Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Fidelizer SBT.. Why should it work?

2012-06-29 Thread SuperQ
The answer is: Expectation Bias (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Experimenter's_bias) SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Fidelizer SBT.. Why should it work?

2012-06-29 Thread SBGK
SuperQ wrote: The answer is: Expectation Bias (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Experimenter's_bias) to quote soundcheck - 'everything affects the sound' fidelizer sets the system timer to 15 ms fidelizer adjusts non essential processes to low priority does some other things so basically it

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Powered Speakers Recommendations

2012-06-29 Thread RussellMrgn
Phileas wrote: Can I add AVI ADM40s to the list? I've just bought a pair and they're extraordinary (I had the ADM9Ts already). I'd love to hear what you think of them, I've fancied a pair of the ADM9T's with a Sub, but now having seen these, I'm really intrested in them. They are a big

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Fidelizer SBT.. Why should it work?

2012-06-29 Thread chill
SuperQ wrote: The answer is: Expectation Bias (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Experimenter's_bias) SuperQ - you're not allowed to say this. The OP has made it clear that you're only allowed to post conjecture that reinforces his expectations. I'm surprised he let you get away with this.

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Fidelizer SBT.. Why should it work?

2012-06-29 Thread Mnyb
chill wrote: SuperQ - you're not allowed to say this. The OP has made it clear that you're only allowed to post conjecture that reinforces his expectations. I'm surprised he let you get away with this. OP says . Please note: I am not interested in hearing from the “LOL, you can’t possibly

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Fidelizer SBT.. Why should it work?

2012-06-29 Thread chill
Mnyb wrote: You can always hear differences , SuperQ just suggested the most plausible mechanism that makes fidelizer do that for squeezeboxes ( it may very well work for some issues in pc playback on that I have no opinion ) , so it actually answered the question ? Without LoL You make a

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] RC (Inguz etc.)

2012-06-29 Thread RussellMrgn
ok, sorry in advance, I have not read through this posting, except for the first few posts. Now comes the real deal of the posting Can someone post a @who To' to get this working with the current realease of LMS?

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Powered Speakers Recommendations

2012-06-29 Thread Phileas
RussellMrgn wrote: I'd love to hear what you think of them, I've fancied a pair of the ADM9T's with a Sub, but now having seen these, I'm really intrested in them. They are a big price hike, so they would have to be a quantum improvement for me to justify the extra cost. I see that at the

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Impedance Matching Squeezeboxen to DACs

2012-06-29 Thread HumanMedia
cfraser wrote: ^ Tell me more!! Please. I have never heard of such an xfmr before, but I should have known they existed... The AES/EBU sounds better here too. Has an open-ness and a sense of the music coming out of infinite blackness; very noticeable when other DACs/inputs *don't* have

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Open Letter to Music Pirates from NPR

2012-06-29 Thread magiccarpetride
Fozzy wrote: For me, morally as well as legally, one should obtain music in a way that at least has the potential to provide the writers and performers of the music with money unless they specifically choose to give the music away. In the olden days, before mass copying technology became

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Impedance Matching Squeezeboxen to DACs

2012-06-29 Thread Jeff Flowerday
HumanMedia wrote: Here is the exact one I use. I have a hardwired standard Blue Jeans coax with bnc from the SBT connecting into the BNC at one end of this. The other xlr end plugs into the AES/EBU Dac input.

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Fidelizer SBT.. Why should it work?

2012-06-29 Thread JohnSwenson
chill wrote: You make a good point. I stand corrected. So do you think the OP is interested in the THE simple test that will demonstrate that SuperQ's suggested mechanism is the correct one? You know, the 'just pull the plug' test. But that test is not necessarily defintive, it only

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Fidelizer SBT.. Why should it work?

2012-06-29 Thread SBGK
JohnSwenson wrote: But that test is not necessarily defintive, it only tells you if the processing on the Touch is the issue. There are other possible paths from server to ears such as EMI radiated from server, noise injected on power mains etc. Something which is changing the whole

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Fidelizer SBT.. Why should it work?

2012-06-29 Thread Triode
SBGK wrote: with my large buffer settings I can get several minutes playback of 16/44.1 stored on the touch after the music has loaded via the ethernet. So I can switch off the laptop and disconnect the ethernet while the music is still playing - the sound doesn't change when I do this, it

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Open Letter to Music Pirates from NPR

2012-06-29 Thread ralphpnj
pippin wrote: Depends. For studio albums I couldn't care less about lossless since they are all mixed for mp3 these days anyway, so there's no difference. Live recordings, however, are a different issue. As a jazz and classical music fan and listener I beg to differ. You are referring

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Open Letter to Music Pirates from NPR

2012-06-29 Thread mlsstl
magiccarpetride wrote: Why music industry chose to go with a different model, whereby they would mass produce and distribute copies of the recorded performance, is a curious fact that remains kind of difficult to explain. Actually, it is quite easy to explain. The recorded music industry

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Open Letter to Music Pirates from NPR

2012-06-29 Thread ralphpnj
mlsstl wrote: Actually, it is quite easy to explain. The recorded music industry came directly from the music publishing industry. It wasn't until the 1940s that records started outselling sheet music. It's impossible to use the movie model you describe to monetize sheet music. People

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Open Letter to Music Pirates from NPR

2012-06-29 Thread RussellMrgn
bakker_be wrote: as a european music lover, i mostly object to the so-called convenience of itunes or any other service: It's almost impossible for me to get good music legally + lossless. Quite a lot of the stuff on hdtracks for instance is interesting to me, but strictly speaking i'm