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

2011-03-17 Thread Phil Leigh
hmmm... the custom-convert.conf file - did you put it in the folder: c:\program files\squeezebox\server\plugins\inguzeq ? the custom-convert.conf file should also be in: {your cache folder}\installedplugins\plugins\eq the location of your cache folder is shown on the information tab of the

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] soundcheck's Touch Toolbox 2.0

2011-03-17 Thread soundcheck
Hi folks. I forked that volume control discussion to the developers forum. Cheers -- soundcheck 'soundcheck's Touch Toolbox 2.0' (http://soundcheck-audio.blogspot.com/2011/01/soundchecks-squeezebox-touch-toolbox-20.html) || 'soundcheck's Touch Toolbox - Beta Blog'

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Digital vs. Analog (again)

2011-03-17 Thread Daverz
Phil Leigh;618593 Wrote: Decca was still using their own curve into the early 70's... and they weren't alone. I'd like to see a reference for that. I know they were using their own curve in the early hi-fi era, but I have Decca Lps from the late 50s that are clearly marked RIAA. --

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

2011-03-17 Thread adamdea
Sorry back at work Will check this evening. I am pretty sure i put custom-convert.conf in several locations. I did have a look at server.log which was meaningless to me as I am illiterate, but it didn't look good to me -like being shouted at by a policeman in a language you don't understand. --

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

2011-03-17 Thread Phil Leigh
adamdea;618668 Wrote: Sorry back at work Will check this evening. I am pretty sure i put custom-convert.conf in several locations. I did have a look at server.log which was meaningless to me as I am illiterate, but it didn't look good to me -like being shouted at by a policeman in a

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] HDTracks is at it again

2011-03-17 Thread ralphpnj
WilCox;618626 Wrote: Just finished ripping all 15 of my DVD Audio discs. A piece of cake with Audio Extractor followed by Media Monkey for tagging and artwork. I finally get to listen to these great hi-res recordings on my Transporter. Thanks again Henry66 and Ralphpnj. Cool! Now you

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

2011-03-17 Thread adamdea
Phil Leigh;618706 Wrote: :-) I speak policeman... Yes I appreciate that, in both senses. I will post the server.log when I get home tonight. -- adamdea adamdea's Profile:

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Blacker blacks

2011-03-17 Thread magiccarpetride
Try as I might, I was never able to spot the ever elusive unicorn some audiophiles call 'blacker blacks'. Although the audiophile press and brochureware abound with such terms, I'm at a loss as to what the hell does that mean? Can someone enlighten me? How would I go about detecting 'blacker

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Digital vs. Analog (again)

2011-03-17 Thread Waldo Pepper
That's what's so good about standards. There are so many variations of them;) -- Waldo Pepper Waldo Pepper's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39029 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Blacker blacks

2011-03-17 Thread Curt962
A...I knew you'd come through for us MagiccarpetrideI just knew it. :) Blacker blacks? We're not supposed to know these things. As mere mortals, we cannot possibly hope to understand them.They come from another realmanother plane of existence. Only the self-actualized,

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Blacker blacks

2011-03-17 Thread garym
I'm reminded of Spinal Tap and the Black Album: In the 1984 film, lead guitarist Nigel Tufnel looks at the album cover for the first time and opines, It's like, how much more black could this be? And the answer is none, none, none more black. -- garym

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Blacker blacks

2011-03-17 Thread Curt962
Ya know..if it was something as simple as Whiter Whites, it would be a small matter to direct you to the laundry detergent aisle at your local supermarket. When the fringes of the audio press are populated by Seers, and poets...is when we begin to hear phrases like Blacker blacks, etc, et al.

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Blacker blacks

2011-03-17 Thread magiccarpetride
Curt962;618804 Wrote: Ya know..if it was something as simple as Whiter Whites, it would be a small matter to direct you to the laundry detergent aisle at your local supermarket. When the fringes of the audio press are populated by Seers, and poets...is when we begin to hear phrases

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Blacker blacks

2011-03-17 Thread Curt962
Depends on the cables. Nice try. :) -- Curt962 Transporter...TouchBoom.. Curt962's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=31949 View this thread:

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

2011-03-17 Thread adamdea
C:\ProgramData\Squeezebox\Cache\InstalledPlugins/Plugins/InguzEQ/Plugin.pm line 391. [11-03-17 05:11:39.2511] Slim::Control::Request::notify (2131) Error: Failed notify: Undefined subroutine Slim::Utils::PluginManager::pluginRootDirs called at

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Another trollicious question

2011-03-17 Thread gungrog
As yet another guitar player, and former hi-end hi-fi manufacturer employee, I'd have to agree that 'mechanical' items DO change with time. Usually this is in a good way (guitars, speakers, turntables) We used to run amplifiers 'flat-out' into a dummy load for around 72 hours before shipping

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Another trollicious question

2011-03-17 Thread magiccarpetride
Curt962;618569 Wrote: Hang on there Grasshopper...I did specify electro MECHANICAL devices as an exception. You'll get no dispute from me there. As has been more than adequately illustrated in other posts, it is the mega, craptastic, monumental improvements that occur in purely electronic

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Another trollicious question

2011-03-17 Thread magiccarpetride
Phil Leigh;618566 Wrote: But this has zippo to do with burn in. Guitars are mechanical. The timbers age and mature - they change. Raise your hand if you agree with this (raises his hand)! Arguably, certain components found in guitars (i.e. electric pickups) also age and mature. True? Isn't

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Another trollicious question

2011-03-17 Thread Curt962
At some point the discussion becomes less than meaningful. Phil is right, and in a general sense...electronics don't age quite the same as wine. Even so, the life cycle of many modern low-power consumer products typically extends far beyond our desire to keep said product before upgrade-itis

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

2011-03-17 Thread Phil Leigh
settings - advanced - logging... player.source... set to DEBUG play a track - repost log here (there will be lots of it!) -- 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) - Audiolense 3.3/2.0+INGUZ DRC - MF M1

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Another trollicious question

2011-03-17 Thread Phil Leigh
magiccarpetride;618829 Wrote: Raise your hand if you agree with this (raises his hand)! Arguably, certain components found in guitars (i.e. electric pickups) also age and mature. True? Isn't that a burn-in of non-mechanical parts? That is in the eye of the beholder (or, more

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Another trollicious question

2011-03-17 Thread magiccarpetride
Phil Leigh;618860 Wrote: It's a completely deniable fact that the passage of electrical current (sic) down a wire changes anything about the wire. There is no proof of this. Unless the current was so high the wire melted... The passage of electrical current indicates the passage of time,

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Another trollicious question

2011-03-17 Thread Soulkeeper
The growth of grass indicates the passage of time, and as you say the passage of time indicates change. What you're hearing is the grass growing. It's perfectly natural, and has nothing to do with wires. ;) -- Soulkeeper -that is not dead which can eternal lie. and with strange aeons even

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Another trollicious question

2011-03-17 Thread Phil Leigh
magiccarpetride;618862 Wrote: The passage of electrical current indicates the passage of time, no? And the passage of time indicates that change is taking place, no? Or am I way off here? Heraclitus was full of shit, was he? Yeah - about as much as Xenophanes of Colophon -- Phil Leigh

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

2011-03-17 Thread adamdea
Have emailed. Hope I have not stepped out of line but I also turned Inguzeq to debug -- adamdea adamdea's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=37603 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Another trollicious question

2011-03-17 Thread adamdea
magiccarpetride;618862 Wrote: The passage of electrical current indicates the passage of time, no? And the passage of time indicates that change is taking place, no? Or am I way off here? Heraclitus was full of shit, was he? No, No, Yes and not Heraclitus. -- adamdea

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Another trollicious question

2011-03-17 Thread RonM
magiccarpetride;618862 Wrote: Or am I way off here? Heraclitus was full of shit, was he? Umm, as I recall, Heraclitus has been known for millennia as The Obscure. For good reason. His pronouncements were opaque, impenetrable, often without apparent sense. He could easily be the patron

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Another trollicious question

2011-03-17 Thread Daverz
magiccarpetride;618862 Wrote: The passage of electrical current indicates the passage of time, no? And the passage of time indicates that change is taking place, no? Exercise for the reader: what changes are possible for copper wire? Do these changes have a positive or negative effect on