Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Most bang for buck? Add DAC to SB or buy Touch?

2010-09-29 Thread firedog
ncarver;579429 Wrote: Where did you purchase the different versions of the two examples you cited in what I quoted? So far I haven't done any terribly serious listening tests, and my system has undergone a number of changes over the last month, so I still don't feel familiar enough

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Transporter firmware 84

2010-09-29 Thread callesoroe
bhaagensen;579461 Wrote: Oh, and by the way - its a user setting with the same default as the current production firmware uses - i.e. the sharp filter. Thanks. Very interesting. I look forward to 7.6 to try it out. Exiting if there is audible differences in my system. -- callesoroe

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Transporter firmware 84

2010-09-29 Thread Mnyb
callesoroe;579565 Wrote: Thanks. Very interesting. I look forward to 7.6 to try it out. Exiting if there is audible differences in my system. But don't you use a TacT digital preamp ? it's a filter on the DAC so it does only affect the analog out ? or are conecting via analog to the TacT ?

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Most bang for buck? Add DAC to SB or buy Touch?

2010-09-29 Thread Wombat
firedog;579556 Wrote: 24/96 A Love Supreme and the 24/96 Kinks Preservation Act II I believe I purchased both from HD Tracks A Love Surpreme is a very old recording that shouldn´t be able to use more then ~12bit resolution. You´ll have 12bit of noise down there i supppose. I wonder how

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

2010-09-29 Thread tonyptony
I decided to redo my sweeps (figured since I got the Touch I'd generate another set of correction files), but I ran into a problem I never saw before. When I did the impulseprep on the left and right sweep files it generated the ImpulseResponse wav file but then dropped out. When I looked at the

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Transporter firmware 84

2010-09-29 Thread callesoroe
Mnyb;579572 Wrote: But don't you use a TacT digital preamp ? it's a filter on the DAC so it does only affect the analog out ? or are conecting via analog to the TacT ? No. I am in fact using The Transporter in a digital loop, so I am using The Tact as pre-amp and roomcorrection, and then

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Transporter firmware 84

2010-09-29 Thread Mnyb
callesoroe;579626 Wrote: No. I am in fact using The Transporter in a digital loop, so I am using The Tact as pre-amp and roomcorrection, and then digital loop returning to The Transporter. I am doing this because I think the DAC in The Transporter sounds best. Cool -- Mnyb

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter Balanced Analog Cable Adapter help

2010-09-29 Thread jhonsber...@msn.com
Thanks for your input.I will be following Phil's original recommendation. -- jhonsber...@msn.com jhonsber...@msn.com's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4438 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] DAC problem, VTL DAC does not lock !

2010-09-29 Thread Phil Leigh
Certain DAC's do not lock because they are faulty / poorly built / poorly designed. -- 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

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] DAC problem, VTL DAC does not lock !

2010-09-29 Thread michael123
Could it be because signal is too high? In this case, maybe attenuator will help? -- michael123 michael123's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=23745 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] DAC problem, VTL DAC does not lock !

2010-09-29 Thread Phil Leigh
michael123;579684 Wrote: Could it be because signal is too high? In this case, maybe attenuator will help? Unlikely IME. Could be a faulty cable... -- 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

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter Balanced Analog Cable Adapter help

2010-09-29 Thread jhonsber...@msn.com
Hi Phil.If im only running a digital cable 2-3 feet to a dac, would it really matter from a audio quality standpoint if i use a aes or just a optical digital cable? -- jhonsber...@msn.com jhonsber...@msn.com's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter Balanced Analog Cable Adapter help

2010-09-29 Thread Phil Leigh
jhonsber...@msn.com;579709 Wrote: Hi Phil.If im only running a digital cable 2-3 feet to a dac, would it really matter from a audio quality standpoint if i use a aes or just a optical digital cable? Nope - that would be fine IME -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it

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

2010-09-29 Thread altsouza
Thank you Guys for all the necessary info. Now I am running Inguz full time. Inguz made me get back to Squeezebox. I bought a Sonos for the excelent Remote Control. But when I ugraded all my gear, with Audio Research and Spendor Speakers, my room acoustics became a mess. Now I can hear the

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] DAC problem, VTL DAC does not lock !

2010-09-29 Thread JohnSwenson
The coax output on all the SB devices is right on the money voltage wise, no need for any attenuators. The crystals used in most of the SB devices are pretty cheap crystals with fairly wide initial tolerances (well within the official S/PDIF spec though). SOME DACs have a special narrow band

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Agggghh Transporter gone

2010-09-29 Thread mozzer503
Audio is my hobby. I've been secretly squirreling away cash for ages so I can buy a Transporter and finally add my digital library to my Naim reference system. And today I discover that the Transporter is no more. So what do I spend my money on? How are you guys getting the sound out of your

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Agggghh Transporter gone

2010-09-29 Thread aubuti
The SB Touch is very good, or you could look for a Transporter on www.audiogon.com. There's a second-hand one available there now, with an asking price of US$1200: http://www.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?dgtlconv1290465670/Slim-Devices-Transporter--exce -- aubuti