Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What is a Transporter SE?

2011-01-01 Thread Mnyb
JohnSwenson;598817 Wrote: The thing that really surprised my was how many people bought the Touch because they don't want a separate server. There seems to be a very large part of the population that hates the thought of a server, they HAVE to have it all in one box. This is a way to do

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What is a Transporter SE?

2011-01-01 Thread cliveb
JohnSwenson;598804 Wrote: I've actually been working on a design for this. It starts with a Touch board as is, plus a fitPC2 board, my latest DAC design and some really high quality power supplies. ... Any takers? It's not clear from your description whether the device will have balanced

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

2011-01-01 Thread darrenyeats
If you want to use just EQ here my tips. 1. On Linux the stock install instructions and plugin.pm worked but I needed to change permissions on one file (see http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=558141postcount=40). 2. The web interface (and the SB plugin sometimes) do give me problems.

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Does audiophile equal quiet?

2011-01-01 Thread darrenyeats
Like others I've not heard the recording. What everyone knows but doesn't say is that the original recording and how it is mastered are far more important than the format. I'd much rather listen to a good recording encoded into 256k VBR MP3 than a poor recording on SACD. The recording is so much

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Hifi rack: wood or glass shelves?

2011-01-01 Thread darrenyeats
If (if) you're worried about vibration then consider having the equipment away from the loudspeakers e.g. behind the listening position. (If you're using dipole speakers between the speakers is probably fine though - they don't radiate sideways much.) I have experienced vibrations making a

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Does audiophile equal quiet?

2011-01-01 Thread darrenyeats
To answer the original question, this recording has a peak way way below 0db. It's wasting digital dynamic range. If you were to compare this recording, with these levels, via hi-rez and 16-bit playback it would put 16-bit in an unrealistic and unnecessarily bad light. I don't want to be a

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Hifi rack: wood or glass shelves?

2011-01-01 Thread Henry66
I have a wide, low rack between my speakers with heavy tempered glass shelves on rubber washers on a steel and wood open frame. Works great, no vibrations whatsoever. I got it for $120 from BJ's, hah! I have one window (out of five) that vibrates/rattles at some low bass frequencies. I have a

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Hifi rack: wood or glass shelves?

2011-01-01 Thread SadGamerGeek
Henry66;598911 Wrote: I got it for $120 from BJ's, hah! For a horrified moment I read that as something very different to how it was intended. I guess I must just have a dirty mind I have the Podium from HiFi Racks. I wouldn't describe myself as an audiophile - I just got them because I

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

2011-01-01 Thread Riddo
Thanks for your reply, Darren. I went through the whole Inguz installation routine. In server settings, EQ is ticked. File types have not changed (no Inguz associations) In the web interface frequencies cannot be specified. In IE the message cannot initialize Silverlight: playerid is undefined