Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Subwoofer for Active Speakers?

2010-03-01 Thread Pat Farrell
chn68b wrote: > I spent the day at the Bristol Hi-Fi show on Sunday and listened to a > REL subwoofer demo and was blown away. I've never wanted a sub for the > Hi-Fi before as I always thought the bass would be too exaggerate, but > this demo was superb. The soundstage grew as soon as the sub was

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Subwoofer for Active Speakers?

2010-03-01 Thread esbrewer
Since you mention REL, they actually recommend the use of speaker level connections with a very low xover point. The argument is that timing cues and the character of your amp will be picked up by the sub. Not sure how that helps you though, as I assume the active speakers have digital inputs dir

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] DAC Upgrade. Weiss DAC202 (Minerva) or Berkeley Alpha?

2010-03-01 Thread michael123
lornness;521797 Wrote: > I'm using transporter with Berkeley Alpha DAC. > The Berkeley Alpha is very very good that exactly performed as what TAS > Robert Harley described and recommended even it was connected with > transporter with down sampled files when playing 192 / 176.4 khz music. Thank y

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] DAC Upgrade. Weiss DAC202 (Minerva) or Berkeley Alpha?

2010-03-01 Thread lornness
I'm using transporter with Berkeley Alpha DAC. The Berkeley Alpha is very very good that exactly performed as what TAS Robert Harley described and recommended even it was connected with transporter with down sampled files when playing 192 / 176.4 khz music. -- lornness -

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Subwoofer for Active Speakers?

2010-03-01 Thread pski
chn68b;521709 Wrote: > Actually, just checked a few subs out and some have seperate speaker > inputs and outputs so I presume this is all thats needed. That is correct. From my experience also, line-level from the preamp to the crossover/sub/speakers is better but there are so few places selling

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Subwoofer for Active Speakers?

2010-03-01 Thread iPhone
chn68b;521700 Wrote: > Hi > > I spent the day at the Bristol Hi-Fi show on Sunday and listened to a > REL subwoofer demo and was blown away. I've never wanted a sub for the > Hi-Fi before as I always thought the bass would be too exaggerate, but > this demo was superb. The soundstage grew as soo

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Subwoofer for Active Speakers?

2010-03-01 Thread chn68b
Actually, just checked a few subs out and some have seperate speaker inputs and outputs so I presume this is all thats needed. -- chn68b Source: Squeezebox 3 Amp/Speakers: Meridian M30 Phones: Grado SR-60s Headphone Amp: Pro-ject Headbox II http://www.last.fm/user/chn68b

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Subwoofer for Active Speakers?

2010-03-01 Thread chn68b
Hi I spent the day at the Bristol Hi-Fi show on Sunday and listened to a REL subwoofer demo and was blown away. I've never wanted a sub for the Hi-Fi before as I always thought the bass would be too exaggerate, but this demo was superb. The soundstage grew as soon as the sub was switched on. I h

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Album Art ONLY when playing?

2010-03-01 Thread tcutting
It's not clear how you've named your cover art... normally it would be saved in each Albums directory as "folder.jpg" or "cover.jpg". I think any other file name requires some setup in Squeezeboxserver. -- tcutting tcutti

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Album Art ONLY when playing?

2010-03-01 Thread netchord
mashley;518449 Wrote: > I can only see an album cover in the duet controller and web interface > when actually playing the album. > What do I need to do to get them to show up when scrolling through the > albums? > I've reset the duet controller and wiped and re-scanned the entire > drive directo

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Audio Always On - Transporter option

2010-03-01 Thread Valentino
"Audio Always On" is also a nice feature if 1) Your Transporter is your preamplifier and you like to switch it "off" for display reasons and you don't like that "bump". 2) Your transporter DAC drives your tweeters directly. -- Valentino -

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter troubleshooting question

2010-03-01 Thread cosmopolous
After speaking w/ tech support in Cali, the solution was to RMA the unit. It should be there today. Thankfully, it sounds like they may fix the unit at no cost. Typically, if the unit was a Logitech branded box they would just swap it out. In my case, since it's an original Slim branded unit,