The article says "Sonos and Slim Devices both use very good
analog-to-digital converters in their products, which means you can
connect their analog outputs to a high-quality self-amplified speaker
system and get great results."
Surely they mean digital-to-analog convertors??
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I'm amazed no-one's mentioned Mackie monitors yet. I've got a set of
HR624's, and they're absolutely fantastic.
Alternatively, Genelec monitors are almost universally acclaimed, so
they've got to be worth
5171: Some settings were lost when after a factory reset the
player was connecting directly to SN (w/o first being connected to SC)
- Bug 4580: (TP only) Fix brief noise when switching digital inputs
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Settings / Player / Audio / Turn Off Audio / Disable outputs when off
That should fix it
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> max, but that's traded-off against any SNR losses in the pre-amp that
> you're now not using.
>
> (*) Slimserver adjusts volume control (in the SB3 at least) so that
> -30db and above volume s
l loss in dynamic range?
I was wondering about this a few months ago - see the following post I
made (with links to relevant threads):
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=124380&postcount=11
Anyone care to comment? I'm always happy to learn..
noise). And (3) isn't a problem because the
speakers have overload protection built-in, so they will automatically
shut down in an emergency.
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C, the DAC's
signal-to-noise ratio will effectively be lower.
So for volumes between 40 and 100, the analog sound quality will still
decrease slightly(?) as the volume decreases, even though the digital
resolution
The 0 -> 100 volume control corresponds to -50dB -> 0dB attenuation, in
increments of 0.5dB.
So -30dB will be 40/100 on the new volume scale.
Chris
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The Transporter has internal attenuators, so you don't need to buy
attenuating cables.
See page 23 of the Transporter Owners guide here:
http://www.slimdevices.com/documentation/Transporter-Owners-Guide.pdf
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Slimserver 6.5).
I use the digital volume control and don't hear any degradation. But
I'm guessing that both your ears and your kit are better than mine!
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cbemoore;125060 Wrote:
> I'm using the Mackie HR624s. They're fantastic, but the auto-off doesn't
> work if you connect the speakers directly to the SB analog outputs.
>
> See the following bug for details:
>
> http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=37
"off" mode).
Try the new firmware 64 (released yesterday), and set the "disable
audio outputs when off" option. It now works perfectly with my Mackie
HR624 monitors.
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;s now been fixed with the new firmware 64 (released yesterday). So
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DynamicalSystem Wrote:
> With regard to the auto-off bug, does this mean that only the Mackies
> are affected?
>
> How about other Actives? Do they have the same problem?
See my edited reply above... :-)
s. So the feature was never
added.
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I'm using the Mackie HR624s. They're fantastic, but the auto-off doesn't
work if you connect the speakers directly to the SB analog outputs.
See the following bug for details:
http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=3784
slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=17719
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19697
But regardless of the details, the conclusion is still the same. Do as
little volume control as possible in the digital domain!!
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Yep, I think you've got it! (Except you run the SB at full volume to
*maximise* the S/N ratio, not minimise it).
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DAC in the Transporter is that it introduces much
less noise in the first place! According to the Slim Devices website,
the THD figures are -93.5dB (0.002%) for the SB3, and an amazing -106dB
(0.5%) for the Transporter.
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out exactly how much attenuation you need, and then buy an
attenuator with the correct values.
Remember that your loudest listening should correspond to max volume
(40) on the squeezebox. If you never get near max volume, then reduce
the attenuation and turn up the volume to compen
Read what Sean (Slim Devices CEO) has to say about I2S:
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?p=113777&highlight=i2s#post113777
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tonyptony Wrote:
> It sounds to me like if there's a way to shut down the analog section
> only, there could be some improvement on the digital side.
What makes you think that??
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ed, the noise floor will go down to -90dBu,
which should be low enough for my monitors to power down correctly.
Can you add a vote for bug 1197 ? The more people that vote, the more
likely it is that the bug will get fixed
Cheers
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anything in months. Hopefully this will refresh someone's memory!!
Cheers
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empty99 Wrote:
> Thank you, I just put in my vote for a fix to this constantly ON signal.
Are you sure? I'm still seeing 9 votes for this bug, which is the same
as a few days ago...
Chris
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This is already raised as bug 1397
http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1397
If this functionality is important to you, then you should add your
vote to the bug (just click on the link above, and select "vote for
this bug").
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> WMA lossless
and an IKEA Oppli rack (exactly what I use!). Why pay stupid money
on an "audiophile" rack when the Oppli works perfectly and looks good
ree that
scanning is very slow and sometimes causes audio dropouts, but I'm
confident that this will be fixed in the 6.5 release.
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Hi Dean,
Your change applies 8 bit accuracy to volumes louder than -35dB. What
volume on the SB 0-40 volume scale corresponds to -35dB?
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ctly to a
Mackie HRS120 sub, and on to a pair of Mackie HR624 active monitors.
And it sounds yummy!!
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Search Ebay for "Sonic Impact". There's a European seller sellng them
with a "Buy it now" price of about £20 (plus £15 postage). But I
haven't bought one off him, so I don't know how trustworthy he is??
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It simply provides
better volume resolution at low volumes.
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5dB louder!! Which is
nice... :-)
cbemoore Wrote:
> Hi Sean,
>
> Just downloaded the latest firmware, and it works perfectly. Thanks!
>
> (BTW, I've set the SB2 preamp control to 30dB attenuation, *and* my
> power amp to 10dB attenuation, and the volume is just about perf
directly to the power amp,
the power amp never turns off. This would seem to indicate that even
when the SB2 is turned off, its noise floor is louder than -74dBu.
Is this to be expected, or do I have a duff unit?
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> ""eleven"" - FAB!
Have you noticed how the player volume in the web interface goes up to
11? That's not a mistake. :-)
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Hi Sean,
Just downloaded the latest firmware, and it works perfectly. Thanks!
(BTW, I've set the SB2 preamp control to 30dB attenuation, *and* my
power amp to 10dB attenuation, and the volume is just about perfect! I
must have a very loud amp!!!)
Chris
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seanadams Wrote:
> OK I added this. The setting goes from 0 to 63 db of attenuation in
> 0.5db steps. Firmware will be updated soon - need to sync up with Vidur
> on that first.
Wow - didn't expect it to be *that* quick! Thanks Sean!!
Thanks for the explanation, Sean. That makes it much clearer.
So do I need to go out and buy some attenuators, or is there a teensy
weensy chance you might be implementing something in software???
Cheers
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reamp completely,
and connect the SB2 direct to the power amp. This makes the signal path
much cleaner, and to my ears at least, it sounds much better. It also
cuts down on the number of boxes, cables and power sockets in my
system, which is always nice....
Chri
the attenuation.
So if you're having problems with the analog output being too loud,
make sure you vote for bug 1640!!
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capability,
but its not used. If the Slim guys could add an option to make use of
it, it would solve all my problems....
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