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

2011-07-23 Thread TiredLegs
rolski;642434 Wrote: On the contrary to your contrary;) If everyone changes to active / active + DSP, that's it. Game over. No more upgrades for anyone - or rather - exceptionally rarely. Dealers go out of business. To make some sweeping generalisations (hang on, just getting

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

2011-07-23 Thread PasTim
PasTim;642123 Wrote: All attempts to get ADM to record a track from an external CD player hooked up to my PC via the Linein on my Soundblaster have failed so far. I can record using my Creative software, but not with ADM. Has anyone got ADM to work on Windows 7 64 bit? Tinkering some

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

2011-07-23 Thread Phil Leigh
PasTim;642612 Wrote: Tinkering some more with the various Windows vs Creative vs ADM sound recording settings I finally found a combination that worked (except when Sample Rate Compensation was used which always caused ADM to crash). Having run a few tests I think ADM is so sensitive

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

2011-07-23 Thread PasTim
Phil Leigh;642625 Wrote: I'm afraid the creative card isn't up to the job. At a minimum you need to use a card that doesn't internally resample. Also, sample rate correction is essential. Without that, your results look about right to me. When comparing different CD players, their respective

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

2011-07-23 Thread PasTim
Phil Leigh;642625 Wrote: ... sample rate correction is essential. I've been able to get comparisons of cd (rip) playback against the original CD PCM file in the 30-40 range which is not too bad. At the end of the day the absolute values aren't critical; If you get one comparison at 30 and

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

2011-07-23 Thread Tom186
JohnSwenson;642521 Wrote: Could you post the manufacturer and model number of those oscillators? With that I can look up what they are make a decent guess as to how good they are. John S. John, thank you much for your reply, very informative. I cannot tell the maker or type from the