Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] NAS > Transporter > Amp which final connection?

2017-10-02 Thread tcutting
terryd wrote: > Having overloaded on reading up and trying to work out the answer, could > one of you knowledgeable chaps (and chappeses) point me in the right > direction for the final decisions that I need to make please. > > I have the music stored on a NAS which is no problem, I feed the >

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Plugin for 432Hz adjustment

2017-01-30 Thread tcutting
drmatt wrote: > Sounds like it. Can I ask why? I would guess sox can do it but it will > resample to 44khz (or whatever) so it might not be pretty (particularly > if you're only changing one or other of tempo and pitch). > > Are you a musician looking to play along to pitch shifted recordings?

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Euphony Audio

2016-12-05 Thread tcutting
d6jg wrote: > You know the answer to all those questions but can I add for absolute > clarification that if your PC cost less than £1000 or USD1200 then you > clearly shouldn't insert a CD for ripping under any circumstances. I'm going to have to re-rip EVERTHING ;-) Sent from my SM-G930V

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Euphony Audio

2016-12-05 Thread tcutting
edwardthern wrote: > LMS is a link in the chain of digital data being transmitted from a > source [HD, file etc.] and a Dac. Anything along the chain and induce > jitter. Doesn't this imply that the creation of the file which is being played (eg, mp3 or FLAC) could also cause the dreaded

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] How to connect Touch?

2016-05-17 Thread tcutting
Your Yamaha amp should already be optimized for a standard "line" level which the Touch provides (use one of the "TAPE" or "AUX" inputs, NOT the PHONO!). I would say don't add anything between the Touch and your 720. I would use the 720's volume control to get the best setting - use the

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] After vinyl, it's cassettes

2016-02-25 Thread tcutting
ralphpnj wrote: > Are you kidding? Let's get really, really real: Sorry - can't get behind this - it looks "digital" to me ;-) tcutting's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17402 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Is anybody sick of the recent spate of threads?

2015-07-09 Thread tcutting
jkeny wrote: If the test is inherently skewed towards producing null results unless very carefully administered by professionals with expertise in the area of perceptual testing, then repeating it ad-nauseum will not make any difference - you will consistently get null results So how is

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What The Future Of Audio Might Look Like In A Digital World

2015-06-22 Thread tcutting
Wombat wrote: Not only because they are around the corner but for the simple attempt not often found at these high-end vendors i like Avantgarde Acoustics ZERO 1 http://www.avantgarde-acoustic.de/zero1/_en/zero-einfach.html No fancy peripherals needed just something easily available as

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Touch/iTunes not CD quality?

2011-11-30 Thread tcutting
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Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] For the objectivist/empiricists in the crowd

2011-05-10 Thread tcutting
reconstruction filter, you've eliminate all the harmonics due to sampling of the 15kHz signal, and are left with ALL the information at 15kHz. -- tcutting tcutting's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17402

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] For the objectivist/empiricists in the crowd

2011-05-10 Thread tcutting
the source of distortion is so it's not really useful. I imagine there could be metrics for a broadband signal test to verify the accuracy of the result, but the typical tests are more useful to understand where the deficiencies lie. -- tcutting

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Thinking of buying Squeezbox

2011-04-11 Thread tcutting
...). This was followed by dedicated Atom-based server (in a back room), 2 Booms, Radio, Duet. -- tcutting tcutting's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17402 View this thread: http

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] squeezebox setup for audiophiles

2011-04-07 Thread tcutting
be possible to work around this and actually install SOX and setup appropriate configurations to enable transcoding from 96kHz to 48kHz so your Duet Receiver can play these hi-rez streams. -- tcutting tcutting's Profile: http

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Thinking of buying Squeezbox

2011-04-07 Thread tcutting
, however, that these boxes tend to multiply. They work well in multiples, and you can synchronize multiple players running throughout your home, or have each player supporting its own stream, which is another really nice feature of these devices. -- tcutting

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter lost something when I hooked up Duet on same network

2011-03-31 Thread tcutting
-volatile, yet still re-programmable (also much simpler than FPGAs). -- tcutting tcutting's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17402 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Active Crossover as plugin or otherwise

2011-03-29 Thread tcutting
-the-shelf products for performing amplitude/phase corrections. Advantage would be you should be able to equalize each XO output for actual amp/speaker combination, as well as delay and amplitude match each set to each other. -- tcutting

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Active Crossover as plugin or otherwise

2011-03-29 Thread tcutting
-ways plus subs). Of course you still need separate amps for each speaker. -- tcutting tcutting's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17402 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Another trollicious question

2011-03-16 Thread tcutting
infant mortality failures. -- tcutting tcutting's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17402 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=86359

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Boom headphone out quality?

2010-11-11 Thread tcutting
was decent, but there is limited volume. This probably depends on what you are using for headphones. -- tcutting tcutting's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17402 View this thread: http

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] How to fight clipping due to high (recorded) volume?

2010-05-19 Thread tcutting
I don't believe Brothers in Arms is a good example of loudness wars - I consider it to have about the most dynamic range of anything in my collection... it doesn't seem afraid to have quiet sections of music. I suspect the issue here is with the outboard hardware. -- tcutting

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Why cannot you make Transporter support 176.4 and 192Khz/24?

2010-03-31 Thread tcutting
tcutting;529198 Wrote: So, do you know the difference between Hardware and Software? Sorry - didn't mean this to be too deep a question... more of a geeky riddle. Answer: You can change the hardware! -- tcutting

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Why cannot you make Transporter support 176.4 and 192Khz/24?

2010-03-30 Thread tcutting
So, do you know the difference between Hardware and Software? -- tcutting tcutting's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17402 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=76496

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter Display Problem

2010-03-29 Thread tcutting
It might be worth performing a Xilinx reset. Don't know the process off-hand, but I believe it's documented on the Wiki. -- tcutting tcutting's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17402 View

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Album Art ONLY when playing?

2010-03-01 Thread tcutting
It's not clear how you've named your cover art... normally it would be saved in each Albums directory as folder.jpg or cover.jpg. I think any other file name requires some setup in Squeezeboxserver. -- tcutting

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Squeezebox Receiver optimum wired ethernet connection: router or PC?

2009-12-22 Thread tcutting
that seems best and post there. -- tcutting tcutting's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17402 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=72932

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] My Squeezebox 3 is Dead : (

2009-06-28 Thread tcutting
I don't know if you've tried this, but maybe open-up the box, and make sure the wireless card is properly seated. -- tcutting tcutting's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17402 View this thread

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] USB to Optical adaptor

2009-06-02 Thread tcutting
phase distortion). -- tcutting tcutting's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17402 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=63913

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] beginner audiophile setup?

2009-05-11 Thread tcutting
, with a simple elegance (as opposed to big speakers and old JVC receiver). Between your FLAC collection, music services available (pandora, etc.), you get a lot of versatility, and all you see is the little SB3 and a couple of speakers. -- tcutting

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Pop at the end of every track.

2009-04-24 Thread tcutting
What format were the downloaded files? -- tcutting tcutting's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17402 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=62668

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter on the way vs my exsisting SB3

2009-01-27 Thread tcutting
If you got it new from Logitech, don't you have a 30 day trial? -- tcutting tcutting's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17402 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=58311

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Posible bug in built-in MP3 decoder - please verify

2008-06-05 Thread tcutting
the extra step to transcode into something else to get the best playback with the most common format available? -- tcutting tcutting's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17402 View this thread: http