Unclear on some of the details discussed in this thread, but I use a Mac
Mini serving primarily ripped FLACs from an external Iomega drive to my
Transporter over wifi and into my Linn Aktiv bi-amped stereo. It
sounds spectacular, even in comparison to my (previously considered
excellent) Linn CD
Thanks, but it's not a DAC im after. I have the most excellent dac in
my Audio Note 2. It's an usb-spdif-bridge i'm after.
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What about using a HRT Music Streamer II?
http://www.whathifi.com/review/hrt-music-streamer-ii/
http://www.analogueseduction.net/product/HRT_Music_Streamer_II_USB_DAC_HRT-MS#
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I feared as much. No free lunch, huh... Stereophile did test the Touch
some time back and I seem to remember that there were measurements, so
maybe I can compare them. Of course that was an unmodified Touch with a
standard psu and probably no scripts. Ah well, back to the old drawing
board!
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Absinth;617963 Wrote:
> Well, I'm no electronic engineer, so the finer technical points are lost
> on me, but as I understand it the asyncronus transfer on the V-link
> isolates the clock signal from the PC, which is the normal problem with
> USB.
>
> This means that it's input signal is no bet
bernt;618171 Wrote:
> Maybe you can install Vortexbox on the Mac Mini?
If I install Squeezeboxserver and the software client on the Mac (which
I plan to), I have pretty much the same functionality.
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Absinth;618167 Wrote:
> Woha! That's hardly eye candy, is it? I wouldn't want an ugly looking
> POS standing in my living room. The Mac Mini looks so much better.
>
> And no information about noise dampening... No Way! I might consider
> building my own with something like this:
> http://www.hf
bernt;618162 Wrote:
> http://vortexbox.org/documentation/vortexbox-player/
Woha! That's hardly eye candy, is it? I wouldn't want an ugly looking
POS standing in my living room. The Mac Mini looks so much better.
And no information about noise dampening... No Way! I might consider
building my ow
http://vortexbox.org/documentation/vortexbox-player/
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Absinth;617930 Wrote:
> Hi
>
> Of course this would mean running SqueezeboxServer, Inguz and the
> squeezebox software emulation from the same system. I would control it
> Squeezepad or iPeng on my iPad.
>
> Would you think this is a wise choice? Any comments are welcome.
Greetings!
this is w
stop-spinning;618139 Wrote:
>
> If you are concerned about getting good power to the V-Link (or V-Dac
> for that matter) I understand that the V-PSU is an upgrade to both. I
> think it's quite versatile to have a single PSU that can accommodate up
> to three of the V-Series from MF.
I understand
Absinth;618056 Wrote:
> Yes, I have tried DacMagic and Benchmark, that rejects jitter quite
> well, but my Audio Note DAC plays music, not sounds and I love that.
> Unfortunately it doesn't reject jitter too well, but with an upgraded
> Touch with a better power supply it sounds fantastic... at a
alZmtbr;618000 Wrote:
> What I would like to try is to use the mini as a server, yes, but have
> the SB connected with a cross-over cable. And then be able to
> communicate via wireless to control the server.
>
> Is this feasible?
>
> Thanks,
> Allan
Sure, but I seriously doubt that you will ga
Absinth,
Well, each to their own. But there are more than a couple of DACs out
there that will reject jitter.
Regards, Darren
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darrenyeats;617997 Wrote:
> As has been said SPDIF is brain dead. Having said that you can buy a DAC
> that deals with input jitter. I'm happy with my Benchmark DAC1 HDR.
> Darren
Yes, I have tried DacMagic and Benchmark, that rejects jitter quite
well, but my Audio Note DAC plays music, not soun
What I would like to try is to use the mini as a server, yes, but have
the SB connected with a cross-over cable. And then be able to
communicate via wireless to control the server.
Is this feasible?
Thanks,
Allan
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Absinth;617963 Wrote:
> Well, I'm no electronic engineer, so the finer technical points are lost
> on me, but as I understand it the asyncronus transfer on the V-link
> isolates the clock signal from the PC, which is the normal problem with
> USB.
>
> This means that it's input signal is no bet
As has been said SPDIF is brain dead. Having said that you can buy a DAC
that deals with input jitter.
I'm happy with my Benchmark DAC1 HDR. It includes analogue volume, 5
digital inputs, 1 analogue input, balanced output and a good headphone
amp. Expensive but I don't need all this jitter gear w
Absinth;617963 Wrote:
> The jitter in the V-links output signal might be better than that of the
> Touch, since it doesn't have to deal with ethernet packages, touch
> screens, wifi, internal servers and such. If the V-link is implemented
> right (and Musical Fidelity seems to know their stuff) t
Well, I'm no electronic engineer, so the finer technical points are lost
on me, but as I understand it the asyncronus transfer on the V-link
isolates the clock signal from the PC, which is the normal problem with
USB.
This means that it's input signal is no better or worse than that of
the Touch
Absinth;617946 Wrote:
> Thanks for your reply. As I understand it, the weak point of SPDIF is
> output from the source. Certainly a lot seems to be attempted in order
> to minimize jitter on the Touch. So if the V-link performs as
> advertised, buying one would certainly be cheaper than adding an
On 03/14/2011 12:34 PM, Absinth wrote:
> As I understand it, the weak point of SPDIF is
> output from the source.
No. There are many weak points with SPDIF. It is fundamentally flawed.
It was designed as a cheap consumer mass market connection. It works
fairly well at that. It was never designed
Thanks for your reply. As I understand it, the weak point of SPDIF is
output from the source. Certainly a lot seems to be attempted in order
to minimize jitter on the Touch. So if the V-link performs as
advertised, buying one would certainly be cheaper than adding another
modifyed Touch. Wether it
Absinth;617930 Wrote:
> Hi
> I'm not quite sure that this is the correct forum for this thread, so
> my apologies if not.
>
> I run SqueezeboxServer from an Asus Eee, but consider upgrading to
> something more powerful as I would like to experiment with Inguz, but I
> still want something compac
Hi
I'm not quite sure that this is the correct forum for this thread, so
my apologies if not.
I run SqueezeboxServer from an Asus Eee, but consider upgrading to
something more powerful as I would like to experiment with Inguz, but I
still want something compact, silent and power efficient. I am
c
Contemplating the purchase of a Mac Mini for use with my SB3. I went
away from Mac when I bought the SB3 3 years ago because of the weak
support for OSX. With the ability of Intel Macs to run flavors of
Windows, the question now is wheather to run XP(OEM installs ending
6/30), a flavor of Vista, a
khedspeth;186815 Wrote:
> 325,
>
> Would using something like the Benchmark Dac1 with a USB input get
> around your concerns? You are correct, the mac mini is nothing more
> than a lapop system crammed into a desktop box and i'm not up on its
> insides either. I'm going to do some experimentin
325,
Would using something like the Benchmark Dac1 with a USB input get
around your concerns? You are correct, the mac mini is nothing more
than a lapop system crammed into a desktop box and i'm not up on its
insides either. I'm going to do some experimenting but may try to look
more into the a
khedspeth;186545 Wrote:
> I currently have SB3 in my 2 channel system. What is everyone's opinion
> on how this sounds as compared to running the optical out of a mac mini
> into a good DAC (Benchmark/Lavry)? Both would feed into a Bel Canto
> S300i - B&W 705 setup. This would allow me to move
I'll give it a try this weekend. Thanks for the input, i'll let you
know how it turns out. Or let me restate that, i'll let you know how I
think it turns out.
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B&W 705
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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!
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One of the few things that we seem to agree on is that all the
squeezebox's are good at jitter control. So my bet is that the
squeezebox will sound better no matter what cable you use.
Tom
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>From what I've read, most think a coax link to a dac is better than an
optical link. Therefore the sb3 is probably better than a mac with
optical link to a dac.
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I currently have SB3 in my 2 channel system. What is everyone's opinion
on how this sounds as compared to running the optical out of a mac mini
into a good DAC (Benchmark/Lavry)? Both would feed into a Bel Canto
S300i - B&W 705 setup. This would allow me to move the SB3 into system
in my den.
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