[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Bose Vs Burr Brown

2006-11-02 Thread radish
Craig;152093 Wrote: > Quote > Frequency Response 280 Hz to 13.3k Hz at ±10.5 dB > > :-) > > Craig No highs, no lows, must be Bose :) -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Bose Vs Burr Brown

2006-11-02 Thread Craig
funkstar;151710 Wrote: > From what i've read about Bose systems, i think there is a lot of > tweaking of the audio to make it sound 'good' in the right environment > throught their basic paper speaker cones. > > here is a good right up: http://www.intellexual.net/bose.html Quote Frequency Respo

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Bose Vs Burr Brown

2006-11-02 Thread Mark Lanctot
nicketynick;152005 Wrote: > Unless I've haven't paid attention correctly, the Denon DRA F101 is > strictly stereo audio, none of the fancy stuff you get on an A/V > receiver. Ah. I didn't look into what the model was because they use a different model number in each market, plus there are certa

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Bose Vs Burr Brown

2006-11-02 Thread nicketynick
Hi Mark, Unless I've haven't paid attention correctly, the Denon DRA F101 is strictly stereo audio, none of the fancy stuff you get on an A/V receiver. Additionally, it does have a direct/bypass mode, which is what I use, which bypasses the tone controls, etc., so I would suspect then that it do

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Bose Vs Burr Brown

2006-11-02 Thread Mark Lanctot
nicketynick;151976 Wrote: > Now I'm curious, but haven't had any luck with google yet - anybody have > any suggestions where I can find out what goes on inside my Denon DRA > F101? If it has a Dolby Pro-Logic II mode it must have an ADC since PLII is a digital process. The DSP modes are all dig

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Bose Vs Burr Brown

2006-11-02 Thread nicketynick
azinck3;151684 Wrote: > Don't know about your Bose specifically, but I suspect it's like most > mid-to-low-level consumer audio equipment in that it converts all > analog inputs into digital, then back to analog again before going to > the amps. That adds 2 extra conversions in the pipeline. Th

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Bose Vs Burr Brown

2006-11-01 Thread Mark Lanctot
azinck3;151684 Wrote: > Don't know about your Bose specifically, but I suspect it's like most > mid-to-low-level consumer audio equipment in that it converts all > analog inputs into digital, then back to analog again before going to > the amps. That adds 2 extra conversions in the pipeline. Th

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Bose Vs Burr Brown

2006-11-01 Thread funkstar
>From what i've read about Bose systems, i think there is a lot of tweaking of the audio to make it sound 'good' in the right environment throught their basic paper speaker cones. here is a good right up: http://www.intellexual.net/bose.html -- funkstar

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Bose Vs Burr Brown

2006-11-01 Thread seanadams
azinck3;151684 Wrote: > Don't know about your Bose specifically, but I suspect it's like most > mid-to-low-level consumer audio equipment in that it converts all > analog inputs into digital, then back to analog again before going to > the amps. That adds 2 extra conversions in the pipeline. Th

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Bose Vs Burr Brown

2006-11-01 Thread azinck3
Don't know about your Bose specifically, but I suspect it's like most mid-to-low-level consumer audio equipment in that it converts all analog inputs into digital, then back to analog again before going to the amps. That adds 2 extra conversions in the pipeline. This is done because it's easier

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Bose Vs Burr Brown

2006-11-01 Thread Deaf Cat
I prefer the dac in my Arcam reciever to the dac in my SB2, however I believe someone else did the same test and prefered the SB2 dac. I was using a £30 analogue cable and a £180 digi coax though - maybe not a fair test a! Have been meaning to have a play with my new IC's for a while now but hav

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Bose Vs Burr Brown

2006-11-01 Thread P Floding
oliver_guy;151648 Wrote: > I used the cable that came with the Squeezebox for the analogue output, > then again (one side only, clearly) for the digital (ie non-optical) > output. ok, that cable is not meant for digital transmission. (As far as I remember.) I have found that using the wrong typ

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Bose Vs Burr Brown

2006-11-01 Thread oliver_guy
P Floding;151646 Wrote: > Try cleaning the connectors of the analogue leads. Make sure they are a > tight fit. > > What digital connector did you use for the digital hookup? I used the cable that came with the Squeezebox for the analogue output, then again (one side only, clearly) for the digit

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Bose Vs Burr Brown

2006-11-01 Thread P Floding
oliver_guy;151643 Wrote: > When I connected my Squeezebox to my Bose Lifestyle system using the > analogue connections and the lead that came with the Squeezebox I was > very disappointed with the quality of sound. > > Switching to the digital output into the the D/A converter on my > Lifestyl