I actually feel this is a very important question, but the focus should
be on the netbook (or any computer for that matter) player software.
This is all problematic at the moment... Squeezeplay and Squeezeslave
both have limiting issues with audio devices they will address, and
sample rate
garym;635140 Wrote:
re: the power supply and the TOUCH vs running on battery: in my humble
opinion you've been reading too many paranoid web postings... ;-)
Yes and those web postings are on 'this' forum with evidence that using
something like a Teddy PSU - costing a good deal more than a
Oh and here's a nice web posting (read below) on this forum where
paranoia reaps benefits after dealing with the mains by using a PS
Audio Power Plant - noting that mains noise just swamps subtlety.
c3p0;631754 Wrote:
Hi,
The biggest change I made to my system was using a PS Audio Power
stop-spinning;635173 Wrote:
Oh and here's a nice web posting (read below) on this forum where
paranoia reaps benefits after dealing with the mains by using a PS
Audio Power Plant - noting that mains noise just swamps subtlety.
Well of course a lot depends on the quality of your mains supply
stop-spinning;635170 Wrote:
...
Yes Phil - I was considering using Foobar 2000 as player software
because of its respect in the audiophile community - plus you can get
the Foobar remote on Android now. I understand that Foobar can bypass
all the internal sound card and computer volume
Phil Leigh;635176 Wrote:
Foobar (which I use a lot but not as a player...) can indeed drive the
USB ports cleanly. Sadly it lacks a lot of features as a player (for
me). However, if there was a Foobar plugin that talked to SBS...
I'd need musicIP support and (more importantly) Inguz
I've played around a bit with using a laptop to replace a squeezebox, as
this might suit me more in the future. Didn't really care for foobar -
too geeky for me, but I can see how folk like it. I'd probably use
Asset UPnP as a UPnP server, with dbpoweramp renaissance as the UPnP
player on the
stop-spinning;635170 Wrote:
Yes and those web postings are on 'this' forum with evidence that using
something like a Teddy PSU - costing a good deal more than a netbook
alone - can significantly improve the sound quality. So perhaps there
must be something in it. I know in audiophile circles
Phil Leigh;634074 Wrote:
Globally, the major source of 192 files is illegally-distributed vinyl
rips... which is hilarious, because if one thing won't benefit from
24/192...it's vinyl!!! :-)
Phil,
Many of the high resolution vinyl rips that you are speaking of are
done for various different
adamdea;635179 Wrote:
I'm intrigued by this Phil. What is it that attracts you to this
solution over using the Touch. Is it a sound quality issue is it just
having the larger netbook screen to access the music. If the former I
don't get it.
No it's not sound quality - it's future proofing. I
garym;635199 Wrote:
...
AND IN MY OPINION, THE MOST IMPORTANT BENEFIT: I can put the
computer/server with music data in the back closet far away from any
listening room. With the foobarNetbookDACstereo system, you need
the netbook somewhere near the stereo which I assume is in your
Try the J River Media Center UI Phil, alas it leaves the SBS one in the
dust.
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JezA;635222 Wrote:
Try the J River Media Center UI Phil, alas it leaves the SBS one in the
dust.
Cheers - I will investigate...
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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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Hi Klaus:
Have been using your Toolbox 2.0 for months with my main system
(digital output enabled into a Cambridge Audio 840C DAC) with excellent
results.
Having recently acquired a second SB Touch (for the bedroom), I tried
the Toolbox with the analog output enabled into my headphones amp.
ralphpnj;635216 Wrote:
Phil,
Many of the high resolution vinyl rips that you are speaking of are
done for various different reasons such as:
1) The LP has not been released on CD
2) The vinyl is often some type of audiophile release, e.g. 180 gram,
virgin vinyl, half speed mastered,
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