Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Newest USB Technology. Trust your ears!

2015-12-05 Thread Julf
Mnyb wrote: > Why ? I for once dislike all pseudosience it is not harmless , it > actually does great harm to society if you look closer. Indeed. OK, it is not quite as bad as the homeopathic cancer cures, but our society doesn't need even more of the "science is just an opinion, it is what *you

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Newest USB Technology. Trust your ears!

2015-12-04 Thread Mnyb
Why ? I for once dislike all pseudosience it is not harmless , it actually does great harm to society if you look closer . In Audio it has shrunk our hobby to a small bunch of nutters reading TAS . The tech is at least 30 years behind pro audio , we should all had active speakers in the 70's...

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Newest USB Technology. Trust your ears!

2015-12-04 Thread pablolie
i think my little system is rationally put together as a current music shrine. that said i set up a system at my girlfriend's house that was less than 10% my system's cost, and once i was done i was "damn. this sounds sweet." but we always knew about diminishing returns. it has always been about h

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Newest USB Technology. Trust your ears!

2015-11-28 Thread pippin
You never know what we don't know! --- learn more about iPeng, the iPhone and iPad remote for the Squeezebox and Logitech UE Smart Radio as well as iPeng Party, the free Party-App, at penguinlovesmusic.com *New: iPeng 9, the Universal App for iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch* -

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Newest USB Technology. Trust your ears!

2015-11-28 Thread Wombat
Julf wrote: > Well, yes, at CA it is also common knowledge that living organisms are > too complex to have evolved naturally, and that the pyramids were built > by space aliens. :) When i zapp thru my pay-tv and stumble across Ancient Aliens, Oak Island, Lost Giants and similar "Scientific" waste

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Newest USB Technology. Trust your ears!

2015-11-28 Thread pippin
Um... No. Trust me, we have just as many of them over here. In the US their incentives are just higher... --- learn more about iPeng, the iPhone and iPad remote for the Squeezebox and Logitech UE Smart Radio as well as iPeng Party, the free Party-App, at penguinlovesmusic.com *New: iPeng 9, th

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Newest USB Technology. Trust your ears!

2015-11-28 Thread Julf
DJanGo wrote: > > @Julf > Thats our german TV police officer and he has plenty to do > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yn7HTMN8vK0 > The Spot about a One Hit Wonder that now sells a box with some shiny > things in it... for just 299 euro bucks. > > That explains a lot... :) > > I belie

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Newest USB Technology. Trust your ears!

2015-11-28 Thread DJanGo
Julf wrote: > I guess it does prove something - about German consumer protection / > truth in advertising laws (or, rather, lack of them). @Julf Thats our german TV police officer and he has plenty to do https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yn7HTMN8vK0 The Spot about a One Hit Wonder that now s

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Newest USB Technology. Trust your ears!

2015-11-28 Thread Julf
Wombat wrote: > At CA USB stick sound is common knowledge. Well, yes, at CA it is also common knowledge that living organisms are too complex to have evolved naturally, and that the pyramids were built by space aliens. :) "To try to judge the real from the false will always be hard. In this f

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Newest USB Technology. Trust your ears!

2015-11-28 Thread Wombat
It is still a bargain. Imagine how much effort it took to find the best sounding stick! At CA USB stick sound is common knowledge. Transporter (modded) -> RG142 -> Avantgarde Acoustic based 500VA monoblocks -> Sommer SPK240 -> self-made speakers -

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Newest USB Technology. Trust your ears!

2015-11-28 Thread Julf
pippin wrote: > What's best is: the thing in the picture is just a standard Kingston > 16GB USB stick for 7.50 quid or so. > They didn't even take the effort to re-brand it, it still says "Kingston > DT Micro" on the image Yes, nice profit margin (goes back to the discussion about profit mar

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Newest USB Technology. Trust your ears!

2015-11-28 Thread DJanGo
pippin wrote: > What's best is: the thing in the picture is just a standard Kingston > 16GB USB stick for 7.50 quid or so. > They didn't even take the effort to re-brand it, it still says "Kingston > DT Micro" on the image > > So this is the real bargain > https://www.reichelt.de/?ARTICL

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Newest USB Technology. Trust your ears!

2015-11-28 Thread pippin
What's best is: the thing in the picture is just a standard Kingston 16GB USB stick for 7.50 quid or so. They didn't even take the effort to re-brand it So this is the real bargain https://www.reichelt.de/?ARTICLE=141356&PROVID=2788&wt_mc=amc141526782519998&gclid=Cj0KEQiAvuWyBRDO_Yzhpv_4n

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Newest USB Technology. Trust your ears!

2015-11-28 Thread Jeff07971
I only rip or burn CD's on a 3rd full moon of a month with no Y in it. Don't knock it untill you've listened to the result yourself ! *Players:* SliMP3,Squeezebox3 x3, Squeezebox Receiver, SqueezePlayer, PiCorePlayer/RPi2/Hifiberry DAC+ x2,PiCorePlayer/RPi2/Hifiberry DAC+Pro,Wandboard SOA *Ser

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Newest USB Technology. Trust your ears!

2015-11-28 Thread Julf
Are you judging it without having actually heard it? Remember, you have to keep an open mind and trust your ears! And Believe. Otherwise Tinkerbell dies... "To try to judge the real from the false will always be hard. In this fast-growing art of 'high fidelity' the quackery will bear a solid gi

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Newest USB Technology. Trust your ears!

2015-11-27 Thread SuperQ
pippin wrote: > "What happened when I did it 8 times just blew my mind!" I wonder what happens when you take it to 11. SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Newest USB Technology. Trust your ears!

2015-11-27 Thread pippin
"What happened when I did it 8 times just blew my mind!" --- learn more about iPeng, the iPhone and iPad remote for the Squeezebox and Logitech UE Smart Radio as well as iPeng Party, the free Party-App, at penguinlovesmusic.com *New: iPeng 9, the Universal App for iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch*

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Newest USB Technology. Trust your ears!

2015-11-27 Thread kidstypike
pippin wrote: > Sorry, the link is in German but maybe Google Translate can reveal all > the marvel of this product to English speakers, too. > > It's a USB stick that improves the sound quality of your CD recordings > when you copy them. Just plug it into a USB port on your computer and > then

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Newest USB Technology. Trust your ears!

2015-11-27 Thread pippin
Sorry, the link is in German but maybe Google Translate can reveal all the marvel of this product to English speakers, too. It's a USB stick that improves the sound quality of your CD recordings when you copy them. Just plug it into a USB port on your computer and then copy the CD to your harddri