Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] speaker advancements over 15 years?

2011-07-12 Thread Phil Leigh
esbrewer;640128 Wrote: The Dalis and Meridians look promising but are probably a bit out of what I want to spend on a bookshelf placement - thanks for the suggestions. To bring this back to my basic question however - has anyone here upgraded from a well designed monitor to a newer

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Rega DAC - Has anyone auditioned one yet?

2011-07-12 Thread frank_from_hh
No problem, I am terrible at all this audio vocabulary too. But still I believe a direct comparison of two devices is possible leaving out most of the subjective terms like better and worse. I could understand if someone tells me that the bass/mids/heights of the Rega DAC are more

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Rega DAC - Has anyone auditioned one yet?

2011-07-12 Thread rgro
Is there a way you can just audition one? Don't know where you are but I believe Audio Advisor (US-based) sells them and has a decent return policy. I happen to think the Rega's sound is wonderfully listenable and an improvement over the Touch (I'm using coax interconnect), but all of the

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Rega DAC - Has anyone auditioned one yet?

2011-07-12 Thread frank_from_hh
I fear I will not be able to listen to one before I buy it. I'm in Switzerland and it seems that Rega had some trouble with the Swiss distributor, i.e. now there is no official distributor anymore. I could find only a single Swiss online shop that claims it has Rega DACs or at least could get

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Rega DAC - Has anyone auditioned one yet?

2011-07-12 Thread rgro
Ah, I see, now.well, if it were me, I'd call Rega directly, tell them you've got no way to audition one where you live, and see if they'll ship you one to try out. It might cost you a little bit in shipping, if they agree to do that and you then decide to send it back. But, the worst thing

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] speaker advancements over 15 years?

2011-07-12 Thread esbrewer
Phil Leigh;640234 Wrote: Given that speakers are BY FAR the biggest contributor to the overall sound of a system, it strikes me as unlikely that someone would upgrade from Brand X, Model Y to Brand X, Model Y.1... Speakers are unlike electronics in that respect - lots of folks would move

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Linn Records FLAC 24bit 44.1kHz to DVD Audio???

2011-07-12 Thread alicebill
I recommend you try eahoosoft dvd ripper, with high quality -- alicebill alicebill's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=48192 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=38947

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Favorite audiophile nonsense phrase

2011-07-12 Thread dsdreamer
is fond of saying of speakers he likes that, Pitch certainty was superb. I could understand if he was reviewing turntables, but... speakers? -- dsdreamer -- Dreamer, easy in the chair that really fits you...

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

2011-07-12 Thread totoro
magiccarpetride;639419 Wrote: Successful products are successful precisely because people are not expected to read the instructions. Products such as Flip camcorder, or iPod etc., gained mass adoption because they offer a no-brainer experience. No one I know ever stopped to read the iPod

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Rega DAC - Has anyone auditioned one yet?

2011-07-12 Thread dsdreamer
The bass response does go deeper on the Rega DAC than the SB Touch, and the tone in the mid-bass to low treble is more life-like than almost any digital source I can think of. There is an analog sense of ease about the overall sound that is not usually heard with 44.1kHz 16-bit source material,