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

2009-12-04 Thread gizek
pfarrell;492347 Wrote: > > > > the future is broadband. > > > -- > pat farrell > http://www.pfarrell.com/ Amen ;-) -- gizek gizek's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34337 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What outboard DAC do you use with Squeezebox?

2009-12-04 Thread mattclark04
Lyngdorf TDAI2200 with RoomPerfect does the 'DAC' bit, fed by a Duet. It's pretty minimal, and it sounds great. +---+ |Filename: IMG_4192.jpg | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/at

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

2009-12-04 Thread Pat Farrell
riffer wrote: > Stop calling them CD Players and call them "4.75" Optical Disk players" > and you get another perspective. Well, they are really 120 mm plastic disks. > Or how about calling a "Blu-Ray player" a "CD Player" with extra > features? The simple facts are that while DVD players explo

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What outboard DAC do you use with Squeezebox?

2009-12-04 Thread steveinaz
cliveb;492205 Wrote: > Just took a look at the DAC1/PRE out of curiosity. As far as I can tell, > the DAC/PRE does not have remote control. It's marketed as a digital > preamp - how on earth can you sell a preamp in the 21st century without > RC? The new "HDR" model Benchmark DAC/PRE has remote

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] How "good" is your DAC? - Really Interesting test results!

2009-12-04 Thread Phil Leigh
DCtoDaylight;492264 Wrote: > You using coax or toslink for the spdif connection? If coax, there's > another potential ground loop to consider Hmmm - the ground of the spdif and analogue outputs are connected (with 0.8 ohm resistance between them) and both are connected to the ground of my P

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] How "good" is your DAC? - Really Interesting test results!

2009-12-04 Thread Phil Leigh
DCtoDaylight;492264 Wrote: > You using coax or toslink for the spdif connection? If coax, there's > another potential ground loop to consider Coax - I'm going to get my Fluke... the soundcard doesn't have a toslink input :-( -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets o

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

2009-12-04 Thread Phil Leigh
riffer;492265 Wrote: > Stop calling them CD Players and call them "4.75" Optical Disk players" > and you get another perspective. Those won't be going away for quite a > while I suspect. > > Or how about calling a "Blu-Ray player" a "CD Player" with extra > features? Fair point - I was thinkin

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What outboard DAC do you use with Squeezebox?

2009-12-04 Thread OutdoorXplorer
My SB3 is paired with MHDT Havana and it sounds much greater and better than the internal DAC. Awaiting for the HiFi Tuning Fuse and a WE JW 2C51/396A tube to enhance greater listening experience. -- OutdoorXplorer 2TB Synology 209+II ~ SlimDevices SqueezeBox Classic ~ Zu ASH 75Ω Digital Coaxi

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

2009-12-04 Thread riffer
Stop calling them CD Players and call them "4.75" Optical Disk players" and you get another perspective. Those won't be going away for quite a while I suspect. Or how about calling a "Blu-Ray player" a "CD Player" with extra features? -- riffer

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] How "good" is your DAC? - Really Interesting test results!

2009-12-04 Thread DCtoDaylight
You using coax or toslink for the spdif connection? If coax, there's another potential ground loop to consider -- DCtoDaylight Audiophile wish list: Zero Distortion, Infinite Signal to Noise Ratio, and a Bandwidth from DC to Daylight ---

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Multi Channel Flac Streamer

2009-12-04 Thread vortecjr
I have a unit called the HDX-1000 (personal unit) that can look on the network and pull flac, wav, mp3 and more. It has 2 channel analog, and HDMI 1.3 for audio out. Some time back back I did a test with multi channel out via the hdmi. The file was a download from itrac.com and there DTS 5.1 playe

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What outboard DAC do you use with Squeezebox?

2009-12-04 Thread cliveb
steveinaz;491977 Wrote: > I use a Benchmark DAC/PRE as both DAC and preamp for my system. Just took a look at the DAC1/PRE out of curiosity. As far as I can tell, the DAC/PRE does not have remote control. It's marketed as a digital preamp - how on earth can you sell a preamp in the 21st century w