Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Sounds good tonight

2008-07-21 Thread ceejay
I am familiar with this phenomenon also. I am certain that this has a lot to do with volume! Oh, and being able to play certain music that is not permitted at other times... Ceejay -- ceejay ceejay's Profile:

Re: roll up! roll up! Get your �350 network patch cable here!

2008-06-18 Thread ceejay
+1 on those Amazon reviews - excellent. I just love the way that every now and then someone pops in one that [I think!!] is meant to be taken seriously. -- ceejay ceejay's Profile: http://forums.slimdevice

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter V.43 with knob fix

2008-06-17 Thread ceejay
d run it. HTH -- ceejay ceejay's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=148 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48966 ___ audio

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Wiki page on How to Get the Best Audio Quality

2008-04-17 Thread ceejay
" is of course itself controversial, so having done a basic update I will now stand back and let the denizens of this forum have a go ... it is a wiki after all! Over to you... Ceejay -- ceejay ceejay's Prof

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] SqueezeCenter-7.0.1-17957

2008-03-23 Thread ceejay
See the later parts of this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42960&page=7 HTH -- ceejay ceejay's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=148 View this thr

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Transporter owner...

2008-03-07 Thread ceejay
ezing is disappointing, it shouldn't do that. Are you connected wireless or wired? (wireless networks cause a lot of problems around here.). For the software version, go to "settings" on the web interface and follow your nose. You should be running 7.0 these days. HTH

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Questions on Transporter's Digital Volume Control

2008-01-15 Thread ceejay
ost sources are only 16 bit in the first place. If you are using the digital out you can always choose to lock the digital output at max, and do your volume control downstream in your amp. HTH -- ceejay ceejay's Profil

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Amp or A/V Receiver Suggestion

2007-11-18 Thread ceejay
mote recommended to solve this sone! HTH Ceejay -- ceejay ceejay's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=148 View this thread: http://forums.sli

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] FLAC decode - server or SB?

2007-11-14 Thread ceejay
player type (depending on its capability). However none of the players have the ability to decode Apple lossless natively - you will have to transcode to FLAC, WAV or MP3 (not recommended). MP3s are always decoded natively. HTH Ceejay -- ceejay ---

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] SB+ info please

2007-11-05 Thread ceejay
honestguv;240292 Wrote: > They were not intended to be provocative, I was simply disagreeing with > ceejay and, hopefully, explaining clearly why. Since your reply does > not address the point I was trying to make I may well have failed in > this. > > The comments were of c

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] SB+ info please

2007-11-05 Thread ceejay
reads which give this board a very bad name. Just stop, now. Please. Thanks Ceejay. -- ceejay ceejay's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=148 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/show

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Choices

2007-10-31 Thread ceejay
You missed one. 7 - spend 500 USD on new music and listen to it for hours and hours... Ceejay -- ceejay ceejay's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=148 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] My TP system sounds so lifeless :(

2007-10-30 Thread ceejay
systems sound awful?? Just play some music and enjoy it.. Ceejay -- ceejay ceejay's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=148 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] SB3 Bolder Mods

2007-10-30 Thread ceejay
say, a TCP/IP connection, or an IDE disc connection, where the data transmission takes place entirely in a digital domain and the only possible errors are bit errors (which are likely to be corrected and fixed anyway). HTH Ceejay

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New 3rd party power supply

2007-10-26 Thread ceejay
t RF, but it may not always be the case that it actually has been! I do know that in the long-distant past I have designed electronic gear that was meant to reject RF but still was affected by it in entirely unexpected ways... Ceejay -

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New 3rd party power supply

2007-10-25 Thread ceejay
sider this test to be proof of the proposition that "the switching PSU throws out RF noise that *MAY* affect other components nearby". Whether that effect would show up as a subtle degradation of audio quality, as claimed by a number of listeners, I couldn't poss

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Pre-amp or amp with volume bypass

2007-10-15 Thread ceejay
decent remote - I use a Harmony - so you can switch everything around with a single button push. HTH Ceejay (no relation) -- ceejay ceejay's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=148 View this threa

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] SB3 digital output quality

2007-10-12 Thread ceejay
DennyL;234726 Wrote: > If they sound different, then the two streams of numbers are different. > Surely we can all accept that. Nope. Ceejay. -- ceejay ceejay's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Which integrated Amp should I get?

2007-10-08 Thread ceejay
he range" but my Transporter is connected to an Arcam FMJ A32 and it works pretty well for me... Ceejay -- ceejay ceejay's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=148 View this thread

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Inexpensive System for Kitchen/Breakfast Area

2007-09-29 Thread ceejay
Or, in a similar vein, these: http://www.acoustic-energy.co.uk/Product_range/Aego_series/Aego_M.asp I have these in my office system and am very happy with them... Ceejay -- ceejay ceejay's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] signal strength

2007-09-21 Thread ceejay
it may be that the effective data rate you are able to get is reduced by interference to the point where it is less than the data rate of your music. Try streaming a low bit rate mp3 - or internet radio station - and see what happens. Ceejay -- ceejay

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Design miss in SB3 digital output? or Slimserver problem ?

2007-08-01 Thread ceejay
question as to why he preferred option A while sighted and option B while blind... Ceejay -- ceejay ceejay's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=148 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Volume Control

2007-07-30 Thread ceejay
0 to 100 (was 0 to 40 for a while) on the remote interface. HTH Ceejay -- ceejay ceejay's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=148 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevi

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Volume Control

2007-07-23 Thread ceejay
t you can use the volume control for adjusting just the analog output (in case you are driving two separate devices on the analog and digital outs). Ceejay -- ceejay ceejay's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/memb

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Audiophile wanna-be

2007-07-19 Thread ceejay
This song predates the term "audiophile" by a few decades but otherwise has it pretty much right: http://www.lyricshornet.com/1034464/Donald-Swann-Song-of-Reproduction-Lyrics Ceejay -- ceejay ceejay'

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Audiophile wanna-be

2007-07-18 Thread ceejay
There's really only one kind of audiophile - broke ! [= no money in case that doesn't translate to your locale]. For the real low down, look in YouTube for an excellent video on the Audio Club of Athens (also linked from a thread in this forum somewhere). Ceejay

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] s/pdf SB better than s/pdf soundcard pc?

2007-07-16 Thread ceejay
- there is a lot more going on inside a PC than inside an SB, and there is generally no particular design goal of the PC designer to minimise the electrical noise. But, please note that I have only been arguing that there *might* be a difference - whether there is one in a given case is another matter

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] s/pdf SB better than s/pdf soundcard pc?

2007-07-15 Thread ceejay
ably a DAC in this case) might be able to overcome any noise and make all sources sound alike. HTH Ceejay -- ceejay ceejay's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=148 View this thread: http://forums.

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] s/pdf SB better than s/pdf soundcard pc?

2007-07-13 Thread ceejay
AC to reject jitter. Just listen! If you can't hear a difference then there isn't one, and you might as well liberate the SB to work for you in another room... IMHO. Ceejay -- ceejay ceejay's Profile: http://fo

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Streaming WAV audio ?

2007-07-06 Thread ceejay
s and tagging capability) and have slimserver transcode to WAV on the fly, which would give you the alleged improved sound quality at the only cost of losing FF/RWD capbility (because you can't do that on transcoded streams). HTH Ceejay -- ceejay -

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] SB vs SB+ vs Transporter as transports

2007-07-05 Thread ceejay
7 days. See http://www.oft.gov.uk/advice_and_resources/resource_base/legal/distance-selling-regulations/ but note the seller is within the rights to refuse a return if the packaging is damaged (ie you've opened it!). Ceejay -- ceejay -

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Here is why no FF/RW

2007-06-28 Thread ceejay
krzys;211389 Wrote: > Can you explain please? > Chris http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35468&highlight=Moose -- ceejay ceejay's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=148 V

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Here is why no FF/RW

2007-06-28 Thread ceejay
27;t find it for now) would help. Ceejay -- ceejay ceejay's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=148 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.c

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Will this Elpac Power Supply Work?

2007-05-30 Thread ceejay
Videodrome;205517 Wrote: > > Am I on the right track? Help! > > Thanks, > > VD Nope, that's definitely a switching power supply (see the catalog page details). Ceejay -- ceejay

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Thoughts on a 2 channel rig

2007-05-29 Thread ceejay
h a Denon receiver and it works well - but a universal remote is recommended to get everything switching correctly together! Ceejay -- ceejay ceejay's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=148 V

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Thoughts on a 2 channel rig

2007-05-28 Thread ceejay
erent place, or are you trying to get a "better" 2-ch dedicated system just for music? Its just that you already have GS10s as your fronts, which are pretty good - are you expecting the RS6s to be as good? Ceejay (2ch setup: Transporter + Arcam FMJA32 + GS20s = musi

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Hum?

2007-05-18 Thread ceejay
AFAIK audio kit only hums when it doesn't know the words? Ceejay (slinking into the corner) -- ceejay ceejay's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=148 View this th

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Different servers sound different

2007-05-18 Thread ceejay
which is causing an audible outcome... how that would work when the DAC is external to the SB I really can't imagine. Unless of course the servers are generating airborne or mains-borne interference with the DAC, in which case the SB is irrelevant anyway... I

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Help: speakers and kid's safety

2007-05-16 Thread ceejay
also reduce the risk of toppling sideways just by placing objects (eg equipment racks, TVs, CD racks...) beside the speakers. Whatever, its a compromise. True audio nirvana will only reappear when the kids are big enough that you don't have to worry about this sort of thing anymore! Ceejay

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Using Transporter as a pre amp has me puzzled.

2007-05-09 Thread ceejay
main 2 channel amplifier is an integrated amp with spare inputs - so I can take the preouts from my 5.1 amp and feed them into the 2-ch. Could you find an alternative (integrated) amp? Ceejay -- ceejay ceejay&

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] SB3 to power amp. Confused

2007-04-04 Thread ceejay
blowing your speakers... HTH Ceejay -- ceejay ceejay's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=148 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34150

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Some thoughts on transporter's jumpers to alter analog volume out

2007-04-03 Thread ceejay
given output level, g*S is constant. Increasing g will increase the signal level and therefore the output volume. Comparing S/N ratios for different final output volumes is pretty pointless - the SNR will always be better for higher volumes. I think you might have confused yourself by over-simplif

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Some thoughts on transporter's jumpers to alter analog volume out

2007-04-03 Thread ceejay
plifier which means that a "nicer" sound is produced at differing gain levels, but this is not the same as an SNR discussion. IMHO. Ceejay -- ceejay ceejay's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/me

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Cheap tweaks that really work

2007-03-29 Thread ceejay
gt; . :-D Thanks for posting those links. Following my nose, as one does when surfing, I came upon http://www.positive-feedback.com/Issue1/beltpen.htm which has to be the funniest thing I've come across in a long time... Ceejay -- ceejay -

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] SB3 vs SB3/Elpac vs SB3/Lavry

2007-03-28 Thread ceejay
ing radiated by the output power lead from the PSU (adding a ferrite core at the PSU end significantly reduced the noise). I think the moral of the tale is that noise, once it exists, can get from A to B via several routes! Ceejay -- ceejay

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] SB3 vs SB3/Elpac vs SB3/Lavry

2007-03-28 Thread ceejay
erence at all, and there are others where the PSU noise is having some sort of effect. Ceejay. -- ceejay ceejay's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.ph

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] SB3 vs SB3/Elpac vs SB3/Lavry

2007-03-28 Thread ceejay
some of the less dramatic sound degradation effects that *some* users have reported. Oh, and of course, not being in a NA household everything must be different for me :) Ceejay -- ceejay ceejay's Profile: http://

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] SB3 vs SB3/Elpac vs SB3/Lavry

2007-03-28 Thread ceejay
letely. For next time, perhaps... Ceejay -- ceejay ceejay's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=148 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Q: Inexpensive Linear power supply

2007-03-27 Thread ceejay
get there, not least because all of the participants in these threads have such wildly differing starting points. But, please can we at least avoid the pejorative? ("Dullard", "fascism", "rude", "arrogant" are

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What is connected to your Transporter?

2007-03-24 Thread ceejay
Maybe not quite so simple after all! Ceejay -- ceejay ceejay's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=148 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showth

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Today's upgrade

2007-03-20 Thread ceejay
ering the noise floor? I hear greater detail in quiet passages and better front to back image definition. Very impressive!" - Glenn, Dec 2006 ROFL. Ceejay -- ceejay ceejay's Profile: http://forums.slimdevic

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] external DAC for Squeezebox

2007-03-07 Thread ceejay
Many threads on this already, such as http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32740&highlight=external+DAC%2A This is one of the uses for the digital output - another would be the case where the SB is being used with an all digital amplifier/receiver. Ceejay -- ce

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Please recommend best quality solution

2007-03-01 Thread ceejay
;t quite enough - not that Slimserver used all of that, but when there were other things going on then my total memory usage often got up to 700MB or more. Memory is cheap so I upgraded to 1GB. Can't comment on the sound quality of the other device as I've never heard one, but the TP sounds

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] The Greek Audiophile

2007-02-27 Thread ceejay
Hmmm, here's a question to sort out the men from the boys: Which cost the most: (a) your car (b) your audio (c) the contents of your wardrobe? You only qualify as "audiophile" if the answer is "b&quo

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Do you use WAV or FLAC ? Pros vs Cons.....Please :-)

2007-02-22 Thread ceejay
r", nonstandard tags like "Performer"). Of these (1) is important to me (it means I can manage with one disc instead of two for my main library) and (3) is absolutely essential (I could not manage without multiple genre

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] time for a DBT-free zone??

2007-02-15 Thread ceejay
n the *likelihood* is that it is correct. Not certainty, of course - nothing scientific is ever certain. But to argue from "here is an example of where outrageous became mainstream" to "therefore I will disbelieve all scientific consensus" is, shall we say, a bit dodgy.

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Modding the Squeezebox

2007-02-15 Thread ceejay
is forum. In his post, tomjtx has expressed an opinion, to which he is entitled, in civil terms. Post your own opinions, that's fine, but lay off the rest of this cr*p. Ceejay -- ceejay ceejay's Profile: http://f

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Manage files

2007-02-12 Thread ceejay
You've not said what OS you are using , but your best way to get out of this mess might be to filter on file size, eg find all files in your music folder over or under a certain size... this might not be foolproof if you have some especially short or long tracks, of course! Ceejay -- c

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] plug and play linear supply (part 2)

2007-02-07 Thread ceejay
I wouldn't recommend it. It has outputs you don't need and it does'nt look like a house-friendly case. Search this forum for other suggestions. -- ceejay ceejay's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.c

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] plug and play linear supply (part 2)

2007-02-07 Thread ceejay
687&BV_EngineID=ccdjaddkdhjdfhecefeceeldgondhgn.0&cacheID=sgnetscape&Nr=avl:sg That URL doesn't work - it was unique to your session and has timed out. You'll need to find another way to point at the product you are thinking of. -- ceejay -

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] plug and play linear supply (part 2)

2007-02-06 Thread ceejay
em, and it did reduce the problem somewhat - but nowhere near enough, which is why I coughed $40 for a linear supply... Ceejay -- ceejay ceejay's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=148 Vie

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] plug and play linear supply (part 2)

2007-02-06 Thread ceejay
isn't part of the main signal path induces bad behaviour. -- ceejay ceejay's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=148 View this thread: http://forum

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] plug and play linear supply (part 2)

2007-02-06 Thread ceejay
rly be much more susceptible than others. In my case, a linear PSU made a Tivoli One radio usable where it had previously not been. Ceejay -- ceejay ceejay's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?useri

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] plug and play linear supply (part 2)

2007-02-06 Thread ceejay
t; Interesting observation. One simple test you might want to try, in the interests of science: what happens if you leave your "new" setup untouched but plug the old stock PSU into the mains supply (preferably in the same socket it was before)? If the EMI theory is correct, this

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] my ripping tool of choice

2007-02-06 Thread ceejay
s (or no gaps) as on the original CD. My only point was that there is a setting in EAC to change what it does with the inter-track gap which might have made a small difference to file sizes, sorry for any confusion. Ceejay -- ceejay --

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] my ripping tool of choice

2007-02-05 Thread ceejay
ettings to rip CDs to flac files with dBMC so that the > resulting flac take full advantage of the features of SS and SB3? > > Creating the M3U is an option in EAC, you didn't need it, SS won't miss the file. Ceejay -- ceejay -

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] my ripping tool of choice

2007-02-04 Thread ceejay
P Floding;177487 Wrote: > Thanks for the tip! > Configuring EAC to rip to FLAC and AAC at the same time is a b*tch. Did you try MAREO? I found that pretty easy to set up for multiple conversions... Ceejay --

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] FLAC Encoder recommendations - and a Winamp impression

2007-02-03 Thread ceejay
ur time and disc space - the information lost by compressing to 128kbps is lost forever. If you want better quality you'll need to rip a CD, or find a higher quality download. Ceejay -- ceejay ceejay's Profile: h

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] time for a DBT-free zone??

2007-02-02 Thread ceejay
forum separated from an Objectivist Audiophile forum by a big wall with barbed wire and searchlights on top! Lets not go there. Ceejay -- ceejay ceejay's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=148 View t

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

2007-01-31 Thread ceejay
So just which part of the SB would be affected by vibration, I wonder? Ceejay -- ceejay ceejay's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=148 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthrea

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

2007-01-31 Thread ceejay
But surely all of us that hang out on this and other similar fora are by definition displaying AS tendencies? It would certainly explain some of the exchanges here... Ceejay -- ceejay ceejay's Profile:

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: plug and play linear supply (part 2)

2007-01-30 Thread ceejay
jhm731;175585 Wrote: > As I predicted in your "part 1," I didn't think you’d hear any > difference with this cheap linear PSU. Well, of course! Any solution to an audiophile problem that doesn't cost at least a grand can't possibly be worthwhile :) (r

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: plug and play linear supply (part 2)

2007-01-29 Thread ceejay
s affected by it you will hear a difference. Otherwise, otherwise. Ceejay -- ceejay ceejay's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=148 View this t

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

2007-01-24 Thread ceejay
linear. I can personally testify that changing to a linear supply made a massive difference to the usability of a nearby radio!! So if the rest of your gear is more or less immune to the RF nasties, changing the PS would have no effect. Ceejay

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: To DAC or not to DAC

2007-01-22 Thread ceejay
OK guys, can I "respectfully" suggest that we let this one drop? The last two pages of posts have created only heat, no light. IMO. Ceejay. -- ceejay ceejay's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/me

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: New WIKI - Connecting SB3/Transporter directly to an Amplifier w/o Preamp

2007-01-19 Thread ceejay
Mark nice work... I think the only point I'd want to debate is your assumption that we don't need to cover the Transporter as their owners are unlikely to be beginners: not beginners in audio, almost certainly, but could easily be complete novices in slimserver or computer based audi

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: New WIKI - Connecting SB3/Transporter directly to an Amplifier w/o Preamp

2007-01-18 Thread ceejay
box to the inputs of your audio amplifier in just the same way that you now would connect a CD player. There are several advanced options, however, which are discussed here." (link to new page) Anyone feeling bold? Ceej

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

2007-01-17 Thread ceejay
finding a cheap linear supply which (hopefully) won't have the same effect... Ceejay -- ceejay ceejay's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=148 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/sh

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: SB to Power Amp ... Preamp or Attenuator or DontEvenTry?

2007-01-17 Thread ceejay
in quantization errors... right? Not quite. See this thread http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28133 amongst others Ceejay -- ceejay ceejay's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=148 Vi

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Clicking before tracks and other teething problems

2007-01-17 Thread ceejay
ntally, by default sending WAVs to the SB won't stop transcoding taking place as FLAC is a preferred format over WAV: you'd need to untick the WAV-FLAC box in file formats. HTH Ceejay -- ceejay ce

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Headphone amp for Transporter XLR connector ?

2007-01-16 Thread ceejay
u miss is the option to add fixed attenuation (10, 20 or 30dB). So it would be ok as long as the output level from the TP doesn't completely max out the amps input or otherwise be so high that you end up running the TP well below max output. Ceejay

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Digital or Analog output?

2007-01-10 Thread ceejay
Mark Lanctot;169067 Wrote: > Ceejay: I'm curious how you know this. > > I'm not at all suggesting you're wrong, but I'd like to know how to > determine this myself. If you look at all the manufacturer literature, > they'd have you believe every one of

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Digital or Analog output?

2007-01-10 Thread ceejay
SB2), even using not-terribly-expensive cable, ie I preferred the SB's DAC to the Denon. YMMV. YMMV Ceejay -- ceejay ceejay's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=148 View this thread:

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: SB sounding too bright

2007-01-08 Thread ceejay
he way for me to go, and to reinforce comments made here and elsewhere that the stock switching PSU may be well rejected by the internal linear power supplies in the SB but its playing havoc with other kit... Ceejay -- ceejay -

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Better sound quality from flac's than CD's?

2007-01-02 Thread ceejay
e same DAC, the topic to read up on is "jitter" - lots of discussion on that here. It could well be that the CD player is injecting more jitter into the bit stream to the DAC, and if the DAC isn't good at rejecting it (some are better than others, it seems) you will hear a quality di

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Start Server via Transporter/Squeezbox using magic packet

2007-01-02 Thread ceejay
Plenty of threads on this, try this one for example... http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=23400&highlight=Wake+LAN%2A HTH Ceejay -- ceejay ceejay's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?u

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Problem with Slim Server

2006-12-28 Thread ceejay
ead, though, tickles me. Pot, meet Kettle Any chance of a debate about sound stages, or any similar topic, without all this stuff? Thanks Ceejay -- ceejay ceejay's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/memb

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: FLAC signal levels

2006-12-28 Thread ceejay
be made equally to all tracks/movements, so there is no question of overriding Mr Karajan or his colleagues. I'm not saying, BTW, that all gain adjustment techniques are without any of these problems - merely that it is quite possible to get volume no

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Problem with Slim Server

2006-12-25 Thread ceejay
now is perhaps a bit wild sometimes). Radish was, quite correctly, pointing out that your query would more appropriately have been posted in another forum. Please don't get the hump at this. In the meantime, chill, enjoy your new toy, and have a merry Christmas. Ceejay. -- ceejay

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: HiFi System needed to show difference: SB3, TP

2006-12-15 Thread ceejay
Bi-amping gets you those benefits plus some more besides, at higher cost. You pays your money.. Ceejay -- ceejay ceejay's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=148 View this thread: http

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: SB3 plus DAC vs Transporter with or without DAC

2006-12-14 Thread ceejay
aven't got, which always seems like a bad idea to me... YMMV Ceejay -- ceejay ceejay's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=148 View this thread: http://forum

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: WMA lossless vs EAC

2006-12-07 Thread ceejay
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[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Analog volume using Transporter

2006-12-06 Thread ceejay
istortion being introduced by overloading the amplifier inputs, the SB and TP can sometimes overdo it for more sensitive amps. Ceejay -- ceejay ceejay's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=148 Vi

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: How do I stop my Transporter from trying to connect to Slimserver when PC is off?

2006-12-05 Thread ceejay
Post a bug on bugzilla? If you want something changed, that's the place to put it... Ceejay -- ceejay ceejay's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=148 View this thread: http://forums.slimd

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: 256 kBits vs. Flac

2006-12-03 Thread ceejay
ne compromise strategy is to resolve to rip all new purchases in some lossless format (it doesn't matter which, you can always transcode later) and come back to your legacy music later if you need to. Ceejay -- ceejay -

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: HiFi System needed to show difference: SB3, TP

2006-11-29 Thread ceejay
Impeller;158351 Wrote: > (some of which are, again, over our budget, but hey... I can always say > 'no'. Right?). > > Have fun. But keep a tight hold on your credit card: going into an expensive toyshop can be bad for your wealth! Ever been to a timeshare pr

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: HiFi System needed to show difference: SB3, TP

2006-11-27 Thread ceejay
I think this thread may have just broken the record for "longest thread without any disagreement" on this forum... ;) Ceejay -- ceejay ceejay's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?useri

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: There must be a better way for this forum to operate.

2006-11-26 Thread ceejay
totoro;157653 Wrote: > > > Splitting some threads/subthreads off into a garbage can or fight club > wouldn't be unreasonable. > > Funny, I thought that's what this entire forum is for? Ceejay -- ceejay -

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Equipment advice please

2006-11-16 Thread ceejay
You should certainly be able to get something good for that - eg £600-£800 for speakers, £300 for an amp and £100 for connects. Its fair to say that you could spend more and get something that sounds better, but that depends on how much money you've got and how important it is to you! C

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Active Speakers for Conservatory

2006-11-15 Thread ceejay
Definitely no gravel floors here... http://www.conservatoryinfo.co.uk/ Ceejay -- ceejay ceejay's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=148 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevice

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