Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Shilling for Dollars

2013-08-15 Thread michael123
ralphpnj wrote: http://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/2013-tas-editors-choice-awards-digital-interconnects/?utm_campaign=Newsletterutm_medium=emailutm_source=email-147 Bring your shovel and get ready for a good laugh. The one to try today is this

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Why cannot you make Transporter support 176.4 and 192Khz/24?

2013-08-15 Thread michael123
michael123 wrote: Phil I can leave with this dead-end for next 10 years, again, the level of the mod is so high, that the player now competes with the sound of Metronome and EMM Labs Few bugs in firmware and optimization of the code is not something not possible. If

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Shilling for Dollars

2013-08-15 Thread Jeff52
You have to love this comment appearing after the article of the P.W.B. Cream Electret. Chemical 'C' Submitted by sudont on December 8, 2012 - 9:56am. I have no difficulty believing that chemical compounds can enhance the listening experience. My own tweak - let's call it chemical c - greatly

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Shilling for Dollars

2013-08-15 Thread Mnyb
Jeff52 wrote: You have to love this comment (below) appearing after the Stereophile article about P.W.B. Cream Electret. The inventor of the Cream discussed Chemical A and Chemical B as examples of certain chemicals having a negative and positive effect on listeners.

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] How would you spend this windfall? (DAC question)

2013-08-15 Thread bzlrbi
OP here. My insurance company is still frittering around with my damaged Transporter, i.e. I still don't have it back from the repair company. Arggh. That's step #1 in order to figure out what I'm going to do. IF there was a feasible way to rip SACDs, I'd be all over either the DAC2 or the

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Shilling for Dollars

2013-08-15 Thread ralphpnj
Jeff52 wrote: You have to love this comment (below) appearing after the Stereophile article about P.W.B. Cream Electret. The inventor of the Cream discussed Chemical A and Chemical B as examples of certain chemicals having a negative and positive effect on listeners.

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Why cannot you make Transporter support 176.4 and 192Khz/24?

2013-08-15 Thread Wombat
michael123 wrote: It really shines with good quality albums, and more with the high-resolution.. especially 176/192Khz (e.g. Dave Brubeck/TimeOut). Left me breathless Yeah, on Brubecks Time Out you are lucky when you reach 15bit in 1 or 2 drumhits searching thru the whole album. When it

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Why cannot you make Transporter support 176.4 and 192Khz/24?

2013-08-15 Thread michael123
I say that the 176.4/24 version sounds much more realistic and live (on metronome c6) than the downsampled (on Transporter).. Michael michael123's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=23745 View this

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Why cannot you make Transporter support 176.4 and 192Khz/24?

2013-08-15 Thread Wombat
In short you like the metronomes tube signature and you feel your system is more alive. Everyone his own, so have fun! Transporter (modded) - RG142 - Avantgarde Acoustic based 500VA monoblocks - Sommer SPK240 - self-made speakers

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Why cannot you make Transporter support 176.4 and 192Khz/24?

2013-08-15 Thread michael123
I shall like it, otherwise I have a (big) problem :) Not every 176/192Khz recording sounds like that, but I had some others like the SACD rip of Natalie Cole/Ask A Woman Who Knows.. With this disc it was interesting.. few years ago I had Denon A11 DVD/SACD player. And this SACD sounded

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Why cannot you make Transporter support 176.4 and 192Khz/24?

2013-08-15 Thread Wombat
michael123 wrote: I shall like it, otherwise I have a (big) problem :) Not every 176/192Khz recording sounds like that, but I had some others like the SACD rip of Natalie Cole/Ask A Woman Who Knows.. With this disc it was interesting.. few years ago I had Denon A11 DVD/SACD player. And

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Why cannot you make Transporter support 176.4 and 192Khz/24?

2013-08-15 Thread michael123
why broken? :) I had many blind and non-blind listening tests with my friends.. OK, anyway just wanted to close this loop .. SlimDevices is history.. Squeeze line of devices is history.. Yet, I continue to use Squeezeserver with (broken) Squeezelite, which feeds via KS and proprietary

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Why cannot you make Transporter support 176.4 and 192Khz/24?

2013-08-15 Thread Wombat
michael123 wrote: OK, anyway just wanted to close this loop .. SlimDevices is history.. Squeeze line of devices is history.. Unfortunately yes but maybe John Swensson and friends will come up with something greatly usable. Also with affordable TB SSDs around the corner there come new

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Shilling for Dollars

2013-08-15 Thread andy_c
ralphpnj wrote: You guys have it backwards - one has to be either smoking, drinking or just plain on something in order to believe all their BS. In other words, the last thing any audiophile who believes in this nonsense needs is more drugs! Speaking of which, be sure to check out the TAS