Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Sound quality between wav and flac

2009-12-30 Thread marcoc1712
Hi John, What you reported is quite similar to what I feel listening to WAV/PCM instead of FLAC (see previuos posts), and the major conseguence to me is that listening to FLAC drive to an early fadigue. The strange thing is that in my system I could ear nearly the same difference also if I

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Bedrom headphones system

2009-12-30 Thread stvjfp1
I have got a Grado SR125 headphones to Christmas. The plan is to put a a spear Squeezebox Classic in the bedroom, and use with the Grados. But I have seen a lot small headphones Amplifier on ebay, and I was wondering I anyone had some experience with small headphones Amplifier and could tell

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Anyone use the Squeezepak PSU?

2009-12-30 Thread ismarketing
Anyone? -- ismarketing ismarketing's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=30585 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=73149 ___

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Anyone use the Squeezepak PSU?

2009-12-30 Thread shevans
On Pink Fish Media forums, there are several members who have a TeddySB3 PSU and say that via analogue there is a noticeable sound improvement. http://www.teddypardo.com/ -- shevans SB 3, NVA P90sa passive pre-amp, NVA A40 monoblock's, Fostex FE206E based big purple people eaters!

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Bedrom headphones system

2009-12-30 Thread maggior
Welcome to the forums! Congrats on the Grado headphones! I have a pair of SR80i's that I really like. Awesome sound for the money. I have a setup on my bedside table with an SB3 and a headphone amp. The headphone amp built into the SB3 I found to be noisy. While listening to quieter parts

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Anyone use the Squeezepak PSU?

2009-12-30 Thread shevans
10 minutes of listening (analogue), I'm buying another for the bedroom system! Bass line so much more clearly defined and everything sound so much clearer. I'll leave it to warm up before making any more comments apart from don't listen to the sceptics. I had previously tried using a Beresford

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Bedrom headphones system

2009-12-30 Thread stvjfp1
Thank you for your suggestion. Looks like XM4 amp could be what I am looking for, even thou the portable aspect is not important for me. But I was wondering if I should try one with a dac. Found at least to that looks interesting: http://www.mavaudio.com/base/ and http://www.beresford-dac.com/

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Sound quality between wav and flac

2009-12-30 Thread marcoc1712
Hi All, In Italy we say another little stone in the lake, and this is: Have you noticed that people in other forums claims to eard the same differences in different hardware too (i.e. LINN or AVFORUM)? I think I can't post links here, but just google... Anyway, I've tried again the Blind Test

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Bedrom headphones system

2009-12-30 Thread maggior
stvjfp1;500582 Wrote: Thank you for your suggestion. Looks like XM4 amp could be what I am looking for, even thou the portable aspect is not important for me. But I was wondering if I should try one with a dac. Found at least to that looks interesting: http://www.mavaudio.com/base/

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Bedrom headphones system

2009-12-30 Thread Daverz
I think you will definitely notice the difference with a good headphone amp and 'phones of this quality, even without a dedicated DAC. A dedicated DAC would be a further upgrade. I currently use a Creek OBH-11 with Sennheiser 650s. I've been thinking of getting a Musical Fidelity V-Can and

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Sound quality between wav and flac

2009-12-30 Thread Daverz
Marco, when you say you can tell the difference after 20 seconds, can you describe the qualities of the sound that you use to differentiate? Also, what about AIFF files? They can have an ID3 metadata block. -- Daverz

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] My Transporter makes strange noises

2009-12-30 Thread SamS
This evening, I heard an odd sound from my TP. Almost like the sound a hard drive would make. My server is in a different room. I turned off the amp, and listened closely to the TP. Near the knob, I can hear a ticking noise, about twice a second, that sounds like a clock. Then, every few