Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transcode and upsample at once?

Can we get back to the topic on how to upsample FLAC to 24/96 and outputs it in WAV? Whether someone can hear the sonic improvement is a very subjective thing. It depends on the gear, the plackback materials and your hearing.

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transcode and upsample at once?

lake_eleven wrote: Do you mean decoding FLAC and WAV on the LMS server by setting Server Setting - Advanced - File types - setting decoder to disabled except for PCM?. I heard setting decoding on server is really not beneficial. Yes, one can use File Types to disable native FLAC

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transcode and upsample at once?

I want to transcode FLAC to WAV and upsample the output to 96K. First I changed FLAC output to Disabled under Advanced-File Types, so that all FLAC files will be forced to transcode to WAV. Then I added a custom-convert.conf file. The content of the file is: flc pcm * * #

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transcode and upsample at once?

I want to test the sonic quality of SBT+EDO. So far, server side decode of FLAC instead of client side decode on SBT has provent to be better sounding for redbook material. I want to see if taking it to 96K would make it sound even better.

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Anyway for Transporter to support 24/192?

Assuming it is a limitation of Transporter's processing power, can we relax the fw a bit to support 24/192 WAV or AIFF? Or FLAC with lesser compression level? PS - title should read Any way -- Kuro Kuro's Profile: http

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] S/PDIF cables should be (a) - =1.5m or (b) as short as possible?

for better performance. -- Kuro Kuro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16701 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=84751

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Popping noises with Transporter firmware 81 and 85

andyg;624155 Wrote: Sooner than you might think, I've just checked in updated 7.6 firmware (v86) that should fix this problem. :) I tried 7.6-32271, fw 86, the bug is still not fixed. The same Spanish Harlem at 24/96 still chokes the Transporter. -- Kuro

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Popping noises with Transporter firmware 81 and 85

the popping. So it is definitely the CPU running out of juice trying to decode 24/96 FLAC file. Once it is decoded, I can seek back and forth and no popping sound is heard. -- Kuro Kuro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter failed to play 24/96 files from www.2L.no?

, Op. 4 and see if you have the same problem. Other HiRes files I got from other places seem to work fine. -- Kuro Kuro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16701 View this thread: http

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter failed to play 24/96 files from www.2L.no?

I suspect it is a bug fix with SBS 7.6/new fw for the Transporter. What is the rev of the fw for your Transporter? So where do I download SBS 7.6? -- Kuro Kuro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter failed to play 24/96 files from www.2L.no?

Logitech has removed the slimdevices.com website, I can no longer find the beta software. If you can try 7.5.1, the fw there for the Transporter is unable to play the files. -- Kuro Kuro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter failed to play 24/96 files from www.2L.no?

Thanks. FW 84 for the Transporter did fix the playback problem. -- Kuro Kuro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16701 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81805

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Antipodal filtering

the output to 192K to a DAC, since most DAC's reconstruction filter works better at higher sampling rate. Go to Yahoo TacT groups and ask the gurus there. They'll tell you that 2.2x and 2.2xp are all operating at 96K samples internally. -- Kuro

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter over ethernet

it easier for some of you to understand. -- Kuro Kuro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16701 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74721

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Antipodal filtering

it seems you're using the 2.2x on the effect loop on the Transporter? I'd be very careful not to rely on the 2.2x as volume control in this configuration. The 2.2x volume control on digital domain does degrade the sound slightly. -- Kuro

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter over ethernet

Phil Leigh;515300 Wrote: Andy + Krochat Thanks - Yes, I'm familiar with that paper - I was seekimg confirmation from Kuro that he was talking about correlated jitter, as it wasn't clear to me from his post. This paper is the basis for the slaving transport to DAC clock is the best jitter

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter over ethernet

Phil Leigh;515201 Wrote: You need to see that video that CliveB posted, then come back and we can continue... Hi Phil, Can you point me to the video CliveB posted? Thanks. -- Kuro Kuro's Profile: http

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter over ethernet

of the latest Mark-Levinson DACs have special purpose input buffers in them. I think Esoteric has triple clocks/PLLs buffers too. -- Kuro Kuro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16701 View this thread

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter over ethernet

to discern those small differences. -- Kuro Kuro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16701 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74721

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Antipodal filtering

, you won't be able to hear the difference offered by BB. -- Kuro Kuro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16701 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=69145

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter over ethernet

PS on all components (my TacT 2.2xp and Big Ben). BB is really just the icing on the cake, it takes TP to the last little mile where it cannot do by itself. -- Kuro Kuro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter over ethernet

response, both setups have flat response, yet the sound is very different. -- Kuro Kuro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16701 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74721

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter over ethernet

cables will conduct less noise than others. However, once you kill your AC noise, expensive conductive cables will no longer matter much. Let see a hand of people who use audiophile grade cables for better sound in their systems. Are you saying these people are trolls too? -- Kuro

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter over ethernet

paying customers trolls. I support the product and I'm here to share experiences and learn from others. I think you owe me an apology here. -- Kuro Kuro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16701

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter over ethernet

of Sean's post. What's the big deal with you? -- Kuro Kuro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16701 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74721

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter over ethernet

bright and brittle. Imaging is less precise. When I switched back to the TP, immediately, the sound is more engaging and relaxed. If all digital bits are the same, then why is TP sounding better than the Duet on Toslink? -- Kuro

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter over ethernet

. I still cannot quite explain why this is the case, as TP using its internal clock should offer more jitter free output than an ext. clock, but it doesn't seem to be the case here... -- Kuro Kuro's Profile: http

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter over ethernet

earwaxer;512903 Wrote: This description of sound improvement by Kuro is pretty close to what I have experienced. Hi Waxer, Is it possible for you to try a different Wifi adaptor (say a USB 802.11G)and tell us whether the sound is different? -- Kuro

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter over ethernet

? Because this would imply you're doing it in packets and sudden movements in an electronic circuit can produce jitter. -- Kuro Kuro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16701 View this thread: http

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Antipodal filtering

can do a must easier job with integer multiple of upsampling. 44.1K and 48K are nearly identical sounding if you're like me having an Apogee Big Ben in the loop. Otherwise, 48K is tiny bit better sounding that 44.1K. -- Kuro

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter over ethernet

by isolation transformer and power regenerator, etc. In my case, wired or wireless is the same, because I've a Big Ben with a custom made linear power supply for removing jitter from the Transporter. -- Kuro Kuro's Profile

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter over ethernet

this utility: http://www.thesycon.de/deu/latency_check.shtml to check for high latency of your PC that is streaming data over Wifi. -- Kuro Kuro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16701 View this thread: http

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter over ethernet

believe in here. -- Kuro Kuro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16701 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74721 ___ audiophiles

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter sounding better with clock sync on Toslink, why?

, and it sounds the best that way. I've added a Big Ben b/w TP and 2.2xp now. I've replaced the SMPS in BB with a Linear PS. It sounds much better. Now with the BB in place, I can tell TP to use its internal clock and there is not much of a difference if tell TP I use the clock from 2.2xp. -- Kuro

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter over ethernet

, then it may explain why your wired connection results in better sound. It maybe your Wifi router that has excessive latency, or the Wifi adaptor in your SBS PC. We cannot do anything with the Transporter's Wifi adaptor, but I beleive it is a good one that does not have latency issue. -- Kuro

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter sounding better with clock sync on Toslink, why?

sync the clock to TP's coax word clock input, that didn't sound good at all and it is to be expected. -- Kuro Kuro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16701 View this thread: http

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter and word clock base-rate multiplying support

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[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter and Big Ben Clock

Anyone using the above combo? Any improvement in sound? -- Kuro Kuro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16701 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=65978

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] You can say, I told you so...

expect from most tweaks Sorry for the “false alarm!” -- Kuro Kuro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16701 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=63374

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Audiophile power supply / conditioning

, at least? cheers, calum. But APC does not make audio equipment. They only need to generate a useable AC for your computer equipment. So how clean the AC waveform can APC generate from the battery is anybody's guess. -- Kuro

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Audiophile power supply / conditioning

, try comparing the sonic quality of your system during the day vs night. If you find it is sonically better night time, then it means your line filter is not doing much to filter noise. -- Kuro Kuro's Profile: http

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Audiophile power supply / conditioning

cdmackay;404778 Wrote: Kuro wrote: cdmackay;404725 Wrote: I wonder if that model supplies power normally from the battery, or whether the battery is only there for backup? It seems to me that a simple battery really ought to be the cleanest source of power, and the cheapest. Has

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] The best power-amplifier for Logitech's Transporter?

unscaled / original digital signal, not one that is scaled down using the volume control on the TP. The scaled down digital signal will lose resolution at lower listening level. -- Kuro Kuro's Profile: http

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Audiophile power supply / conditioning

cdmackay;403521 Wrote: Kuro;403381 Wrote: You do not hear noise per se in your music, the noise manifests itself as loss in micro dynamics, less sound stage depth, loss of bass tautness, loss in harmonics and increased high frequency content in the music. I always struggle

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Audiophile power supply / conditioning

being inferior to the TP's DAC, all because TP has a better power supply than the Benchmark. This is because TP's super regulators helped reduce noise better than those 7805/7818/7918 regulators in the Benchmark. -- Kuro

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Audiophile power supply / conditioning

. Darren The inductor core does not work well. It is far from the performance of the PPP. If PPP scores 100, your power filter probably scores a 5. Just my $0.02 -- Kuro Kuro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Audiophile power supply / conditioning

in order to hear those improvements. -- Kuro Kuro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16701 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=52348

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Duet PSU upgrade..?

I'm about to do an experiment by using 8 1.2V rechargeable AA batts to power the Duet. I want to see if it can bring the digital section close to the Transporter level... -- Kuro Kuro's Profile: http

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter + TacT RCS 2.2XP - how to hook up?

is not was wide as the Benchmark DAC1... -- Kuro Kuro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16701 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=59024

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter + TacT RCS 2.2XP - how to hook up?

correction, and then take the TacT's (room corrected) digital out and feed it back to the Transporter's DAC. Is this possible? -- Kuro Kuro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16701 View this thread: http

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Loss from Ethernet Cable?

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