch mode is reserved for powering

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] M-audio Audiophile 2496 sound card problem

2008-05-21 Thread fakarava2
My 24/96 has no problems. As far as I can remember, there might have been one. My suggestions, if you don't have already done : - Unplug the card - Uninstall the software - Make a clean reinstall, by the manual (maybe in another slot). -- fakarava2 "To nobody, except those who will take pleasu

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] audiophiles and oenophiles

2008-05-21 Thread Nonreality
Skunk;300423 Wrote: > If they're talking about two buck chuck (grocery wine), versus $55 Napa > Cab, then shouldn't we be talking about an A/V receiver that makes > everything sound the same, versus an accurate system. > > I actually *like* my system because it's ruthlessly revealing, but I'm >