Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Meridian CD player

2010-10-05 Thread pkfox
ralphpnj;580707 Wrote: One quick question: Does this problem happen with all CDs or just with CDs that you've burned yourself? I ask this question because many older CD players do not read burned CDs very well. If this is the case try burning the CDs at a slower speed (say 4X) and see

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter digital out won't sync with DAC at higher than 48kHz

2010-10-05 Thread sxr71
jfeldt;580567 Wrote: Hey guys, I just wanted to give an update: using the loop mode worked with 24/96 material and either coax cable I had on hand, both via RCA and BNC. I still can't get a lock on my Theta DAC using the original cable or a Kimber DV-75 that I also have on hand for highres

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Stereophile Review II: What conclusion can be drawn from the Measurements?

2010-10-05 Thread Waldo Pepper
Phil Leigh;578530 Wrote: 1) 24-bit PRECISION. The ambient noise will be represented by word values built from the sum of the lowest 14-15 bits. 2) 16-bit PRECISION. The ambient noise will be represented by word values built from the sum of the lowest 6-7 bits. I'm afraid this is a little

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Stereophile Review II: What conclusion can be drawn from the Measurements?

2010-10-05 Thread Waldo Pepper
Soulkeeper;578864 Wrote: I don't know the answer to that, but it seems to me that your example has a DC bias. If we define origo (zero) to the middle then the signal would probably vary between 128 and -128, or 32 and -32. (Or if you define origo (zero) to be all bits=zero then 128 would be

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Stereophile Review II: What conclusion can be drawn from the Measurements?

2010-10-05 Thread Waldo Pepper
adamdea;578884 Wrote: If you reduced by 24 db would you get 8 8 8 9 8 8 8 8 8 7 8 8 8. (I said 24 db because you said it was a 6 db reduction in your example but I confess I don't understand the 6 db equivalence. I just mean getting quieter to the point where the peak becomes 9 and the

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Stereophile Review II: What conclusion can be drawn from the Measurements?

2010-10-05 Thread Waldo Pepper
Phil Leigh;579230 Wrote: OK - I'll try. 1: a true 24-bit ADC ( that doesn't exist) Rubbish! It needs very good electronic devices ahead of them. Burr Brown make them and a couple of balanced MP402 transistors in front and we are talking nanovolt resolution. Widely used in the medical

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Stereophile Review II: What conclusion can be drawn from the Measurements?

2010-10-05 Thread Phil Leigh
Waldo Pepper;580924 Wrote: Rubbish! It needs very good electronic devices ahead of them. Burr Brown make them and a couple of balanced MP402 transistors in front and we are talking nanovolt resolution. Widely used in the medical proffesion of measuring brain and heart impulses that are way

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Stereophile Review II: What conclusion can be drawn from the Measurements?

2010-10-05 Thread Phil Leigh
Waldo Pepper;580913 Wrote: I'm afraid this is a little more complicated than that. The spectrum of noise from 14/15 bits will be far more pleasing on the ear than the spectrum of noise from 6/7 bits. Regardless to a point of the total number of bits. It was not uncommon in the early