Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter as preamp

2010-04-14 Thread Phil Leigh
empty99;530308 Wrote: When playing SACD discs, my Sony S9000ES mutes its digital outs. I don't know what happens if one chooses the Redbook layer playback for hybrid discs... Clive is right and you can thank Sony for this mess. They wanted to stop digital copying of SACD at hi-res. You can

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter as preamp

2010-04-14 Thread Phil Leigh
S2K;534409 Wrote: I have connected my TP directly to my Classe power amp using balanced leads. Use it as a dac/pre-amp for other devices as well. There are two problems with this setup. depending on the recording I can't turn the volume down as much as I would like. At -49,5 db the music is

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Oh wise and kind audiophiles or The curse of the vile mp3

2010-04-14 Thread Phil Leigh
Rather than guessing, can we have full disclosure of what these mp3's are? There's nothing in the format that makes them bassy. -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal... Touch(wired/XP) - TACT 2.2X (Linear PSU) + Good

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Memristance in interconnect cables

2010-04-14 Thread Phil Leigh
pski;534576 Wrote: Thanks, Phil. Please look at the JBL supplied solution provided in the .pdf below. Is this dangerous or does in endanger equipment or does it compromise the quality of sound in a known way? I am familiar with baluns to connect twinax to twisted-pair. P Figure 5

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter as preamp

2010-04-14 Thread michael123
Phil Leigh;534622 Wrote: Clive is right and you can thank Sony for this mess. They wanted to stop digital copying of SACD at hi-res. You can use Google to see just exactly how sussessful they were in that endeavour...(again, sigh) https://www.dvdupgrades.ch/digital_audio.html --

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Oh wise and kind audiophiles or The curse of the vile mp3

2010-04-14 Thread garym
Phil Leigh;534624 Wrote: Rather than guessing, can we have full disclosure of what these mp3's are? There's nothing in the format that makes them bassy. agree. my mp3 files are no more or less bassy than my FLAC files. -- garym

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporters Future?

2010-04-14 Thread michael123
CFoote;530908 Wrote: Hi Everyone, I finally entered the digital world last year. I'm an avid Squeezebox fan, and have a Duet setup for my stereo. It's great and I love it. My system consists of Krell electronics and BW 802 speakers. It's all good quality, fairly high end stuff. I'm

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporters Future?

2010-04-14 Thread dennis55
michael123,did the end result justify the means?...in a better Transporter and in what way would you describe it compared to my original TP?. dennis michael123;534763 Wrote: If you're OK with the 96/24 limitation and Squeezebox Software, Transporter is the perfect *transport* you

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporters Future?

2010-04-14 Thread michael123
dennis55;534773 Wrote: michael123,did the end result justify the means?...in a better Transporter and in what way would you describe it compared to my original TP?. dennis I think it is not better but just better :-) -- michael123

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Enabling Transporter effects/processor loop

2010-04-14 Thread joeriz
Hi, I have posted this question elsewhere on the forums but have not received any responses so thought I'd try here. I was wondering if there is any way to enable the effects loop on the Transporter other than having to go into SqueezeCenter (or whatever it's called now) and enabling it under

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Enabling Transporter effects/processor loop

2010-04-14 Thread Curt962
Joe... Seems strange that your set up defaults back every time.I enabled the effects loop from web interface as you describe...and it's been that way ever since. No issues. If it makes any difference (and I'm nowhere near my audio system at the moment)I believe there is an Apply button

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter as preamp

2010-04-14 Thread Phil Leigh
michael123;534684 Wrote: https://www.dvdupgrades.ch/digital_audio.html Thanks Michael - good link. You can also buy pre-modded Oppo players - this is exactly the same as the DVD region coding fiasco! Regards Phil -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Enabling Transporter effects/processor loop

2010-04-14 Thread Phil Leigh
There was a bug that reset the prefs...you need o upgrade to 7.5.x -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal... Touch(wired/XP) - TACT 2.2X (Linear PSU) + Good Vibrations S/W - MF Triplethreat(Audiocom full mods) - Linn

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Enabling Transporter effects/processor loop

2010-04-14 Thread goatcatcher
I haven't been using the effects loop for some time, but when I did I experienced this if the equipment that was looped was not powered on when the transporter was switched on. -- goatcatcher goatcatcher's Profile: