Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-11-03 Thread Jacky
First of all, sorry for my bad English. I just want to share some of my impressions regarding SPDIF jive_alsa value settings: By moving back forward of those, I settled finaly to SPDIF 45 jive_alsa 45 for best musical balance and coherence over the whole frequency spectrum. Suggested

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-11-03 Thread Fukinagashi
Are the dynobot's mods compatible with soundcheck's SB Toolbox 3.0? Thanks in advance. -- Fukinagashi Fukinagashi's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=42922 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-11-03 Thread garym
Fukinagashi;667098 Wrote: Are the dynobot's mods compatible with soundcheck's SB Toolbox 3.0? Thanks in advance. in soundcheck's blog he says maybe not and suggests that one not use both at the same time as this could be doing something unexpected. He says he does something similar to

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

2011-11-03 Thread HumanMedia
Huge thanks Klaus! Installed and donation made. What is the recommended version of server to use? I use the latest official 7.6.1 (and I am using all Flac so no disappearing files), but is there any other benefit using the latest nightly 7.6.2 build? -- HumanMedia

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

2011-11-03 Thread krzys
Hi guys, I tired on two computers and have the same difficulty, the imbedded pictures doesn’t display at all. A lot of settings are shown on those pictures. Does anyone have the same problem? BTW I think that TT 3.0 deserves it own tread Chris -- krzys

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

2011-11-03 Thread HumanMedia
Assuming you have tt 3.0 installed, try changing the priority of the spdif process to 51. chrt -f -p 51 367 Is it just me and my setup, or does this improve things further? (softer more natural highs) -- HumanMedia

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

2011-11-03 Thread Jeff Flowerday
Is it me or does the bass seem reduced a little with 3.0? I'm just wondering if this new definition and clarity we are are all hearing is coming at a price of losing some bottom end and fullness. -- Jeff Flowerday Jeff

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-11-03 Thread c-eling
oops installed 3.0 while having dynobot's in place,haven't noticed anything weird but just to be sure how does one turn off bot's mods or do i have to do a complete factory reset and start over? -- c-eling c-eling's

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

2011-11-03 Thread cymbop
First off, I want to thank Klaus for his efforts and for sharing them with the world. I've been delighted with the 2.0 toolbox and feel it's brought by system to a level that I have never heard before. A donation is on the way. I did all the 3.0 installs except screen off, and sat down to a

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

2011-11-03 Thread HumanMedia
Jeff Flowerday;667148 Wrote: Is it me or does the bass seem reduced a little with 3.0? I'm just wondering if this new definition and clarity we are are all hearing is coming at a price of losing some bottom end and fullness. I've found that bass seems better, or at least fuller, with tt3

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-11-03 Thread mjock3
A hard rest was recommended by Soundcheck before installing 3.0. Which should clear Dynobots mods. -- mjock3 mjock3's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=49183 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-11-03 Thread c-eling
ok thanks,I'm going to give it a few more listens,but I'm not quite sure if it did any harm,my Talking Heads 24/96 sounds amazing -- c-eling c-eling's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=48050 View

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

2011-11-03 Thread soundcheck
I'll fork into a new thread from here, if that is OK with you. Of course a lot of interesting stuff discussed over here will get lost over time. Anyhow. Sometimes it's good to start over. One hint. Instead of rolling back certain features you should try to find certain other bottlenecks. I

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

2011-11-03 Thread soundcheck
Just done the fork. Thx to all your valuable contributions over here. To be continued over there: 'soundcheck's Touch Toolbox 3.0' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=91322) -- soundcheck ::: ' Touch Toolbox 3.0 and more' (http://soundcheck-audio.blogspot.com) ::: by soundcheck

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] soundcheck's Touch Toolbox 3.0

2011-11-03 Thread soundcheck
Hi folks. I think it's time to close the 2.0 chapter and start over with TT3.0 over here. Looking forward to your constructive feedback and discussions. Cheers -- soundcheck ::: ' Touch Toolbox 3.0 and more' (http://soundcheck-audio.blogspot.com) ::: by soundcheck

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] soundcheck's Touch Toolbox 3.0

2011-11-03 Thread soundcheck
Takeovers from the TT.20 thread. Human Media commented: Assuming you have tt 3.0 installed, try changing the priority of the spdif process to 51. chrt -f -p 51 367 I left it at 40 intentionally (quite some time back though). I also played with the value. You'll see that I got the interrupt

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] soundcheck's Touch Toolbox 3.0

2011-11-03 Thread soundcheck
Another finetuning subject is the buffer setting. The closer we get to the system limits the more difficult it gets to tune the instrument. Some people won't get below 4000us without ending up into XRUNS. Others run at 3400us without problems. Which is strange. Over here I know of several

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] soundcheck's Touch Toolbox 3.0

2011-11-03 Thread Mr Bellow
First of all I want to thanx Souncheck for the passion and the competence. I used TT 2.0 with satisfaction for some time and I was waiting for TT3.0 improvements. The first impressions with TT3.0 in my system are not positive : the sound is emptied , much more digital , too much highs. The sound

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] soundcheck's Touch Toolbox 3.0

2011-11-03 Thread Jeff Flowerday
I've got the same impression as Mr Bellow, just maybe not as extreme as a little radio. Everything is thinner in my opinion. TT3.0 wireless disabled, all mods include daemon killer on. Buffer set at 3600, just because I don't like riding the edge of stable. Touch-Black Cat Veloce-Rega Dac-BJ

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] soundcheck's Touch Toolbox 3.0

2011-11-03 Thread soundcheck
Mr Bellow;667193 Wrote: ...The sound is more defined and detailed... That's what I like to see. Sometimes it's shocking. I know. ;) More natural and and especially soft sounding is how many many systems out there sound. The key challenge is to have a smooth silky sound with all the details

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] soundcheck's Touch Toolbox 3.0

2011-11-03 Thread john4456
Klaus, I use a HRT dac via usb, with TT2 installed (works great). Any reason why this shouldn't work just as well with TT3, assuming I change the buffer size etc ? Thanks -- john4456 john4456's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] soundcheck's Touch Toolbox 3.0

2011-11-03 Thread soundcheck
john4456;667207 Wrote: Klaus, I use a HRT dac via usb, with TT2 installed (works great). Any reason why this shouldn't work just as well with TT3, assuming I change the buffer size etc ? Thanks NO - it should work. Maybe on the analog (port 1) though. USB might get assigned to port 1 by

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] soundcheck's Touch Toolbox 3.0

2011-11-03 Thread sckramer
Usually all the instruments and voices become more of a point source with lots of air around them. The face or better voice of a singer is no longer 20 inches wide, it goes down to 2 inches I don't agree with this, my experience as the system gets better better, all the point sources expand

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] soundcheck's Touch Toolbox 3.0

2011-11-03 Thread peber
soundcheck;667202 Wrote: That's what I like to see. Sometimes it's shocking. I know. ;) More natural and especially soft sounding is how many many systems out there sound. The key challenge is to have a smooth silky and still extremely dynamic sound with all the details in place.

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] soundcheck's Touch Toolbox 3.0

2011-11-03 Thread sckramer
Usually all the instruments and voices become more of a point source with lots of air around them. The face or better voice of a singer is no longer 20 inches wide, it goes down to 2 inches I don't agree with this, my experience as the system gets better better, all the point sources expand

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] soundcheck's Touch Toolbox 3.0

2011-11-03 Thread lake_eleven
Mr Bellow;667193 Wrote: ...The first impressions with TT3.0 in my system are not positive : the sound is emptied , much more digital , too much highs. The sound is more defined and detailed but the whole impression is something like a little radio Thanks Klaus for the great work. Same

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] soundcheck's Touch Toolbox 3.0

2011-11-03 Thread Cut-Throat
I have just installed these mods today and am new in this area. I have a Question. The remote control is disabled after these mods. Is there any way to enable the remote? -- Cut-Throat Cut-Throat's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] soundcheck's Touch Toolbox 3.0

2011-11-03 Thread rgro
Cut-Throat;667229 Wrote: I have just installed these mods today and am new in this area. I have a Question. The remote control is disabled after these mods. Is there any way to enable the remote? I believe you just run the tt -ir command again. -- rgro Rg System information

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] soundcheck's Touch Toolbox 3.0

2011-11-03 Thread Cut-Throat
Yes, thanks. That did it! -- Cut-Throat Cut-Throat's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=43167 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=91322

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] soundcheck's Touch Toolbox 3.0

2011-11-03 Thread cymbop
My thoughts at the end of the 2.0 thread: First off, I want to thank Klaus for his efforts and for sharing them with the world. I've been delighted with the 2.0 toolbox and feel it's brought by system to a level that I have never heard before. A donation is on the way. I did all the 3.0

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] soundcheck's Touch Toolbox 3.0

2011-11-03 Thread cfraser
Thanks for all your work Klaus. I have a long-time question that I still haven't figured out by myself: how do these buffer XRUNS get officially reported to me? Unofficially reported by ear... Thanks. -- cfraser

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] soundcheck's Touch Toolbox 3.0

2011-11-03 Thread pandasharka
There seems to be as many people pro TT3 as against. Is it the fact that people have had 1 year to get used to TT2 and suddenly things have changed that they were not expecting? Maybe time will tell and listening time will tell. Presumably those people who were running TT2 can just revert

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] soundcheck's Touch Toolbox 3.0

2011-11-03 Thread JohnSwenson
Hi Soundcheck, on the USB front I have been working on a udev setup that consistantly numbers all devices. Its going to need something in rcS or rcS.local and since you are using that I would like to get it integrated in with yours so they are not fighting each other. A while back rgo posted a

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] soundcheck's Touch Toolbox 3.0

2011-11-03 Thread lovejoy
Many thanks for all of your efforts on TT3 Klaus. I've spent the evening tweaking and listening and had some interesting findings: I've been running TT2 for about 6 months and really enjoyed the differences it brought over the stock touch. I particularly love the sound of 24-bit recordings

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] soundcheck's Touch Toolbox 3.0

2011-11-03 Thread sckramer
Lovejoy, do you mean you maxed out the buffer at 5, or 3400? -- sckramer CiAudio vdc-Sb - Touch (TT 3.0 mods) PSaudio DL3 DAC (Cullen 4 mods) - PSaudio Trio C-100 Amp (Cullen 3 mods) Energy Veritas 2.2i speakers (mundorf silver oil capacitor, inductor, and resistor mods) Martin Logan

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] soundcheck's Touch Toolbox 3.0

2011-11-03 Thread magiccarpetride
lovejoy;667285 Wrote: Many thanks for all of your efforts on TT3 Klaus. I've spent the evening tweaking and listening and had some interesting findings: I've been running TT2 for about 6 months and really enjoyed the differences it brought over the stock touch. I particularly love the

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] soundcheck's Touch Toolbox 3.0

2011-11-03 Thread terjehaa
@magiccarpetride: How much work is it to revert to your modded TT 2.0 if it turns out TT 3.0 is not to your liking? 20 mins? -- terjehaa terjehaa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17451 View this

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] soundcheck's Touch Toolbox 3.0

2011-11-03 Thread Howard Turkster
I switched from 2.0 to 3.0, and then back to 2.0 *plus* dynaudio's mods for the first time, and at this point I prefer the 2.0 plus dynaudio mods the most. (I always run with unmodified buffer and screen). -- Howard Turkster

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] soundcheck's Touch Toolbox 3.0

2011-11-03 Thread Jeff Flowerday
When I first initialized 3.0 last night, I received a quick error message along the lines of unknown process. Didn't pay attention to it, because tt -s reported things installed and working. Tonight i used tt to do a reset and then reinitialized tt. No error message this time. Set my buffer

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] soundcheck's Touch Toolbox 3.0

2011-11-03 Thread magiccarpetride
terjehaa;667294 Wrote: @magiccarpetride: How much work is it to revert to your modded TT 2.0 if it turns out TT 3.0 is not to your liking? 20 mins? Amazing! I love when I get proven totally wrong in this fashion. So you're right, I finally got off my butt earlier this evening, did a factory