Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] S-Booster

2011-10-14 Thread Stratmangler
pski;663177 Wrote: Technical? Was it free? The effects are quite audible. I like what I hear, so in my subjective opinion it's an improvement. I might at some point pop round to a friend's place and have him put it on the 'scope. Be interesting to see what's being removed, noise wise, from the

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] S-Booster

2011-10-14 Thread Amauta
Stratmangler;663207 Wrote: The effects are quite audible. What differences did you hear? -- Amauta SqueezeboxServer 7.5.1 on Qnap TS-119. 3x Squeezebox2, 1 Squeezebox Classic, 2x BOOM - excellent sound!, One little RED Radio 'Last.FM' (http://www.last.fm/user/Squeezebox_II/)

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Suggestions for a new amp?

2011-10-14 Thread castalla
Daverz;663190 Wrote: What's utter garbage? I made no technical claims; I reported my preferences. If I'm to take this as a personal attack, then please go fuck yourself. It was not a personal attack, so I'll give your instruction a miss, thank you. But, how can a sound be transparent?

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

2011-10-14 Thread reverendo
just had a rather long look at this thread. very interesting. I have used Klaus' mods in the past, but due to changing residence didn't get back to using it. At that time it made a difference, though not huge. Still, a difference (for the better) only with SW is a HUGE thing in an audiophile

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Considering a dac

2011-10-14 Thread gruntwolla
Hi folks, My current set up is -amp- Sherwood AX-405OR,speakers- Eltax Symphony 4.2. My music is 95% flac, the rest mp3, and I sometimes stream from Napster and a couple of internet radio stations. I primarily use SB3 with this setup. I just want to know would a Cambridge Audio dacmagic be a

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Considering a dac

2011-10-14 Thread adamslim
A DAC would not hurt, although I would probably look to upgrading the speakers or amp before the source in your place - although it might take more than £200 to make a real jump up in quality. If you do want to buy a DAC, the CA is a good choice. The Arcam rDAC is also worth considering, you

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Considering a dac

2011-10-14 Thread gruntwolla
adamslim;663259 Wrote: A DAC would not hurt, although I would probably look to upgrading the speakers or amp before the source in your place - although it might take more than £200 to make a real jump up in quality. If you do want to buy a DAC, the CA is a good choice. The Arcam rDAC is

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Considering a dac

2011-10-14 Thread socistep
I too am considering a DAC for my headphone amp setup, its currently SB Touch - Little Dot mkv amp - Senn HD650s or Beyer 770s - its my only real 'HiFi' kit as other speakers are audioengine A2s (which I really like). However seem to notice mixed reviews on DACS, I was thinking of the cambridge

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Considering a dac

2011-10-14 Thread gruntwolla
However seem to notice mixed reviews on DACS, I was thinking of the cambridge and also the Beresford Caiman DAC, some people say they add a lot and others say there is no real benefit. Would be interested to hear users on here's experience ian -- gruntwolla Debian sheeva plug running sbs

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

2011-10-14 Thread soundcheck
Hi folks. FYI. I'll release TT3.0 next week on the 22nd. On the 20th I'll release a Beta, just to get some feedback from the early adopters . Sorry for the delay. You can expect lots of changes an improvements. I guess many of you will like it. ;) USB DAC support is still not supported (I

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Considering a dac

2011-10-14 Thread cliveb
My personal advice is that it is all too easy to think that a change of DAC will make a difference and as a result you actually do hear a difference where none actually exists. (Expectation tends to be self-fulfilling). Pretty much all competent DACs sound very similar. My moment of

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

2011-10-14 Thread Jeff Flowerday
soundcheck;663288 Wrote: Hi folks. FYI. I'll release TT3.0 next week on the 22nd. On the 20th I'll release a Beta, just to get some feedback from the early adopters . Sorry for the delay. You can expect lots of changes an improvements. I guess many of you will like it. ;)

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Considering a dac

2011-10-14 Thread ralphpnj
gruntwolla;663262 Wrote: I cycle past Graham's hifi in North London every evening on my sway to work, and I feel like that guy in Greek mythology trying to avoid the rocks!( Ulysses I think ) Trev I can understand a bit of swaying on your cycling journey home

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

2011-10-14 Thread Mnyb
be carefull with Wellborne labs , they are a known fraud ( google ), they does not always deliver a product sometimes they just take your money, it's a lottery . for details just ask me. Technically it migth not be anything wrong with the PS enjoy your product . With that kind of bussines

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter, right channel not working ok.

2011-10-14 Thread S2K
The xlinx reset did not work. In fact both channels have the same problem now. I do not think it's caused by the reset though. In my current setup the Transporter is pretty much useless now and it seems a have to put a pre amp between the Transporter and power amp. Does Logitech service this

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Playing high-res tracks via iTunes to my Touch?

2011-10-14 Thread pski
sc53;661314 Wrote: I have been using 3 x SB3 and a Boom for years, but recently bought a Touch which I finally have working successfully with 7.6.1 streaming from my iMac using OSX Snow Leopard. I use iTunes for all my music, cover art, and playlists; all my rips are Apple Lossless.

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Suggestions for a new amp?

2011-10-14 Thread darrenyeats
Daverz;663190 Wrote: What's utter garbage? I made no technical claims; I reported my preferences. If I'm to take this as a personal attack, then please go fuck yourself. We don't accept that kind of language on this forum, even when provoked. Thanks, Darren -- darrenyeats

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Suggestions for a new amp?

2011-10-14 Thread Brian Ritchie
Thanks for the responses (well, the more constructive ones :-) ). I think I'd have to rule out something like the Krell though as we'll need lots of inputs. (Well, need is a strong word; but even though I suspect I haven't used it in years, I'd still like the option of an input for my Rega 2.

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Suggestions for a new amp?

2011-10-14 Thread Jeff Flowerday
Brian Ritchie;663373 Wrote: I think I'd have to rule out something like the Krell though as we'll need lots of inputs. (Well, need is a strong word; but even though I suspect I haven't used it in years, I'd still like the option of an input for my Rega 2. And then there are the PVRs,

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Suggestions for a new amp?

2011-10-14 Thread Brian Ritchie
Jeff Flowerday;663376 Wrote: Well the PVR,Blu-Ray and TV should really be on a home theater receiver that sends it fronts line out to the Krell in home theater bypass mode. That would leave you 2 sets of RCA in for the Rega 2 and CD Player and the balanced ins for the Transporter. HT

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Playing high-res tracks via iTunes to my Touch?

2011-10-14 Thread MichaelJ
I am running Lion on an iMac and am using SBS7.7 I keep my FLAC music in a separate folder on the Mac. I show it under media folders on the SBS library page and leave a checkmark beside iTunes as well. SBS scans both and Touch shows the FLACs in a separate folder under My Music. Max,