Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Can I please ask for a device that

2009-11-20 Thread JohnSwenson
You can take a touch, disconnect the screen and take it out of the case. You can put that board in a case of your choosing with a 5V power supply and you now have a headless SB player that can go up to 24/96. The fun part is going to be the 192 part. The clocks inside run at a high enough frequenc

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] The end of the CD player :-)

2009-11-20 Thread finnbrodersen
I read 2-3 weeks ago, that very few "pure" stand-alone CD players was sold in Denmark the last year. If the trend is the same in other countries, no wonder Linn doesn't bother to make them anymore. -- finnbrodersen finnbr

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] The end of the CD player :-)

2009-11-20 Thread bhaagensen
Phil Leigh;487518 Wrote: > Here's an idea: > why not a full-size vinyl cover... with a licence inside that lets you > download at 24/96 or whatever > > Something for everybody! Well, interestingly enough, in another article (also somewhere at bbc) Linn also says that they will continue producti

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] The end of the CD player :-)

2009-11-20 Thread Paul Webster
Here is how Guardian newspaper covered the same story ... including this quote that made me laugh: > The move to streaming sounds a lot like Sonos, I suggested. "Ah, but > Sonos is very affordable," he replied - which made me choke a bit: Sonos > kit is hardly what you'd call cheap. But then as t

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] The end of the CD player :-)

2009-11-20 Thread maggior
garym;487581 Wrote: > Of course you'll need to convert the FLAC to mp3 or aac or applelossless > to play on IPOD. But yep, the perfect setup!!! Not if you use RockBox (and you have an mp3 player that is capable of running it). http://www.rockbox.org/ Personally I perfer the stock iPod interface

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] The end of the CD player :-)

2009-11-20 Thread Themis
We'll just have to wait a little bit before the mainstream actors (Sony, Yamaha, Denon, etc) start making network players too, and this will be the end of the CD players. As snarlydwarf and others point out, there are very few people buying CD players nowadays : most people get multi-format BD/DVD

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] The end of the CD player :-)

2009-11-20 Thread garym
Bob Fifik;487572 Wrote: > > Next up will be an iPod to play FLAC files into the car stereo. Of course you'll need to convert the FLAC to mp3 or aac or applelossless to play on IPOD. But yep, the perfect setup!!! -- garym ---

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] The end of the CD player :-)

2009-11-20 Thread Bob Fifik
CD ended for me four weeks ago. I finished converting 752 cd's to flac files with full backup on two external hard drives. Compared the sound of my Linn Genki by 75 ohm BNC into a Benchmark PRE DAC vs Squeezebox 3 into the DAC. The Genki sounded great as a player and transport but the Squeezebox f

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Better DAC, Transporter, or High End Pre Amp, Help!

2009-11-20 Thread John_Dumke
iPhone;449352 Wrote: > Hello and welcome to the Forum. > > If I owned your setup and had the money, I would get a good used high > current amp off of Audiogon first. From my experience with the Kappa 9s, > they need a bunch of current to be happy and to produce good image and > soundstage. I wou

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] The end of the CD player :-)

2009-11-20 Thread Mnyb
It was 9 years since i bought a CD player, it was retired 5 years ago when i got my Meridian DVD player and processor. The CD player is redundant in most cases as it only used as a digital transport DA is taking place in ht recievers or processors. A high end dvd is quite ok as disc transport imh

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] The end of the CD player :-)

2009-11-20 Thread Phil Leigh
snarlydwarf;487528 Wrote: > > The CD sales problem is that most music today has at most 2 "hot" (not > good necessarily, just selling well) tracks on an album, so picking and > choosing them from iTMS or Amazon or wherever is more cost effective: > why spend $10 to $20 on a CD when $2 will get t

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] The end of the CD player :-)

2009-11-20 Thread snarlydwarf
The demise of CD players isn't related to the demise of CD's though. I retired my CD player when I bought my first DVD player... "hey, it plays CD's too, why do I need two things in my cabinet when one will do? One less remote, too!" The CD sales problem is that most music today has at most 2 "h

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] The end of the CD player :-)

2009-11-20 Thread pfarrell
dave77;487514 Wrote: > Linn still make DVD players though, I assume they are not phasing those > out Today, probably not. But DVD is dying too. The BlueRay war was a case of winning the battle, but losing anyway, they vanquished HD-DVD, but BlueRay disk sales are not what the studios expected.

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] The end of the CD player :-)

2009-11-20 Thread maggior
dave77;487514 Wrote: > I think there's always going to be a market for something physical to > own, eg a CD, not digital. Especially for gifts, I can't imagine > emailing somebody an album for a birthday present. > > Linn still make DVD players though, I assume they are not phasing those > out

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] The end of the CD player :-)

2009-11-20 Thread Phil Leigh
Here's an idea: why not a full-size vinyl cover... with a licence inside that lets you download at 24/96 or whatever Something for everybody! -- 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 (L

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] The end of the CD player :-)

2009-11-20 Thread dave77
I think there's always going to be a market for something physical to own, eg a CD, not digital. Especially for gifts, I can't imagine emailing somebody an album for a birthday present. -- dave77 Boom - Classic - Controller - Touch (on order) ---

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] The end of the CD player :-)

2009-11-20 Thread Phil Leigh
It's bound to be a matter of time before there is a CD revival... -- 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 S/W - MF Triplethreat(Audiocom full mods) - Linn

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] The end of the CD player :-)

2009-11-20 Thread maggior
Interesting. It doesn't seem like it was that long ago that you were so cool if you had a CD player. I got my first one in 1988. That was 21 years ago!! And then there was the portable CD player - the CD walkman. Then you were really stylin'. It all seems so quaint now :-). The portable CD

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] The end of the CD player :-)

2009-11-20 Thread Phil Leigh
I'm sure I predicted this a while ago... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8369666.stm -- 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 S/W - MF Triplethreat(