Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Disabling Transporter wireless

2010-04-11 Thread NewBuyer
> It's very easy, the wireless card is in a edge socket, you just lift and > pull and it pops out... Has anybody done this, and experienced any type of resulting software errors or issues etc? I'm wondering if it's possible the server software (or the device firmware) might act up or produce any

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Memristance in interconnect cables

2010-04-11 Thread pski
newbuyer;533551 Wrote: > personally i recommend using a transformer for this - for example see > 'this link' (http://www.jensentransformers.com/dm2xx.html) for a really > nice solution. This company (jensen transformers) will put any input or > output connector on the product that you need - you

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Memristance in interconnect cables

2010-04-11 Thread pski
newbuyer;533551 Wrote: > personally i recommend using a transformer for this - for example see > 'this link' (http://www.jensentransformers.com/dm2xx.html) for a really > nice solution. This company (jensen transformers) will put any input or > output connector on the product that you need - you

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Memristance in interconnect cables

2010-04-11 Thread NewBuyer
pski;533542 Wrote: > ...I'd just like to know if there is a best way to do rca to balanced. I > suspect there is... Personally I recommend using a transformer for this - for example see 'this link' (http://www.jensentransformers.com/faqs.html#faq5) for a really nice solution... -- NewBuyer --

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Memristance in interconnect cables

2010-04-11 Thread pski
pfarrell;533538 Wrote: > pski wrote: > > Can I trust the instructions to connect RCA to balanced inputs on my > > various amps like the attached PDF from JBL? > > Why would you do that? If you want balanced, you should have gear with > balanced connections and use proper balanced cables and conn

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Aperion Speakers & Peachtree

2010-04-11 Thread pski
iPhone;530597 Wrote: > I think from what you are moving up from that the Aperion Speakers would > sound much better then what you have now. I again will say that for less > money, I would buy Vandersteen Speakers. First order cross-overs and > time and phase aligned drives are hard to beat. I wou

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Aperion Speakers & Peachtree

2010-04-11 Thread pski
I don't know how you identify "towers" but Audience 72 from Dynaudio look like the average small tower and go deep to 28. Since they are 2.5 ways with odd impedance, you will need a little more amp. Unusually, "band" amps of about 200 Wpc are not expensive and offer very good frequency and rise

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Memristance in interconnect cables

2010-04-11 Thread Pat Farrell
pski wrote: > Can I trust the instructions to connect RCA to balanced inputs on my > various amps like the attached PDF from JBL? Why would you do that? If you want balanced, you should have gear with balanced connections and use proper balanced cables and connectors. There is a reason that the J

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Memristance in interconnect cables

2010-04-11 Thread pski
pfarrell;533534 Wrote: > DCtoDaylight wrote: > > Naim have some very specific idea's on grounding and shielding and > > their cables are made to follow those idea's. For example the > shields > > are only connected at one end, and that end should at the signal > input > > connection. So that se

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Why do some sources sound quiet on Transporter

2010-04-11 Thread pski
garym;529787 Wrote: > You don't need to rerip. In dbpa, you might have set the DSP for adding > album and track replay gain tags (or you might not have). But if the > tags aren't there you can use dbpa to add the replaygain tags. You can > do this with a large batch of files (so much, much, much

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Memristance in interconnect cables

2010-04-11 Thread Pat Farrell
DCtoDaylight wrote: > Naim have some very specific idea's on grounding and shielding and > their cables are made to follow those idea's. For example the shields > are only connected at one end, and that end should at the signal input > connection. So that sets a preferred direction. Things like

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] A multitude of choices...

2010-04-11 Thread pski
Curt962;531447 Wrote: > I really liked Pandora, so some time ago I bought the "Premium" Pandora > (192Kbps) service...only to find out that it isn't accessible via the > Transporter, or any other media device according to the tech I spoke > with at Logitech.Great. > > What a tragic flaw i

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Memristance in interconnect cables

2010-04-11 Thread pski
Andy8421;532896 Wrote: > DC, > > You are quite right if the cables have different connections at each > end - the example you give of a shield earth only connected at one end > being a good example. > > I have some Naim NAC A5 speaker cable which is 'directional' and has > arrows printed on it

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] replay quality question

2010-04-11 Thread pski
Modern Dell computer with HDMI out from video and "stock" sound card. HDMI now plays iTunes to external HDMI receiver. Tunes are Apple lossless from CD. The user wants to move to SBS. Please compare the software playback options SoftSqueeze and Squeezeplay to the current setup. Are there others?

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Thoughts on Parasound Halo amp/preamp potential purchase

2010-04-11 Thread Ron Stewart
blackbear;533328 Wrote: > Why do you use a preamp at all? I too am using am SB3 + Lavry DA10 and > all the preamps I've tried give me a poorer result than having the DA10 > feed the power amp directly. I use the DA10's volume control so that the > SB3's volume control is used only for minor adjus

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] RC (Inguz etc.)

2010-04-11 Thread michael123
Robin Bowes;533440 Wrote: > On 11/04/10 18:15, michael123 wrote: > > > > Is it possible to use Transporter with DEQ2496 in a loop as > > > > Transporter (AES/EBU Digital Out) -> DEQ2496 (AES/EBU Digital Out) > -> > > Transporter ? > > > > Does it work well? > > /facepalm > > Michael, > > Th

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] RC (Inguz etc.)

2010-04-11 Thread Robin Bowes
On 11/04/10 20:25, Pat Farrell wrote: > Robin Bowes wrote: >> The DEQ2496 only has optical and AES/EBU digital connections - I use >> AES/EBU with a couple of bog standard balanced microphone cables. > > Sss! its a secret. AES/EBU was designed to use bog standard > microphone cables for use in

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] RC (Inguz etc.)

2010-04-11 Thread Pat Farrell
Robin Bowes wrote: > The DEQ2496 only has optical and AES/EBU digital connections - I use > AES/EBU with a couple of bog standard balanced microphone cables. Sss! its a secret. AES/EBU was designed to use bog standard microphone cables for use in professional studios. There is no need for mega

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] RC (Inguz etc.)

2010-04-11 Thread Robin Bowes
On 11/04/10 18:15, michael123 wrote: > > Is it possible to use Transporter with DEQ2496 in a loop as > > Transporter (AES/EBU Digital Out) -> DEQ2496 (AES/EBU Digital Out) -> > Transporter ? > > Does it work well? /facepalm Michael, That's *exactly* what I have been suggesting you try. The D

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] RC (Inguz etc.)

2010-04-11 Thread michael123
Is it possible to use Transporter with DEQ2496 in a loop as Transporter (AES/EBU Digital Out) -> DEQ2496 (AES/EBU Digital Out) -> Transporter ? Does it work well? -- michael123 michael123's Profile: http://forums.slimdev

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] RC (Inguz etc.)

2010-04-11 Thread michael123
Robin, Working with SPDIF will introduce jitter. Also (or same), once I for curiosity fed music into SPDIF digital input of Transporter, and result was far worse then when using normally through Ethernet jack. I have a friend working with DEQ (successfully), it might be the solution, might be no

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Thoughts on Parasound Halo amp/preamp potential purchase

2010-04-11 Thread blackbear
Ron Stewart;530276 Wrote: > I have the P3 preamp, and I'm very happy with it. I'm feeding it with an > SB3 and Lavry DA10 DAC (via balanced connections) and it's driving an > NAD C272 amp. > > In my case, I greatly preferred the P3 to two passives I tried: the > "preamp" section of a Creek 4330S