sfraser;330333 Wrote:
I was looking at the Bryston DAC a few weeks ago. Do they not use the
same DAC chip as the the Transporter?
Don't think so. The Transporter uses the AK4396 and the Bryston uses
the Crystal CS-4398. Also, the Bryston DACs use an
re-sampling/re-clocking/upsampling design
marlowe;334826 Wrote:
OK. Apology accepted. I'll elaborate. I wasn't as much trying to figure
out what sounded better than as much what was not lossles (to see if I
could tell a difference at all). I figured that the firmnes of the
sound of what was the MP3-files was lost in the files that
bigfool1956;283885 Wrote:
Pity about the newspaper style percentage. If something costs you $15,
and you direct retail it for $300, that's 95% profit, not 2,000%.
If you think different, then you are the corporate tax man's friend,
and I'm not employing you to do my company's accounts :)))
seanadams;284320 Wrote:
WHO CARES what the part cost or the markup is? Then dang thing is so
poorly made that at best it'll barely work, and it worst it'll burn
your house down. Conductors pinched in the connector housing - come
on!
This product is absolutely worthless, is illegal to sell
radish;334952 Wrote:
Hang on - audiophiles have to have certain taste in music now as well?
Is there a list somewhere you could point me to of genres my
Transporter is allowed to play?
Just trying to stay on the straight and narrow. Ta muchly!
Why of course there are lists of Audiophile
zanash;284194 Wrote:
sorry for the long quote ..
I'm inclined to agree with most of this but not all ...its the best
explaination that tallies with my experience ...and writen better than
I could !Is this an ad or spam? Trying to figure it out. Not your part but
your
quote.
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JimC;284588 Wrote:
The rule of thumb often used by most analysts is that for the average
high-tech company MSRP is generally 3X product cost. (My wife used to
work in Investor Relations, so I cribbed this from her).
This means a $99.99 product from a high-tech company is assumed to cost
Nonreality;335082 Wrote:
Oh come on now, you liked it in mp3 because it sounded good to you.
That is all that matters. No big deal. I'm sure the flac sounded good
to you too. That is all I'm saying here. Mp3 has improved a lot and
the people that continue to say things like it's
Nonreality;335082 Wrote:
It's not that bad at all anymore. We should all be happy about
it.
Maybe I have not followed the thread closely enough, but I don't think
many stated that MP3s, especially at 320k, sound very bad. They do
sound pretty darn awesome. Heck, I am downloading quite
Pete W;334996 Wrote:
I just hooked up my Duet and with most songs I have horrendous
distortion at moderate listening levels. It is especially bad in the
Live Archives but is present on all stations. I have the Duet going
into a Monarchy DIP to a DAC and there is so much crackling and
Nonreality;335082 Wrote:
Oh come on now, you liked it in mp3 because it sounded good to you.
That is all that matters. No big deal. I'm sure the flac sounded good
to you too. That is all I'm saying here. Mp3 has improved a lot and
the people that continue to say things like it's
While we are on this topic, I have to disagree - sadly, I've heard
plenty of systems that are WORSE than a Boom.
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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 RCS 2.2X + Good
Can someone tell me if this is shielded from the phone home
interference from a mobile phone.
I can't leave a mobile phone anywhere near my current iPod dock/alarm
clock.
Would someone mind placing a phone near the boom with the volume at a
reasonable level and then calling the phone/send it a
oreillymj;335297 Wrote:
Can someone tell me if this is shielded from the phone home
interference from a mobile phone.
I can't leave a mobile phone anywhere near my current iPod dock/alarm
clock.
Would someone mind placing a phone near the boom with the volume at a
reasonable level and
sarwaz;334668 Wrote:
As far as I can understand, in order to see any difference between 24/96
and 24/48 you will need to use a original sound that has much more
dynamic range than 24 bits, so when quantizing to 24 bits, you will be
able to create much better dithering with 96Khz than
I am using the PS Audio Digital Link III. I also elected to have the
level 4 modifications done on it by Rick Cullen.
This is a really nice DAC for the price. I am using it with the
Squeezebox to listen to Internet radio and my iTunes collection.
Mostly I was an analog guy and spun vinyl to
Anne,
I know the Creek is a good amplifier. Now I find that indeed it is very
expensive to get a better sound. The Bryston didn't make it. At the
moment I have the Chord. I'll have to listen some more, but I don't
think this one will be it either. (The Chord has a marginally better
sound stage
Excellent, looks like I'll be ordering mine this week.
Logitech have a web-site for every country in Europe except Ireland, so
I may check in Curry's to see if I can get one any quicker that way.
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oreillymj
oreillymj's
Themis;335336 Wrote:
I must agree with the last two sentences of the author :
Any cable is really only worth the improvement it makes in your
system. If you don't feel a cable or power cord sounds as good as its
price tag suggests should, send it back.
As for the rest, oh well : A CD
I am a newbie to digital music, and have just started digitizing my CDs
and set up a SqueezeBox Duet. The whole concept -- being able to
access all of my CDs from my couch -- is awesome, but the sound quality
is not that great. So two questions for the more experienced out
there:
1) I have an
rksingla;335371 Wrote:
I am a newbie to digital musi.. I ripped the CDs using Max for Macintosh
at *MP3 VBR.*
Wow - kudos to you for having the bravery to post in an [audiophile]
forum and admit that you ripped your collection in MP3 VBR! ;^P
To improve sound quality, for one I'd throw out
My $0.02. It sounds very good for the form factor, and I love it. It
also looks fantastic and seems very well designed and well made. The
dac and amps are also very good (based partly on knowledge of them from
elsewhere).
That said, I'm going to state the obvious: the speakers are just too
You are not by any chance using the phono input ?
don't, it's specially made for pickups in LP-players.
Normally no input should have problems with the output voltage from the
duet, even at full volume ? Nor should the duet distort on full volume ?
strange.
test other inputs if possible, test on
lanierb;335384 Wrote:
My $0.02. It sounds very good for the form factor, and I love it. It
also looks fantastic and seems very well designed and well made. The
dac and amps are also very good (based partly on knowledge of them from
elsewhere).
That said, I'm going to state the obvious:
Hi,
Has anyone had the opportunity to compare the sound quality of a
Transporter to a Duet coupled with the new Benchmark Dac1-Pre? The two
systems are essentially the same price; $1995 for the Transporter and
$400 + $1575 for the Duet/Dac1-Pre (not counting the digital cable to
connect the
Opinions?
No VU meters on the second display! ;)
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rksingla;335371 Wrote:
1) I have an old (mid-90's) Sony Shelf system that I connected the
SqueezeBox receiver to using the analog outputs.its not quite so bad
The sound coming out of the speakers is pretty distorted, however,
particularly when I crank up the volume on the squeeze
Phil,
Does this make you a Boom fan boy?! :^)
Pfarrell,
I happen to like a bit of RB (the modern variety) now and then...most
(but NOT all) recordings are poor but so what? Bah humbug! :)
Darren
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darrenyeats
SB3 / Inguz - Krell KAV-300i (pre bypass) - PMC AB-1
Dell laptop - JVC UX-C30 mini
mswlogo wrote:
It should be hooked up DIGITALLY (TOSLINK or RCA). And then go into
settings and Lock Volume at MAX. Then use the reciver to control
volume. If you can't hook it up digitally then get a new receiver.
AFTER you do that then look into ripping to FLAC instead of MP3.
First, check
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