Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter V 2.2 versus V 2.5

2014-09-04 Thread pippin
Definitely not. They removed the knob when they build a last set of Transporters from leftover parts and didn't have any knobs left. No new boards built for that. --- learn more about iPeng, the iPhone and iPad remote for the Squeezebox and Logitech UE Smart Radio as well as iPeng Party, the fr

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter V 2.2 versus V 2.5

2014-09-04 Thread JJZolx
I would assume that the first one was version 1.0. So there may be 15 or more versions. :) JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter V 2.2 versus V 2.5

2014-09-04 Thread Greg Erskine
aston45 wrote: > Hello, > am I wrong or aren´t people from Logitech reading and writing in this > forum? > So I would guess that at least they should know about the fact and > possible differences. > Why should there be two versions and no differences between them? > It seems really odd to me tha

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter V 2.2 versus V 2.5

2014-09-04 Thread aston45
Hello, am I wrong or aren´t people from Logitech reading and writing in this forum? So I would guess that at least they should know about the fact and possible differences. Why should there be two versions and no differences between them? It seems really odd to me that I should be the first and on

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What Would You Replace a Transporter With?

2014-09-04 Thread ralphpnj
Mnyb wrote: > Bryston normally makes quite good amps not designed with woo woo but > actual science ( no tubes or quantum purifiers etc ). > what makes their bdp series bad ? If you can run without upnp and use > LMS instead the major obstacle is removed . The completely unwarranted high price.

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What Would You Replace a Transporter With?

2014-09-04 Thread Mnyb
Bryston normally makes quite good amps not designed with woo woo but actual science ( no tubes or quantum purifiers etc ). what makes their bdp series bad ? If you can run without upnp and use LMS instead the major obstacle is removed . --

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What Would You Replace a Transporter With?

2014-09-04 Thread ralphpnj
audiomuze wrote: > ^^^ if the BDP series is anything to go by...run... As fast as you can > in another direction. Absolutely! If one needs further proof of just how fast and far to run remember that the BDP series is loved by almost all the editors and writers at all audiophile publications - yo

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What Would You Replace a Transporter With?

2014-09-04 Thread audiomuze
^^^ if the BDP series is anything to go by...run... As fast as you can in another direction. SqueezeWand | 'Vivere DAC MKI' (http://vivereaudio.com/post/2013/08/16/DAC-I-is-Born!.aspx) | 'ATC SCA2' (http://www.atcloudspeakers.co.uk/hi-fi/electronics/source-pre-amplifiers/sca2/) | 'ATC SCM100ASL

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter or Transporter SE

2014-09-04 Thread Candlemass
It's a 2500 $ mini PC :rolleyes: Just buy an Intel NUC and add a DAC of choice... Or a piCorePlayer with Hifiberry digi and add a DAC of choice... Candlemass's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=63202

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter or Transporter SE

2014-09-04 Thread jimbobvfr400
While I appreciate there's more to it but it sounds suspiciously like a RPI running picoreplayer in a nice case, or at least similar functionality. Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk jimbobvfr400's Profile: http://forum

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What Would You Replace a Transporter With?

2014-09-04 Thread netchord
this is interesting, from Bryston: - Features include UPnP compatibility, *Squeezebox® emulation* and DoP (DSD over PCM), while the firmware is easily accessible from most web browsers. Control is via Apple or Android phones and tablets with a Bryston interface or several third-party apps.- http

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter V 2.2 versus V 2.5

2014-09-04 Thread netchord
aston45 wrote: > Hello, > no ideas anybody? > I cannot imagine that nobody has seen that there are two different > versions of the PCB. > 16313 > 16314 > > Cheers > Kai never seen this. -- 4 TB Drobo-->FW 800-->mac mini-->Ethernet Transporter--> Wireworld Eclipse 6 coax-->Meridian G61 G61--

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter or Transporter SE

2014-09-04 Thread ralphpnj
Julf wrote: > Just remember that a "review" on computeraudiophile.com is... well... a > "review". :) True but when reading a "review" in any and all audiophile publications, be they print or online, one can very easily ignore all the subjective opinions regarding sound quality and just focus on

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter or Transporter SE

2014-09-04 Thread Julf
daverich4 wrote: > http://www.computeraudiophile.com/content/585-sotm-sms-100-mini-server-review/ Just remember that a "review" on computeraudiophile.com is... well... a "review". :) "To try to judge the real from the false will always be hard. In this fast-growing art of 'high fidelity' the

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter V 2.2 versus V 2.5

2014-09-04 Thread aston45
Hello, no ideas anybody? I cannot imagine that nobody has seen that there are two different versions of the PCB. 16313 16314 Cheers Kai +---+ |Filename: Transporter 2.5.jpg | |Download: http://