Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Squeezebox audio quality, really that good ?

2011-07-05 Thread ghostrider
magiccarpetride;639310 Wrote: Dunno. It could be what you've described above. Either he couldn't set the external drive plugged into his PC to work with the Touch, or couldn't get the Touch to work with the external drive that was plugged in straight into Touch. Whichever it is, he ended up

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Squeezebox audio quality, really that good ?

2011-07-05 Thread magiccarpetride
ralphpnj;639322 Wrote: But then again using a Touch is not any more difficult than properly cleaning an LP with a vacuum record cleaning machine, setting up a turntable, tonearm and cartridge, setting up a phono pre-amp (moving magnet or moving coil), cleaning the stylus, clamping down the

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Squeezebox audio quality, really that good ?

2011-07-05 Thread magiccarpetride
ghostrider;639416 Wrote: Sounds like your friend didn't read the instructions. If you're smart enough to create and manage a digital library, then the Touch setup should be a breeze. Successful products are successful precisely because people are not expected to read the instructions.

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Favorite audiophile nonsense phrase

2011-07-05 Thread Curt962
Blacker Blacks are essential in order for microdynamics to usher forth in the most life-likish audiophile fashion. (that's better than real). It either the heavy plating, the magic wire, or heaven knows what else that is slapping the KABOSH on all those blackish sounding noise thingies. All

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Favorite audiophile nonsense phrase

2011-07-05 Thread pski
Direct/Reflecting speaker system You know who you are ! Purveyors of Non sequitur since 1956 P -- pski real stereo doesn't just wake the neighbors, it -enrages- them.. It is truly the Golden Age of Wireless pski's

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Favorite audiophile nonsense phrase

2011-07-05 Thread darrenyeats
Curt962;639461 Wrote: Blacker Blacks are essential in order for microdynamics to usher forth in the most life-likish audiophile fashion. (that's better than real). Ah yes, blacker blacks! And let us not forget (drum roll)...palpability. Darren -- darrenyeats

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Squeezebox audio quality, really that good ?

2011-07-05 Thread pski
magiccarpetride;639417 Wrote: The reason vinyl disappeared from the mainstream audio reproduction lies precisely in your description above. To reach wider audience, music reproduction ought to be much simpler than that. Enter digital audio. No fuss, no muss, no brainer. Read: massive

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Squeezebox audio quality, really that good ?

2011-07-05 Thread garym
pski;639468 Wrote: If Logitech were Sonos, they would realize that easy is relative. New users of products who encounter problems should be confronted with easy contacts for resolution. Face it: most of the problems with SBS/players are easy. The problem is the lack of a support network

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Favorite audiophile nonsense phrase

2011-07-05 Thread ralphpnj
Curt962;639461 Wrote: It either the heavy plating, the magic wire, or heaven knows what else that is slapping the KABOSH on all those blackish sounding noise thingies. All those kaboshed noise particles pile up in a gritty, grimy pile in my son's bedroom. What a mess! They could affect

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Favorite audiophile nonsense phrase

2011-07-05 Thread pski
darrenyeats;639467 Wrote: Ah yes, blacker blacks! And let us not forget (drum roll)...palpability. Darren Dictionary: palpability: 1. Capable of being handled, touched, or felt; tangible diarrhea: 1. REALLY palpable. Also known as the Cerwin-Vega effect. -- pski real stereo doesn't

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Squeezebox audio quality, really that good ?

2011-07-05 Thread Mnyb
but with this product you sometimes have to use the manual or support neither is as good as they should be ? Some things can not be simpliefied because they are outside the product ? For example running sbs as a service on a windows computer with external drives. How many newbies would

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Squeezebox audio quality, really that good ?

2011-07-05 Thread Mnyb
On topic , I ( cynically ) would not expect a high end hifi store to have any clue on what sounds good. The whole audiophile mindset prevents any progress or comparisions that are universal . They are simply interested in selling expensive high margin products that are percivied as good by