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

2011-01-21 Thread Phil Leigh
rbl;604044 Wrote: Hmm - big thanks for looking into this and creating the 2 new files, which I installed and then rebooted the PC. Sadly InguzDSP.exe never ran again! The EQ user interface seems to work normally but no EQ sound processing. I reinstalled the original plugin.pm and

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Quality of digital outs from the Squeezebox

2011-01-21 Thread Phil Leigh
Griffin;604002 Wrote: If you think that really does matter, than use toslink. Yes it really matters and Toslink (which I do use for certain things) has its own issues, so as always one has to try both and see which actually sounds best... -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] S/PDIF cables should be (a) - =1.5m or (b) as short as possible?

2011-01-21 Thread Phil Leigh
darrenyeats;604000 Wrote: It seems the length which every camp might find acceptable is 1.5m. What about optical cables - is length significant and why? I hear glass is better than plastic...any comments? So, coax versus optical on the SB Touch - does anyone have any comments?

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Quality of digital outs from the Squeezebox

2011-01-21 Thread stop-spinning
magiccarpetride;603946 Wrote: There are 'experts' who claim that any and all perceived differences in the picture clarity between blu ray (a high definition format) and DVD (a mid definition format) are based merely on the expectation bias. I can quite confidently say that the percieved

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

2011-01-21 Thread rbl
I did that and it now works. Yiha! A few notes and q's though - why on earth did it work for several days in the first place (with the incorrect MAC addresses)? - I dind't update the Inguz version number as kryzs suggested (I have the latest Inguz from Inguz's website installed) - like youself

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Quality of digital outs from the Squeezebox

2011-01-21 Thread Phil Leigh
stop-spinning;604102 Wrote: I can quite confidently say that the percieved difference between DVD and Blu-Ray is 'easily' discernable, so I can only assume that people that cannot tell the difference between these two have sight problem do not have a large screen TV. I however agree when it

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] S/PDIF cables should be (a) - =1.5m or (b) as short as possible?

2011-01-21 Thread Mnyb
Can it not be dependent on the gear you are using some tos transmitter and recievers are not fantastic they say ? making the the optical interface having less bandwidth than the electrical interface that's a pity it has potential to be significantly faster. But this info was absorbed trough

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

2011-01-21 Thread krzys
rbl;604105 Wrote: - I dind't update the Inguz version number as kryzs suggested (I have the latest Inguz from Inguz's website installed) I edited my post and dropped this recommendation, forget it. It isn't necessary since the only change between the 30 and 32 versions is the plugin

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

2011-01-21 Thread Phil Leigh
rbl;604105 Wrote: I did that and it now works. Yiha! A few notes and q's though - why on earth did it work for several days in the first place (with the incorrect MAC addresses)? - I dind't update the Inguz version number as kryzs suggested (I have the latest Inguz from Inguz's website

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Quality of digital outs from the Squeezebox

2011-01-21 Thread stop-spinning
Thanks for that Phil. I've been surfin' the net (probably a dangerous thing to do) about the SB and notice various reviews and such like relating to better sounding 'modded' versions.. (there's even a highly modded SqueezeBox PLUS!); now after all I am in the Audiophile section of the forum here

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Quality of digital outs from the Squeezebox

2011-01-21 Thread Robin Bowes
On 21/01/11 16:23, stop-spinning wrote: Thanks for that Phil. I've been surfin' the net (probably a dangerous thing to do) about the SB and notice various reviews and such like relating to better sounding 'modded' versions.. (there's even a highly modded SqueezeBox PLUS!); now after all I

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New to the sound stage, looking for some help to get started

2011-01-21 Thread michael123
I think you will get much better sound **within your budget** if you stick to headphones.. -- michael123 Big 'thank you' to AndyG for fixing #15209, #15693, #16442, #16760 :) michael123's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New to the sound stage, looking for some help to get started

2011-01-21 Thread aubuti
There's not much you can do within that budget, certainly not in the Audiophiles forum. One option would be to forget about the T-amp for now, and instead combine those funds with the speaker budget to buy a pair of self-powered speakers such as the Audioengine 2 (A2, see

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Non wireless use of SB

2011-01-21 Thread jameswilcox
Hi to one and all, I purchased a SB (Duet) a couple of years ago and it's now sitting in the box as I wasn't happy with the sound. I used the coaxial in the SB to pump a signal to an external DAC (Beresford), thence to pre amp (audio synthesis) amp (audio note) and speakers (audio note). Of

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Non wireless use of SB

2011-01-21 Thread aubuti
I'm probably not understanding something here, but if you want to avoid the wireless on the SB Receiver why not just configure it to use the ethernet port instead? -- aubuti aubuti's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Non wireless use of SB

2011-01-21 Thread garym
jameswilcox;604223 Wrote: Hi to one and all, I purchased a SB (Duet) a couple of years ago and it's now sitting in the box as I wasn't happy with the sound. I used the coaxial in the SB to pump a signal to an external DAC (Beresford), thence to pre amp (audio synthesis) amp (audio note)

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Non wireless use of SB

2011-01-21 Thread Phil Leigh
garym;604233 Wrote: WIFI under virtually all circumstances has nothing to do with sound quality. Bad wifi can cause dropouts, pauses, etc. but bits are bits, and whether it arrives via wifi or ethernet, the audio quality is not affected. So I suspect your initial problem with sound quality

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New to the sound stage, looking for some help to get started

2011-01-21 Thread zoqi
My plan is to the speakers 2nd hand, and I have seen some good offers on for example Wharfedale Diamond 9. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Wharfedale-Diamond-9-1-Main-Stereo-Speakers-/150548282834?pt=UK_AudioVideoElectronics_HomeAudioHiFi_HiFiSpeakershash=item230d607dd2#ht_500wt_1156 (even cheaper than

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New to the sound stage, looking for some help to get started

2011-01-21 Thread Phil Leigh
zoqi;604239 Wrote: My plan is to the speakers 2nd hand, and I have seen some good offers on for example Wharfedale Diamond 9.

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Non wireless use of SB

2011-01-21 Thread jameswilcox
Thanks guys. I take your point on wifi not being different to wired, but the sound at least appears different in blind tests of me and subjects. I do however think that the weak link in my system is my DAC, which is no fault of the DAC as it's proportionally cheap vis a vis the other components.

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Non wireless use of SB

2011-01-21 Thread aubuti
There are various NAS (network attached storage) devices that can run SBS. Check in the 3rd Party Hardware forum. Or you could look at a low-cost, low-energy server, such as a SheevaPlug or a small dedicated server. Either would be more likely to give you more oomph for your buck than a NAS. --

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New to the sound stage, looking for some help to get started

2011-01-21 Thread zoqi
Thanks for the replies. The audioengine A5 seems really interesting, though it does defeat my purpose of getting speakers now which later can be turned into my surround system. I'm gonna look more into some good 2nd hand deals of older, but still good speakers. -- zoqi