Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Flac vs. CD

2008-06-17 Thread Rodney_Gold
I was using the car analogy to illustrate a point that numbers do not always prove that there is no difference , but as you say , if there is a difference then your preferences are inviolate. In audio , there is no universal truth, nothing is ever a straight wire with gain and thus whatever is on

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Flac vs. CD

2008-06-17 Thread Phil Leigh
Rodney_Gold;312741 Wrote: I was using the car analogy to illustrate a point that numbers do not always prove that there is no difference , but as you say , if there is a difference then your preferences are inviolate. In audio , there is no universal truth, nothing is ever a straight wire

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Flac vs. CD

2008-06-17 Thread Robin Bowes
Rodney_Gold wrote: ... and even if you are talking digital , where the notion (wrongly) is that the signal is 1's and 0's (its an analog sine wave) ... Rodney, Assuming you are talking about SPDIF here, the digital information is actually transmitted using Biphase mark code. [1] R. [1]

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Flac vs. CD

2008-06-17 Thread Rodney_Gold
Well it has to be something thats happening to the digital signal, tho at what stage and what affects the signal is beyond me. I'm a natural sceptic and not prone to snake oil stuff , butI have directly AB compared various sources etc into my system , which is actually easy to do , considering my

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Flac vs. CD

2008-06-17 Thread Rodney_Gold
Well, I got my info from http://www.epanorama.net/documents/audio/spdif.html and to quote the passage S/PDIF signals The signal on the digital output of a CD-player looks like almost perfect sine-wave, with an amplitude of 500 mVtt and a frequency of almost 3 MHz. -- Rodney_Gold Sb3/Z-sys

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Flac vs. CD

2008-06-17 Thread Phil Leigh
Rodney_Gold;312787 Wrote: Well it has to be something thats happening to the digital signal, tho at what stage and what affects the signal is beyond me. I'm a natural sceptic and not prone to snake oil stuff , butI have directly AB compared various sources etc into my system , which is

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter V.43 with knob fix

2008-06-17 Thread PSSO
Have been using FW43 for the last two days - no funny knop noises at all. Great. -- PSSO Ole PSSO's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11678 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter V.43 with knob fix

2008-06-17 Thread gharris999
Yes, this seems to have completely fixed the excessive degaussing burps for me. Thanks! -- gharris999 gharris999's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=115 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter V.43 with knob fix

2008-06-17 Thread radish
Is fw43 included in 7.2 as well as 7.1? -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48966

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter V.43 with knob fix

2008-06-17 Thread seanadams
radish;312843 Wrote: Is fw43 included in 7.2 as well as 7.1? Yes The message you have entered is too short. Please lengthen your message to at least 10 characters. -- seanadams seanadams's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter V.43 with knob fix

2008-06-17 Thread marlowe
What do I do to upgrade (which files should I download and run)? I am using Windows (XP). I did this before with FW40, but that was months ago and I've forgotten how to do it! -- marlowe marlowe's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter V.43 with knob fix

2008-06-17 Thread Pat Farrell
Phil Leigh wrote: To comply with forum protocols, this message has been upsampled to 24-bit: Y000 e000 s000 Sorry, that is not upsampling, and you don't upsample to go from three characterst to 24. That is just widening. And since Sean's inital post was in ASCII, which is roughy

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter V.43 with knob fix

2008-06-17 Thread Phil Leigh
Android 1 10001000001 Android 2 111000111001001 Android 1 1010001100 Yeah, well it does it does lose a bit in translation. -- 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

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter V.43 with knob fix

2008-06-17 Thread ceejay
marlowe;312862 Wrote: What do I do to upgrade (which files should I download and run)? I am using Windows (XP). I did this before with FW40, but that was months ago and I've forgotten how to do it! Download the .exe file from the location that Sean pointed at, and run it. HTH -- ceejay

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Behringer DEQ2496 in Transporter digital loop for room correction?

2008-06-17 Thread Frosti
Why not just use inguz room correction instead of dealing with another device in the chain? the effect should be similar, and its basically for free (except buying a mic and mic preamp) http://www.inguzaudio.com/RoomCorrection/ -- Frosti

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter V.43 with knob fix

2008-06-17 Thread Teus de Jong
Sean, Until now no rattle here (for 24 hours), so it seems it is solved. But I will keep paying attention (with v42 the rattle started after two days here). Teus -- Teus de Jong Teus de Jong's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] DRC version 3.0.0

2008-06-17 Thread Frosti
I've received my Behringer ecm8000 today, and should be getting mobilepre tomorrow, my room acoustics is a disaster. I'm of to d/l the new version Would like to hear your results -- Frosti Frosti's Profile:

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

2008-06-17 Thread sikahr
Sean, thanks for Your answer. Please don't feel bad about my post, it is more argument in discussion then request to Slimdevices. I overreacted after provocation( not from slimdevices). Please take Your time to fix this bug, thanks ones again, Nenad -- sikahr

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Behringer DEQ2496 in Transporter digital loop for room correction?

2008-06-17 Thread Robin Bowes
Frosti wrote: Why not just use inguz room correction instead of dealing with another device in the chain? the effect should be similar, and its basically for free (except buying a mic and mic preamp) http://www.inguzaudio.com/RoomCorrection/ Because inguz is a Windows thing (OK, it can

Re: roll up! roll up! Get your �350 network patch cable here!

2008-06-17 Thread Nonreality
honestguv;312459 Wrote: Great fun indeed but who is going to look at a Denon receiver in the same way again?I've been extremely happy with my Yamaha that I chose over the Denon and now I'm even happier. -- Nonreality -IF THE RULE YOU FOLLOWED BROUGHT YOU TO THIS, OF WHAT USE IS THE

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Behringer DEQ2496 in Transporter digital loop for room correction?

2008-06-17 Thread kh6idf
I also got my DEQ2496 used for $200. I'm using it as a DAC with my SB3 as well as performing the digital EQ. It is doing a very good job at both functions. I like to leave my computer shut off when listening to Pandora, last.fm, internet radio, etc so the dedicated hardware is a better

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] SB3 - Transporter Minireview

2008-06-17 Thread mswlogo
I've had my eye on a Transporter since the day after I received the SB3. One thing that held me back was its lack of support for 88.2k for all that money. Not to mention they are very expensive. And even used prices really hold up (they have held up higher on the transporter than I have seen for