Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Good sound from Squueezebox

2008-12-12 Thread davidjames
Malor;369088 Wrote: I don't know about the other claims, but I can absolutely guaran-damn-tee you that there will be no subtle differences in sound quality from your network connection. It's packetized data with error correction. Either it delivers correct bits fast enough or it doesn't.

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] External DAC recommendation

2008-12-12 Thread Glenn2
Labarum;367783 Wrote: Try a Beresford. http://www.beresford.me/others/main.html £120 -Money back if you don't like it. You cant loose. Yes you can - I emailed him a couple of days ago, saying that I couldn't decied between his DAC and the Cambridge, and to confirm he offers the refund.

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] External DAC recommendation

2008-12-12 Thread Labarum
Glenn2;369271 Wrote: Yes you can - I emailed him a couple of days ago, saying that I couldn't decied between his DAC and the Cambridge, and to confirm he offers the refund. He said (cut paste from email): I don't give a full refund anymore. It is best you buy the DacMagic. Stan

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] External DAC recommendation

2008-12-12 Thread HectorHughMunro
Labarum;369312 Wrote: He has more business than he can handle at the moment. I'm not at all surprised. The important thing is to ignore the earlier reviews because the product has changed a lot (for the better). Has anyone tried the MHDT Havana? The reviews look interesting. --

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Good sound from Squueezebox

2008-12-12 Thread slimkid
davidjames;369260 Wrote: ... Are you saying when I performed the same test using a joke I wrote in MS Word it wasn't funnier with the better switch? Damn. not only that Sir, but if you zip/unzip said word document in the process, you joke will loose all its fun, it will become a lament

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] More Classical lossless FLAC downloads from DG

2008-12-12 Thread JezA
Hi Sebage - glad you enjoyed The Rite of Spring. It certainly is an intense and overwhelming piece of music. Hard to say what else is like it .. not many pieces of music about a girl dancing herself to death! The outraged audience fought and rioted at the first performance. I was at a great

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] More Classical lossless FLAC downloads from DG

2008-12-12 Thread Themis
The only problem is that DG doesn't properly tag their music... Pity. :( -- Themis SB3 - North Star dac 192 - Denon 3808 - Sonus Faber Grand Piano Domus Themis's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] More Classical lossless FLAC downloads from DG

2008-12-12 Thread gsawdy
www.bso.org The Boston Symphony Orchestra has started offering music in lossless WMA format, at least some of it will be Dolby 5.1 format. The first is Mozart Chamber music. They currently offer MP3 @ 320kb for some of the historical broadcasts. George -- gsawdy