Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-08-06 Thread rgro
dynaudiorules;647565 Wrote: > Try 53 for "spdif", you may also like to try other values for "spdif" to > suit your particular system and tastes...usually between 41-59. Do you need to do a reboot each time you change this value? Thanks! -- rgro Rick System information -

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-08-06 Thread kiat
JohnSwenson;647694 Wrote: > This is something I have been working towards for a long time. > Unfortunately its not simple. The current ALSA interface is different > than it was when the Touch drivers were written. So in order to use the > latest ALSA system the Touch drivers would have to be modi

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-08-06 Thread JohnSwenson
This is something I have been working towards for a long time. Unfortunately its not simple. The current ALSA interface is different than it was when the Touch drivers were written. So in order to use the latest ALSA system the Touch drivers would have to be modified and Logitech is (understandabl

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-08-06 Thread kiat
Was wondering if anyone has compiled latest ALSA drivers and manually copied into Touch? -- kiat kiat's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=30044 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthr

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-08-06 Thread dynaudiorules
Would be nice if we had a 3rd party app that provided a few different filter settings that toggled the spdif valuesay 44, 48, 53, 59 for example. I don't know about you but if I have music playing while I change the value I can actually hear the difference fade in... -- dynaudiorules 'Dyn

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-08-06 Thread dynaudiorules
Hi alec, For the purpose of audio I was only interested in audio related processes. Again these are tweaks I previously used on my Linux machines. They proved to make Music Player Daemon sound really well so I just used them on the Touch. For the Touch it would appear that the etho IRQ would be

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-08-06 Thread alec_cat
Hi again, Dyn. I was wondering, are those 5 processes the only that may have a bearing on performance? I tried looking some of them up on alsa and linux websites but some of them are not terribly descriptive. I would have supposed they're all significant to some degree - clocks, ethernet, spdif,

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-08-06 Thread dynaudiorules
Thanks John, I am think I posted that on my site, but I will stress the need to make sure the process ID is the same. -- dynaudiorules 'Dynobot's Audio' (https://sites.google.com/site/computeraudioorg/) dynaudiorules's P

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-08-06 Thread JohnSwenson
Just a caution, the process numbers are not carved in stone, as you comment or uncomment things in rcS or change hardware configuration (such as running off a USB disk), some of those process numbers can change. So I highly recommend running the command ps -eLo pid,cls,rtprio,pri,nice,cmd | gre

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Teddy Pardo Touch PSU

2011-08-06 Thread JohnSwenson
Tom186;647636 Wrote: > Sure, both interesting, yours will depend a lot on the DAC though. What > I am after is info on whether the Linn DS SPDIF output is that much > better (or at all better) than that of a modded SBT ... > > Anyone? The problem here is that such a test is only valid for one p

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Teddy Pardo Touch PSU

2011-08-06 Thread Tom186
JezA;647624 Wrote: > The more interesting comparison would be a (modded or otherwise) Touch > into any DAC vs a Linn DS. Sure, both interesting, yours will depend a lot on the DAC though. What I am after is info on whether the Linn DS SPDIF output is that much better (or at all better) than that

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] technical question about sample frequency and bit depth digital output

2011-08-06 Thread adamslim
Phil Leigh;646811 Wrote: > Leaving aside the weirdness of a 16/96 dac, dither would only be needed > if you were using the volume control. It was a bit weird, but pretty good. IIRC I was using it with a dCS upsampler, hence the need for dither. All ancient history now, I have a 32/384-capable

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Teddy Pardo Touch PSU

2011-08-06 Thread JezA
The more interesting comparison would be a (modded or otherwise) Touch into any DAC vs a Linn DS. -- JezA JezA's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21219 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.co

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Teddy Pardo Touch PSU

2011-08-06 Thread Tom186
JezA;644315 Wrote: > I meant using the s/pdif output of the Sneaky into your M1. > > If the Touch has all these sensitivities to lines of code, brightness > of displays, power supplies why throw good money at it trying to bodge > a fix? Hello, so does anybody on here have a comparison between

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-08-06 Thread dynaudiorules
Try 53 for "spdif", you may also like to try other values for "spdif" to suit your particular system and tastes...usually between 41-59. -- dynaudiorules dynaudiorules's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?us

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-08-06 Thread castalla
Reducing 'sharpness' any suggested values? -- castalla castalla's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15624 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=89359

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-08-06 Thread dynaudiorules
Hi Tuffy, The mod works regardless if wlan is enabled or not. Wireless streaming will not be compromised. -- dynaudiorules dynaudiorules's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12568 View this thread: h

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-08-06 Thread tufty
Thanks for sharing this mod. I have already installed soundcheck's toolbox 2 with impressive results. However, I am using WLAN... does your mod work if I skip this step, or will wireless streaming be compromised? -- tufty

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] I need a little bit tone control . . .

2011-08-06 Thread Wirrunna
Bert003;647499 Wrote: > > Anyway, if I have installed it and it, how do I create a filter curve > with +2dB at 150Hz? The measuring programs create a curve/wav, but how > do I do this manual? Probably the easiest way in Inguz is to use a 15 band equalizer and move the 160Hz band up 2db, or you

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] I need a little bit tone control . . .

2011-08-06 Thread frank_from_hh
Hi Bert003, the entries in convert.conf do not mean that every thing is converted. They are only rules which will be applied if you want conversion to be applied. This is what you select in the Advanced/File Types menu. The standard selections do not do any conversion if it is not necessary, e.g.

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-08-06 Thread RotelMan
dynaudiorules;647456 Wrote: > Tip: > > If you feel the sound is a bit too clear for your system just back down > on the "SPDIF" value a bit. > > > Enjoy!! Hi again... I have now also disabled Samba and WLAN and it gives me a better sound balance... Big Thanks from Denmark :-) I'm also runni

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] I need a little bit tone control . . .

2011-08-06 Thread Daverz
Here's an example of a custom-convert.conf with a highpass filter applied to flac playback: Code: flc flc * * [flac] -dcs $START$ $END$ -- $FILE$ | [sox] -q -t wav - -t flac -C 0 $RESAMPLE$ - highpass -1 100 You'd probably want to us

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] I need a little bit tone control . . .

2011-08-06 Thread Bert003
I walked through some manuals, it shouldn't be so difficult. But it looks like Inguz tools are not developed anymore since a tweak is necessary to get it to work under windows 7? Anyway, if I have installed it and it, how do I create a filter curve with +2dB at 150Hz? The measuring programs crea

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-08-06 Thread alec_cat
dynaudiorules;647456 Wrote: > Tip: > If you feel the sound is a bit too clear for your system just back down > on the "SPDIF" value a bit. > Enjoy!! Sorry, dyn, can you clarify what you would tweak here? I understand how you'd wish to separate IRQs but how does one determine which processes sh