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

2012-03-18 Thread Jeff Flowerday
ralphpnj;696225 Wrote: Is there an HDTV under that cloth? 65 plasma -- Jeff Flowerday Jeff Flowerday's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15883 View this thread:

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

2012-03-18 Thread Mnyb
Good practice to actually stick the speakers out in front of the hifi furniture to avoid some reflection, some people that places speakers closer to back walls have part of the furniture in front of the speakers, modern speakers are of very wide dispersion most certainly the BE are. -- Mnyb

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Impressions on Toolbox 3.0

2012-03-18 Thread Mnyb
touchporter;696208 Wrote: By other software alternatives you mean third-party EQ software? No I have not. I am one of those who never touches tone control no matter what. :D Nowdays you can have you cake and eat it , my speakers have digitally implemented tone controls (and I'm pretty sure

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Thank you

2012-03-18 Thread Phil Leigh
Please stay on this forum forever. -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal... Touch(wired/W7)+Teddy Pardo PSU - Audiolense 3.3/2.0+INGUZ DRC - MF M1 DAC - Linn 5103 - full Aktiv 5.1 system (6x LK140's,

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Beautiful amp. Should I pull the trigger? looks rare!

2012-03-18 Thread Phil Leigh
Don't forget to unsolder the TOSLINK connector... -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal... Touch(wired/W7)+Teddy Pardo PSU - Audiolense 3.3/2.0+INGUZ DRC - MF M1 DAC - Linn 5103 - full Aktiv 5.1 system (6x LK140's,

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Beautiful amp. Should I pull the trigger? looks rare!

2012-03-18 Thread Mnyb
Phil Leigh;696267 Wrote: Don't forget to unsolder the TOSLINK connector... This amp has the far superior POSLINK :D -- Mnyb Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH 2 x MeridianDSP5200

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Win 7 Optimisations

2012-03-18 Thread Hofstede
Thank God for the ignore list option.. -- Hofstede Hofstede's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=29832 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93257

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Impressions on Toolbox 3.0

2012-03-18 Thread darrenyeats
Mnyb;696263 Wrote: Nowdays you can have you cake and eat it , my speakers have digitally implemented tone controls (and I'm pretty sure most other hi end and home cinema have or will have this ) . So you can control tone without nasty side-effects in form of added noise from a tone

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Impressions on Toolbox 3.0

2012-03-18 Thread darrenyeats
mnyb;696263 Wrote: you are in it for the music ? And starting picking music to fit the hifi ? Then i think it's time for the men in white coats to have a visit . -- darrenyeats

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Impressions on Toolbox 3.0

2012-03-18 Thread Mnyb
darrenyeats;696299 Wrote: I agree with a lot of this but there a few counter arguments: 1. EQ can't fix cancellations due to room modes. 2. EQ tends to reduce effective dynamic range. 3. EQ affects phase response. Depending on the source of the distortions, point 3 may not be a bad

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

2012-03-18 Thread ralphpnj
Jeff Flowerday;696253 Wrote: 65 plasma Okay so that explains the other pieces of equipment shown in the photo besides the ones you listed. -- ralphpnj Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels - Snatch - The Transporter - Transporter 2 (oops) - Touch 'Last.fm'

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

2012-03-18 Thread Jeff Flowerday
Mnyb;696254 Wrote: Good practice to actually stick the speakers out in front of the hifi furniture to avoid some reflection, some people that places speakers closer to back walls have part of the furniture in front of the speakers, modern speakers are of very wide dispersion most certainly

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

2012-03-18 Thread ralphpnj
Jeff Flowerday;696335 Wrote: Yah, I slowly moved them further and further out until finally stopping where they are now. And it's funny how much of difference that blanket over the plasma helps the center image. That makes sense since without the blanket the plasma screen would be acting

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

2012-03-18 Thread Wombat
Jeff Flowerday;696335 Wrote: Yah, I slowly moved them further and further out until finally stopping where they are now. Here also. It looks even a bit odd because the speakers are now clear in front of the rest and ~60cm away from the back. But aesthetics come 2nd for me in this case. --

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

2012-03-18 Thread Mnyb
Wombat;696362 Wrote: Here also. It looks even a bit odd because the speakers are now clear in front of the rest and ~60cm away from the back. But aesthetics come 2nd for me in this case. This was your 666'th post you most now enjoy Iron Maiden number of the beast on your squeezebox ;) --

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

2012-03-18 Thread amcluesent
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=647710postcount=135 -- amcluesent amcluesent's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10286 View this thread:

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

2012-03-18 Thread Wombat
Mnyb;696382 Wrote: This was your 666'th post you most now enjoy Iron Maiden number of the beast on your squeezebox ;) Cool you noticed! Before i harm myself or my cat in a satanic ritual i better rise the number to a safe value :) -- Wombat Transporter (modded) - RG142 - Avantgarde

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Yulong Sabre D18 32 bit Reference Dac

2012-03-18 Thread Archimago
Jeff Flowerday;696164 Wrote: He's got lot's of product in his store front, you'll enjoy spending some time listening to stuff. I've never heard the transporter so I can't compare the Yulong to it. I have a Touch that's feeding it. From everything I've read the Sabre Reference DAC is

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Yulong Sabre D18 32 bit Reference Dac

2012-03-18 Thread brillo
Archimago;696163 Wrote: I must say that my first experience with Sabre DAC's wasn't all that positive. I used an Eastern Electric MinMax DAC Plus for 2 weeks. The tube stage on that unit was clearly inferior and noisy and I didn't feel the SS output was any better than the Transporter.

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] 192kHz considered harmful

2012-03-18 Thread Mnyb
To boot this to life again . I've sometimes come across DAC's that don't upsample reedbook but still are capable of 24/96 there is usually some confused audiophile reasoning behind this . They may have different filters ( or none ) too. Have no current example in mind ( there is a new brand of