Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2012-06-08 Thread kiat
lake_eleven wrote: Can I put this over TT 3.0 and EDO 0.7 or should I start with a vanilla SBT? Any one tried with TT 3.0 + EDO 0.7 OR do they overlap. They are independent. What we are doing is just preventing the samba and wireless services from being started only

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2012-06-07 Thread lake_eleven
Can I put this over TT 3.0 and EDO 0.7 or should I start with a vanilla SBT? Any one tried with TT 3.0 + EDO 0.7 OR do they overlap. lake_eleven's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=48979 View

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2012-06-06 Thread SBGK
Did anyone work out how to integrate these mods into TT3.0 ? Here is one option. Just noticed that TT3.0 shuts down Samba, but then it is restarted in etc/init.d/rcS file, so I have tried commenting out the lines as per dynaudiorules instructions below. Don't comment out the /etc/init.d/wlan

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2012-06-06 Thread kiat
SBGK wrote: Did anyone work out how to integrate these mods into TT3.0 ? Here is one option. Just noticed that TT3.0 shuts down Samba, but then it is restarted in etc/init.d/rcS file, so I have tried commenting out the lines as per dynaudiorules instructions below. Don't comment out

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-12-27 Thread TheOctavist
does this mod interfere with the android squeezebox app working??? (does the android app depend on wireless??) it seems to.. if it doesnt, please let me know. if it DOES...how do I revert back to the normal state with JUST THE toolbox 3.0 mods? thanks for any help. in a bit of a pickle..my

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-11-25 Thread Jacky
Thank you very much, ill try it and hope to get better results by the impact of both. -- Jacky Jacky's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38257 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-11-24 Thread Midnight
Jacky;671920 Wrote: How can I best reduce buffer size from default with dynobot´s mods but without installing Soundcheck 3.0? Thanks Factory reset, then install Soundcheck 2.0, change buffer size and then reinstall dynobot's mod... -- Midnight

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-11-24 Thread Jacky
Midnight;672380 Wrote: Factory reset, then install Soundcheck 2.0, change buffer size and then reinstall dynobot's mod... Thanx, Found Soundcheck 2.0 for downloading, but no describtion anymore: can you provide me with any instructions, please? Never did such a mod before... Reagrds --

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-11-24 Thread Midnight
Jacky;672389 Wrote: Thanx, Found Soundcheck 2.0 for downloading, but no describtion anymore: can you provide me with any instructions, please? Never did such a mod before... Reagrds Sure, 1. Open Squeezebox Server in Firefox. 2. Open Settings/Advanced 3. Select File Types from the pull

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-11-22 Thread Jacky
How can I best reduce buffer size from default with dynobot´s mods but without installing Soundcheck 3.0? Thanks -- Jacky Jacky's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38257 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-11-03 Thread Jacky
First of all, sorry for my bad English. I just want to share some of my impressions regarding SPDIF jive_alsa value settings: By moving back forward of those, I settled finaly to SPDIF 45 jive_alsa 45 for best musical balance and coherence over the whole frequency spectrum. Suggested

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-11-03 Thread Fukinagashi
Are the dynobot's mods compatible with soundcheck's SB Toolbox 3.0? Thanks in advance. -- Fukinagashi Fukinagashi's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=42922 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-11-03 Thread garym
Fukinagashi;667098 Wrote: Are the dynobot's mods compatible with soundcheck's SB Toolbox 3.0? Thanks in advance. in soundcheck's blog he says maybe not and suggests that one not use both at the same time as this could be doing something unexpected. He says he does something similar to

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-11-03 Thread c-eling
oops installed 3.0 while having dynobot's in place,haven't noticed anything weird but just to be sure how does one turn off bot's mods or do i have to do a complete factory reset and start over? -- c-eling c-eling's

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-11-03 Thread mjock3
A hard rest was recommended by Soundcheck before installing 3.0. Which should clear Dynobots mods. -- mjock3 mjock3's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=49183 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-11-03 Thread c-eling
ok thanks,I'm going to give it a few more listens,but I'm not quite sure if it did any harm,my Talking Heads 24/96 sounds amazing -- c-eling c-eling's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=48050 View

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-11-01 Thread garym
lag0a;666565 Wrote: Does this forum not have a PM feature? yes, click on the poster's name. -- garym Location 1: Vortexbox Appliance 6TB (1.10) SbS 7.6.2 Transporter, Touch, Boom, Radio w/Battery (all ethernet except Radio) Location 2: Win7(64) laptop SbS 7.6.2 TouchBenchmark DAC I,

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-10-31 Thread lag0a
dynaudiorules, what happened to you at head-fi? Anyways I was wondering what usb receiver your'e using in your dac that is powered by an external power supply or powered by your dac that the OS recognizes using only the data+ and data- lines? -- lag0a

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-10-27 Thread sckramer
ncarver;665451 Wrote: I would keep thinking I heard weird instances of high frequency noise when using it I was using a transparent 1.5m cable was hearing a strange distortion in the highs, I thought it was something else in the system, or just my system -- but along the way i switched to

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-10-26 Thread cymbop
Thanks for the thoughts, Ncarver and Guidof. Much appreciated. -- cymbop cymbop's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=50761 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=89359

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-10-25 Thread cymbop
ncarver;659227 Wrote: For reference, I am streaming flac files from the server (SBS) via ethernet (wired), with the Touch connected via coax into a Wyred 4 Sound DAC-1. By comparison, I have found that most every digital cable I have tried between the Touch and DAC-1 affects the sound

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-10-25 Thread praganj
I tried other digital cables (Audioquest, Monster, Oehlbach and Apogee). Every spdif cable sounds different, but nothing sounds as good as my 1.8m Blue Jeans with Belden 1694a and Canare plugs :) -- praganj praganj's

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-10-25 Thread cymbop
praganj;665301 Wrote: I tried other digital cables (Audioquest, Monster, Oehlbach and Apogee). Every spdif cable sounds different, but nothing sounds as good as my 1.8m Blue Jeans with Belden 1694a and Canare plugs :) Well, that's reassuring! Still interested in any description/comparison

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-10-25 Thread guidof
praganj;665301 Wrote: I tried other digital cables (Audioquest, Monster, Oehlbach and Apogee). Every spdif cable sounds different, but nothing sounds as good as my 1.8m Blue Jeans with Belden 1694a and Canare plugs :) You may be interested in my experience with Toslink vs. coax:

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-10-25 Thread ncarver
cymbop;665297 Wrote: I'm also running a hardwired touch via coax into a W4S DAC-2. Can you share your experiences with different coax cables or point me to a link if you've reported on them already? I've only used my trusty Bluejeans coax, and am really curious about the differences you

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-10-17 Thread mjock3
praganj;662927 Wrote: Today i installed SB_priority script and it is a very nice improvement :) Thanks to everybody, who did this work ! Now i am playing around with spdif value. It looks like higher values 50 are little bright, it seems that for me something like 45-48 is the best. My

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-10-17 Thread praganj
mjock3;663916 Wrote: His first name is Ed, goes by Dynobot. Would you mind telling me what version of firmware you are using? Thanks, Mark @1 Great thanks to Ed for this nice SBT improvement ! @2 Few days ago i used offcial 7.6.1 firmware, yesterday i upgraded SBS to 7.7.0 -

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-10-12 Thread praganj
Today i installed SB_priority script and it is a very nice improvement :) Thanks to everybody, who did this work ! Now i am playing around with spdif value. It looks like higher values 50 are little bright, it seems that for me something like 45-48 is the best. My Buffalo 2 DAC is probably

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-10-08 Thread mjock3
Yes, I understand. But here is my problem, after doing the rcS file change something went wrong and I had to do a factory reset. After doing the factory reset, I reinstalled TT 2.0, then went about plugging in the commands from Dynobot's mods. When doing this I could not hear the differences

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-10-08 Thread kiat
mjock3;662081 Wrote: Yes, I understand. But here is my problem, after doing the rcS file change something went wrong and I had to do a factory reset. After doing the factory reset, I reinstalled TT 2.0, then went about plugging in the commands from Dynobot's mods. When doing this I could

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-10-07 Thread ncarver
mjock3;661122 Wrote: Is there no one willing to give me a hand on this? Could it be my firmware updated? Is anyone using 7.6.1 r9486 and hearing changes on the fly with the spdif settings? Not sure what you mean by on the fly with the spdif settings. chrt immediately changes a process

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-10-03 Thread mjock3
Is there no one willing to give me a hand on this? Could it be my firmware updated? Is anyone using 7.6.1 r9486 and hearing changes on the fly with the spdif settings? Mark -- mjock3 mjock3's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-09-28 Thread mjock3
lintweaker;651505 Wrote: yep, changing the prios of the IRQ stuff seems to be working when the commands are put directly in rcS after the last command. Putting a little sleep (10 secs) make the jive_alsa commands work too. This is how my rcS file look now (only the last bits): ===

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-09-23 Thread ncarver
Finally got around to trying this mod. Created scripts to set and reset all the relevant rtpriorities, then sat with a (Linux) laptop and toggled the settings back and forth as desired while listening. Results: nothing at all. Not even the slightest hint of a possibility of there being a

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-09-23 Thread avr300
ncarver;659227 Wrote: Finally got around to trying this mod. Created scripts to set and reset all the relevant rtpriorities, then sat with a (Linux) laptop and toggled the settings back and forth as desired while listening. Results: nothing at all. Not even the slightest hint of a

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-09-16 Thread lake_eleven
Thanks alec_cat -- lake_eleven lake_eleven's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=48979 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=89359

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-09-16 Thread p-cubed
That worked nicely for me. I have settled on a value of 40 instead of 50 here: chrt -f -p 50 367 I'm really happy with the improvements from these mods and the Soundchek mods. I have two Touch. One feeds a PS Audio DL-III and the other drives a Channel Islands VDA•2, each via spdif. Both

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-09-15 Thread alec_cat
Here's the bottom end of mine - works fine on 7.6.1 # Start wlan #/etc/init.d/wlan start # Start all 'auto' interfaces ifup -a # Optional local rc script if [ -x /etc/init.d/rcS.local ]; then echo Running rcS.local /etc/init.d/rcS.local fi # Optional media scripts for script

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-09-09 Thread bentrix
Pilru;656307 Wrote: I would suggest while ! pidof jive_alsa do sleep 1 done Much better - thanks, Pilru. bentrix -- bentrix __ 1 x Touch with DIY linear power supply 2 x Radio 1 x Duet Receiver Lyngdorf TDAI-2200 with RoomPerfect Bowers Wilkins 703 speakers DIY

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-09-09 Thread lake_eleven
Can someone post the consolidated rcs file changes - for non-tech guys like myself. There are so many suggestions given, not sure which one to use. -- lake_eleven lake_eleven's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-09-09 Thread bluestang
lake_eleven;656629 Wrote: Can someone post the consolidated rcs file changes - for non-tech guys like myself. There are so many suggestions given, not sure which one to use. +1 please. -- bluestang SB Touch (7 Android Tablet for remote) optical SPDIF Kenwood Sovereign VR-4700 (3x

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-09-07 Thread Pilru
bentrix;652658 Wrote: In the SB_priority file you have to wait for SqueezePlay to start the jive_alsa process. The sleep xx does this fine but a better way to do it - especially if you should ever want to run SB_priority manually - is to use a while loop. Insert these lines at the top of

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-08-25 Thread Phil Leigh
sckramer;652579 Wrote: ok i'll experiment with it... fyi some info on my modified DAC-- the coax is isolated with a pulse transformer, it also converts it to a balanced signal ...so my DAC might be immune to noise (like toslink) also it has very low internal jitter (the mod includes a

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-08-25 Thread bentrix
In the SB_priority file you have to wait for SqueezePlay to start the jive_alsa process. The sleep xx does this fine but a better way to do it - especially if you should ever want to run SB_priority manually - is to use a while loop. Insert these lines at the top of the SB_priority file: # Wait

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-08-24 Thread sckramer
Hey guys, great work on the SB_priority script, before I tried the hardwired values, but it probably was not complete because of diff process numbers-- I played around a little bit it def manipulates the sound! Any theories on what is happening, are we just adjusting the noise / jitter going

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-08-24 Thread Phil Leigh
sckramer;652492 Wrote: Hey guys, great work on the SB_priority script, before I tried the hardwired values, but it probably was not complete because of diff process numbers-- I played around a little bit it def manipulates the sound! Any theories on what is happening, are we just

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-08-24 Thread sckramer
Phil Leigh;652551 Wrote: Please try using an external DAC connected (only!) by toslink... Then see if you can hear a difference... ok i'll experiment with it... fyi some info on my modified DAC-- the coax is isolated with a pulse transformer, it also converts it to a balanced signal ...so my

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-08-23 Thread Gazjam
magiccarpetride;651974 Wrote: No, I'm not rebooting. I thought that the change takes effect instantly, as I'm getting an immediate feedback in the console informing me that the FIFO is modified the moment I presse the Return key. If I need to reboot, then I don't see why not make the

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-08-23 Thread bobertuk
magiccarpetride;651974 Wrote: No, I'm not rebooting. I thought that the change takes effect instantly, as I'm getting an immediate feedback in the console informing me that the FIFO is modified the moment I presse the Return key. If I need to reboot, then I don't see why not make the

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-08-23 Thread Gazjam
ah..didn't know that, I'm editing the rcS file directly, hence the need to reboot. Sorry Alex, giving you duff info there. -- Gazjam Gazjam's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18604 View this

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-08-23 Thread bluestang
alec_cat;652051 Wrote: Hi Dave. Mine assumes the process IDs which are constant in my setup right now. It's not as robust as Lintweaker's longer script inspecting the process names to obtain and then set the process priorities using IDs as variables. In future, should firmware upgrades

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-08-23 Thread bobertuk
I made the changes 'stick' by using a combination of lintweakers changes to rcS and suggestions made by JohnSwenson. 1. Add the following to the basic rcS script immediately before the call to run squeezeplay (i.e. near the end of file): # Call file 'SB_priority' to set all audio priorities #

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-08-23 Thread pandasharka
Hi there Just ran across this mod which looks well worth trying with my Touch. Excuse the dumb question - are these mods aimed at those users who have an external DAC only or can it be used with a standalone Touch as well. Many thanks in advance Mark -- pandasharka

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-08-23 Thread magiccarpetride
Gazjam;652083 Wrote: ah..didn't know that, I'm editing the rcS file directly, hence the need to reboot. Sorry Alex, giving you duff info there. No worries Gaz, these things are very, very elaborate, there's lots of moving parts, and we cannot all be making a career in systems and network

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-08-23 Thread magiccarpetride
bobertuk;652080 Wrote: If you enter each command manually at the touch command-line it will take effect immediately. If you want it to survive a Touch reboot - e.g. a firmware update - it will need to be written into the Touch rcS file as well. Bob That's how I understood it from the get

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-08-23 Thread rgro
bobertuk;652116 Wrote: I made the changes 'stick' by using a combination of lintweakers changes to rcS and suggestions made by JohnSwenson. 1. Add the following to the basic rcS script immediately before the call to run squeezeplay (i.e. near the end of file): # Call file

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-08-23 Thread bobertuk
rgro;652163 Wrote: Bobcan I correctly assume that if I've got the sound effects turned off (per Soundcheck's mods), that it is not necessary to include the code for both retrieving and setting the jive_alsa sound effects? Or would omitting that code screw something up? Rick, The check

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-08-23 Thread rgro
bobertuk;652168 Wrote: Rick, The check for jive_alsa 'sound effects' was just to help sort out which was the correct jive_alsa in the first place. As long as you leave in the code for finding and setting 'jive_alsa audio', the code for sound effects can be left out. Bob Thanks for

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-08-23 Thread rgro
bobertuk;652168 Wrote: Rick, The check for jive_alsa 'sound effects' was just to help sort out which was the correct jive_alsa in the first place. As long as you leave in the code for finding and setting 'jive_alsa audio', the code for sound effects can be left out. Bob Possibly

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-08-23 Thread Jeff Flowerday
rgro;652184 Wrote: Possibly having a small problemI created the file SB_priority in the init.d folder and copy/pasted the script into that file and saved it. I put the other command in like this (in the rcS file) # Start squeezeplay /etc/init.d/SB_priority /etc/init.d/squeezeplay

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-08-23 Thread rgro
So, the end of the rcS file should look like this, instead? # Start squeezeplay /etc/init.d/squeezeplay start # Call file 'SB_priority' to set all audio priorities # by ensuring squeezeplay is fully initialised first /etc/init.d/SB_priority -- rgro Rick System information

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-08-23 Thread bobertuk
The end of my rcS file looks like this and I get no errors... # Start Samba #if [ -x /etc/init.d/samba ]; then # /etc/init.d/samba start #fi # Call file 'SB_priority' to set all audio priorities # by ensuring squeezeplay is fully initialised first /etc/init.d/SB_priority # Start

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-08-23 Thread rgro
bobertuk;652218 Wrote: The end of my rcS file looks like this and I get no errors... # Start Samba #if [ -x /etc/init.d/samba ]; then # /etc/init.d/samba start #fi # Call file 'SB_priority' to set all audio priorities # by ensuring squeezeplay is fully initialised first

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-08-23 Thread bobertuk
Hi Rick, You only have to type the 'chmod' command once before the first reboot. It changes the file attributes permanently. If you type the following at the command line: ls -l /etc/init.d/SB_priority It should return: -rwxr-xr-x1 root root 1311 Aug 23 12:42

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-08-23 Thread rgro
bobertuk;652252 Wrote: Hi Rick, You only have to type the 'chmod' command once before the first reboot. It changes the file attributes permanently. If you type the following at the command line: ls -l /etc/init.d/SB_priority It should return: -rwxr-xr-x1 root root

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-08-22 Thread magiccarpetride
lake_eleven;650646 Wrote: Resetting SPDIF priority to 40, could not take any other value due to harshness. I must be going deaf, because I played with spdif values yesterday, and I could not, for the life of me, detect much difference. Regardless of whether I set it to 59, or to 41, or to any

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-08-22 Thread bluestang
alec_cat;651634 Wrote: Thanks, John and lintweaker! This is now working great in my rcS file (hardcoded as I have all Soundcheck's mods, only 1 jive_alsa process, and don't use external devices) chrt -f -p 93 11 chrt -f -p 91 5 chrt -f -p 44 367 chrt -f -p 87 407 sleep 10 jalsa=`ps

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-08-22 Thread dynaudiorules
magiccarpetride;651822 Wrote: I must be going deaf, because I played with spdif values yesterday, and I could not, for the life of me, detect much difference. Regardless of whether I set it to 59, or to 41, or to any other value in between, everything continued to sound gorgeous. There were

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-08-22 Thread Phil Leigh
dynaudiorules;651840 Wrote: Hi magic, What Dac are you using? Sounds like your Dac might not be as sensitive to the 'tuning'... I think he's using a Beresford Caiman... -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal...

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-08-22 Thread Gazjam
Caiman user here... tweaking the different SPDIF values changes the sound noticably, particularly in bass depth and soundstage. Settled on value of 48 for now, but doing some new diy mods to my Dac, so will have a play again once my ears burn in with the new discreet regulators :) -- Gazjam

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-08-22 Thread magiccarpetride
dynaudiorules;651840 Wrote: Hi magic, What Dac are you using? Sounds like your Dac might not be as sensitive to the 'tuning'... I'm using Gatorized Beresford Caiman DAC. Stupid question: it shouldn't matter what directory on the Touch I'm in when playing with the chrt -f -p xx 367 command?

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-08-22 Thread magiccarpetride
Gazjam;651873 Wrote: Caiman user here... tweaking the different SPDIF values changes the sound noticably, particularly in bass depth and soundstage. Settled on value of 48 for now, but doing some new diy mods to my Dac, so will have a play again once my ears burn in with the new non

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-08-22 Thread Gazjam
magiccarpetride;651937 Wrote: I'm using Gatorized Beresford Caiman DAC. Stupid question: it shouldn't matter what directory on the Touch I'm in when playing with the chrt -f -p xx 367 command? Right now I'm in the etc/init.d directory. naa, doesn't matter which directory Alex. --

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-08-22 Thread magiccarpetride
Gazjam;651941 Wrote: naa, doesn't matter which directory Alex. That's what I thought, but I reckon better ask, just in case... -- magiccarpetride magiccarpetride's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-08-22 Thread Gazjam
magiccarpetride;651947 Wrote: That's what I thought, but I reckon better ask, just in case... Yeah, no worries. Hey, are you making sure your rebooting teh Touch in between every value change? I think you need to do that for the new values to take effect? -- Gazjam

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-08-22 Thread RotelMan
Have used spdif 40 and jive_alsa 55 for a day and i think its to dark... So now I'm running at spdif 48 (my value before changing the jive_alsa) and still with jive_alsa at 55. I'm using a Audiolab CDQ 8200 as DAC and can heard great diff. in sound. And I think that this mod should be something

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-08-22 Thread magiccarpetride
Gazjam;651953 Wrote: Yeah, no worries. Hey, are you making sure your rebooting the Touch in between every value change? I think you need to do that for the new values to take effect? No, I'm not rebooting. I thought that the change takes effect instantly, as I'm getting an immediate

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-08-22 Thread alec_cat
bluestang;651827 Wrote: Thanks for the tip alec_cat. Just started reading throught this thread this weekend...lot's of great info here. So let's see if I have this straight. If I hardcode your code above into the rcS file, then it will always set it for me correctly? Even if I reboot

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-08-21 Thread lintweaker
yep, changing the prios of the IRQ stuff seems to be working when the commands are put directly in rcS after the last command. Putting a little sleep (10 secs) make the jive_alsa commands work too. This is how my rcS file look now (only the last bits): === start === # Start Samba # JK: Do not

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-08-21 Thread RotelMan
Works in my Touch... Thanks -- RotelMan RotelMan's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39498 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=89359

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-08-21 Thread HumanMedia
Brilliant! Thanks JohnS and Lintweaker. Thats script works for me. Although my variant sets spdif to my new preferred value: 40 Yep no change at all to spdif! This sounds the most natural, organic and right. And even with a spdif at 40 jive_alsa at 55 sounds better I also keep the usual:

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-08-21 Thread RotelMan
Thanks for sharing HumanMedia... I will try spdif 40 with jive_alsa at 55 for a day or two :-) -- RotelMan RotelMan's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39498 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-08-21 Thread alec_cat
Thanks, John and lintweaker! This is now working great in my rcS file (hardcoded as I have all Soundcheck's mods, only 1 jive_alsa process, and don't use external devices) chrt -f -p 93 11 chrt -f -p 91 5 chrt -f -p 44 367 chrt -f -p 87 407 sleep 10 jalsa=`ps -C jive_alsa -o pid=` chrt -f -p 55

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-08-20 Thread tlicht
Being new to this forum, I'll try not to make a complete fool of myself... but I recently upgraded from SBD to SBT and noticed an improvement. Then I found the Toolbox2 mod and applied it except the WLAN (since I use it) and the screen parts and have only the digital out enabled. Maybe I could

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-08-20 Thread bobertuk
tlicht;651388 Wrote: Being new to this forum, I'll try not to make a complete fool of myself... but I recently upgraded from SBD to SBT and noticed an improvement. Then I found the Toolbox2 mod and applied it except the WLAN (since I use it) and the screen parts and have only the digital

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-08-20 Thread avr300
tlicht;651388 Wrote: ...I really cannot hear any difference... Maybe my equipment is too poor - or too good /Thomas :-) -- avr300 /avr300 avr300's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-08-20 Thread JohnSwenson
Jeff Flowerday;651240 Wrote: Just a wild guess but maybe the jive_alsa process hasn't spawned yet when the rcS script fires? This is true, the last thing in the rcS starts squeezeplay (the big program that does all the SB stuff). Squeezeplay starts the jive_alsa processes and then goes into

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-08-19 Thread peber
Yup. I just noticed it when I went up to 51 from 44... So I'll try 48 now... ;) /Per -- peber peber's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=31446 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-08-19 Thread electric beach
Not only the quantity but the quality also. Changing the jive_asla to 55 i.e. higher than the SPDIF, seems to bring the balance back but I found it just sounds wrong in my system so I've changed it back and dropped to 44. Do you find that 41 makes enough difference to be worthwhile over the

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-08-19 Thread HumanMedia
peber;651005 Wrote: Yup. I just noticed it when I went up to 51 from 44... So I'll try 48 now... ;) /Per So you guys are all findng this is an issue even with jive_alsa set to 55? -- HumanMedia HumanMedia's

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-08-19 Thread lake_eleven
Setting jive_alsa to 55 enhances the entire sound stage, in my system it is a welcome change. Increasing SPDIF priority is what changes the equation of the music. It enhances certain high frequencies, thereby creating a sense of spaciality and darker background. But as you listen it is fatiguing

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-08-19 Thread adamdea
Phil Leigh;650551 Wrote: Is anyone with a Benchmark or Lavry DAC able to test these mods? Do you mean a properly designed one with competently executed jitter rejection? -- adamdea adamdea's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-08-19 Thread Phil Leigh
adamdea;651104 Wrote: Do you mean a properly designed DAC with competently executed jitter rejection? YES... If these DAC's demonstrate the phenomena of their sound changing according to these mods, I'm pretty sure I know what is causing it. If owners of these DAC's do hear differences, I'd

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-08-19 Thread JezA
I have a Benchmark. I thought about trying these mods and heard a huge difference so didn't bother. -- JezA JezA's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21219 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-08-19 Thread rgro
lake_eleven;651102 Wrote: Setting jive_alsa to 55 enhances the entire sound stage, in my system it is a welcome change. Increasing SPDIF priority is what changes the equation of the music. It enhances certain high frequencies, thereby creating a sense of spaciality and darker background. But

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-08-19 Thread lake_eleven
BTW, I checked both with SPDIF out to my Anthem-pre directly and also with DACMagic in between, both exhibit similar behavior. -- lake_eleven lake_eleven's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=48979

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-08-19 Thread Jeff Flowerday
bobertuk;650552 Wrote: Same here :( I've checked the code manually by entering them at the command line and it works. i.e. jalsa1=`ps -eo pid,args|grep jive_alsa -d default|head -1|cut -f3 -d ` chrt -f -p 55 $jalsa1 BUT - when included in the rcS script it doesn't work. Ideas

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-08-18 Thread bobertuk
lintweaker;649299 Wrote: I've been using the tweaks on my touches with great success and decided to contribute a bit myself. In case the IRQ's, process numbers etc. change you can use a more dynamic version I hacked together (It is not fool proof!): To test it out by hand just copy and

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-08-18 Thread electric beach
Hi I made the changes in command/temp fashion last night, up to jive_alsa 55 and spdif 51. Fascinating. Without changing the jive from default, 59 was shocking in the change possible but I preferred 44 - 48 looked to have more potential. Can I clarify a passing comment earlier in the thread? If

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Squeezebox Touch Mod

2011-08-18 Thread lcrim
Last night late, I pushed the reset button on my modified Touch in my bedroom system (http://cgi.audioasylum.com/systems/5771.html) and set it back to factory settings to get the latest firmware (7.6.0 r9548.) I then added Klaus' TT 2.0 w/ the buffer @ 3600 and only the analog outs turned on.

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