Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Audio Myths!

2012-01-14 Thread Mnyb
Can the tread go back on topic now :) Topic is audio myths , not infigthing within the TT3.0 comunity, there is a whole other tread for that. mennace/scramer . Did you maintain both accounts at the same time ? People usually do this to practice " sock puppeting " and this skews dicussion as sud

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

2012-01-14 Thread Jeff Flowerday
jmschnur;684020 Wrote: > Thanks. That worked. Seems very nice now. > > Did you use the default settings and buffer = 4000? If not what did you > change? I have good Martin Logan electrostatics and a good pre/pro and > amp so the system is quite transparent. Default logitech priorities and 3800

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Audio Myths!

2012-01-14 Thread rgro
mherger;683990 Wrote: > Guys - when will you learn that religious wars can't be won? So please > either stop this stupid discussion, or at least stop complaining about > each other. This thread and its relatives have caused more reports than > all the last few months worth of spam... it's ridicul

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

2012-01-14 Thread rgro
jmschnur;684020 Wrote: > Thanks. That worked. Seems very nice now. > > Did you use the default settings and buffer = 4000? If not what did you > change? I have good Martin Logan electrostatics and a good pre/pro and > amp so the system is quite transparent. Don't know for sure, but I believe he

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Audio Myths!

2012-01-14 Thread sckramer
mherger;683990 Wrote: > Guys - when will you learn that religious wars can't be won? So please > either stop this stupid discussion, or at least stop complaining about > each other. This thread and its relatives have caused more reports than > all the last few months worth of spam... it's ridicul

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

2012-01-14 Thread jmschnur
Thanks -- jmschnur Joel jmschnur's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8604 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=91322 ___ audi

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

2012-01-14 Thread Jeff Flowerday
jmschnur;684003 Wrote: > Thanks. How do I change these? That is where is this file and how do I > access it? If you used winSCP to install TT you can use it to edit the file. In the right pane, browse back to the root directory and go into the /usr/bin directory, you'll find the tt file there.

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

2012-01-14 Thread guidof
Jeff Flowerday;683988 Wrote: > TT 3.0 with default TT 3.0 process priorities does come across that way > to quite a few listeners, including myself. I found that I like TT 3.0 > with all it's mods enable including a low buffer setting. But, with the > stock Logitech process priorities. > > The

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

2012-01-14 Thread jmschnur
Thanks. How do I change these? That is where is this file and how do I access it? -- jmschnur Joel jmschnur's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8604 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/s

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Audio Myths!

2012-01-14 Thread mherger
Guys - when will you learn that religious wars can't be won? So please either stop this stupid discussion, or at least stop complaining about each other. This thread and its relatives have caused more reports than all the last few months worth of spam... it's ridiculous. And fwiw: after realising

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

2012-01-14 Thread Jeff Flowerday
jmschnur;683980 Wrote: > I just installed tt3.0 with default settings. It sounded a bit tinny to > me listening to Koln Concert. Uchida's Mozart set was also a bit off. I > changed the buffer to 4000 and then 5000. It is better now but I want to > know how to optimize the buffer setting. Any sugg

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

2012-01-14 Thread jmschnur
I just installed tt3.0 with default settings. It sounded a bit tinny to me listening to Koln Concert. Uchida's Mozart set was also a bit off. I changed the buffer to 4000 and then 5000. It is better now but I want to know how to optimize the buffer setting. Any suggestions. Will it hurt if I bring

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] TAS raises the bar - again!

2012-01-14 Thread darrenyeats
ralphpnj;683941 Wrote: > Knowing my friend I would say that it was just plain old non audiophile > silence. Anyway what my friend know about silence, after all he's just > a lowly full time recording, mixing and mastering engineer and not a > part time golden eared high end audio reviewer (a wrot

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

2012-01-14 Thread NoRoDa
SBGK;683810 Wrote: > warning - this is for advanced audiophile systems, 95% of the people on > this forum won't gain any benefit as their system is just not capable > of resolving the details that would show a difference. Strange then that you with your system are able to resolve the difference

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Replacing existing cables

2012-01-14 Thread Mnyb
Reading further LC-1 is also built by belden for BJC by special order. So LC-1 seems to be BJC own favorite for unbalanced audio . Now i Personally never heard one but low capacitance and shielding is important factors it has that . More communism not so many options all the time :) -- Mnyb

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Replacing existing cables

2012-01-14 Thread Gblenn
Mnyb;683801 Wrote: > 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

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Replacing existing cables

2012-01-14 Thread tank121
So from the Dac to the amp for analogue inputs I can use the belden cable with RCA plugs but Is it better than the lc1 ? -- tank121 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

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Replacing existing cables

2012-01-14 Thread Mnyb
There is a claim that digital cables should be 1,5 meter due to some reflection impedance missmatch or somesuch with spdiff and this should be ideal for some reason , have not studied this in detail so I have no opinion on it (yet). However this does not apply to analog cables, so these can be in

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

2012-01-14 Thread pandasharka
SBGK;683874 Wrote: > there's only 3 or 4 people on this forum who know what they are talking > about and you aren't on that list and your jokes are shit as well. > fucking muppets. > > Gazjam is there any interest in these mods on the diyaudio forum ? the > inbreds here are having a really hard

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

2012-01-14 Thread MichaelJ
SBGK;683342 Wrote: > > > hopefully I get my Squeezebox back today so shall not be upsetting > you're cosy chats in the future. And here I was with a glimmer of hope that you really were leaving us for good -- MichaelJ

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] TAS raises the bar - again!

2012-01-14 Thread ralphpnj
garym;683922 Wrote: > But was it that "wet, greasy" silence that was astonishingly a level of > nothingness you've never experienced. Or just plain old non audiophile > silence. ;-) Knowing my friend I would say that it was just plain old non audiophile silence. Anyway what my friend know abou

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Replacing existing cables

2012-01-14 Thread aubuti
tank121;683920 Wrote: > I'm ordering both analogue and coaxial to replace my > Existing cables "both analogue and coaxial" doesn't really help. The Belden 1694A is a coaxial cable that may be used for either analog or digital. And in post #21 you seemed to be asking about choosing between the LC

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Replacing existing cables

2012-01-14 Thread garym
I rarely buy 1 ft instead of 1.5 as the extra .5 can come in handy with moving components around, etc. -- garym *Location 1:* VB Appliance 6TB (1.10) > LMS 7.7.1 > Transporter, Touch, Boom, Radio w/Battery (all ethernet except Radio) *Location 2:* VB Appliance 3TB (2.0) > LMS 7.7.1 > Touch > B

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Vintage or modern?

2012-01-14 Thread Jeff Flowerday
Mnyb;683895 Wrote: > odly enough fleet foxes new release helplessnes blues made 2011 is not > destroyed and partly sounds good to me, but fleet foxes are a bit > special they have a sound of thier own. > > some overuse of echo effects are a bit boring they do much harmonies > and that much echo

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Replacing existing cables

2012-01-14 Thread Jeff Flowerday
Cable length: Get the shortest that will work for you now and in the future. No point wasting money on longer cables then you need. -- Jeff Flowerday Jeff Flowerday's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?user

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] TAS raises the bar - again!

2012-01-14 Thread garym
ralphpnj;683916 Wrote: > > > In order to do the test, I used another software, called Fission, to > convert from Flac back to wav. I then brought both the files into > Logic, put a phase inverter on one of them and hit play. Total Silence! > > > So yes, these guys are crackpots." > > Interes

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Replacing existing cables

2012-01-14 Thread tank121
I'm ordering both analogue and coaxial to replace my Existing cables -- tank121 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

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Replacing existing cables

2012-01-14 Thread aubuti
Can't help you much there. In earlier posts you referred to something about a minimum length of 1.5m for coaxial, but I have no idea what your source is for that, so it's hard for me to evaluate. Where did you get that info? Also, it may (or may not) make a difference whether the Belden is being u

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] TAS raises the bar - again!

2012-01-14 Thread ralphpnj
I asked a good friend of mine who is a recording engineer and an expert in digital audio since digital audio is, after all, his livelihood to read through the first three parts of the series. Here is what he wrote back to me: "Wow, that was some tedious reading. I had to skim through some of it i

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Replacing existing cables

2012-01-14 Thread tank121
What about lenghts ? -- tank121 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 tank121's Pr

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Replacing existing cables

2012-01-14 Thread aubuti
On the BJC US site the two cables appear to be priced almost the same. Both are good cables, and very reasonably priced. If you have RFI issues then I'd say go for the Belden 1694A. If not, then either would serve you well. And if you really can't decide, buy both and compare them. -- aubuti --

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Replacing existing cables

2012-01-14 Thread tank121
Yes i know but do i go forThe Cable: Blue Jeans Cable LC-1 Low Capacitance Audio Cable Or Belden 1694A StereXo Audio Cables (less flexible, good choice if RFI is a problem) ? -- tank121 Squeezebox touch Squeezeplug running on Dockstar Audiolab MDAC Arcam A85 amp Chord rumour speaker cable Dali

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Vintage or modern?

2012-01-14 Thread Mnyb
odly enough fleet foxes new release helplessnes blues made 2011 is not destroyed and partly sounds good to me, but fleet foxes are a bit special they have a sound of thier own. some overuse of echo effects are a bit boring they do much harmonies and that much echo is overproducing imho. But I'm

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Replacing existing cables

2012-01-14 Thread Jeff Flowerday
tank121;683891 Wrote: > Are the stereo cables I've listed at Bjc the best ones or should > I go for the belden based ones for the connection from dac to amp BJC is a quality cable. Good shielding and connectors. -- Jeff Flowerday --

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Replacing existing cables

2012-01-14 Thread tank121
Are the stereo cables I've listed at Bjc the best ones or should I go for the Nelsen based ones ? -- tank121 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

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Replacing existing cables

2012-01-14 Thread tank121
What another length on my new coaxial and stereo cables? Only need a very short length but is it recommended to go for a minimum of 1.5m of the Nelsen coaxial ? -- tank121 Squeezebox touch Squeezeplug running on Dockstar Audiolab MDAC Arcam A85 amp Chord rumour speaker cable Dali Mentor Menuet

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Replacing existing cables

2012-01-14 Thread guidof
garym;683788 Wrote: > 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

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

2012-01-14 Thread SBGK
Stilly77;683863 Wrote: > guys, today I tailored a 3 piece Faraday cage suit with matching helmet > that I wear when playing the Touch. Bands now sound like they are > playing inside my head. I could use 936 audiophile terms (of the > thousands known today) to describe my experience. Highly recomm

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

2012-01-14 Thread Gazjam
Stilly77;683863 Wrote: > guys, today I tailored a 3 piece Faraday cage suit with matching helmet > that I wear when playing the Touch. Bands now sound like they are > playing inside my head. I could use 936 audiophile terms (of the > thousands known today) to describe my experience. Highly recomm

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Audio Myths!

2012-01-14 Thread Soulkeeper
Look, a copypasta spambot. Another addition to my ignore list, then. You were right Mnyb, this thread has been excellent for identifying the candidates. -- Soulkeeper -That is not dead which can eternal lie. And with strange aeons even death may die.- — — — 'Bug 17797: Updating wiki.slimdevice

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

2012-01-14 Thread Stilly77
guys, today I tailored a 3 piece Faraday cage suit with matching helmet that I wear when playing the Touch. Bands now sound like they are playing inside my head. I could use 936 audiophile terms (of the thousands known today) to describe my experience. Highly recommend! -- Stilly77

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Pure i-20

2012-01-14 Thread spc337
I just purchased a Pure i-20 dock and connected via TOSLINK. I need to go play with various rips but I typically rip tracks at 192 for my iPod. Ok, not lossless but the purpose of the Pure was for convenience for my wife to avoid replacing a standalone dock player and not to replace my FLAC libr

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Replacing existing cables

2012-01-14 Thread garym
Mnyb;683801 Wrote: > 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/ switch > and your hifi. > Good point, incorrect installation of cat5 or cat6 can definitely create problems. -- garym *Location 1:*

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Audio Myths!

2012-01-14 Thread Mnyb
chill;683816 Wrote: > There are some forums where creating alternate user names (funny that we > haven't heard from Mennace again) and posting large chunks of irrelevant > copy+pasted material would get a user banned. I suspect he knows this, > hence the few words of his own at the start of each

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Audio Myths!

2012-01-14 Thread chill
There are some forums where creating alternate user names (funny that we haven't heard from Mennace again) and posting large chunks of irrelevant copy+pasted material would get a user banned. I suspect he knows this, hence the few words of his own at the start of each post and the correct attribu

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

2012-01-14 Thread SBGK
final update to settings 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, process lasso priority and core affinity settings. wav files only. t

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Audio Myths!

2012-01-14 Thread SBGK
totoro;683797 Wrote: > WTF? Nobody in this discussion was suggesting that there is no way to > improve on the touch. > > Some might have been suggesting that certain kinds of tweaks are pure > voodoo, and I agree with that. > > Your screed, insofar as it makes any sense, seems to be some kind