Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Pop/click in transporter playback with recent firmware

2012-08-15 Thread NigelD
Lefatshe wrote: > I had pops and clicks too from my Transporter (wired with 7.6.1). They > were very random. I discovered it was the Transporter when I realized > that in Polarity Inversion I had chosen "inverted polarity". When I > switched back to "normal polarity" the pops and clicks disappe

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Pop/click in transporter playback with recent firmware

2012-03-30 Thread Lefatshe
I had pops and clicks too from my Transporter (wired with 7.6.1). They were very random. I discovered it was the Transporter when I realized that in Polarity Inversion I had chosen "inverted polarity". When I switched back to "normal polarity" the pops and clicks disappeared. Today I also exper

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Pop/click in transporter playback with recent firmware

2011-10-03 Thread czhang
Also try lower the brightness level of the display. My Transporter feeding to my Emm Labs DCC2SE produces the pops/clicks if the display brightness is above level 2 on wireless and wired. The phenomenon is less pronounced on wired but definitely out of control on wireless. This only occurs if I se

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Pop/click in transporter playback with recent firmware

2011-09-28 Thread Ron Olsen
I have two Transporters: one with XLR input to a Parasound Halo A23 amp, and another with analog input to a Denon AVR 3808CI receiver. Both are served by SBS 7.6.1 on a VortexBox Appliance. I hear no clicks or pops on either setup, playing music from my local library or from the Internet. --

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Pop/click in transporter playback with recent firmware

2011-09-28 Thread michel
I experience the same here. Occasional low noise pops at least once a day . I am running TP directly into power amp (ps audio trio) usig XLR connection . A friend with similar setup has occasional pops too. -- michel mich

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Pop/click in transporter playback with recent firmware

2011-09-27 Thread cliveb
ghostrider;660025 Wrote: > This assumes he has a digital connection capability on his preamp. If > not, you're changing two things at once...taking the outboard DAC out > of the loop and switching to the TP's DAC. Except that we know there is no possible clock drift issue with the TP's internal D

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Pop/click in transporter playback with recent firmware

2011-09-27 Thread ghostrider
Soulkeeper;659808 Wrote: > Agreed. This is the rational approach, from a troubleshooting > perspective. As far as it is possible, remove non-mandatory components, > one by one, until the problem goes away. Then you can reasonably infer > that the last component you removed, is involved in creatin

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Pop/click in transporter playback with recent firmware

2011-09-26 Thread Soulkeeper
cliveb;659754 Wrote: > The correct experiment to try first is not to revert the firmware, but > to remove the DAC from the signal path. Agreed. This is the rational approach, from a troubleshooting perspective. As far as it is possible, remove non-mandatory components, one by one, until the prob

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Pop/click in transporter playback with recent firmware

2011-09-26 Thread cliveb
fredgoodman;659624 Wrote: > I was using the same TP --> DAC setup for perhaps 15 months with SBS > 7.5.x or 7.4.x without noticing any noise. This suggests returning to > a previous firmware version could solve the problem for me. I'll have > to run the experiment for some time to be able to

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Pop/click in transporter playback with recent firmware

2011-09-25 Thread fredgoodman
Thanks for the helpful suggestions. I was using the same TP --> DAC setup for perhaps 15 months with SBS 7.5.x or 7.4.x without noticing any noise. This suggests returning to a previous firmware version could solve the problem for me. I'll have to run the experiment for some time to be a

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Pop/click in transporter playback with recent firmware

2011-09-25 Thread Phil Leigh
Craig;659559 Wrote: > It's a box where bits go in and sound comes out! > Soz couldn't resist :) > > Craig ouch ouch my sides are splitting... -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal... Touch(wired/XP) - Audiolense 3.3/2

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Pop/click in transporter playback with recent firmware

2011-09-25 Thread Craig
Phil Leigh;659537 Wrote: > What is the DAC? It's a box where bits go in and sound comes out! Soz couldn't resist :) Craig -- Craig MC2Slim - Windows Shell and J River Media Center Integration for Squeezebox. http://www.duff-zapp.co.uk

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Pop/click in transporter playback with recent firmware

2011-09-25 Thread Phil Leigh
What is the DAC? -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal... Touch(wired/XP) - Audiolense 3.3/2.0+INGUZ DRC - MF M1 DAC - Linn 5103 - full Aktiv 5.1 system (6x LK140's, ESPEK/TRIKAN/KATAN/SEIZMIK 10.5), Pekin Tuner, Townsen

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Pop/click in transporter playback with recent firmware

2011-09-25 Thread cliveb
fredgoodman;659490 Wrote: > It happens while the music is playing, not between tracks. It cannot be > reproduced by rewinding and playing the same place in the track. I am > using an external DAC. The fact that it happens about once an hour, at random and non-reproducible points, and you are us

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Pop/click in transporter playback with recent firmware

2011-09-24 Thread fredgoodman
It happens while the music is playing, not between tracks. It cannot be reproduced by rewinding and playing the same place in the track. I am using an external DAC. I have not done a lot of testing of variables, e.g. different firmware versions, removing the external DAC, etc. This would/wil

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Pop/click in transporter playback with recent firmware

2011-09-24 Thread Mnyb
Alac is transcoded by the server to flac or pcm depending on settings in advanced > filetypes. As the player does not handle applelossles natively. try both setting ? Try another fileformat ,flac to see if it is the serverside handling of alac that is at fault ? You can not see anything common

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Pop/click in transporter playback with recent firmware

2011-09-24 Thread slate
Just to put some more details onto this - Does it happen in the shift of two tracks or while the music plays? - If in a track can you rewind and hear it again? Typically when one experience pif/crackle/puf is in the space between two tracks. Especially when the tracks are of different resolu

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Pop/click in transporter playback with recent firmware

2011-09-24 Thread fredgoodman
I've been experiencing very soft pops or clicks when playing music on an (original) transporter with recent firmware (87). Further info: my music is all apple lossless. I use a Mac, OS X 10.6.8. SBS 7.6. Connection from server to transporter is ethernet (with switch/router in the chain). The