[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Suggestions for a new amp?

2011-10-12 Thread Brian Ritchie
After 18 years, I think it's finally time to lay my old amp to rest. It's an Arcam Delta 290, paired with a 290P, bi-amping Mission 751 speakers (which are of a similar age). When it sounds good, I still love it; unfortunately, the selector knob is starting to go, and it's getting more and more d

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What's with the Japanese paper sleeve CDs?

2011-10-12 Thread pski
magiccarpetride;661988 Wrote: > I've been exposed recently to a number of the so-called 'paper sleeve' > Japanese remastered/repackaged CDs (courtesy of a friend). I was > skeptical at first, thinking that it's just an eye candy, but > boy-oh-boy do these CDs sound way superior to their Western >

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-10-12 Thread praganj
Today i installed SB_priority script and it is a very nice improvement :) Thanks to everybody, who did this work ! Now i am playing around with spdif value. It looks like higher values >50 are little bright, it seems that for me something like 45-48 is the best. My Buffalo 2 DAC is probably dimi

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Inguz on Vortexbox Appliance

2011-10-12 Thread guidof
Phil Leigh;662579 Wrote: > There could still be a net benefit of using the Behringer. I was simply > pointing out that the TACT units are higher quality so you get MORE > benefit. > Having said that, Inguz beats TACT for me! YMMV. I'm still intrigued by Inguz. However, it's more complex than I t