Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Using a convolver in conjunction with LMS / PCP

2021-12-26 Thread bpa
I don;t know anything about Audiolens - I can only find references to AudioLense If AudioLense is the system then it looks like a user has been trying to use Audiolense filters in CamillaDSP see https://moodeaudio.org/forum/showthread.php?tid=4103 Having DSP within the ALSA environment would

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Using a convolver in conjunction with LMS / PCP

2021-12-26 Thread bpa
iansr wrote: > Based on a quick bit of research it looks like Inguz only works on 2 > channels. I need to apply filters for at least 6 channels, possibly 8. LMS internally only deal with 2 channels. For any special audioprocessing - usually it is done by transcoding with Flac in and Flac out

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Best server solution for sound quality?

2021-05-22 Thread bpa
stosoorok wrote: > It's kind like a good wine, gognac or food Does the cognac taste different depending on who carried the bottle from the cellar to the table ? bpa's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] CD player

2021-04-29 Thread bpa
Alternative use LMS CDplayer plugin but only applicable if the USB CD player is plugged into LMS server is convenient for CD access and HT amp is connected to an SB player. bpa's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Inguz - not working on Radio or Spotty

2019-10-15 Thread bpa
For BBC R4 - if you are using BBCiPlayer plugin - make sure the "Allow Transcoding" is checked bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Inguz - not working on Radio or Spotty

2019-10-14 Thread bpa
I don't know inguz but those FileTypes look very wrong. How are you playing the BBC R4 AAC stream ? If it is using BBCiPlayer plugin - then it is has own filetype transcoding handling so inguz probably won't work if usig an iplayer:// type URL. .

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Support for 24bit/92/192khz...?

2019-08-18 Thread bpa
Aesculus wrote: > OK. Rather than killing myself debugging I decided to join the existing > decade and I installed QLogitechMediaServer > > Now the players downsample the HD audio like it used to. > > Now I have to dig up my old plugin I wrote for my Denon amp and iPeng > since it never made

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Support for 24bit/92/192khz...?

2019-08-18 Thread bpa
Aesculus wrote: > I think you nailed it. From the LMS Log File: > > sh: > /share/MD0_DATA/.qpkg/LogitechMediaServer/var/home/SqueezeboxServer/Bin/i386-linux/flac: > No such file or directory > sh: > /share/MD0_DATA/.qpkg/LogitechMediaServer/var/home/SqueezeboxServer/Bin/i386-linux/sox: > No

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Support for 24bit/92/192khz...?

2019-08-18 Thread bpa
Aesculus wrote: > Hate to open up and old thread but none of my duet players will play > 92khz flac files. It I select one the play icon just blinks and does not > play. If I use a Touch it plays fine. And if I link players then it > won't play either. > > Am I am missing something here?

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Best easy HIFI alternative to SBT +EDO? With widely compatible sync USB 192k/24b out?

2019-03-24 Thread bpa
diego wrote: > However, this setup allows me for now to detect this noise issue and I > hope to eliminate it, too. You could check if the noise is due to the USB GND & 5V power lines from either device by either cutting the GND and 5V wires in a USB cable or just putting thin slivers of paper

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] 32bit WAVE files Little endian do not play on LMS - any tips?

2019-01-08 Thread bpa
daFlow wrote: > will do. > > ..found out even cd rip's (44.1k16bits wave with cue sheet) get > converted, so squeezelite seems to refuse wave at all. will fix that! > thanks! cue sheets are a bit special but you should be able to send audio without conversion to Flac. Be careful when reading

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] 32bit WAVE files Little endian do not play on LMS - any tips?

2019-01-08 Thread bpa
daFlow wrote: > thanks for your input; it seems to come down to LMS not being > WAV-native? No - LMS can understand WAV just that some more recent additions (higher res, 32 bit setc may not be fully supported by players. If format is not natioveky supoprtred by a player then LMS has to

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] 32bit WAVE files Little endian do not play on LMS - any tips?

2019-01-08 Thread bpa
daFlow wrote: > thanks that was very helpful indeed. > > Have to catch up on my c3po transcoding now; i get converted flac files > (sox wav-flc commands) out of my wavefiles when trying to initiate > playback, and i seem to have some weirdness there ("unexpected end of > stream"-stuff).

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] 32bit WAVE files Little endian do not play on LMS - any tips?

2019-01-07 Thread bpa
It seems to imply that either 1. LMS has not understood the file type (drill down on the the track in WebGUI to see what format LMS thinks the file is ) 2. LMS does no have any rule to convert the format suitable for a player (i.e. sox) Enable logging player.source to INFO to get a log of how

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter dropouts

2018-10-27 Thread bpa
If the Transporter output buffer runs out of data (e.g. due to network issue) then there will be a buffer underrun signalled. Are there any messages in the server.log ? Can you attach a DAC to digital output to test to see if the problem is in the analog output stage ?

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter dropouts

2018-10-27 Thread bpa
golddustpeak wrote: > Clicking is probably the demagnetising of the force feedback knob. Normal. bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter - no audio for 24/96 Tom Petty file

2018-10-05 Thread bpa
SamS wrote: > I saw your instructions for checking the output.ana info, but I'm not > sure where I should be running the command 'flac -a Song.flac'? I'm > using a Mac, if that matters. Happy to check these files and report > back, if you could provide this last bit of guidance. Thanks. Flac

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] "Too loud", "too quiet" opinions: what are the factors?

2017-07-07 Thread bpa
darrenyeats wrote: > It depends what you mean by automated control. Does this include > reacting to outside peak temperature - I guess this would need hooking > into forecasts? > > One of my complaints about many offices is that they are too cold on hot > days and too hot on cold days. I know

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] "Too loud", "too quiet" opinions: what are the factors?

2017-07-06 Thread bpa
I think you'll never keep people happy even after adding automation. >From past experience with an office and air-conditioning. Even though temp was automated - it seems depending on how it looked outside (sunny, rainy, windy) - occupants "felt" hot/cold and complained. Solution - put in a

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter SE does not play from digital inputs

2017-01-31 Thread bpa
Does trasnporter actually do digital passthrough - I thought it could only do digital in to analogue out. ( http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?63032-Transporter-no-digital-output-when-playing-from-digital-in )

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] The McGurk Effect - interesting illusion how what you see can affect what you hear

2016-11-05 Thread bpa
A bit of light relief. In a recent BBC documentary about illusion - there was a demo of how what you see can affect what you think you hear. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-lN8vWm3m0 bpa's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter slow to boot - power supply issue?

2016-07-30 Thread bpa
Fizbin wrote: > No where else in the world does DHL charge a handlng (aka cash grab) > fee. Only Canada. Same goes with UPS and Fedex Ground. Nope - here as well and there is a hefty minimum charge (used to be about €50).

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] After vinyl, it's cassettes

2016-02-22 Thread bpa
SlimChances wrote: > next or even Open Reel cassette - for those who couldn't make up their minds. +---+ |Filename: teac open cassette.jpg | |Download:

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] After vinyl, it's cassettes

2016-02-22 Thread bpa
Julf wrote: > But no brass or imitation wood... No but loads of electronics, plexiglass, motors, and belts - just so much to go wrong --- check out from 0:55 onward https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1paWPuYTupI bpa's

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] After vinyl, it's cassettes

2016-02-22 Thread bpa
Julf wrote: > Not sure - I think the hipster crowd are more into walkmans and > ghettoblasters... They obviously haven't seen the RX-505 - lotso of knobs button controls and a autoreverse mechanism which flipped the cassette.

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Gravitational Waves

2016-02-13 Thread bpa
ralphpnj wrote: > And he could very clearly hear jitter. Did he hear jitter or was it flutter in pre-digital era ? bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Monday Morning Howler

2015-04-21 Thread bpa
philippe_44 wrote: $700 for a USB cable ... I guess I'm going to start a new business :) Seriously, it is amazing to see that people can write such non-sense. Well, at least it is not as bad as some miracle medecine that can really hurt The USB cable is no use unless you also buy the audio

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Sound quality between wav and flac

2014-10-28 Thread bpa
Fizbin wrote: My guess is there is a problem with the software/hardware somewhere. I suggest re-read the thread as there have been lots of testing and analysis work already done on this topic for example see

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Strange problem with 48kHz material

2012-11-23 Thread bpa
Nikhil wrote: With regards to your comment on the WiFi strength, that obviously isn't a problem because the SB2 with 38% signal is playing 48 kHz files and 44.1 kHz files absolutely fine. It is the SBTouch with the 50% signal that is showing the problem. IIRC the wifi signal strength comes

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Strange problem with 48kHz material

2012-11-23 Thread bpa
It is a very strange problem. If it is not incompatibility - then it is back to source. Were the Flac files all created with the same application and compressed to the same level ? What is the origin of the 48Khz files are they different to the other files ? If the OP takes a working 96kHz

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Using softsqueeze running from a netbook instead of an SBT to assist with async USB?

2012-11-14 Thread bpa
stop-spinning wrote: Perhaps my understanding is wrong here, but I understand that the Softsqueeze software can be used instead of a Logitech Receiver. You can run any of the soft players on a netbook not just SoftSqueeze but Squeezeplay, Squeezeslave and squeezelite. Depending on OS and

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] downsampling on SB3 to wav

2012-03-14 Thread bpa
but would internally downsample by only playing every 2nd sample. It was then removed See this thread including post by Sean Adams http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36240 -- bpa bpa's Profile: http

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Data Rate Kbps

2012-02-29 Thread bpa
IIRC the network Netest pluigin which implements the test was rewritten in 7.6. Not sure if the changes only applied to Squeezeplay. -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] soundcheck's Touch Toolbox 3.0

2012-02-07 Thread bpa
than WAV (e.g. expect to processed data and do a copy while decompressing) may be a factor. -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] soundcheck's Touch Toolbox 3.0

2012-02-07 Thread bpa
updating (e.g. smooth text scrolling). I also expect Flac (especially 96/24 with high compression) to be more CPU intensive than WAV but it need be not as big a difference as expected. Ultimately, measurement should show which is more CPU intensive and their relative performance. -- bpa

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Tomato router - optimisations for Touch?

2011-08-10 Thread bpa
technologies taking over. -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=89481 ___ audiophiles

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Anyone sell a longer DC cord?

2011-02-01 Thread bpa
-- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85307 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Touch: Upsampling with sox?

2010-08-04 Thread bpa
://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74688 as it mentions Touch, soz and resampling (albeit to 192) -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Touch: Upsampling with sox?

2010-08-04 Thread bpa
I misunderstood I thought your were using Touch to resample. To use a SBS server - then look at this thread. http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=69454 To debug use WebUI Setting/Advanced/Loggin and set player.source to DEBUG and the click apply. -- bpa

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] listening to HD Audio (24/96)

2010-03-12 Thread bpa
Softsqueeze is viewed as a Transporter and supporting 24/96 and so no downsampling is done. Javasound can't handle 24/96 so the stream is played as static. -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Sound quality between wav and flac

2009-11-12 Thread bpa
. -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=71321 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] softsqueeze and bit perfect audio

2009-05-12 Thread bpa
if only Softsqueeze and Squeezeslave supported ASIO under windows! This is more Sun issue for Softsqueeze as JavaSound doesn't support ASIO. -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] softsqueeze and bit perfect audio

2009-05-12 Thread bpa
I check that out before I made the comment. Matthias's code was for a student thesis, it is v1.0, no updates and was completed in early 2004 (consider MS has changed Windows Audio APIs for Vista). I reckon using that module would be asking for trouble. -- bpa

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] SoftSqueeze + Dedicated PCi Sound Card

2009-01-09 Thread bpa
Softsqueeze is deprecated - there will be no further development by development team. Development effort is being put into Squeezeplay as the supported soft player. -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] residual noise on sb classic

2008-12-26 Thread bpa
. The RealAudio streams cannot be played by SB natively so they have to be transcoded into Flac or MP3 by SC. The default configuration is Flac. Can you clarify on what you mean by a major drawback ? -- bpa bpa's Profile: http

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] The Future Is LAME: The Truth About MP3 ...LAME = Lame ain't an Mp3 Encoder

2008-08-10 Thread bpa
Discussed already see http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36638 -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50937

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Streaming Digital Audio from Video to TP

2008-06-11 Thread bpa
goes through SC but even then it may not be perfect (although some users report success) -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Streaming Digital Audio from Video to TP

2008-06-11 Thread bpa
. -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48754 ___ audiophiles mailing list

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] BBC - higher bit rate

2008-04-06 Thread bpa
are that any better quality services such as TV and better quality audio will only be available to BBC license payers - i.e. UK only. -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Anyone know of a good tiny FM radio for Audioengine A2 plus SB3 kitchen setup?

2008-04-04 Thread bpa
dennis55 Wrote: BPA,have a look at the TIVOLI Audio mk1 by Henry Kloss. The op is gvh not me. I already have a Tivoli PAL, a PC tuner card (hooked up to cable supplied FM) and a Griffin Radio Shark. My suggestion was that instead of having two boxes in the Kitchen, gvh could have a real

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Anyone know of a good tiny FM radio for Audioengine A2 plus SB3 kitchen setup?

2008-04-03 Thread bpa
An alternative would be add FM capability to the PC running SC and route radio through the SC. Users have used TV Tuner cards or Griffin Radio Shark to do this. See http://forums.slimdevices.com/archive/index.php/t-36535.html -- bpa

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Music streaming, Video Display option with Squeezebox, network storage

2008-01-18 Thread bpa
The search button works - for Slimserver on AppleTV see http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40579 -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Beginner's Basic Setup - Home Theatre or Hi-Fi

2007-12-27 Thread bpa
DTS track (if you have any). If you want surround sound from SB using all 5.1 speakers from AUX input - check the Home Cinema system supports this mode as some Home Cinema systems restrict AUX input to 2 front speaker. -- bpa

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Someone tell me I am crazy!

2007-09-24 Thread bpa
There is some documentation: http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10./j.1600-0536.1996.tb02418.x -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Inguz Equalisation not gapless?

2007-03-10 Thread bpa
of socketwrapper. Your gapless issue may also be a result in this change in use of socketwrapper. -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Buffering on the SB3

2007-01-30 Thread bpa
they are read, acked and played and so you can get TCP/IP reset. -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32248

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Buffering on the SB3

2007-01-30 Thread bpa
(e.g. onto a different fibre in a SDH ring) without interrupting/breaking/resetting the TCP connections, the SB will be ideal and the amount of buffering won't really matter. -- bpa bpa's Profile: http

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Buffering on the SB3

2007-01-30 Thread bpa
it may be worth trying. -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32248

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: 320kbps -- too much?

2006-12-14 Thread bpa
Have you just put up your christmas decorations ? http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/12/06/no_wifi_for_xmas/ -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Can CD quality be achieved with Internet Radio and SB3?

2006-11-05 Thread bpa
) and there are a few higher speed AACplus which say their 96kbit/s or 128Kbits stream is CD quality. The web site www.tuner2.com has -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Internet Radio Quality

2006-10-13 Thread bpa
bandwidth and I think is not considered to be the best way to spend the licence money. Perhaps this is why the new WMA based UK only services may have higher rates. -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Internet Radio Quality

2006-10-13 Thread bpa
In terms of the BBC - I think the internet services were set up as a replacement for SW and before DAB for users where FM was poor and only received LW/MW. As a side issues - the encodings of the Listen Again programs are different to the live streams. -- bpa

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Naim enters the music server game

2006-06-22 Thread bpa
Is using the number RS-232 on the network products some sort of joke by the developers ? RS-232 is the old modem standard 300-19.2k bit/sec. -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View