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...
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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...
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See the later parts of this thread:
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42960&page=7
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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
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.
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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
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> 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.
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reads which give this board a very bad name.
Just stop, now. Please.
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You missed one.
7 - spend 500 USD on new music and listen to it for hours and hours...
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Just play some music and enjoy it..
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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
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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...
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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
decent remote - I use a Harmony -
so you can switch everything around with a single button push.
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DennyL;234726 Wrote:
> If they sound different, then the two streams of numbers are different.
> Surely we can all accept that.
Nope.
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he range" but my Transporter is connected to an
Arcam FMJ A32 and it works pretty well for me...
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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...
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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.
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question as to why he preferred option A while
sighted and option B while blind...
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to 100 (was 0 to 40 for a while) on the remote interface.
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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).
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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
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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
- 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
ably a DAC in this
case) might be able to overcome any noise and make all sources sound
alike.
HTH
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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.
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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).
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but note the seller is within the rights to refuse a return if the
packaging is damaged (ie you've opened it!).
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> Chris
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> Am I on the right track? Help!
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> Thanks,
>
> VD
Nope, that's definitely a switching power supply (see the catalog page
details).
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universal remote is recommended to get everything switching correctly
together!
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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
AFAIK audio kit only hums when it doesn't know the words?
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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
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!
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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?
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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
plifier which
means that a "nicer" sound is produced at differing gain levels, but
this is not the same as an SNR discussion.
IMHO.
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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...
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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!
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erence at all, and there are others where the
PSU noise is having some sort of effect.
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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 :)
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For next time, perhaps...
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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
Maybe not quite so simple after all!
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ering the noise
floor? I hear greater detail in quiet passages and better front to back
image definition. Very impressive!" - Glenn, Dec 2006
ROFL.
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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.
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;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
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
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
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.
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.
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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!
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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
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em, and it did
reduce the problem somewhat - but nowhere near enough, which is why I
coughed $40 for a linear supply...
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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.
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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
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.
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> resulting flac take full advantage of the features of SS and SB3?
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>
Creating the M3U is an option in EAC, you didn't need it, SS won't miss
the file.
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> 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...
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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.
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forum separated
from an Objectivist Audiophile forum by a big wall with barbed wire and
searchlights on top!
Lets not go there.
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So just which part of the SB would be affected by vibration, I wonder?
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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...
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> As I predicted in your "part 1," I didn't think youd 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 :)
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s affected by it you will
hear a difference. Otherwise, otherwise.
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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
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.
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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
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
finding a cheap linear supply which (hopefully) won't have the same
effect...
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in quantization errors... right?
Not quite. See this thread
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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
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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
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
SB2), even using not-terribly-expensive
cable, ie I preferred the SB's DAC to the Denon. YMMV.
YMMV
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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...
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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
Plenty of threads on this, try this one for example...
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HTH
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ead, though, tickles me.
Pot, meet Kettle
Any chance of a debate about sound stages, or any similar topic,
without all this stuff?
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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
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.
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Bi-amping gets you those benefits plus some more besides, at higher
cost.
You pays your money..
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YMMV
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istortion being introduced by overloading the amplifier inputs, the SB
and TP can sometimes overdo it for more sensitive amps.
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Post a bug on bugzilla? If you want something changed, that's the place
to put it...
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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.
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> (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
I think this thread may have just broken the record for "longest thread
without any disagreement" on this forum... ;)
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totoro;157653 Wrote:
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>
> 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?
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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!
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Definitely no gravel floors here...
http://www.conservatoryinfo.co.uk/
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