donqwan wrote:
I am getting ready to bite the bullet and digitize my music
collection of ~600 CD's to both FLAC (for listening @ home) and 196
kbps Mp3 (for the iPods).
The rule of thumb for FLAC filesize is that you'll be able to store
approx. 3 CDs per 1 GB of storage. So, for just the
seanadams wrote:
I agree. I think the button _should_ behave like a CD player and I'm
not aware of any reason why we could not do that. Also,
displaying a large progress bar or time line indicating the new seek
position might be helpful.
+1 on the separate buttons
The glyph convention seems
jeffmeh wrote:
I always find that the FLAC compression takes longer than the EAC rip,
so I do not worry about the ripping time.
This will vary depending on the speed of the host machine.
Before upgrading my box with new mobo, cpu and ram, FLAC took longer to
run and EAC+FLAC took about 7 or
jeffmeh wrote:
Would my audio sound better if I had a cat that was neither alive nor
dead?
The hifi always sounds better with the house cat in a box. No
bothersome mewling at the door, or using the speaker cloth as a
scratching post.
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jonheal wrote:
This time, I listened over my speakers. I asked her not to try to trick
me, but to simply switch one supply out for the other without telling me
which was which.
A Question: When your wife was swapping out the PS, was she unplugging
them from the wall or just at the SB?
stamsyl wrote:
I saw it on Ebay. (item # 180054037839)
It's mislabeled on Ebay. Should be a WM220-1 (see pic). This looks a
lot like one of those listed in the chart here:
http://www.elpac.com/products/commercial/external-dual/documents/wm071-1950.pdf
It doesn't say 'Linear', but does
wreford wrote:
I just took receipt of my lovely new Transporter and tried to hook it up
- only to find it need slimserver 6.5 and the version required for
InfrantNas is 'coming soon' - so I can't listen to the damn thing!
Does anyone know the eta for the Infrant-compatible v. 6.6?
The Klipsch bookshelf models are high efficiency, affordable and nice
sounding. Should be well suited to rock.
Here are the RB-51s:
https://www.klipsch.com/products/details/rb-51.aspx
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Pat Farrell wrote:
seanadams wrote:
So is it CD quality, or 128K? :)
Its digital, so it is perfect!
They just leave out 90% of the notes.
Short Attention-Span Radio Presents: 20 Second Pops!!
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Responding to some of what Sanjay wrote:
0. A way to purchase individual songs online in lossless format.
This is coming. Nothing to do with SD directly, of course, but I've
seen industry reporting that hints at this. Some specialty labels and
sites already offer this.
See:
DerekDenyer wrote:
Based on 50w vs. 200w 24/7/365 at 8p per KWHr. I didn't believe this
figure when I first calculated it!.
The next version of the ReadyNAS firmware is in beta and being community
tested. Some of the features in this update will address issues of
noise and power
Phil Leigh wrote:
One note of caution - the Faraday cage has very low WAF...
No, no, no. It's not a Faraday Cage at all. Completely the wrong
name for this. Call it an Antique, Burnished Copper, Flowering Vine
Trellis. All the rage in English garden clubs. A must have for every
home.
Phil Leigh wrote:
I'm still having some trouble explaining 1Tb of external disks as
somewhere to keep all of our digital photos...
Oh, that sounds like a Treasury of Precious Memories.
Don't forget the flowered dust ruffle (sound-proofing) and doily (drink
coaster). Bonus points for
Andyoz wrote:
I think someone needs to really push the active speaker concept into
the mainstream. The more domestic friendly versions of active
speaker out there, the better.
Yeah, I wish Paradigm would bring out a new edition of their Studio Actives.
--rt
Pale Blue Ego wrote:
It seems a little underpowered with 256 MB of RAM.
RAM is upgradeable.
See: http://infrant.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=66
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Deaf Cat wrote:
Is it me being a bit daft, what would create that sort of high freq
(annoying) stuff in music anyway?
Drummers and piccolo players, mostly.
Seriously though, pure sine waves are rare in music. Exceptions for
synthesizers, triangles, and members of the flute family.
Lyonesse wrote:
Im not knocking the SB3 in any way, I just want to find a way to
integrate it into my system better so as to kick back and chillout with
my new toy ;)
Have you tried using the SB3's analog outputs?
It won't cost anything to try this and you may find that they sound
better
Heuer wrote:
No. The NV is designed as a RAID server so the disks spin 24/7 and so do
the fans. The Qnap TS-101 disk does stop (no fan) when not being used.
Not currently anyway. The NV has upgradeable firmware, and the request
has been made and acknowledged for a disc spin-down feature.
radish wrote:
The point is, replacing the $300 Behringer with a free piece of
software will save $300 from whatever the total cost of the solution
is.
And allow us to continue to make use of the SB's internal DAC.
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opaqueice wrote:
azinck3 Wrote:
The possibilities are exciting. Thanks for all of your work in this
area, Hugh.
Agreed. I'm very interested in trying this.
I might even have tried out the DEQ, but I like using the analog outs on
my SB2s. Using the DEQ would mean either using it's
joncourage wrote:
I use the Super-T with a pair of Totem Arro's
Just out of curiosity, do you have any specs on the Arro's efficiency?
Having some numbers in hand might provide a usable baseline for those
considering this amp.
Thanks.
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steelee wrote:
I'm using MP10 and can't find anywhere to turn it off, have logged a
support call with MS via a select account we have at work!! so will
wait to see what they have to say..
If you get the chance, try to confirm not only whether automatic level
adjustment is occurring, but
steelee wrote:
Has anyone actually done any comparison of Lossless Wma vs Flac Or is it
the assumption that flac must sound better?
On the contrary, I believe the assumption is that they should sound
exactly the same.
Each file format is storing a compressed, but fully retrievable,
snarlydwarf wrote:
It looks like it is -always- encoded with the equivalent of
replay-gain turned on.
Any idea of whether this is accomplished by storing gain adjustment tags
in the file header data, or actually applied to the audio data? If it's
the latter, then WMP Lossless isn't.
ezkcdude wrote:
Welcome, John! Because I'm slightly star-struck :), I won't belabor the
point, but why aren't you using FLAC or some other lossless codec?
Of course, a full review of the device should include coverage of how it
works while playing back the various file formats.
You might take a look at the Mapleshade speaker wires.
http://www.mapleshaderecords.com/audioproducts/speakercable.php
Very nice sounding in my system. I had tried fat braided copper
bi-wires and DIY Cat5 before these. They were a big upgrade over both.
Plus versions are, I believe,
I'll add one more shortcoming to the list: lack of support for
replaygain. Any device that supports a shuffle playback mode really
needs to support gain tags.
Take care of that and add FLAC support for those times when I just don't
want to transcode, and the iPod would be just about complete
hifisteve wrote:
As it happens, the time difference between creating WAV and FLAC files
is quite significant in my experience. Multiplied by 2000 CD, that's a
good chunk of my time I'd prefer not to spend sat at my PC when the
extra storage cost so little.
You may be able to get the
Skunk wrote:
I do want to make the DIY silver wire in teflon tubing
interconnects.
I made these:
http://www.venhaus1.com/diysilverinterconnects.html
They work great.
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radish wrote:
I know everyone's probably sick of hearing this already but the T-amp
really is amazing.
I agree on the sound of the T-amp, but be sure to know it's limitations
before buying. It is a low power amp that really ought to be paired
with high efficiency speakers. This depends on
pablolie wrote:
Like the OS I use now will be around in 5 years... right. Good luck
running that application then.
two thoughts:
1) store the source code, not the binary executable
(better yet: store the format spec and re-implement if needed)
2) emulators already exist for current
A decent, rough rule of thumb for me has been to estimate about 1GB of
HDD space needed to store 3 CDs worth of FLAC encoded files.
Double this figure if you want to keep a backup of your library on HDD.
Background numbers:
CDs are averaging about 500 to 550MB.
FLAC encoding results in an
IIRC, EAC has the capability to test whether the drive has the caching
feature.
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Skunk wrote:
fuzzyT Wrote:
IIRC, EAC has the capability to test whether the drive has the caching
feature.
Yes, it does. And if your drive caches it automatically checks the box,
sort of guessing that you want it to rip 'faster' rather than 'better'.
Skunk, i think you may (or i) must be
teanau wrote:
or is part of the beauty the single driver? not just the elimination of
crossovers?
one of the key design benefits of a single driver system is that there
is a single point source. this avoids time-alignment error and other
issues and helps with imaging.
--rt
Heuer wrote:
Photos of the completed unit will be much appreciated here to inspire
others. Glad you managed to get the job done at the right price.
Quick question: Has anyone had a chance to do any listening comparisons
between the Cascade-sourced PSU and the Elpac unit?
The Elpac costs a
Hiroyuki Hamada wrote:
I got a great tip from a Toslink user, Victor Lee, at another audio
forum ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). He soldered in a 0.1 uF ceramic cap
between the 5V pin and the ground pin of the Toslink module of his SB1
and got much better sound. He found that there was no local
Jim wrote:
Gassing people because of their religion was right to some depending on
what side of 1940's German politics they were on - Hitler even wrote
about that.
Hitler has been mentioned. I now invoke the tradition of Godwin's Law
and call for an end to this thread.
Are you going to want to use the reciever as a selector/amplifier for
sources other than the SqueezeBox? (ie: radio,cd,tv,etc).
If not, you may want to consider powered speakers (amp built into
speakers, aka active speakers.)
In fact, even if you are using other sources, you could still use
seanadams wrote:
Hmmm looks like using 128x (instead of 64x) oversampling brings the
out-of-band noise way down, mostly under -115dBu all the way up to
96KHz.
wonder what are the pros/cons of using 128x all the time. the noise is
low level and out of band, but could be interacting with
seanadams wrote:
well it does have a marginally higher noise level in the audio band.
here they are overlaid:
promising. for the few db in the audio band and for the potential
harmonic interactions of the slightly higher band stuff.
hard to say what the ears will make of it, but we'd sure
Deaf Cat wrote:
Are these linear 5V supplies something that can be picked up easily?
Is it any linear 5v supply we are looking for or are some types better
than others?
I'm not sure that anyone has identified a cheap, easily available
off-the-shelf model that fills the bill. If they have,
well, not _just_ for the sake of fitting in.
if the power supply and regulator bits were internal, then a bit larger
case would be in order. and i'm not wanting anything massive, just a
something on the order of a standard CD player.
--rt
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Yannzola wrote:
That's assuming folks want to have their SB2 sitting with the rest of
their gear. Personally, I like my gear hidden away...
I _like_ the way my gear looks. And I'm just musing about have an
alternate model, not a design change for the existing model.
Pat Farrell wrote:
This tells me that one shouldn't bother to read AudioAsylum.
Your conclusion covers vastly too much ground. We have a paraphrased,
hearsay report of a statement attributed to one user of a well-populated
forum and you would judge that this somehow invalidates the
Pat Farrell wrote:
No problem. I think you have me confused with others.
Or, more likely, just a general Zeitgeist sort of thing. Apparently
this had been building and for whatever reason this thread tipped the
boat. Nothing to do with you at all as it turns out.
This is the line of BS
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