Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Sound of Ripped CDs not good, what do I do?

2008-11-16 Thread NewBuyer
Also keep in mind that some internet radio stations apply DSP enhancement to the signal before converting to MP3 and sending it down the pipe. So this enhancement can actually sometimes seem to sound even better than your CD copy does, in some instances... -- NewBuyer -

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter dig out/in and jitter box?

2008-11-16 Thread seanadams
Any clock signal extracted from s/pdif would be much worse than the internal clock. -- seanadams seanadams's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showth

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Squeezebox receivers and external DAC

2008-11-16 Thread DCtoDaylight
Yes, but... You may find controlling the Receiver from your computer a bit awkward, a remote is more convenient. The good news is that the whole Squeeze family has been proven to be capable of being totally bit perfect on many occasions. The only time it isn't is if you start invoking things l

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Squeezebox receivers and external DAC

2008-11-16 Thread JezA
I am investigating using a Squeezebox receiver with feeding a DAC, most probably the Cambridge Dacmagic, which I am finding to be excellent. Do I need to have a full Duet package - ie the remote and the SB receiver in order to get a signal to the receiver, or can I just do this from Squeezecente

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter dig out/in and jitter box?

2008-11-16 Thread ted_b
Good point about the spdif interfaces being an unneccessary source of jitter. Duh! Guess I was just asking cuz I'll likely get a DIP 4896 Upsampler for my soon-to-modded Oppo (for digital hirez output of pcm'd SACD at 88.2k and of course DVD-A at 96k) and wondered if it would add any value in th

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter dig out/in and jitter box?

2008-11-16 Thread DCtoDaylight
The latest versions of the TP firmware do allow for an external "digital effects" loop, so at first glance this could be done. I'm not sure, however, if it would work with an upsampler in the loop. If Sean or someone else doesn't pipe up and say yes or no, I have both a transporter, and an exter

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Shanling MC-3000 with Transporter?

2008-11-16 Thread amcluesent
Reading the November Stereophile review of the Shanling MC-3000 got me thinking about partnering this valve/solid-state hybrid with my Transporter. This would replace an Arcam Solo Music. But I've also read that the FM Radio in the Shanling is not so good. Any views? +-

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter dig out/in and jitter box?

2008-11-16 Thread SuperQ
You wouldn't want to do this, it would probably cause more jitter since the jitter as seen by the onboard DAC is lower than that of the SPDIF board. The DAC is also a delta-sigma style DAC and gets no improvement from upsampling. -- SuperQ --

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter dig out/in and jitter box?

2008-11-16 Thread ted_b
Monarchy, among others, makes very good jitter reduction/upsampler boxes (i.e Monarchy DIp 4896 Upsampler) that go btween a transport and a DAC. In the case of the forementioned Monarchy one, it also upsamples to 24/96 if set accordingly. My question is this: Since the Transporter's digital out

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Dead end or not...

2008-11-16 Thread feimotion333
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Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] SB3 or Duet for sound quality?

2008-11-16 Thread ar-t
pablolie;360397 Wrote: > The SB3 has a DAC that would have only been found in $1000+ CD players > 10 years ago. I wouldn't say that. You haven't seen every product made by every manufacturer. Single-supply DACs are nowhere near as expensive as the older dual-supply R-2R DACs. And some very expen

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] SB3 or Duet for sound quality?

2008-11-16 Thread ar-t
konut;360382 Wrote: > Would this have something to do with the power supply? Or, are they > spurious artifacts relating to the display? Would a battery supply > mitigate this? Kinda all of the above. I did some work on several SB3 to get rid of this problem, and it did not completely go away. Th

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter versus SB3 with Beresford DAC

2008-11-16 Thread Labarum
mswlogo;360375 Wrote: > What's a 6/3? Beresford DAC Model TC-7410 Mark 6/3 He is now selling the 6/4, but earlier models can be upgraded, which is my plan. http://www.beresford.me/PP/Stereo_Audio_Digital_to_Analogue_Converter_.html -- Labarum Brian Beresford DAC - Quad 405-2 refurbished b