Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] The Official SB Audiophile Forum Quantum Audio Fruitloopery List

2014-05-24 Thread ralphpnj
SBGK wrote: > ralph, hope your health isn't affected by the constant stream of bile > you spout forth. It's only hifi. Perhaps you need another hobby. Quite right: it is only hifi but then again it is very representative of the overall level of complete and utter dishonesty that exists at all le

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] The Official SB Audiophile Forum Quantum Audio Fruitloopery List

2014-05-24 Thread SBGK
ralphpnj wrote: > Julf - you are banned from Computer Audiophile - good work and > congratulations! > > There is one thing about Computer Audiophile that I admire - the site's > founder (whose name escapes me) started out as just another audiophile > but thanks to the unrelenting kowtowing to th

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] The Official SB Audiophile Forum Quantum Audio Fruitloopery List

2014-05-24 Thread Mnyb
darrenyeats wrote: > Mynb, agreed, I didn't mean to imply it was universally true, it's just > my modus operandi. Ok :) no problem . Meridian and Linn uses them for example . I have a feeling that they might actually be defacto standard very soon ( if not already ) -

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] The Official SB Audiophile Forum Quantum Audio Fruitloopery List

2014-05-24 Thread darrenyeats
Mnyb wrote: > > IMHO it's a myth that it is always smps power supplies that dirties the > network , linear supplies can do this too and some smps supplies are > decently filtered and do not pose a problem . > A bad power supply can polute the mains . > Mynb, agreed, I didn't mean to imply it wa

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] The Official SB Audiophile Forum Quantum Audio Fruitloopery List

2014-05-24 Thread ralphpnj
SBGK wrote: > It wasn't my fault you got banned from computer audiophile and tirna > hifi, but thanks for the shout out. Julf - you are banned from Computer Audiophile - good work and congratulations! There is one thing about Computer Audiophile that I admire - the site's founder (whose name e

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] The Official SB Audiophile Forum Quantum Audio Fruitloopery List

2014-05-24 Thread darrenyeats
ralphpnj wrote: > Just to clarify: by "ring layout" you mean circuit. ie. the outlets and > switches that are grouped together on one circuit which runs back to the > fuse or circuit breaker back at the main electrical panel. > Yeah, for example it's not worth filtering 3 three items if the ring

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] The Official SB Audiophile Forum Quantum Audio Fruitloopery List

2014-05-24 Thread SBGK
Julf wrote: > SBGK's 'MQN Player' > (http://www.computeraudiophile.com/f11-software/visual-studio-2012-c-and-wasapi-minimalist-player-15401/), > where minor differences in the player software make night and day > differences to the sound. > > 'Audiophile solder' > (http://www.soniccraft.com/prod

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] The Official SB Audiophile Forum Quantum Audio Fruitloopery List

2014-05-24 Thread Mnyb
darrenyeats wrote: > Yes Ralph, it's fair to describe these as my perceptions and experience > and not as a statement of fact to be taken as gospel. Also, when it > comes to power-related stuff, I know there are many different opinions, > experiences - and even technical views. The good thing is,

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] The Official SB Audiophile Forum Quantum Audio Fruitloopery List

2014-05-24 Thread ralphpnj
darrenyeats wrote: > Yes Ralph, it's fair to describe these as my perceptions and experience > and not as a statement of fact to be taken as gospel. Also, when it > comes to power-related stuff, I know there are many different opinions, > experiences - and even technical views. The good thing is,

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] The Official SB Audiophile Forum Quantum Audio Fruitloopery List

2014-05-24 Thread darrenyeats
Yes Ralph, it's fair to describe these as my perceptions and experience and not as a statement of fact to be taken as gospel. Also, when it comes to power-related stuff, I know there are many different opinions and experiences. The good thing is, filters and lampless/switchless extensions are pret

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] The Official SB Audiophile Forum Quantum Audio Fruitloopery List

2014-05-24 Thread ralphpnj
darrenyeats wrote: > Hi Ralph, > 1. The cumulative effect of all the steps I described is significant, > and I would be surprised if I couldn't hear it blind (even though I've > to proved myself to have been fooled on past occasions, so I am wary). I > have been distinctly unsatisfied with the so

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] The Official SB Audiophile Forum Quantum Audio Fruitloopery List

2014-05-24 Thread darrenyeats
Hi Ralph, 1. The cumulative effect of all the steps I described is significant, and I would be surprised if I couldn't hear it blind (even though I've to proved myself to have been fooled on past occasions, so I am wary). I have been distinctly unsatisfied with the sound on two occasions since the

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] The Official SB Audiophile Forum Quantum Audio Fruitloopery List

2014-05-24 Thread ralphpnj
darrenyeats wrote: > I agree. The issue is somewhat dependent on your supply and your > components, so I would expect experiences to differ. > > More of my present thinking here: > http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?101270-Need-a-little-help-from-the-experts&p=775845&viewfull=1#post775

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] The Official SB Audiophile Forum Quantum Audio Fruitloopery List

2014-05-24 Thread darrenyeats
get.amped wrote: > > There is some basis for power conditioning. I agree. The issue is somewhat dependent on your supply and your components, so I would expect experiences to differ. Check it, add to it! http://www.dr.loudness-war.info/ http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/richpub/listmania/byauthor/

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Marantz Da-11S1

2014-05-24 Thread ralphpnj
jimmypowder wrote: > Based on your responses to the Marantz and Auralic streamers , I doubt > your judgment is worth a plug nickel . Remote control would be the > last item on the list that I would consider pivotal in buying an > audiophile music streamer . I can move my fat ass up off the co