Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] S-Booster

2011-10-01 Thread rihanna
Sitting between stock SPSU and Squeezebox, the SBooster does deliver as promised - just. Sort of. It dials down the background hash. At least, I think it does. With such marginal improvements, it's easy to doubt oneself. To what degree the SBooster will work for you will likely depend on

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] More nonsense...

2011-10-01 Thread cunobelinus
Who said it was? (And I, for one, really couldn't care less whether it's open source or not anyway, so more than enough said). Just pointing out that there's no excuse for going lossy even if one uses a Mac and iTunes. On 30 Sep 2011, at 22:47, ralphpnj wrote: cunobelinus;660613 Wrote:

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] More nonsense...

2011-10-01 Thread Phil Leigh
cunobelinus;660691 Wrote: ... (And I, for one, really couldn't care less whether it's open source or not anyway, so more than enough said). People should care about this for their music, photos and other works that they own/hold a copyright or licence for. Using proprietary formats (it

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Best option for an outdoor music system

2011-10-01 Thread Soulkeeper
Without a dedicated listening position, stereo is pointless IMO. I think I would place the speakers evenly, and perhaps try a LRLR configuration for even distribution of the sound. (And maybe experiment with LRRL for some semblance of stereo.) Switching the cables back and forth should be a

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Best option for an outdoor music system

2011-10-01 Thread Phil Leigh
Soulkeeper;660694 Wrote: Without a dedicated listening position, stereo is pointless IMO. I think I would place the speakers evenly, and perhaps try a LRLR configuration for even distribution of the sound. (And maybe experiment with LRRL for some semblance of stereo.) Switching the cables

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Best option for an outdoor music system

2011-10-01 Thread aubuti
Soulkeeper;660694 Wrote: Without a dedicated listening position, stereo is pointless IMO. I think I would place the speakers evenly, and perhaps try a LRLR configuration for even distribution of the sound. (And maybe experiment with LRRL for some semblance of stereo.) Switching the cables

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] More nonsense...

2011-10-01 Thread ralphpnj
cunobelinus;660691 Wrote: Who said it was? (And I, for one, really couldn't care less whether it's open source or not anyway, so more than enough said). Just pointing out that there's no excuse for going lossy even if one uses a Mac and iTunes. That is quite true, there is no excuse.

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Best option for an outdoor music system

2011-10-01 Thread rblnr
Without knowing the exact layout and way the space tends to be used( where people gravitate and so forth), it's all a guess. Is the goal even distribution across the whole span or are there some specific ares who's layout might support a stereo arrangement? Wiring for mono can work, or in fact

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

2011-10-01 Thread cvj
Today is October 1st... Any news? -- cvj cvj's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2979 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=84742

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] More nonsense...

2011-10-01 Thread cunobelinus
On 1 Oct 2011, at 13:05, Phil Leigh wrote: People should care about this for their music, photos and other works that they own/hold a copyright or licence for. Well, I don't. The risk is too small, the ability to convert to open source too easy, and the whole argument just utterly,

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] More nonsense...

2011-10-01 Thread ralphpnj
cunobelinus;660745 Wrote: On 1 Oct 2011, at 13:05, Phil Leigh wrote: People should care about this for their music, photos and other works that they own/hold a copyright or licence for. Well, I don't. The risk is too small, the ability to convert to open source too easy, and the

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] More nonsense...

2011-10-01 Thread cunobelinus
Whereas I have always known that only the more intelligent Americans have a sense of humour and refrain from foolishly insulting people of whom they know nothing. On 1 Oct 2011, at 19:51, ralphpnj wrote: cunobelinus;660745 Wrote: On 1 Oct 2011, at 13:05, Phil Leigh wrote: People

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] More nonsense...

2011-10-01 Thread Soulkeeper
Can you kettles and pots please take it outside? The rest of us are trying to have a thread here ... -- Soulkeeper -that is not dead which can eternal lie. and with strange aeons even death may die.- touch (sans caps) + duet + boom + radio (portable) / dd-wrt on linksys wrt160n v3 / sbs 7.6.2

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] More nonsense...

2011-10-01 Thread ralphpnj
Soulkeeper;660754 Wrote: Can you kettles and pots please take it outside? The rest of us are trying to have a thread here ... Sorry about that but I can't just resist needling a fanboy whenever I get the chance. cunobelinus;660751 Wrote: Whereas I have always known that only the more

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] More nonsense...

2011-10-01 Thread Soulkeeper
I've had to admit to myself that I'm a fanboy too. A Squeezebox fanboy to be exact. Luckily for me, I find myself in the one forum where you can't dog me for it. ;) -- Soulkeeper -that is not dead which can eternal lie. and with strange aeons even death may die.- touch (sans caps) + duet +

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] More nonsense...

2011-10-01 Thread Silverbullet
Case in point: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/01/opinion/you-love-your-iphone-literally.html?hp I literally FOTFLMAO after reading this. My wife wanted to know what was so funny. I let her read it. She didn't laugh. I love tongue-in-cheek stuff about psychobabble. Thanks for posting this. I

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] More nonsense...

2011-10-01 Thread Wombat
Please no Fanboy talk, it leads to nothing. Apple lossless is fine! Having the choice to have it around is obviously a good point to lossless and people discovering it. One of the few things that were effectively reverse-engineered was just that, ALAC. There is even one person that did it that