Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Am I imagining this? Squeezecentre 7.3 sounds worse than 7.2.1?

2009-02-13 Thread mooblie
probedb;395953 Wrote: .After all they probably paid £1000s for their systems so they know best right? ;) Delete systems, insert feet under their Squeezeboxes. :-) -- mooblie Martin at 'HeadSpin' (http://www.headspin.plus.com)

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] T class amplifiers

2009-02-13 Thread nitrous
mooblie;395973 Wrote: Hi - nice work! Can I ask where you got the cases please? TIA! Hi mooblie, and thanks! The cases came from the same place as the kit: http://www.autocostruire.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=43osCsid=8286673ae990110f5aca79f66f2a4586 If you want the extra thick (10mm)

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] ground loop?

2009-02-13 Thread Moonbase
For customers in Germany, here#8217;s the cheapest I could find (Amazon.de link): 'NF Entstörfilter Cinch/Cinch, vergoldet #8212; #8364; 6,90 + #8364; 2,#8211; PP' (http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B0011BE9X6) It seems to be the same as the more expensive part sold by Hama and others, plus it has

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Attention Audio Mythbusters!

2009-02-13 Thread Phil Leigh
Audiodiffmaker We've discussed this before... but things have moved on! http://www.libinst.com/Audio%20DiffMaker.htm A new version of the software (3.2) is available that is much more intelligent/usable than before. Fascinating stuff. That's the weekend gone. First off: streaming WAV vs.

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] T class amplifiers

2009-02-13 Thread mooblie
Many thanks, nitrous! -- mooblie Martin at 'HeadSpin' (http://www.headspin.plus.com) mooblie's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15378 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] T class amplifiers

2009-02-13 Thread mooblie
Hi - nice work! Can I ask where you got the cases please? TIA! -- mooblie Martin at 'HeadSpin' (http://www.headspin.plus.com) mooblie's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15378 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] digital is digital OR NOT

2009-02-13 Thread TiredLegs
Sean, Thanks for the explanation to someone (me) who doesn't know what he's talking about when it comes to the inner workings of these devices. It just seems bizarre to me that the bulk of this thread discussion is about handling extremely minute variations in the timing of data delivery for

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] digital is digital OR NOT

2009-02-13 Thread seanadams
TiredLegs;395965 Wrote: Sean, Thanks for the explanation to someone (me) who doesn't know what he's talking about when it comes to the inner workings of these devices. It just seems bizarre to me that the bulk of this thread discussion is about handling extremely minute variations in the

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Display sample rate?

2009-02-13 Thread DCtoDaylight
agentsmith;395854 Wrote: Do you have very loose connection to your cable as well?. Ya I think that was the problem... I was using a glass fibre toslink cable, which is a piece of $...@#%. The connector is round, not the proper D shape, so it doesn't fit and align well. I threw it out, and

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] T class amplifiers

2009-02-13 Thread nitrous
Michele Sanges;394894 Wrote: What do you think about the amplifiers in T class? Someone has tested them? I'm reading that they are good and inexpensive equipment!! Regards -- Michele Sanges ...Well I have built a second system around a Tripath Kit, Looks like this outside: [image:

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Display sample rate?

2009-02-13 Thread ghostrider
DCtoDaylight;395977 Wrote: Ya I think that was the problem... I was using a glass fibre toslink cable, which is a piece of $...@#%. The connector is round, not the proper D shape, so it doesn't fit and align well. I threw it out, and went back to a cable with the correct, nice and snug

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter and balanced headphone

2009-02-13 Thread darrenyeats
seanadams;395753 Wrote: Well, the RCAs have 10u caps so your corner frequency is 497Hz and you lose 6dB per octave below that - so perhaps no bass was an understatement. :) The headphone outputs have 220u caps, which gets you down to 20Hz. Sean, perhaps your calculations are based on the

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Am I imagining this? Squeezecentre 7.3 sounds worse than 7.2.1?

2009-02-13 Thread probedb
andyg;395354 Wrote: As has been repeatedly stated in this thread, you can verify that nothing has changed in the decoding of FLAC files if you can play an AC3 or DTS FLAC file through to your receiver. You can also record and compare the bits output on the SPDIF interface, but that is a bit

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Am I imagining this? Squeezecentre 7.3 sounds worse than 7.2.1?

2009-02-13 Thread rossi
Hi audio_fyle Welcome to the forum! As you see this is an audiophiles forum and its only purpose is to get beaten by people waiting in in the bush until you say, that you hear any difference, when you do something else, than changing loudspeakers. Normaly this will end with phrases like

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Playing back multichannel (5.1) 96/24 WAV files

2009-02-13 Thread michael123
Hi I eventually used foobar2000 to generate stereo files. But.. I could not hear anything from SB3. Shall I do anything special to enable downsampling of WAV files? When I used, again, foobar2000 to downsample to 48KHz, then of course, it was OK. Also, beside having these 96/24 files that are

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Playing back multichannel (5.1) 96/24 WAV files

2009-02-13 Thread Mark Lanctot
michael123;396084 Wrote: Is Transporter different in this respect of handling high sample rate files? Is it more stable? It handles 24/96 natively. And you should be able to play 24/96 on the SB3 with SC 7.3.3 (it will be downsampling though). -- Mark Lanctot Current: SB2, Transporter,

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter and balanced headphone

2009-02-13 Thread seanadams
OK OK, I'll try it. :) I'm not usually a headphone user but since Ultimate Ears is now a Logitech product I was able to score a free pair of Triple.fi 10 pro. :) http://www.ultimateears.com/_ultimateears/store/products/triplefi10pro_specification.php These are spectacularly clear and sensitive

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter and balanced headphone

2009-02-13 Thread darrenyeats
Sean, maybe the sealed design has a different impendance at lower frequencies? BTW I'm the opposite to you, I'd rather poke cucumbers into my ears than those sealed thingies. :) Although I quoted the nominal impedance of the PX-100s (same as your 'phones) this figure is an oversimplification as

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter and balanced headphone

2009-02-13 Thread seanadams
Actually I find in-ear phones uncomfortable too, even though they do sound great. Yes, the impedance varies as a function of frequency, but perhaps the bigger issue is that the PX100 don't really seal against the ear, so even though the driver may have sufficient bass response, it isn't going to

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] My experience implementing John Swenson's Synchronous Reclocking Circuit

2009-02-13 Thread Builder Brad
can anyone help with the update of the reclocker circuit for the DUET? -- Builder Brad System Linkwitz Orions++ 4 x Linkwitz Thors++ 1 x AKSA 25w Nivarna+ 1 x AKSA 55w 2 x AKSA100 AKSA GK 1R tube pre 4 x Felicia balanced PS filters 4 x BK OMP300w rms amp modules MDHT labs Paradisea DAC

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Attention Audio Mythbusters!

2009-02-13 Thread Wirrunna
Phil, please post the results. (I used Liberty's LAUD suite to measure loudspeakers, rooms etc years ago, in fact I still have an old Win98 PC in the shed just for LAUD) -- Wirrunna A camel is a racehorse designed by a committee.

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Inguz dsp plugin - what are the results?

2009-02-13 Thread Andy8421
I have been using the limited room correction capabilities of a Krell Showcase, which although a pain to set up, have made a huge improvement to my listening room's dreadful acoustics. A forum member recommended I try inguz - which at first sight looks like a great bit of software. The idea of

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Inguz dsp plugin - what are the results?

2009-02-13 Thread Moonbase
Results *seem* impressive, especially if you got good measuring equipment for room correction (it’s still great without), -but- … - it’s Windows only (as far as I know) - it requires LOTS of computing power. When experimenting with it on a 1.8GHz/1GB RAM Win/XP machine, I could get out

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Playing back multichannel (5.1) 96/24 WAV files

2009-02-13 Thread michael123
Mark Lanctot;396085 Wrote: It handles 24/96 natively. And you should be able to play 24/96 on the SB3 with SC 7.3.3 (it will be downsampling though). 1) I upgraded yesterday to nightly build of 7.4 (Feb 13) Some files work OK, but I have one 96/24 that simply kills SB3. Power on/off via