Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Delay one channel only?

2011-08-21 Thread Harry G
Wombat; Thanks for pointing me at Sox. I haven't yet figured out where it fits in the chain but learning is half the fun. I am hoping though that someone knows how to convince Squeezebox Server or the Touch's firmware to do this without adding any plug-ins or outside programs. Pski, Daverz; I'm

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Deluxe sync problem Meridian HT gear and other modern digital gear

2011-08-21 Thread Rodney_Gold
Google "the hitchikers guide to meridian" , there is a great meridian forum and you will get more advice there. Where in Afrika are you , I'm in Cape Town. The kids here don't have to be drug crazed to chase you with Ak47's ... its a tough town :) -- Rodney_Gold TP/Z-sys RDP1 digital Pre/Merid

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Deluxe sync problem Meridian HT gear and other modern digital gear

2011-08-21 Thread Mnyb
Ill ask my dealer, you rigth about the white glove service . When I broke a eprom in the DVDA player with a failed fw load they just sent me a new one I did the failed fw loading and the pruduct was under waranty. (the fw loading now works without such bugs) Due to a failure in a power amp the p

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New 24bit/192kHz Squeezebox Product

2011-08-21 Thread John A
Mike Sargent;649939 Wrote: > How about simply *allowing* the Touch to play 192 kHz tracks by > downsampling to 96 kHz [ (A + B) >> 1 is pretty quick ]? That way we > could at least hear those 192 kHz tracks instead of getting an error > message. > > That should be cheap and easy to implement wit

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Newbie Cable Advice

2011-08-21 Thread garym
The link you sent has a link to the manual for the receiver. It has what it calls a "direct" mode for stereo but the description ("shortest path" as "close to the original") is not 100% clear. If "direct" bypasses the DAC in the pioneer (which is what I *think* the manual is saying), this is what

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Newbie Cable Advice

2011-08-21 Thread garym
computerman;651693 Wrote: > Good point, well presented! Hadn't considered that; I'll look for more > info, but from the owner's manual it doesn't seem to suggest that this > would be the case. I'll see if I can find a detailed schematic. > > Will look at the Bluejeans site a bit more - seen a fe

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Newbie Cable Advice

2011-08-21 Thread computerman
garym;651691 Wrote: > > > You need to be a bit careful if you're going from Transporter analog > out to this unit if there is also a DAC in the amp that will take the > analog in and digitize it againyou wouldn't want that. Good point, well presented! Hadn't considered that; I'll look for

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Price of a 2nd-hand Transporter ?

2011-08-21 Thread computerman
... on that well-known auction site in the UK. Paid £460. Boxed, with manual, remote, antenna still sealed (never used). Couple of scratches, but otherwise ok. Item number: 220820525076 Cheapest I've ever seen one go for in the UK. -- computerman

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Newbie Cable Advice

2011-08-21 Thread garym
not sure about the UK, but many here recommend bluejeans cable for high quality at a fair price. I'm a happy user (I have RCAs, balanced cables, and a few S/PDIF cables, all from them). http://www.bluejeanscable.com/ You need to be a bit careful if you're going from Transporter analog out to thi

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Newbie Cable Advice

2011-08-21 Thread computerman
http://www.pioneer.eu/uk/products/archive/VSA-AX10/index.html Not allowed to include a link in my first post! This is the beast. -- computerman computerman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=49205

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Newbie Cable Advice

2011-08-21 Thread computerman
Hi guys, I need a bit of advice on cabling! I'm a long-standing Slim Devices user (still got a few SliMP3's in a box somewhere... from back in the days of setting Perl up manually...!). Currently running about a dozen outlets (3 Booms, the rest SB3's). I've just acquired a Transporter today (ori

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Delay one channel only?

2011-08-21 Thread Daverz
Why not move the listening chair so it's on the speaker axis? -- Daverz Daverz's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=32335 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=89784 __

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Delay one channel only?

2011-08-21 Thread Wombat
You may have a look like some use sox on a server for upsampling. You can use sox in that way for adjusting volume and there is even the "delay" option that from doing a quick look into the readme works on seperate channels. -- Wombat Transporter (modded) -> RG142 -> Avantgarde Acoustic based

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Delay one channel only?

2011-08-21 Thread pski
Harry G;651637 Wrote: > My primary listening area has extremely good acoustics except that one > speaker needs to be nearly two feet closer to the listener's chair > (front to back) than the other speaker:-( > Nominal speed of sound = 1125 Ft/Sec Calculated difference in seconds of 2 Ft offse

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Deluxe sync problem Meridian HT gear and other modern digital gear

2011-08-21 Thread Harry G
As yours is a pretty specific question about an expensive model that few here own and you've spent quite a lot of money with Meridian, may I suggest you ask the Swedish distributor? While they may not know, they will certainly know who at the factory to ask. Part of buying high end products is the

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Delay one channel only?

2011-08-21 Thread Harry G
My primary listening area has extremely good acoustics except that one speaker needs to be nearly two feet closer to the listener's chair (front to back) than the other speaker:-( Without the Inguz EQ plugin, I wouldn't have been able to use this area for serious listening at all. However, using

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-08-21 Thread alec_cat
Thanks, John and lintweaker! This is now working great in my rcS file (hardcoded as I have all Soundcheck's mods, only 1 jive_alsa process, and don't use external devices) chrt -f -p 93 11 chrt -f -p 91 5 chrt -f -p 44 367 chrt -f -p 87 407 sleep 10 jalsa=`ps -C jive_alsa -o pid=` chrt -f -p 55

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-08-21 Thread RotelMan
Thanks for sharing HumanMedia... I will try spdif 40 with jive_alsa at 55 for a day or two :-) -- RotelMan RotelMan's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39498 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevic

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-08-21 Thread HumanMedia
Brilliant! Thanks JohnS and Lintweaker. Thats script works for me. Although my variant sets spdif to my new preferred value: 40 Yep no change at all to spdif! This sounds the most natural, organic and right. And even with a spdif at 40 jive_alsa at 55 sounds better I also keep the usual: chrt

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-08-21 Thread RotelMan
Works in my Touch... Thanks -- RotelMan RotelMan's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39498 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=89359

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-08-21 Thread lintweaker
yep, changing the prios of the IRQ stuff seems to be working when the commands are put directly in rcS after the last command. Putting a little sleep (10 secs) make the jive_alsa commands work too. This is how my rcS file look now (only the last bits): === start === # Start Samba # JK: Do not