DCtoDaylight;316832 Wrote:
> Alternatively, you could pick up an SB3 or Duet for the second system.
> That way you can Sync them when you want the same music in both
> locations, or run them independently.
>
> I have to admit, I'm a little surprised at the number of people with
> multiple syste
If a person uses Winamp to rip to flac you need to be careful not to
overly compress because it uses flake instead of the Reference Flac and
is able to compress to the point of breaking flac standards and causing
playback problems in lots of devices. This is from memory but thats the
gist of it.
Alternatively, you could pick up an SB3 or Duet for the second system.
That way you can Sync them when you want the same music in both
locations, or run them independently.
I have to admit, I'm a little surprised at the number of people with
multiple systems, but only one Slim device. I love th
Robin Bowes;316770 Wrote:
> Themis wrote:[color=blue]
>
> That's not what people are saying.
>
> We're saying that the difference between the SB3 DAC and a $400-$500
> DAC
> is likely not all that significant, and that a better use of funds
> might
> be to look at other areas of the system.
>
Anne;316800 Wrote:
> I recently read a test of the Duet, there it was said that the digital
> output from a good cd player sounded better than the digital out from
> Duet! What gives?
> Analog out from SB3 gives me a bit 2 dimentional sound, no deep tuneful
> bass, and kind of boring sound. Insta
GuyDebord;316806 Wrote:
> I just changed the settings in squeeze center to ALAC->WAV and I couldnt
> believe the difference
What were your settings before (that weren't so good)?
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jgs
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I agree with comment about tuning the room. I could use some help in
that area.
As for DACs, I just ordered a Headroom Ultra Micro DAC for my headphone
system and I fully expect a $699 (retail) DAC to crush the SB Duet
receiver. Shouldn't I be MAJORLY disappointed otherwise?
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jh901
Living
I just changed the settings in squeeze center to ALAC->WAV and I couldnt
believe the difference, I still cant believe it, already did blind
comparisons with my wife helping change the squeeze center settings and
It was clearer than water from Swiss springs.
The bass tightened, the highs became ri
I recently read a test of the Duet, there it was said that the digital
output from a good cd player sounded better than the digital out from
Duet! What gives?
Analog out from SB3 gives me a bit 2 dimentional sound, no deep tuneful
bass, and kind of boring sound. Instant switch to digital out into
A state of the art dac chip doesnt cost more than a couple of dollars,
and a lot of people actually firmly believe there are no differences in
sound quality between dacs.
This is so individual, and everyone must decide for themselves where to
put their money.
But the thread is about which dac to c
I designed and built my own DAC - the 'ezDAC'
(http://www.ezdiyaudio.com/#ezDAC).
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ezkcdude
There are 10 kind of people in the world - those who understand binary
and those who don't.
SHINYMETAL
'*Site*' (http://www.ezdiyaudio.com)| '*RSS*'
(http://www2.kumc.edu/students/ezamir/rss/ezdiyaudi
Do a search on active speakers, you will find anything from computer
systems over Quad 12L ,
http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/frr.pl?rspkr&1109030572&read&3&4&; to
Dynaudio, ATC, http://www.britishhifi.com/atc/index.htm, PMC,
http://www.avreview.co.uk/news/article/mps/uan/1514, PMC ALM-1 with
Br
Thank you for your response, Robin. Perhaps my english is poor, but I
can read between the lines, trust me. :)
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Themis
SB3 - Denon 3808 - Sonus Faber Grand Piano Domus
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Themis wrote:
> Well, I find it "unbelievable" that some seem to think that a 300$ box
> (the SqueezeBox) which has a carefully-chosen price tag, plenty of
> features (server, programmable interface, remote,...) and which
> includes a dac for obvious practical reasons (it's easier to sell it as
> a
Well, I find it "unbelievable" that some seem to think that a 300$ box
(the SqueezeBox) which has a carefully-chosen price tag, plenty of
features (server, programmable interface, remote,...) and which
includes a dac for obvious practical reasons (it's easier to sell it as
a self-sufficient piece
Hi!
Thanks a lot for your reply. Does that mean I don't need to switch off
the SB receivers? Are you sure that when I don't broadcast any audio
the speakers will turn themselfs off?
Do you mind giving me more specifications about your speakers? Size,
power?
Again, thanks a lot for your assistanc
I'm not Sean, but it would probably be better to use both the balanced
and single-ended instead of using a Y cable. Each of those outputs
have their own drive stage, so there wouldn't be any chance of
mismatch.
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SuperQ
bhaagensen;316709 Wrote:
> added to my list of "famous last words" ;) (it's meant as a joke)
Yep - I can think of plenty... :o)
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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 RC
I want to direct the output from the Transporter to two different
systems. I know you have said one can Y the RCA outputs with no
problems. I have a choice of using either balanced or unbalanced to
either system so I'm wondering if Y-ing the balanced would be
preferrable over the Y-ed RCA or if
Not quite sure what you are all driving at here, but IME there is very
little to be recorded at elevated frequencies, what there is is very
low in level and even then we can't hear it.
I never believed that 24/96 or higher was anything to do with (the need
for) capturing high frequencies that are
Pascal Hibon;316694 Wrote:
> I dont think there is any HiFi speaker out there that would out perform
> the speakers I have.
>
added to my list of "famous last words" ;) (it's meant as a joke)
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bhaagensen
bhaagensen's
Hi Emrah
> The problem is that all the speakers must be
> active speakers... Therefore, even when I don't broadcast anything, the
> speakers are on and it's annoying.
Most of the self powered speakers that I've looked at, and two pairs
that I own, turn themselves off when there is no signal.
T
Hello!
I'm playing a bit with my new Squeezeboxes and it's quite fun for now.
:) As I'm blind, I don't use the remote controller.. I've developped a
small remote control in bash, a soft that I will certainly release
soon...
So now I'm able to act with all my SBs pretty fine... The only problem
is
mvalera;316321 Wrote:
> The cost of the actual DAC chip (or the cost of the aluminum box in
> which it sits) has very little to do with the quality of it's output.
> Much more important is the design in which it sits, and how the signal
> is treated from end to end. Qualified engineers spent a lo
Many many thanks! I upgrade my SqueezeCenter from 7.0 to 7.0.1 and the
AIFF works! Including the .m4a files that are encoded with AIFF. WAV
files are still not working but that's fine. As long as I have no loss
format to play with ... thanks a lot for the tip.
I guess I will seriously think a
May it be the high energy in the upper freqs is only dithering noise if
the source was dsd? Would make sense to shift strong dither up there.
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Wombat
Transporter -> Avantgarde based monoblocks -> self-made speakers
Womb
It may be that as Linn have been recording specifically for SACD, that
they have DSD recording equipment. The peak at 30k could be DSD
artifacts.
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bigfool1956
David Ayers
Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more
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No personal experience, but there happens to be a review by Roy Gregory
of the Grand Veenas in the latest issue of HiFi+.
To the last two lines of the review:
"You want music at home - real music? You need look no further than
R3A's Grand Veena. No floorstander that I've heard near the price is
a
pfarrell;316486 Wrote:
> This shows all the over 20kHz stuff down 90 to 100 dB.
> That means it is realistically non-existent.
>
> Typically, "down 70 dB" means "cut out completely" since humans only
> have about 90dB of range. Plus a quiet living room is typically 35dB,
> and threshold of pain
Time to move up the chain and this are my final 2 options after taking a
long auditioning tour.
The Kharma's are incredible, simply stunning almost perfect in all
regards, but something tells me to go to the others as I remember the
sweet and lifelike midrange of the R3A's.
This is by no means a
I feel that many people forget the masking effect of frequencies at
higher levels than these "audiophile" frequencies above 20Khz. In the
general course of a piece of music there are few occasions when there
is space in the overall sound to hear high frequency material. If the
high frequencies are
So, a few more hi-res files analysed by Adobe Edition 3.
These tracks were taken from (in order) -
1) Linn Records, 24/88 Studio Master of Mozart Symphonies
2) The Doors, The Doors 24/96
3) Philip Glass, Koyaanisqatsi, so-called 24/96!
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