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

2011-12-07 Thread krzys
cheetah;675098 Wrote: If for permanent change, where should that line be added to rCS file? Or just append at end of the file? thanks I just changed the value in the rcs TT3 file not added the line . it was near the bottom of the file if I remember. -- krzys

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Audiolabs M-DAC

2011-12-07 Thread tank121
Just tracked one down. It's arriving tomorrow! They had 2 in stock 1 black and 1 silver -- tank121 Squeezebox touch Arcam A85 amp Chord rumour speaker cable Dali Mentor Menuets on Custom Design stands Room 2 Boom Bedroom RADIO

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

2011-12-07 Thread RGibran
praganj;674981 Wrote: Why are you setting the SPDIF priority to 01 ? Standard is 40, it makes sense to go higher, but why go under the standard value ? With all due respect, there are alot of things in this thread that _don't_make sense yet folks continue to do them in the name of improved

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

2011-12-07 Thread aubuti
RGibran;675179 Wrote: With all due respect, there are alot of things in this thread that _don't_make sense yet folks continue to do them in the name of improved sound. Exactly. By the trust your ears and don't over-think it ethos of the toolbox development, the reason for setting SPDIF

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] transporter won't stream 24/96 flac

2011-12-07 Thread Archimago
Wondering if anyone else having any more issues with Transporter and FLAC -8 these days? For the last 2 years, I've been encoding everything - 16/44 to 24/96 with -8. No problems with sound as far as I can tell. -- Archimago

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Audiolabs M-DAC

2011-12-07 Thread sleepysurf
Lucky you! Looking forward to hearing your opinion! -- sleepysurf main system: touch benchmark dac-1 conrad-johnson ct-5 preamp and premier 350 amp ml summits. audience au24e and blue jeans cables. secondary systems: sb3 in master br (russound r235ls amp driving in-ceiling speaker) and

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Forget 24/192 how about 24/384?

2011-12-07 Thread mlsstl
agillis;675005 Wrote: Yeah that's for sure. Hopefully companies will start releasing studio masters and music that is worthy of 24/384. Talk about misdirected priorities. Most of the recordings released the past several years in the old-fashioned 16/44.1 CD format don't make use of the

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

2011-12-07 Thread Jeff Flowerday
So has anyone moved the touch from their Ethernet network with other devices on it to a dedicated WiFi bridge? Results? -- Jeff Flowerday Jeff Flowerday's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15883

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Forget 24/192 how about 24/384?

2011-12-07 Thread TerryS
darrenyeats;675086 Wrote: Terry, I choose to look at it not in terms of accuracy but noise. Without dither, the noise is correlated with the signal. With dither, the noise is less (less or not at all? - not sure) correlated with the signal. The point is, a steady sine wave is not

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Audiolabs M-DAC

2011-12-07 Thread firedog
Is this the same DAC as the 8200 DAC/pre, but without the pre? -- firedog GIK Acoustics Room Treatments. Tranquil PC fanless server running Vortexbox OS; SB Touch slaved to Empirical Audio Pace Car; MF X-DAC-V3, MF X-150 as pre-amp, ClassDaudio SDS-470 amp; Devore Gibbon Super 8 Speakers;

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

2011-12-07 Thread guidof
Jeff Flowerday;675213 Wrote: So has anyone moved the touch from their Ethernet network with other devices on it to a dedicated WiFi bridge? Results? Yes, I did -- though not from hard wired to bridge, but from WLAN to bridge, which in addition to the potential advantages soundcheck and Phil

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

2011-12-07 Thread Jeff Flowerday
guidof;675249 Wrote: Yes, I did -- though not from hard wired to bridge, but from WLAN to bridge, which in addition to the potential advantages soundcheck and Phil Leigh have suggested, also allowed me to experiment with different Ethernet cables. Being able to turn off the WiFi radio

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Audiolabs M-DAC

2011-12-07 Thread tank121
Here are the specs - http://www.audiolab.co.uk/M-DAC%20Series.aspx?lang=En -- tank121 Squeezebox touch Arcam A85 amp Chord rumour speaker cable Dali Mentor Menuets on Custom Design stands Room 2 Boom Bedroom RADIO

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Audiolabs M-DAC

2011-12-07 Thread TheBear
Hi tank, I am using an MDAC with a Touch - I don't think you will be disappointed :-) It is a joy to use, the little wand remote is great to mute or swap filter settings on the fly. I run it via XLRs straight to my power amp, using the digital pre-amp in the MDAC, and it comfortably out-performs

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

2011-12-07 Thread jlarmore
Got the SBT a couple weeks ago and want to maximize the sound...so will attempt to install tt3.0. Not a techy audiophile though, so please be patient with some of my questions :) Question: Do i have to change to ethernet? I currently have a wireless connection. Why is this step listed? d.

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

2011-12-07 Thread rgro
jlarmore;675304 Wrote: Got the SBT a couple weeks ago and want to maximize the sound...so will attempt to install tt3.0. Not a techy audiophile though, so please be patient with some of my questions :) Question: Do i have to change to ethernet? I currently have a wireless connection. Why

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

2011-12-07 Thread guidof
Jeff Flowerday;675253 Wrote: Being able to turn off the WiFi radio on the touch would make a big difference. I'm wondering on the reduction of pollution from other wired devices on the network/switch. Or increase with a wifi radio being in the bridge and polluting the touch via ethernet.