You can order high quality Belden digital cable with crimped hq Canare
plugs here:
http://www.bluejeanscable.com/store/digital-audio/index.htm
I don't think that any high end company can make a really better
cable, than this ...
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praganj;683605 Wrote:
You can order high quality Belden digital cable with crimped hq Canare
plugs here:
http://www.bluejeanscable.com/store/digital-audio/index.htm
I don't think that any high end company can make a really better
cable, than this ...
I agree
My 6feet BJC is better in
Thanks SBGK for your feedback and happy to read that you have nearly
reached the audio perfection :) Have to say that even without HW mods,
Amandine Beyer's recording is still one of my favorite HD track. There
are so many fine details in there and it sounds so wonderfully
atmospheric
A lot of these tweaks are just BS. I work in IT so I know, for example,
using a different NAS won't improve the sound. I know it because it's
my job, my area of expertise to understand how things work.
When a stranger wanders into my area of expertise and writes BS, I form
a judgement about
SBGK;683572 Wrote:
yup, I think that's as close to perfection as I need for now.
here are my mods
linear ps, meicord ethernet cable, TT3.0 all options enabled, tt -k,
SBT default priorities buffer, hardwire coax, toslink removed,
Fidelity Audio level 1 mods, fidelizer audiophile,
I too have a fairly analytical/engineering/scientific approach to life,
and like to think I can see through the smoke and mirrors in most
cases. But there are plenty of folks here who have a lot more actual
engineering experience in the audio field than I have (not difficult!),
and there are
S/PDIF uses 'Differential Manchester encoding'
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Differential_Manchester_encoding) aka
biphase mark code. From Wikipedia: A transition is guaranteed at least
once every bit, allowing the receiving device to perform clock
recovery. I guess this is part of the reason why
Soulkeeper;683632 Wrote:
S/PDIF uses 'Differential Manchester encoding'
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Differential_Manchester_encoding) aka
biphase mark code. From Wikipedia: A transition is guaranteed at least
once every bit, allowing the receiving device to perform clock
recovery. I guess
evdplancke;683610 Wrote:
Very appealing ;)
When did you hardwire your coax: before or after Fidelility Audio mods?
after
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chill;683635 Wrote:
If by 'immune' you mean that the bits are correctly interpreted, ie the
received code is 'bit-perfect', then I agree, but I assumed that the
jitter affects the clock recovery more than the values of the bits,
since the clock is based on the timing of the transitions
SBGK;683637 Wrote:
after
another mod that John Swenson and others have recommended is to remove
the screen, I tried this and it does make a difference, but is too
risky to recommend. Am going to try it with the screen separated from
the board as far as the cable will allow to see if there
Ambrose;683622 Wrote:
Great stuff!
I might have to pass on hardwire coax, toslink removed.
process lasso priority and core affinity settings will look into
although using Dual core?
On the Fidelity Audio level 1 mods how would you describe the changes
and would your opinion be to do this
guidof;682296 Wrote:
Before you do anything else, try repositioning the antenna of your
router.
Guido F.
Thanks, will try this. I must just be loosing connection once in a
while, which is a pain when using screen off and deamon killer as only
enabling screen and touching seems to
Soulkeeper;683632 Wrote:
S/PDIF uses 'Differential Manchester encoding'
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Differential_Manchester_encoding) aka
biphase mark code. From Wikipedia: A transition is guaranteed at least
once every bit, allowing the receiving device to perform clock
recovery. I guess
adamdea;683638 Wrote:
I absolutely agree. The critical point is that all the dac needs to
know is
1) the sample values
2) the sample rate.
Once the dac has received the manchester code bit perfect (which it
will unless there is jitter equal to 1/2 the interval between bits
(think about
SBGK;683641 Wrote:
do you already have a linear ps or battery ps ? that may be enough for
you as the internal dac is very good. the level 1 mods won't improve
the sound from the internal dac.
depends what you are listening to and what you are trying to achieve.
if your ambition is to
'Post-purchase rationalization'
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-purchase_rationalization)
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IMHO it is a music -streamer- (i.e. player), not a music server.
Maybe interesting, definitely expensive ;-)
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If I was to invest $1250 in that part of my system, I'd rather spend it
all on a DAC that I could plug my Touch into.
The Touch has all the functionality, and a $1250 DAC (that was worth
its salt) would probably have better sound than I'll ever need. And
probably better sound than any streaming
Well they have to try and figure out some way of selling pointless and
over-expensive gear to audiophiles for digital stuff don't they ;)
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Their next series is on soundcheck mods and their universal
applicability to all network enabled DACs.
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The loudness wars seem to effect mostly mass market popular music
releases and re-releases and the war, such as it is, is far from over.
I mostly listen to jazz, both modern and not so modern, but I also like
and listen to many other musical genres and mass market popular music
has by far the
probedb;683654 Wrote:
Well they have to try and figure out some way of selling pointless and
over-expensive gear to audiophiles for digital stuff don't they ;)
Well yes, except that in this case it's nothing to do with spending
money on gear.
One of the claims made is that a CD ripped at one
Soulkeeper;683653 Wrote:
If I was to invest $1250 in that part of my system, I'd rather spend it
all on a DAC that I could plug my Touch into.
The Touch has all the functionality, and a $1250 DAC (that was worth
its salt) would probably have better sound than I'll ever need. And
probably
Ambrose;683646 Wrote:
Hi SBGK,
I do have sbooster linear ps and yes - totally money well spent. So at
least I know to look at DAC before level 1 mods thanks for advice.
I haven't delved into hires much (except for SACDs) but sound from
Touch is better than my dvd player (sacd). I have
cliveb;683677 Wrote:
What ARE these guys smoking?
or mainlining. ;-)
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cliveb;683677 Wrote:
Well yes, except that in this case it's nothing to do with spending
money on gear.
One of the claims made is that a CD ripped at one speed sounds
different to the same CD ripped at a different speed, when played back
on exactly the same system, even though they
cliveb;683680 Wrote:
It's not even clear if this Moon device has analogue outputs. The specs
mention digital outputs, but not analogue. (I know, because I searched
for them to see if it had balanced analogue outputs, which of course
any $1000 streamer bloody well ought to have). And the web
SBGK;683572 Wrote:
yup, I think that's as close to perfection as I need for now.
here are my mods
linear ps, meicord ethernet cable, TT3.0 all options enabled, tt -k,
SBT default priorities buffer, hardwire coax, toslink removed,
Fidelity Audio level 1 mods, fidelizer audiophile,
I have now skimmed trough the articles *sob* in depth reading would
incvoke far to much alcohol consumption :-/ .
Complete nutters , they don't understand a thing wav-flac-wav if
everything works and you fiddle with time stamps it is foresically
impossible to tell the 2 wav files appart aargh .
SBGK;683641 Wrote:
The level 1 mods really do make a big difference, all the previous
tweaks were not really going to bring out more detail than the Touch
was able to produce, but by changing the clocks the resolution is the
best I have heard, it's not a 'oh that sounds good, that's an
ralphpnj;683689 Wrote:
A better question would be exactly what does TAS have to gain by
publishing such garbage? While one can at least the merits of various
analog based audio myths, such as expensive cables, there is absolutely
no basis for the drivel this series is spewing. In the
pandasharka;683549 Wrote:
Put the money on the front end - spending downstream will only highlight
weakness. Do you get me?
I agree. In my experience, upgrading things upstream give you more bang
for the buck than upgrading them downstream. Perhaps the biggest bang
for the buck is to do
I am referring to the section of the set-up of the Logitech Media Server
for avoiding the flac decoding locally in the touch ; I have understood
that here the point is to get the decoding in the PC/Mac. My question
is about the capability of the NAS controller to do the job properly
(enough
magiccarpetride;683694 Wrote:
You keep improving something that the geniuses in this forum know for a
fact it cannot be improved. Bits are bits after all, and there is no
way on god's green earth that you can make that bit '1' be more '1'
than it already is. And yet, somehow, you're managing
Cyille92;683716 Wrote:
I am referring to the section of the set-up of the Logitech Media Server
for avoiding the flac decoding locally in the touch ; I have understood
that here the point is to get the decoding in the PC/Mac. My question
is about the capability of the NAS controller to do
pandasharka;683549 Wrote:
Put the money on the front end - spending downstream will only highlight
weakness. Do you get me?
Oh yes I get you ;-) I almost follow that plan... well... thinking
about it, maybe I don't.
I have my third best power cable on the PSU for the SBT, the SBT is
just
Wombat;683708 Wrote:
I did read on several forums already people finaly feel understood and
post like I knew it all the time!
So TAS only tests out the new breed of customers that buy into such
things. These customers now may buy such publications to know how their
software sounds. They
SBGK;683559 Wrote:
don't forget to look for second hand bargains, Linn Klout power amp
£1000 on ebay, one of Linn's best.
I've never heard Linn amps, heard one of their decent record players,
and a couple of pairs of their speakers, going by what I heard and the
money they cost, I was
The things TAS describe in different playback depends on the software in
most cases as i understand it. So in the future they test software as it
was audio gear and deliver listening results about the software versions
= New market
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magiccarpetride;683713 Wrote:
you come to the realization that you're listening to your power.
Oh yes!! that is what is used to produce the sound you hear.
Hope to move within the next year or so, so dedicated consumer unit is
in the plan for the new gaff, so long as it goes in quick and is
so you are of the opinion that you need the toolbox TT3.0 before even
been using the Touch ?? And you are conecting to a dac ?? And this
forms your choice on how to setup the server ?
prime example on the damage done by some.
try the products as is first to get a feel for how they work :) And
Wombat;683727 Wrote:
The things TAS describe in different playback depends on the software in
most cases as i understand it. So in the future they test software as it
was audio gear and deliver listening results about the software versions
= New market
Ah, very clever! I wasn't thinking
brgds;683718 Wrote:
If you belive it's your mission to write here, pls let me advise you
don't even have to read all that bullshiting, and at least some of us
don't need your view. BTW: have you ever seen those 1? Me not.
Anybody?
Oh, okay, I wasn't aware what was the etiquette here.
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Mr Bellow;667193 Wrote:
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
ralphpnj;683670 Wrote:
The loudness wars seem to effect mostly mass market popular music
releases and re-releases and the war, such as it is, is far from over.
I mostly listen to jazz, both modern and not so modern, but I also like
and listen to many other musical genres and mass market
magiccarpetride;683694 Wrote:
You keep improving something that the geniuses in this forum know for a
fact it cannot be improved. Bits are bits after all, and there is no
way on god's green earth that you can make that bit '1' be more '1'
than it already is. And yet, somehow, you're managing
NoRoDa;683753 Wrote:
Don't know what's more bizarr. The big improvement after big improvement
for every tiny change to the system, or the guys who don't believe
anything.
For me it's a welcome improvement going from stock SBT to TT3.0.
I also believe that the Teddy Pardo PSU made å small
magiccarpetride;683738 Wrote:
I think I'll set some time aside this weekend to try this TT3.0 mod. In
case I don't like it, how difficult/easy would it be to go back to
square one?
Very easy, I did it today actually. ;)
Reset button on the back of the SBT, then the normal installation
magiccarpetride;683738 Wrote:
I think I'll set some time aside this weekend to try this TT3.0 mod. In
case I don't like it, how difficult/easy would it be to go back to
square one?
You are joking of course. Otherwise your little UK mate SBGK will be
feeling a mite EXPOSED.. assuming he
Just about to place my order with Blue Jean cables for BJC LC-1 Stereo
Audio Cables 0.5 m and
Coaxial Digital Audio Cable: Belden 1694A I belive the minimum length
for coaxial is 1.5m ?
Is this correct is there a minimum length for the stereo cables ?
Following on from another thread is it
magiccarpetride;683742 Wrote:
Sadly, I find that even some 'far out' music, such as newer Bill Laswell
CDs, suffer from compressioninitis, being recorded too hot, and in
general, waging the loudness war.
And no one can claim that Bill Laswell belongs to the mass popular
music category.
tank121;683762 Wrote:
Finally can a change in the cat5 cabler really from my router to the
Touch really make a difference
No way at all unless your current cable is broken. Don't believe
everything you read here.
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DAC I, Boom,
garym;683769 Wrote:
No way at all unless your current cable is broken. Don't believe
everything you read here.
That excellent advice applies to garym's opinion (and my own) as well.
;-)
FWIW, in my system switching from a generic cat5 to a Monster cat6 made
a significant difference. I was
guidof;683783 Wrote:
That excellent advice applies to garym's opinion (and my own) as well.
;-)
FWIW, in my system switching from a generic cat5 to a Monster cat6 made
a significant difference. I was very skeptical, to put it mildly, that
it would. I was wrong.
But rather than
And guidof, I just wanted to note that I respect you for always being a
gentleman in these forums. We can certainly disagree without resorting
to the juvenile name calling we see in other threads and I appreciate
that.
But a great young blues artist is about to hit the stage in the nyc bar
I'm
ralphpnj;683732 Wrote:
Ah, very clever! I wasn't thinking along those lines but it does make
sense. I suppose that there will be a follow up series which does
something similar to this series but using Mac/Apple computers and
software.
In addition I'm sure that the final part, which is
totoro;683789 Wrote:
Come on, everyone knows that what is really important is an audiophile
computer power supply, and even more importantly, audiophile ram. You
don't want your ones getting tarnished on the way to the hard drive.
I have some of that ram for sale. Only $800 per 4g stick
Wombat;683790 Wrote:
Don´t make a joke about this. Exactly this is were we go to. On diyaudio
already is spoken in depth about audiophile silver SATA cable and like
always you find some that believe that and have no doubt in the jitter
of SATA cables. You can produce every part of a PC and
ralphpnj;683644 Wrote:
But, but, but what about those mega-buck asynchronous USB DACs used to
connect one's MacBook, via a $500 USB cable, and running the $700 Pure
Music software? Surely this set up has to sound many orders of
magnitude better than the lowly $300 SB Touch connected to a DAC
totoro;683792 Wrote:
Until recently, I had never heard the name Veblen Good. To quote that
all-seeing oracle of everything, wikipedia:
In economics, Veblen goods are a group of commodities for which
people's preference for buying them increases as their price increases,
as greater price
So who are you seeing tonite ?
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so what I should be thinking is that the Touch cannot be improved upon,
is that correct ?
Have you ever noticed how vehemently people react when you question
something they believe in instead of ever being able to have an
intelligent discussion with him or her? In the below video, Chris
Hedges,
SBGK;683796 Wrote:
so what I should be thinking is that the Touch cannot be improved upon,
is that correct ?
Have you ever noticed how vehemently people react when you question
something they believe in instead of ever being able to have an
intelligent discussion with him or her? In the
dasmueller;683795 Wrote:
But a great young blues artist is about to hit the stage in the nyc bar
I'm in so I'm about ready to enjoy music the very best way: live and in
person
So who are you seeing tonite ?
http://www.chrisbergson.com/home/
Rodeo bar nyc. Never heard of him but here on
dasmueller;683794 Wrote:
And the law of diminishing returns which would only apply to certain
aspects of audiophilia. One could argue that a $2k spkr system would
likely yield a better sound than a $400 system. However going from a
$5 cable or speaker wire to a $100 cable/wire might yield
I'm with gary here , there really is no plausible cause and effect for
cat6 cable sounding better.
The odds are in favor of a cognitive effect of some kind .
screened ethernet cable is not always good thing ( cat 6 can be that )
then there is risk of conecting the ground planes of the router/
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