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

2011-12-23 Thread Solrac
Dear Klaus, I've been using the TT2.0 and loved it. Switched to TT3.0 and liked the change at first, but found it to be not as enjoyable a tweak as the previous. After reading his remark, it was easy for me to agree with SBGK hopes for "the sound of TT2.0" and "the fidelity of TT3.0": while I wa

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

2011-12-23 Thread SBGK
WKB;679194 Wrote: > Mmmm... Rubislaw Den or Tillydrone ? deepest, darkest Buchan. In sunny Gloucestershire now, though. I used to take the transformers out of the amps and cd players so they were outside the box, a cheap way of getting an external power supply and an effective upgrade as the so

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

2011-12-23 Thread HumanMedia
Thanks, will try this as well. -- HumanMedia HumanMedia's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=44865 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=91322 _

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What Amp and Speakers Are You Using?

2011-12-23 Thread matthijskoopmans
Family Room - SB Classic - Simmons Audio Research Tube Amp - Mission M73 speakers bi-wired, tweeters via Jamo SW600 filter - Jamo SW600 Subwoofer. Bedroom - Boom Bedroom - SB Classic - HiFiMan Tube Headphone Amp - Sennheiser HD555 headphones -- matthijskoopmans www.linkedin.com/in/mattkoop --

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

2011-12-23 Thread cfraser
HumanMedia: I tried the changes you mentioned above, including (re-)setting my buffer to 4000. I lost all the "refinement" and detail the BDA-1 DAC is capable of. Sounded kinda low-buck, if you know what I mean, flat and deadishly uninspiring lol. But no fuzziness like I had before! Listenable for

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

2011-12-23 Thread WKB
SBGK;679158 Wrote: > Aberdeen , myself. Not many people use sh???e in that way. Scots is a > fine language, nothing to be ahamed of. Mmmm... Rubislaw Den or Tillydrone ? -- WKB WKB's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.c

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

2011-12-23 Thread SBGK
great news, glad someone else has started to optimise the settings, it was driving me a bit crazy going through all the permutations. -- SBGK SBGK's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=52003 View this

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

2011-12-23 Thread HumanMedia
I have had a similar experience. Here is what happened with me. I entered the latest SBGK values into TT with a buffer size of 3200. As usual better bass and midrange but same hashy/wet lower treble and slight congestion across the soundstage that has always been with me for TT3, but not TT2 with

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What Amp and Speakers Are You Using?

2011-12-23 Thread NoRoDa
SB Touch (TT 3.0) --> Rega DAC --> Audionet SAM V2 --> Sonus Faber Domus Grand Piano -- NoRoDa NoRoDa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=49139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthr

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] SB 3 Touch + Everything Else. Budget : 1000 - 2000.

2011-12-23 Thread theanvah
How about the following? SB3 Marantz PM6004 Paradigm Atom or Mini Monitor or Morduant Short Aviano 1 There's also a deal on at a local shop that pairs: Marantz PM5004 with CD5004 and the Morduant Aviano 1 for 1049 + Tax. -- theanvah ---

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

2011-12-23 Thread SBGK
Gazjam;678908 Wrote: > Sorry have to say this... > > > and SBGK? > I'm from Glasgow...so less of the comments or I'll "set aboot ye!" :) Aberdeen , myself. Not many people use sh???e in that way. Scots is a fine language, nothing to be ahamed of. -- SBGK

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What Amp and Speakers Are You Using?

2011-12-23 Thread Hwirt
SB Touch > Benchmark DAC-1 > McIntosh MC352 > JBL K2 S9800SE -- Hwirt McIntosh MC352, 2 MC2300's gone but not forgotten Carver M1.5t & C1 1 Squeezebox Classic, 2 Booms & 1 Touch -w- 6000+ CD's Sony PS-X600 Shure V15 type V JBL L220 Oracle & K2 9800SE -

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

2011-12-23 Thread RotelMan
Hi An update from my Touch setup... I have been using the Touch and soundcheck's mod for some time now. But I have now been running on SBGK settings for about 3-4 days and i'm loving the sound... all the details from TT 3.0 with a more analog sound... and i don't have any fuzziness :-) My setup is

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What Amp and Speakers Are You Using?

2011-12-23 Thread guidof
See sig below. If you have, or plan to use,a subwoofer,consider the DSpeaker Antimode 8033. IMO an indispensable device for taming room modes. Guido F. -- guidof MUSIC ROOM: Marantz TT 15S1 Turntable, Virtuoso Wood Cartridge->Conrad Johnson Motif preamp Oppo BDP-83 Universal Player->Cambrid

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

2011-12-23 Thread guidof
cfraser;679126 Wrote: > Thanks for comments. I will try to look into what's going on over the > next few days as events allow. I was too captivated by the music last > night to try to analyze what the problem might have been. > > Oh yeah, I just remembered that there *was* another change from ho

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

2011-12-23 Thread cfraser
Thanks for comments. I will try to look into what's going on over the next few days as events allow. I was too captivated by the music last night to try to analyze what the problem might have been. Oh yeah, I just remembered that there *was* another change from how I normally have TT3.0 configure

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What Amp and Speakers Are You Using?

2011-12-23 Thread paul44birch
Transporter > Naim Nac152xs/Flatcapxs/Nap155xs > Jas Orsa standmount speakers. Just testing out the new Naim NDxs streamer, which I must say sounds very good! -- paul44birch Main: Transporter, Naim 155/152/flatcap, Jas Orsa speakers, Rel Q150E sub Kitchen: Duet Bedroom: Radio

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

2011-12-23 Thread magiccarpetride
Gazjam;678941 Wrote: > Alex, whats all this about Shakti stones... :) Unfortunately, I lost the original quote, but there are documented cases from the late 19th century where some reputable scientists were asking for the madness of the scientific research to stop and give it a rest. According t

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

2011-12-23 Thread guidof
cfraser;679082 Wrote: > > > The bad part: like some other people noticed, I get a fuzziness, and > here it comes and goes. Hmmm. . . Strange. Have been listening for two evenings with the same mods and have not noticed the issue you mention. Does not seem network related, as you're Ethernet

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

2011-12-23 Thread sckramer
cfraser;679082 Wrote: > I get a fuzziness, and here it comes and goes. It doesn't sound > scratchy, but more like the processing of some packets (or > something...) isn't totally handled to completion, almost as though it > gets interrupted lol. Hard to put my finger on, I was too involved in > l

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What Amp and Speakers Are You Using?

2011-12-23 Thread mlsstl
Touch -> Image Audio 65i (KT88 outputs) -> Spendor SP1/2E No urge to change anything. -- mlsstl mlsstl's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9598 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showth

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

2011-12-23 Thread NoRoDa
cfraser;679082 Wrote: > First the good part...and it's really good IMO. Smooth and fluid, I > guess what some would call organic or analog-like. Unlike anything I've > ever heard out of a digital source here. Sounds good with all types of > music I tried, from plain female vocal to heavy metal.

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

2011-12-23 Thread cfraser
Just some comments on SBGK's priority settings. I am running TT3.0 in otherwise stock config. Touch has the usual accoutrements, linear PS, coaxial output to BDA-1 DAC, balanced into analog preamp, wired ethernet, iPeng, etc. I cut and pasted SBGK's mods from his post on p48 updated on Dec. 22 int

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What Amp and Speakers Are You Using?

2011-12-23 Thread Jeff Flowerday
Touch->Rega DAC->Krell 300si->NHT Classic 4s I'd like to upgrade speakers, but I just don't have a properly set up listening room. I've done the best I can with the space I have. -- Jeff Flowerday Jeff Flowerday's Profil

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What Amp and Speakers Are You Using?

2011-12-23 Thread Soulkeeper
Ok, since this thread is necromanc'd, I'll throw in my system, which is probably more of a Hi-Fi system than an audiophile one. SB Touch without those pesky caps -> adequate RCA cables -> NAD C315BEE integrated amp -> sturdy speaker cables -> Audiovector M1 Signature speakers. I think I may need

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What Amp and Speakers Are You Using?

2011-12-23 Thread Bertrand.petit
Hello, Heed Obelisk SI with Dactil 2 card and external power supply Van dame Studio grade Blue speaker cables Dali Ikon 2 speakers -- Bertrand.petit Bertrand.petit's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?useri