[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Octoshape p2p HQ radio streaming

RTHK Hong Kong has just announced using Octoshape for peer to peer high quality radio streaming. Clients are available for MAC OSX and Windoze. I tried it on my Macbook/Weiss setup and it sounded good. Any chance of Squeeze supporting this? -- agentsmith System 1: Transporter+Hi-Line

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] A2 or A5?

I just got my A2´s, and I am very happy with them. I will change my pc to the new iMac when it comes out so I thought it would be a nice design all together. The speakers are pretty good, but not really ment for a desk job in my opinion. The reason is that on a desk you sit very close to the

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] A2 or A5?

mattbrown521;465799 Wrote: I ended up ordering the A5s, B-stock. Received this AM. Listening now. Superb! For fun, I connected them to a switch to allow quick side-by-side comparison of old vs new. (Old = 15 year old boombox with leftover Samsung surround speakers) The differences are

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] The next major Audiophile question on here?

Themis;465958 Wrote: Well, you can put a passive preamp if you like : http://www.creekaudio.com/products/obh22.php It has only switches and an Alps potentiometer, it does not affect quality at all, as it has no preamp stage. The specs of that preamp are kind of a joke when compared to that

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] The next major Audiophile question on here?

ccrome2 wrote: The channel separation is only specified as ' 80dB @ 1kHz', Granted, it would be better to say that the spec is greater than 80dB 20-20kHz, but in practice, there is little difference between 80 and 90 dB of channel separation. Nearly no real recordings use that much channel

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] squeezebox classic as pre-amp

I'm currently using the Squeezebox Classic with an Audio Note dac going into an Arcam A85 integrated, but i'm thinking of getting the Sugden Bijou Musicmaster (poweramp) and going directly from the dac using the Squeezebox as pre-amp. Will it work? The specs on the Sugden class a poweramp is:

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] squeezebox classic as pre-amp

Yes, but you should protect your speakers by adding some in-line attenuators at the amp rca inputs for your dac. -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal... SB Touch Beta (wired) - TACT 2.2X (Linear PSU) + Good Vibrations

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] The next major Audiophile question on here?

ccrome2;467135 Wrote: The specs of that preamp are kind of a joke when compared to that of the transporter. The channel separation is only specified as ' 80dB @ 1kHz', Muting is '90 dB'. 80dB is the equivalent of only a 13 bit DAC! 90dB is a 15-bit DAC. The transporter has what, a 120

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] The next major Audiophile question on here?

DCtoDaylight;466123 Wrote: Unfortunately, this isn't exactly true Passive preamps generally have lowish input impedances, and highish output impedances, which, depending on what they are connected to, can have a significant affect on the quality of the signal With the right

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] The next major Audiophile question on here?

Themis;467211 Wrote: I don't know how it happens generally, you may be right. Huh? He is absolutely right. A passive preamp is just a potentiometer. A variable resistor. A voltage divider. It has a low-impedance input and a higher-impedance output, period. Google voltage divider impedance or

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] squeezebox classic as pre-amp

Thank you for your view about protecting the speakers. But I am not sure that is required when this sugden class a amp only can produce 16 watts (8ohm). But thank you. - Hasse -- Hasse Orloff Hasse Orloff's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] The next major Audiophile question on here?

seanadams;467284 Wrote: Huh? He is absolutely right. A passive preamp is just a potentiometer. A variable resistor. A voltage divider. It has a low-impedance input and a higher-impedance output, period. Google voltage divider impedance or read the first chapter of The Art of Electronics.

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] squeezebox classic as pre-amp

Read this post by Sean Adams, SlimDevices founder and primary designer of the SqueezeBox: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=114279postcount=14 -- USAudio USAudio's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] The next major Audiophile question on here?

Themis;467310 Wrote: probably was a way of speaking, Sean. Certainly, should have been better, I admit. I didn't open this device, don't know what it is or how it is made, but I'm curious to know what makes you think that a firm that makes amplifiers don't know about all what you say. And

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Improving Sound of Transporter

The output of the TP CAN be substantially improved upon with the addition of a DAC , try a few and see what floats your boat. Not everyone has the same sonic preferences and not all dacs sound alikethe best for one person may not be the best for you... -- Rodney_Gold Sb3/Z-sys

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] A Photo of your Listening room configuration, please!

Given the significance of your listening environment as a key element influencing what you actually hear when using your Squeezebox/ Transporter, please post a picture or two showing its layout and a few words describing which aspects work and don't work for you, room treatments you've used etc.