Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] transporter or SB question

2008-01-04 Thread FatElvis2000
Considering its low price and the fact that it uses a minuscule > wall-wart power supply, the Squeezebox measures very well. Its noise > floor is higher than that of good CD players, but the excellent jitter > rejection came as a we

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] A Photo of your Transporter setup, Please!

2007-12-31 Thread FatElvis2000
(the rest of my gear is Rega... Cursa / Exon / Naos) -- FatElvis2000 ---- FatElvis2000's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6725 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/s

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] transporter or SB question

2007-12-31 Thread FatElvis2000
a $2400 player, but doesn't even do XLR. The Pathos > amp you have looks kinda neat. > > The sold wood remote for the amp is amusing :) -- FatElvis2000 ---- FatElvis2000's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.co

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Digital Coax - EH???

2007-02-01 Thread FatElvis2000
P Floding;176197 Wrote: > > (There are technical reasons for digital interconnects to sound > different.) Are there any published measurements on the web I could review? I've never seen a "technical reason", but only opinions and percept

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Any one tried isolating feet on their SB ?

2007-02-01 Thread FatElvis2000
for a warm/hot amp. -- FatElvis2000 ---- FatElvis2000's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6725 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32301 ___

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Any one tried isolating feet on their SB ?

2007-02-01 Thread FatElvis2000
GaryB;176375 Wrote: > he willingness to draw conclusions without any experimental work is > amazingly unscientific. > > ---Gary True. In the same sense that "Placebo Effert" is a very real scientific princip

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Any one tried isolating feet on their SB ?

2007-01-31 Thread FatElvis2000
der about Bolder mods.... -- FatElvis2000 FatElvis2000's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6725 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32301 __

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Audiophile shops

2007-01-31 Thread FatElvis2000
is a TON of material available, for cheap, at garage sales and swap meets. Its fun. But I don't fool myself that it's somehow "better" than CD. Listening to the first half of Kind of Blue, on LP, is

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Digital Coax - EH???

2007-01-31 Thread FatElvis2000
nsumer doubt and skepticism. -- FatElvis2000 ---- FatElvis2000's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6725 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/s

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Digital Coax - EH???

2007-01-31 Thread FatElvis2000
ased on the marketing concept. Perceptions are everything. -- FatElvis2000 ---- FatElvis2000's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6725 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showth

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Transporter on the cover of Stereophile, Feb 2007 issue

2007-01-28 Thread FatElvis2000
good..You could search their online > archives I've searched their archives for equipment I'm interested in, and they love everything. Maybe help point me to some of the negative reviews... -- FatElvis2000 --

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Transporter on the cover of Stereophile, Feb 2007 issue

2007-01-26 Thread FatElvis2000
Could someone point me to a negative Stereophile review of *anything*? Seriously... I'm not being cynical. I've never seen one. -- FatElvis2000 FatElvis2000's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.ph

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Suggestion: New mid-market player

2007-01-25 Thread FatElvis2000
it anyway. I never mentioned profit margin on cost of goods! I doubt that "much money" is being made on the Transporter, nor to I believe it's helping Slim Devices towards profitability. Read what p

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Suggestion: New mid-market player

2007-01-25 Thread FatElvis2000
an investor in Slim, I'd be asking serious questions about how development resources are being allocated. -- FatElvis2000 ---- FatElvis2000's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=672

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Suggestion: New mid-market player

2007-01-25 Thread FatElvis2000
Skunk;173930 Wrote: > Black and Decker doesn't make high end drills! > > Dewalt does! > > Dewalt is owned by B&D!!! And yet... Logitech is tossing the Slim Devices brand. See my other post on this subject

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Suggestion: New mid-market player

2007-01-24 Thread FatElvis2000
t imagine much money is being made here, if even helping Slim break even. -- FatElvis2000 ---- FatElvis2000's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?useri

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Lossless Downloads

2007-01-17 Thread FatElvis2000
Jitterbug;170241 Wrote: > It does seem that buying CDs is still the preferred option. > > -Also, I see it as the spirit of the squeezebox - a further move to a > purely digital medium Well, to nit-pick, the CD *is* a purely digital medium. --

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: A Cut-Rate Audio phile’s Experience With a Linear Power Supply

2007-01-17 Thread FatElvis2000
t point of sale to play on such fears and add 10% pure profit to the bill for the retailer. The negative effect of all of this is a healthy dose of skepticism of the entire audiophile-component industry. I think Rega is on to this, which why they recommend against expensive cables in t