evdplancke;682902 Wrote:
An assumption could be that this rebuffering would cause a noise with
specific frequency characteristics, around 250 Hz for 4k and 50 Hz for
20k buffer. Depending from the frequency characteristics of each
system, this noise could generate more or less interferences
Turnandcough;682907 Wrote:
I know we're straying off topic but one last thing.
Does coax cable length really matter? Some people say you need a
minimum of 1.5m to avoid reflections.
If so - why do so many so called high end cable manufacturers sell 1m
cables? You'd think they would
Regarding length on digital cables S/PDIF
Bryston newsletters:
http://www.bryston.com/newsletters/52_files/vol5is2.html
What about DIGITAL AUDIO CABLES?
[...]
This requires that sufficient numbers of related harmonics associated
with the fundamental are transmitted distortion free to
Interesting list TR. Not sure I'm following you though- Troutmask
replica and Pet Sounds seem to me to be stretching the definition of
Modern.
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Thanks Munroe.
Will look into bridge / switches.
Any UK recommendations (without being too expensive) for Bridge /
switch please that users have / like? Not bothered about being a
repeater if this is not necessary to get best sound.
I have a Dac Magic 1 but am using analogue out as finding
Hi,
To set the background, I have following setup.
SBT - Analogue Out (Chord Crimson) - Naim Nait 5i-2 - Neat Motive 3.
I have applied all Soundcheck Toolbox 3.0 and using WLAN mode but
looking at a bridge/switch setup shortly. I am using Logitech default
priorites and buffer 2 which seems to
This is an important video to understand how human hearing works. We
hear with our brain, not with our ears.
Important takeaways: Hearing can be steered. Expectation bias
influences perception.
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Definitely get that wireless radio turned off in the Touch.
Next I would say, audition some DACs at home if you can.
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Ron Olsen;682975 Wrote:
This is an important video to understand how human hearing works. We
hear with our brain, not with our ears.
Important takeaways: Hearing can be steered. Expectation bias
influences perception.and as a result you get this:
A few somewhat modern recordings that I really enjoy:
Larry Carlton - Sapphire Blue
Brent Mason - Hot Wired
DMB - first 3 albums
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A matching subwoofer to extend audio response down to 30 Hz will give
more listening pleasure than any of those other changes.
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I just struck me that I haven't seen any postings from Phil for a while,
so I did a quick search and found his last post was on 23rd Nov. I
always enjoy his non-nonsense contributions.
Are you still around, Phil? Are you OK?
Has the audiofool lunatic fringe that seems to be dominating this forum
cliveb;682982 Wrote:
I just struck me that I haven't seen any postings from Phil for a while,
so I did a quick search and found his last post was on 23rd Nov. I
always enjoy his non-nonsense contributions.
Are you still around, Phil? Are you OK?
Has the audiofool lunatic fringe that seems
cliveb;90935 Wrote:
Well, now I'm confused. On this forum, and in the pinkfishmedia thread
Andrew has referenced, the Behringer gets the thumbs-up. Meanwhile the
pros over at rec.audio.pro, who I trust to know what they're talking
about, have soundly poo-poo'd the idea that it's possible to
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Ron Olsen;682975 Wrote:
This is an important video to understand how human hearing works. We
hear with our brain, not with our ears.
Important takeaways: Hearing can be steered. Expectation bias
influences perception.
I first saw this a year or so ago, when the Hydrogen Audio forum picked
audiomuze;682977 Wrote:
and as a result you get this:
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=91322
and if your convinced everything sounds the same, you will steer
yourself that way :-)
RG
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cliveb;682982 Wrote:
the audiofool lunatic fringe
Those are easily ignored, IMO. I never quite understood the reason for
posts that do nothing more than tell somebody that they don't, won't,
or can't hear something.
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none of that stuff. acoustically treat the room. that will make a bigger
difference than ANY component. Including speakers. I promise.
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VentiLink Audio
JJZolx;683001 Wrote:
Those are easily ignored, IMO. I never quite understood the reason for
posts that do nothing more than tell someone that they don't, won't, or
can't hear something.
Since you almost never post or argue in this section here it is no
wonder you can easily ignore them.
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It'd be great if all the Touch mod threads and questions could be moved
to the Touch or DIY forums. Why they were started here is beyond me.
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Thanks for your kind concerns... I'm OK, I've been a bit busy recently
but I hope to rejoin you all soon.
Kind regards
Phil
PS The Pink Floyd remasters I got for Xmas are very nice :-)
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You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it
ain't what you'd call
audiomuze;683014 Wrote:
It'd be great if all the Touch mod threads and questions could be moved
to the Touch or DIY forums. Why they were started here is beyond me.
That's funny, because the first soundcheck's mods thread originally
started in the Touch or General forum, and Klaus (aka
Wombat;683009 Wrote:
Since you almost never post or argue in this section here it is no
wonder you can easily ignore them.
Or maybe I don't post here -because- I ignore them. There isn't much
else in this forum.
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Yea, I agree with the other posts. None of those things are going to
make a big difference. Those speakers are small, and specs don't give
you +- dB for the frequency range.
* Subwoofer or floorstanders are a good idea.
* Room acoustic treatment is going to also make a huge difference.
mlsstl;682898 Wrote:
I feel like a broken record on this subject, but the sound of
recordings has far more to do with the intentional choices made by the
producer, recording engineer and artists than the age or choice of
equipment.
Just like hemlines, colors, furniture styles, food
Phil Leigh;683016 Wrote:
Thanks for your kind concerns... I'm OK, I've been a bit busy recently
but I hope to rejoin you all soon.
Kind regards
Phil
PS The Pink Floyd remasters I got for Xmas are very nice :-)
Glad to hear you're well and enjoying the music!
Guido F.
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MUSIC
Ambrose;682967 Wrote:
Thanks Munroe.
Will look into bridge / switches.
Any UK recommendations (without being too expensive) for Bridge /
switch please that users have / like? Not bothered about being a
repeater if this is not necessary to get best sound.
I have a Dac Magic 1 but am
adamdea;682965 Wrote:
Interesting list TR. Not sure I'm following you though- Troutmask
replica and Pet Sounds seem to me to be stretching the definition of
Modern.
And Sam Cooke died in 1964
Yeah, let me clarify my definition of 'modern': anything produced in
the past 12 years (or, 15
Ron Olsen;682979 Wrote:
A matching subwoofer to extend audio response down to 30 Hz will give
more listening pleasure than any of those other changes.
I tend to agree with Ron's take on this.
However, matching (integrating) a sub is not without its challenges.
Room mode taming, an important
Ron Olsen;682975 Wrote:
This is an important video to understand how human hearing works. We
hear with our brain, not with our ears.
Important takeaways: Hearing can be steered. Expectation bias
influences perception.
We also see with our brain, but I would not try driving the Washington
following Soundcheck's advice
would start with a linear power supply or battery equivalent, that
might be enough, see what that sounds like. without this, spending
money downstream is not going to be as effective.
if you have money left over buy a dac.
or learn to accept what you have and buy
Phil, glad to see you're about and indeed alive!
On the general topic, audio has been a journey for me so far. I used to
be a raving subjectivist but now I not.
Every time I listen, or see other people listening, without knowing
which player (or even speaker!) they're listening to, I become a
Spend a bit of time researching your favourite music to see if there are
alternative masters. SACDs are sometimes mastered better (the risk is
hybrids where the CD layer has just a standard master). Also MOFI
releases can sound good.
Darren
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TheOctavist;683007 Wrote:
none of that stuff. acoustically treat the room. that will make a bigger
difference than ANY component. Including speakers. I promise.
Oh, yes do some acoustic treatement. Try basotect, this is very good.
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praganj
guidof;683034 Wrote:
Some (most?) of the tweaks discussed in this forum may produce only the
illusion of improvement, but some may not.
The bottom line question is: who's to say? You? Klaus? Phil?
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process priority and core affinity win 7
having a play with process lasso (it is free) and think there are some
benefits to be gained if you have a multicore win 7 machine. am trying
squeezeserver at real time priority and affinity core 1, windows
network procceses at high and core 2 and intel
Anyone using this combination in particular using a dockstar?
Do the mods run Ok?
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Squeezebox touch
Squeezeplug running on Dockstar
Audiolab MDAC
Arcam A85 amp
Chord rumour speaker cable
Dali Mentor Menuets on Custom Design stands
Room 2
Boom
Bedroom
RADIO
i personally want to be the best listener i can, and that means
scientific listening...once your brain ear system learns how to..lidten
right and rule out bs(cables etc), one is better off and richer. or be
happily ignorant and buy foo...
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All this coax talk has given me BNC envy.
Envious no more:
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=683086postcount=10
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NoRoDa;682950 Wrote:
Regarding length on digital cables S/PDIF
Bryston newsletters:
[..]
Me?
6 feet BJC and 3 feet BJC.
Using the 6 feet of course ;)
Nice post. Well set out easy to read. Could be a model for others (at
least in form)..
The question is: Should we believe
Audio Bling;683088 Wrote:
Nice post. Well set out easy to read. Could be a model for others (at
least in form)..
The question is: Should we believe Bryston Steve Nugent? It is nice
to talk about rise time; fundamentals and reflections. However,
can you or I verify the theory let
magiccarpetride;683091 Wrote:
Easy. Get a short and a long digital coax cable. Try them both. You
could either:
[..]
What question did I pose that you think you are answering here?
I was responding to the assertion that longer is always better by
saying there is reason to be sceptical of
SBGK;683035 Wrote:
following Soundcheck's advice
would start with a linear power supply or battery equivalent, that
might be enough, see what that sounds like. without this, spending
money downstream is not going to be as effective.
if you have money left over buy a dac.
or learn to
magiccarpetride;683091 Wrote:
Easy. Get a short and a long digital coax cable. Try them both.
I happen to have a 1m terminated cable and a 1ft length of unterminated
cable which I'm about to use to hardwire my Touch to my DAC. I guess
comparing the two wouldn't solve the 1m vs 1.5m debate.
Audio Bling;683094 Wrote:
I was responding to the assertion that longer is always better by saying
there is reason to be sceptical of such a claim. Do you disagree?
All my ex's and wife would disagree.
YLMV :-)
RG
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For some reason I can't get into Putty or WinSCP using Touch's IP
address. The only thing I did that I can think of was installing TCP
and installing then uninstalling Fidelizer when I read it was not
compatible with XP.
Tried rebooting computer and restarting Touch, loading TCP
FirstBackup.spg
OK figured it out. IP address had somehow changed
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RGibran;683100 Wrote:
All my ex's and wife would disagree.
YLMV :-)
RG
Very good!
Guido F.
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MUSIC ROOM:
Marantz TT 15S1 Turntable, Virtuoso Wood Cartridge-Conrad Johnson
Motif preamp
Oppo BDP-83 Universal Player-Cambridge Azur 840C DAC
Vortexbox Appliance-WiFi
You cannot achieve the same results with digital room correction as you
can applying acoustic treatments to a room. DRC may address a
particular issue at a location in the room whilst introducing others
and cannot eliminate cancellations, whereas appropriate acoustic
treatments can.
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NoRoDa;682950 Wrote:
Regarding length on digital cables S/PDIF
Bryston newsletters:
See also:'PFO Audio Discourse: Why longer is generally better for an
S/PDIF Digital Cable'
(http://www.positive-feedback.com/Issue14/spdif.htm) av Steve Nugent
('Empirical Audio'
From 2002 to 2010 I had an apartment in Tokyo because I spent so much
time doing business there.
It was there that I bought my Dynaudio's and hauled over a vintage, but
not superb, Luxman integrated amp to drive them. The source was faily
low bitrate MP3's from the soundcard of a PC. (at least
Audio Bling;683088 Wrote:
Nice post. Well set out easy to read. Could be a model for others (at
least in form)..
Bottom line: The jury is still out on this matter and there is reason
to be sceptical - not withstanding your excellent post which seems,
however, a little too one-sided for
jmschnur;683107 Wrote:
So what about a 0.3 meter cable?
Either very short or at least 1,5 meters is the saying.
If 0.3 m = very short? Don't know. :)
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audiomuze;682977 Wrote:
and as a result you get this:
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=91322
and some people want to influence others by decrying the efforts of
others without any positive contribution of their own, is that a power
trip thing ? it's not an audio thing because
I can't help but wonder how many of you implementing all these
improvements have the hi-fi equipment and properly configured listening
space to actually be able to resolve and discern the purported
differences.
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audiomuze;683127 Wrote:
I can't help but wonder how many of you implementing all these
improvements have the hi-fi equipment and properly configured listening
space to actually be able to resolve and discern the purported
differences.
I have the best kit and listening space in the world as
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