Muele;617598 Wrote:
Resist the temptation, don't feed the troll.
Don't now if the trollscore goes this low, but I would rate it 0/10
Forgot that it is a 0/10
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Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J
Cat5e is capable of gigabit. I would say cat5 on 50m or less would be
very capable of gigabit depending on your hardware.
It is now unlikely cat6 will ever have consumer applications that cat5e
wasn't capable of.
Cat6a and cat7 is for 10gig which is still many years away from
consumer level when
@bluegaspode.
Thx for the hints.
Hmmh. logconf.lua was not the place where the actual UI settings are
kept.
I figured that there is another variable volume. This can go
up to 100. It reflects the actual UI settings.
That one also seems to get mapped to the array index somewhere.
Since the
magiccarpetride;617286 Wrote:
HDTracks is a sham.
I agree with you ...
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Phil Leigh;617272 Wrote:
You don't need to see Inguz under Extras on the Touch for Inguz to work
(just as well as I can't get it to appear there!).
I have a problem. I can't see to find item [2] of my earlier and am
fairly sure inguz is not working. I have tried setting the LR balance
to -9dB
On 13/03/11 23:20, konut wrote:
My perceived preference is probably not scientifically measurable.
Can someone invent a pleasure meter?
If your preference is not scientifically measurable then it almost
certainly exists only in your mind.
R.
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adamdea;617864 Wrote:
I have a problem. I can't see to find item [2] of my earlier and am
fairly sure inguz is not working. I have tried setting the LR balance
to -9dB but sounds which are supposed to be in the centre are still in
the centre. This makes me feel that nothing is happening.
I
Robin Bowes;617867 Wrote:
On 13/03/11 23:20, konut wrote:
My perceived preference is probably not scientifically measurable.
Can someone invent a pleasure meter?
If your preference is not scientifically measurable then it almost
certainly exists only in your mind.
R.
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Feed that
Phil Leigh;617875 Wrote:
Adam - just do a search for log.txt - you should find it. No,
server.log won't help.
One way to check is to open Task Manager while a track is playing...
you should see a process called inguzdsp.exe running. If you can't see
that task, inguz is NOT properly
On 14/03/11 12:42, Phil Leigh wrote:
Robin Bowes;617867 Wrote:
On 13/03/11 23:20, konut wrote:
My perceived preference is probably not scientifically measurable.
Can someone invent a pleasure meter?
If your preference is not scientifically measurable then it almost
certainly exists only
Where else does the experience of music exist if not in your mind?
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Hi
I'm not quite sure that this is the correct forum for this thread, so
my apologies if not.
I run SqueezeboxServer from an Asus Eee, but consider upgrading to
something more powerful as I would like to experiment with Inguz, but I
still want something compact, silent and power efficient. I am
Absinth;617930 Wrote:
Hi
I'm not quite sure that this is the correct forum for this thread, so
my apologies if not.
I run SqueezeboxServer from an Asus Eee, but consider upgrading to
something more powerful as I would like to experiment with Inguz, but I
still want something compact,
Robin Bowes;617867 Wrote:
On 13/03/11 23:20, konut wrote:
My perceived preference is probably not scientifically measurable.
Can someone invent a pleasure meter?
If your preference is not scientifically measurable then it almost
certainly exists only in your mind.
R.
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Feed that
Speaker cables DO make a difference! The question really is, at what
point does it make no sense to spend more money on exotic material and
outrageous prices? IE at what point is it good enough to get the job
done and above that one can't hear anymore difference or improvement.
Speaker cables
Thanks for your reply. As I understand it, the weak point of SPDIF is
output from the source. Certainly a lot seems to be attempted in order
to minimize jitter on the Touch. So if the V-link performs as
advertised, buying one would certainly be cheaper than adding another
modifyed Touch. Wether
On 03/14/2011 12:34 PM, Absinth wrote:
As I understand it, the weak point of SPDIF is
output from the source.
No. There are many weak points with SPDIF. It is fundamentally flawed.
It was designed as a cheap consumer mass market connection. It works
fairly well at that. It was never designed
If ones system is to bright, this can be tamed just by choosing the proper ICs
and speaker cable to even out the effect.
[/QUOTE Wrote:
If one wants to tame, brighten, get fuller sound, get rid of bass bumps
or increase etc etc...you simply use the Inguz Eq plug-in and a RS sound
level
A cable can't create information, so DSP isn't the answer.
The best you can hope for is that it doesn't lose any.
Some amplifiers are horrifically sensitive to speaker cables - Naim
amps, for example, go unstable (which is certainly measurable!) unless
they have a couple of metres or so of
Absinth;617946 Wrote:
Thanks for your reply. As I understand it, the weak point of SPDIF is
output from the source. Certainly a lot seems to be attempted in order
to minimize jitter on the Touch. So if the V-link performs as
advertised, buying one would certainly be cheaper than adding
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JezA;617955 Wrote:
A cable can't create information, so using DSP instead isn't the
answer.
I don´t understand that statement and don´t know what one has to do
with the other. IMO, no cable that fulfills general requirements for
its purpose, can be the weakest link. I did state, given that
Well, I'm no electronic engineer, so the finer technical points are lost
on me, but as I understand it the asyncronus transfer on the V-link
isolates the clock signal from the PC, which is the normal problem with
USB.
This means that it's input signal is no better or worse than that of
the
magiccarpetride;617078 Wrote:
Open that photo in Safari. Then open the same photo in Firefox. Now
position both browsers side-by-side (you may have to do some resizing
of each browser window), and compare the two renditions of the same
photo. Yes, it's the same zeros and ones, but these two
Back in the 1970s, my stereo system's sound seemed to gradually get
garbled. I assumed it was the electronics going bad, but I eventually
discovered the culprit was massive corrosion on the copper strands of
the zip cord I was using as speaker wires. (Now all the copper speaker
wire is OFC, so
iPhone;617945 Wrote:
Speaker cables DO make a difference! The question really is, at what
point does it make no sense to spend more money on exotic material and
outrageous prices? IE at what point is it good enough to get the job
done and above that one can't hear anymore difference or
cliveb;617965 Wrote:
I just tried this on Windows - Firefox and Safari displaying the same
photo side-by-side. I was expecting to see no difference. But b*gger me
they did look different - the Safari rendition seemed to be slightly
darker. I was so surprised by this that I then tried with
Eriko;617959 Wrote:
I don´t understand that statement and don´t know what one has to do with
the other. IMO, no cable that fulfills general requirements for its
purpose, can be the weakest link. I did state, given that one has a
transparent system (meaning having all the information there),
I've never known an audiophile that was happy with the achieved result.
If they were, they'd be called Musicphiles.
What makes one feel warm and fuzzy today...is a source of angst in the
months to come. As soon as ONE reviewer hears something wrong, the
quest begins anew.
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magiccarpetride;617974 Wrote:
Let me solve the mystery for you: the reason why a photo looks better on
Safari then on Firefox is due to the fact that I'm using a pirated
version of Firefox on my Mac. That's the version I've downloaded from
an illegal Chinese (or was it Russian, I forgot)
cliveb;617980 Wrote:
Pardon me for being completely bemused, but why would anyone choose to
run a dubious pirate version of a program when the official release is
free?
+1 I'm anxiously awaiting the answer to this myselfits gotta be
good!
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Absinth;617963 Wrote:
The jitter in the V-links output signal might be better than that of the
Touch, since it doesn't have to deal with ethernet packages, touch
screens, wifi, internal servers and such. If the V-link is implemented
right (and Musical Fidelity seems to know their stuff)
JezA;617975 Wrote:
If a cable loses information DSP can't create it. You are thinking about
hi-fi in terms of tonal balance. There's a lot more to it than that.
Could you DSP me into Eric Clapton?
Doesn´t look like you´re reading carefully enough what I´m saying or
responding too.
My first
garym;617983 Wrote:
+1 I'm anxiously awaiting the answer to this myselfits gotta be
good!
It's a typo ... Photoshop, Not Firefox :-)
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You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it
ain't what you'd call minimal...
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cliveb;617980 Wrote:
Pardon me for being completely bemused, but why would anyone choose to
run a dubious pirate version of a program when the official release is
free?
Free as in free speech?
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Absinth;617963 Wrote:
Well, I'm no electronic engineer, so the finer technical points are lost
on me, but as I understand it the asyncronus transfer on the V-link
isolates the clock signal from the PC, which is the normal problem with
USB.
This means that it's input signal is no better
As has been said SPDIF is brain dead. Having said that you can buy a DAC
that deals with input jitter.
I'm happy with my Benchmark DAC1 HDR. It includes analogue volume, 5
digital inputs, 1 analogue input, balanced output and a good headphone
amp. Expensive but I don't need all this jitter gear
Curt962;617979 Wrote:
I've never known an audiophile that was happy with the achieved result.
If they were, they'd be called Musicphiles.
What makes one feel warm and fuzzy today...is a source of angst in the
months to come. As soon as ONE reviewer hears something wrong, the
What I would like to try is to use the mini as a server, yes, but have
the SB connected with a cross-over cable. And then be able to
communicate via wireless to control the server.
Is this feasible?
Thanks,
Allan
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JezA;617955 Wrote:
If you can't hear differences between cables it may mean that your
equipment isn't sensitive to them or it may mean that you aren't. So
either way don't worry. But if your mind is closed to the possibility
that some cables may have an audible effect on some systems, then
Phil Leigh;617875 Wrote:
Adam - just do a search for log.txt - you should find it. No,
server.log won't help.
One way to check is to open Task Manager while a track is playing...
you should see a process called inguzdsp.exe running. If you can't see
that task, inguz is NOT properly
Daverz;618002 Wrote:
Except that differences between cables is the dogma, with no
scientific support for it. As long as we specify a minimum gauge for a
given length of wire (and 16AWG is probably adequate in most cases).
Why do you say 16AWG is adequate? What scientific support do you have
Eriko;617988 Wrote:
Doesn´t look like you´re reading carefully enough what I´m saying or
responding too.
My first reply, was to the statement using a cable to tame a bright
system., which has indeed to do with tonal balance. I also said, given
a cable that meets all general requirements
magiccarpetride;617712 Wrote:
Imagine if someone were to offer you to choose, for free, between a pair
of Cardas or Nordost speaker cables. Would you consider it a toss-off,
thinking that basically it's the same difference, or would you first
spend some time auditioning these two cables, in
JezA;618022 Wrote:
Why do you say 16AWG is adequate? What scientific support do you have
for that claim?
It's based on electrical properties of copper. You can find various
tables like this one:
http://www.roger-russell.com/wire/wire.htm#wiretable
which is based on the resistance of the
I just stepped over something which seems a little odd to me:
The range of the Touch volume slider is 0-100!!!
The variable volume gets values from 0 to 100 assigned.
At least that's what I verified in
/etc/squeezeplay/userpath/settings/Playback.lua.
It's not what bluegaspode mentioned
Why 5%? Why not 3.6%? Or 6.2%? Where are the double-blind peer reviewed
published studies to support such a claim?
Nowhere.
It's just another opinion dressed up with a few graphs, some woefully
incomplete electronics and plenty of gratuitous insults.
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darrenyeats;617997 Wrote:
As has been said SPDIF is brain dead. Having said that you can buy a DAC
that deals with input jitter. I'm happy with my Benchmark DAC1 HDR.
Darren
Yes, I have tried DacMagic and Benchmark, that rejects jitter quite
well, but my Audio Note DAC plays music, not sounds
soundcheck;618051 Wrote:
I just stepped over something which seems a little odd to me
why so complicated? what values is the log outputting for you? 0-65536
= fine!
Even if the range of the slider is 0-100 - it is send directly to the
server, which converts it to the range of 0-65536 and
Absinth,
Well, each to their own. But there are more than a couple of DACs out
there that will reject jitter.
Regards, Darren
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alZmtbr;618000 Wrote:
What I would like to try is to use the mini as a server, yes, but have
the SB connected with a cross-over cable. And then be able to
communicate via wireless to control the server.
Is this feasible?
Thanks,
Allan
Sure, but I seriously doubt that you will gain much
JezA;618052 Wrote:
Why 5%? Why not 3.6%? Or 6.2%? Where are the double-blind peer reviewed
published studies to support such a claim?
Nowhere.
It's just another opinion dressed up with a few graphs, some woefully
incomplete electronics and plenty of gratuitous insults.
These numbers
You need to keep indexes and values of that array in sync resp.
consistant between all controls. That at least would be my
understanding.
VC control on the Touch is controlled via the index and not via the
value AFAIK.
That index gets mapped to the curve. There is no index 100 in that
array
adamdea;618017 Wrote:
1. I really can't find log.txt . There is no file of that name on my
PC
2. I am playing a track but there is no process called Inguz.dsp in
Task Manager
Is there any way of working out what is going wrong?
Looks like Inguz isn´t properly installed to me. If you paste
Eriko;618068 Wrote:
Looks like Inguz isn´t properly installed to me. If you paste the
following in Windows search by clicking on start for XP or the logo
at the bottom left for Vista):
For XP:
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\InguzEQ
Vista:
C:\ProgramData\InguzEQ\
soundcheck;618065 Wrote:
You need to keep indexes and values of that array in sync resp.
consistant between all controls. That at least would be my
understanding.
Why?
These are totally independent scales.
a) scale of the Touch volume slider: 0-100 = is sent to the server
b) internal
adamdea;618017 Wrote:
1. I really can't find log.txt . There is no file of that name on my
PC
2. I am playing a track but there is no process called Inguz.dsp in
Task Manager
Is there any way of working out what is going wrong?
OK - so Inguz (or at least INGUZDSP.EXE) is not installed or
JezA;618025 Wrote:
If a cable changes the tonal balance of a system it must be losing
information. In particular, information about the tonal balance of the
recording!
You can only say this if you KNOW what the tonal balance of the
recording actually is...
Fortunately, this is easy to check
JezA;618022 Wrote:
Why do you say 16AWG is adequate? What scientific support do you have
for that claim?
It certainly isn't sufficient for a Naim amp for example.
Like I said, if you can't hear the differences don't worry about it.
Yes... Naim in their infinite wisdom decided they could
soundcheck;617858 Wrote:
@bluegaspode.
One more Q:
Does anybody know what decode is actually doing in terms of binary
algebra with the handed over gain value?
Cheers
The actual gain computations happen inside jive_alsa, I know exactly
where, I'll take a look at it tonight.
I tried to attach custom-convert.conf [C:\Program Files
(x86)\Squeezebox\server\Plugins\InguzEQ] but was told that it was an
invalid file type
funnily enough that path itself contains a folder InguzEQ with all the
files same except custom-convert.conf in it
no sign of inguzdsp.exe
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Phil Leigh;618075 Wrote:
OK - so Inguz (or at least INGUZDSP.EXE) is not installed or is not
being invoked.
Inguzdsp.exe is the program that actually changes the sound. It is not
being invoked, so you are not hearing any changes to the sound.
First thing to check is that inguzdsp.exe
Is the MAC address 00:04:20:1e:01:7c in your custom-convert.conf the
address of your actual player? Oh I see that you have another player
too 00:04:20:22:01:8e. Are they your players (SB units) or do you have
copied the custom-convert file from this tread?
Chris
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Howard Turkster;617824 Wrote:
Switching from standard 12 AWG cable to Chord Co. Rumour cable was one
of the better upgrades I've made to my sytem, after upgrading the RCA
interconnects.
And as good as those was replacing the A/C outlets with some
respectable Porter Port outlets for $36
Which speaker maker has a cable the size of a garden hose connecting the
terminals to the individual drivers?
Hands up. Point to websites. Over and out.
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JezA;618022 Wrote:
Why do you say 16AWG is adequate? What scientific support do you have
for that claim?
It certainly isn't sufficient for a Naim amp for example.
Like I said, if you can't hear the differences don't worry about it.
fing moron
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real stereo doesn't just wake
eriko;617951 Wrote:
if one wants to tame, brighten, get fuller sound, get rid of bass bumps
or increase etc etc...you simply use the inguz eq plug-in and a rs
sound level meter. No wire can get the increase/decrease in the amount
and the preferred frequency range like inguz. If someone
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