The tour has been completed. Reviews in a wide variety of systems have
been posted accessible via the link in the previous post.. I have
purchased the tour component.
konut's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.ph
This is part 2 of a review for the Tortuga Audio LDR1 passive preamp. I
was able to audition the LDR1 for a full month before receiving the
updated software chip. There had been a delay in sending out the chip as
it was discovered there were certain anomalies with Class D amps. Once
those were res
This is part 1 of a review of the Tortuga Audio LDR1 passive volume
control, or passive preamp, as some like to call it.
http://www.tortugaaudio.com/
There was a delay in getting a newly implemented control software
chip due to refinements that were required after beta testing. Part 2
will consi
Thanks for your detailed and thorough explanation. I always look forward
to reading your posts. I suspected that the difficulty in measuring and
optimizing this spec was the reason that this aspect of S/PDIF behavior
is ignored by manufacturers. One would have thought that by now a few of
the bett
John Swenson wrote in the "Upgrading the clocks in the SBT - is it
necessary?" thread.
"For example the impedance of the output is just as important as the
jitter of the signal, the official spec says outputs and inputs should
be 75 ohms, but in reality the impedance of outputs, inputs and cables
Mnyb;690070 Wrote:
> Their amps get rave reviews everywhere :( such is the state "
> engineering " in high end audio .
You are assuming the same people that design the DACs are also the same
people that design the amps. That would be an incorrect assumpt
ry to go OT but, might this account for why some people hear
differences between FLAC and WAV vis a vis different server configs?
--
konut
konut's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=
Just because you've not experienced another dimension doesn't mean its
not there.
--
konut
konut's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1596
View this thread: http://forums.
Really? This shit again? How many times does this conversation need to
take place? I give you the answer by the brightest guy on the forum.
Post #16.
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?p=574856&highlight=power#post574856
--
k
, there are some recordings that have a nice "sound stage"
that are multi-miked, manipulated, not recorded in real time, with
artificial echo, reverb, compressed, limited, and whatever else, but
these are few and far between.
accustomed to and are capable of
driving the speaker at its rated minimum nominal impedance.
Make sure your amp has an input impedance that is at least 10 times
greater than your source or preamps output impedance.
--
konut
magiccarpetride;625616 Wrote:
> My question: if you can hear a difference, does it, according to the
> First Audiophile Asshole Law, always mean that something about that
> component is broken?
No.
magiccarpetride;625616 Wrote:
> Trolling over and out!
I doubt it.
problems of implementation that active XOs present. The only downside
is insertion loss.
Speaker companies choose not to market this way, not trusting
their customers to implement correctly, with good reason. Unless you
know what you're doing its easy to screw
The hook end "captures" the wattage, so thats the amp side. Squigly end
is the speaker side. Don't over-think these things.
--
konut
konut's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1
reed. Try the cryoed coat hangers. They are aMAAAAZing!
--
konut
konut's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1596
View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.c
Robin Bowes;617867 Wrote:
> On 13/03/11 23:20, konut wrote:
> > My perceived preference is probably not scientifically measurable.
> > Can someone invent a pleasure meter?
>
> If your preference is not scientifically measurable then it almost
> certainly exists o
corette
gum. :D
--
konut
konut's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1596
View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=86298
___
aud
presentation. If that isn't enough,
components themselves have different input and output electrical
characteristics. If one were to ignore all these different parameters
to make sweeping generalizations about all cables then the conclusions
that resulted would, more ofte
e an audible effect. Best to get a 30 day return option.
--
konut
konut's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1596
View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.ph
pfarrell;598334 Wrote:
> On 12/30/2010 10:22 AM, konut wrote:
> > Glass has the potential to vibrate. I stick with wood.
>
> The stuff that they use to make guitars and violins?
>
> --
> Pat Farrell
> http://www.pfarrell.com/
ABSOLUTELY! I mount all of my co
Glass has the potential to vibrate. I stick with wood.
--
konut
konut's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1596
View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=
rence?
That is correct. Your amp is the choke point.
--
konut
konut's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1596
View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/sh
that MIGHT explain your perception. I use a ancient
Creek passive remote so I know that Creek makes good stuff. I also know
that there is better stuff out there.
--
konut
konut's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/
over at
2200hz, right at the most sensitive area of human percetpion. Not good
IMHO.
--
konut
konut's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1596
View this thread: http://forums.slimdevic
easy, others of us are not quite so adept.
--
konut
konut's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1596
View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=
I got the 8gb Clip+ recently. Out of the box I could drag and drop my
FLAC files directly. I don't do mp3. Could not have been easier. For in
depth answers see
http://www.anythingbutipod.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=119
--
RWA SB3 BNC to Bryston BDA-1 to Creek OBH-12 passive remote to AV123
X-Amps
--
konut
konut's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1596
View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.
Which will come first? The end of Linn, or the end of the CD?
--
konut
konut's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1596
View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=
If you can afford 2 Transporters, and 2 separate systems, you should be
able to afford an SPL meter and a disc of test tones. Encode said disc
and calibrate so both play at the same SPL. 90db at 1khz for example.
Play music and report back.
--
konut
Heres a guy who thinks the minimum optimal length is 16ft.
http://www.analogresearch-technology.net/ubyte.html
--
konut
konut's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1596
View this thread:
/cgi.ebay.com/STAR-TREK-DILITHIUM-CRYSTAL-PROP-USED-ON-STAR-TREK_W0QQitemZ230391281900QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0#ht_1632wt_754
No wonder why they don't let me near the engine room.
--
konut
---
rophic mixing of phase and anti-phase, and why would you want to
do that? This dimension is so much fun!
--
konut
konut's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1596
View this thread: http://forums.slim
OK, Roland and Rowland are 2 different things. Thanks for the
correction.
--
konut
konut's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1596
View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.
Roland?
--
konut
konut's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1596
View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=70001
___
audiop
A poster on this forum, art, claims his proprietary coax can be used as
long as 100'. See this post at AudioCircle.
http://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?topic=60136.msg535663;topicseen#msg535663
--
konut
konut'
Phil Leigh;453406 Wrote:
> By the way, for future reference I am using a standard $5 USB cable to
> attach my hard drive to my PC, so if anyone feels my posts lack
> integrity, clarity etc, it must be down to that cheapo cable I'm using
> :-)
Thanks! Are you SURE its the cabl
I have found that affordable active crossovers impose too much of a
sonic signature on the sound and now use a passive line level high pass
filter(Marchand XM46) with an active parametric low pass bass management
device(ONIX RDES).
--
konut
esentation that gives an
unnatural impact, thus further pushing away those looking for full range
presentation.
--
konut
konut's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1596
View this thread: http://forums.s
an 3) approaches that are reported to be
excellent, but I haven't heard them myself.
--
konut
konut's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1596
View this thread: http://forums.sli
I'd like to recommend the Bryston BDA-1 DAC. A search will reveal that
whenever reviewed, the reviewer usually ends up purchasing the unit.
Discrete, class A, output. Nuff said.
--
konut
konut's Pro
.
--
konut
konut's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1596
View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=64972
___
audiophiles mailing
food before you even taste it.
After a 28 day fast, I lost the taste for salt.
--
konut
konut's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1596
View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.p
.
--
konut
konut's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1596
View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=63739
___
audiophiles mailing
the hi rez capabilty of the Transporter as opposed to
the SB3.
--
konut
konut's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1596
View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=
You're not listening to them loud enough! ;) Oh, and it helps if you're
stoned.
--
konut
konut's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1596
View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com
"No one went broke underestimating public taste." P.T.Barnum
"No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the
American public." H.L. Mencken
--
konut
konut's Profile: http
ppropriate.
--
konut
konut's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1596
View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=57314
___
audiophil
So you're saying that the Leema Tucana also caused sibilant peaks. Have
you considered that the SFs might be broken?
--
konut
konut's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1596
View this th
The Copeland, at 60W, cannot handle the sibilant peaks and is
overloading. Most underestimate the transient peaks that digital gives
us. Easy to overdrive modest amps, especially tubes.
--
konut
konut's Profile:
more coffee=more jitter is the only thing I'm getting from this story.;)
--
konut
konut's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1596
View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showth
g
fee.
--
konut
konut's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1596
View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56628
___
audiophiles ma
supply? Or, are they
spurious artifacts relating to the display? Would a battery supply
mitigate this?
--
konut
konut's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1596
View this thread: http://forums.slimde
, and if either Parallels or Bootcamp will be
compatible( I've read Parallels has problems with peripherals) Oh, and
does the C2Duo have enough horsepower to use the Inguz plugin for said
setup?
--
konut
konut's Pro
Those coat hangers MUST have been cryo'd!
--
konut
konut's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1596
View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.p
t.php?attachmentid=4165|
+---+
--
konut
konut's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1596
View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showth
So how does it compare to the USB/Vista feed now?
--
konut
konut's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1596
View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=
+1 for parametric.
It would allow us to tailor the sound to OUR preference rather than the
speaker designer. Usually boost or cut of less than 3db has negligible
effect on phase and is all most of us need.
--
konut
Why should you replace ANY of your equipment because of a bad recording?
Just get a good recording of Alice in Chains. Does one exist?
--
konut
konut's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1596
m off. Thats all I got.
--
konut
konut's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1596
View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.p
system, with the Transporter at its core, optimising the
best use of the DAC and analog circuitry therein. Any kind of sources
you may happen to know of.
--
konut
konut's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/membe
ls in your room. Its an IB design so its
subjectively fast, to my ears anyway. Very musical. I love mine.
http://www.av123.com/products_product.php?section=subwoofers&product=8.1
--
konut
konut's Profile: http:
Sky.
You may be surprised at what you hear.
--
konut
konut's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1596
View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/sh
the AEs to as many brands and models that you can.
Bring CDs you are familiar with. Speakers are a highly personal choice.
This excersise should give you the greatest chance of finding something
that YOU, and the Mrs., like.
--
konut
Having followed this thread, I am definitely more jittery than when I
started. A purely subjective observation, YMMV.
--
konut
konut's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1596
View this thread:
There is a divergance of opinion on this. It looks like you have an
excellent system. Try it and tell us what YOU think. Really!
--
konut
konut's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1596
View
Make sure the actives are large enough so that you don't need a sub, and
that your computer is powerful enough to run the Inguz plug-in, and
you're there, dude!
--
konut
konut's Profile: http://forums.
erent' sound though not nessesarily
better. Need to buy more CDs!!
--
konut
konut's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1596
View this thread: http://
I always practise Safe Resampling. I wear a condom!
--
konut
konut's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1596
View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=
You are right. Soon they'll be a poll for the most convinient time for
the mass suicide. Kool Aid flavor preferences as well.
--
konut
konut's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1596
View t
You'd think they coulda found a Canadian scientist...
--
konut
konut's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1596
View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.p
ezkcdude;180934 Wrote:
> So, I want to hear that the human race is doomed?
Apparently
--
konut
konut's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1596
View this thread: http://forums.slimdev
an interesting read.
http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=156df7e6-d490-41c9-8b1f-106fef8763c6&k=0
Then again, you may not.
Oh, the UN. Thats like going to a taxidermist for a headache.
To quote Paul Simon ,"A man hears what he wants to hear and disregards
the rest".
to source for the RedTop in
> Singapore. Will try that once I'm able to secure a RedTop.
>
> Best Regards
> Dennis
Is that the Channel Islands Audio VDA-2? What didn't you like about it?
--
konut
---
bit of low level rumble.It's easy to hear why he was considered
one of the greatests pianists of his time.
--
konut
konut's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1596
View this thread: http://fo
reproduction chain have advanced far enough
to the point human perception can't discriminate an improvement at a
reasonable cost. I don't know where I'm going with this so I'll just
stop.
--
konut
ko
em that does not synergise well, it might not
sound good TO YOU. My splitting hairs might be your night and day and
visa versa. YMMV, you might not be even driving.
--
konut
konut's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices
I've been avoiding this thread. Why? I don't know. Well, I finally read
it today and it looked kind of familiar.
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?p=162233
Great minds think alike.
--
konut
konut
at louder volumes as a larger woofer. Having said that, the
8020s alone put out a surprising amount of tuneful bass on their own.
My setup can fill a good size room, with peaks at 1m., at +100dB.
--
konut
konut'
Heres the one I use. I couldn't live without remote.
http://www.audioreview.com/cat/amplification/preamplifiers/creek/PRD_118255_1591crx.aspx
--
konut
konut's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?u
Correct me if I'm wrong. Won't the passive speaker xover affect
dispersion patterns of the drivers, and the line level, wheather active
or passive, digital or analog, not?
--
konut
konut'
EAC exactly. Its the flash vs. buffer thats got me thinking.
--
konut
konut's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1596
View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=
This new product ought to prompt some lively discussion. To put it
mildly.
http://www.positive-feedback.com/Issue28/novaphysics_memoryplayer.htm
--
konut
konut's Profile:
I run the SB3 to a Creek remote passive attenuator and split the output
to powered monitors and a powered sub. Sounds great!
--
konut
konut's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1596
View this t
lling choices in you budget
range. Hope this helps.
--
konut
konut's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1596
View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29665
_
Far from the modding crowd's ignoble strife
Their sober wishes never learn'd to stray;
Along the cool sequester'd vale of life
They kept the noiseless tenor of their way.
Thomas Grey 1751
--
konut
konut&
TiredLegs;131804 Wrote:
> There's a school of thought which says that a DAC's op amps make more
> audible difference then its digital chips.
Thats the school I've been attending.
--
konut
have to spend MUCH more to realize
any significant improvement in quality. I'm sure the Transporter will
be an improvement over what I have, but I neither require the myriad of
in/out options it offers or can justify paying that kind of money for a
digital source. Like I said, I'm a che
rcles/index.php?topic=29520.0While
there are other mods available for the SB3, I think that Redwine offers
the most bang for your buck.
--
konut
konut's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1
gree.
Twas ever thus. YMMV, my .02 cents, + or - .02 cents margin of error.
Tickety boo, Bobs your uncle.
--
konut
konut's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1596
View this thread: http://fo
Can't give any objective advice, only an anecdote. I've been using a RW
modded SB3. This is the latest mod with battery supply and upgraded
opamp. I am nothing but thrilled using the analog outs to a OBH-12
Creek passive, direct to a pair of Genelec 8020s. Just killer!
We have a winner!! The best thing since furry gifts! After all they're
both places to put your.oh never mind.
--
konut
konut's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1596
View t
ead.
Which reminds me, what was the 'best thing' before sliced bread?
--
konut
konut's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1596
View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.c
to hold off on shipping it because I use a passive pre in my
system and was on the fence weather to get the digital mod only or the
full mod. I couldn't be happier at the changes he's made and I should
be getting it in a couple of weeks.
expense of an external solution with comparable
performance. Had Slim Devices chosen to target a more restricted (read
higher end) part of the market, I'm sure they would have come up with a
higher performance product as well.
--
Ask any comedian. Timing is EVERYTHING!
--
konut
konut's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1596
View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=
Think iPod a la Bose Wave.
--
konut
konut's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1596
View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=
Just curious. Have you purchased/auditioned any discs based on the
recommendations in this thread yet Sean?
--
konut
konut's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1596
View this thread:
ssing?
--
konut
konut's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1596
View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21321
___
audiophiles ma
Why don't you just buy a hardware EQ?
--
konut
konut's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1596
View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.p
will raise the ultimate cost. I own an older model,
the CX2300, which I have been happy with. Having said that, its the
weakest link in my system and am looking to replace it. There aren't a
lot of reasonably priced options out there.
1 - 100 of 122 matches
Mail list logo