[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Help...not enjoying my SB3

2006-07-22 Thread Squirrel
Just to add my UKP0.02 worth... I'd moved my entire system from the dining room recently (SB3, Arcam Black Box 50, Yamaha DSP-A592, Eltax Symphony 6) as I needed to use it elsewhere (and took the opportunity to have a tidy-up). When I reconnected I just did a minimal setup as I'm moving house in

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Help...not enjoying my SB3

2006-07-22 Thread P Floding
Squirrel Wrote: Just to add my UKP0.02 worth... I'd moved my entire system from the dining room recently (SB3, Arcam Black Box 50, Yamaha DSP-A592, Eltax Symphony 6) as I needed to use it elsewhere (and took the opportunity to have a tidy-up). When I reconnected I just did a minimal setup

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Help...not enjoying my SB3

2006-07-21 Thread Lyonesse
OK I swapped back the ic's and there was no noticable difference, wishful thinking born out of desperation perhaps? I think Mr Floding was closest to finding a solution. my electric mains is poor... there may have been a ground loop, Ive got an old farmhouse badly in need of rewiring.

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Help...not enjoying my SB3

2006-07-21 Thread P Floding
Lyonesse Wrote: OK I swapped back the ic's and there was no noticable difference, wishful thinking born out of desperation perhaps? I think Mr Floding was closest to finding a solution. my electric mains is poor... there may have been a ground loop, Ive got an old farmhouse badly in

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Help...not enjoying my SB3

2006-07-17 Thread twelvety
ceejay Wrote: As a regular lurker and very occasional contributor in this forum, I don't think its dead at all... I enjoy the sparring between viewpoints which can never be reconciled, and which only sometimes get out of hand. i'm mainly a lurker as well, but i really enjoy reading the

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Help...not enjoying my SB3

2006-07-11 Thread TiredLegs
Patrick Dixon Wrote: Compared to World Peace, jitter is completely irrelevent. Off topic, but it reminds me of a bumper sticker I saw once: Visualize Whirled Peas -- TiredLegs TiredLegs's Profile:

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Help...not enjoying my SB3

2006-07-11 Thread Robin Bowes
Patrick Dixon wrote: I'm with Pat. Compared to World Peace, jitter is completely irrelevent. Wow, that's a thread-stopper, if ever I've seen one. I'll get me coat. R. ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Help...not enjoying my SB3

2006-07-11 Thread P Floding
Robin Bowes Wrote: Patrick Dixon wrote: I'm with Pat. Compared to World Peace, jitter is completely irrelevent. Wow, that's a thread-stopper, if ever I've seen one. I'll get me coat. R. Nah.. I can put up with a very minor war if it finally solves the jitter problem... -- P

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Help...not enjoying my SB3

2006-07-10 Thread P Floding
pfarrell Wrote: opaqueice wrote: Even if you round the numbers against it, calling it 12 years and say that Moore's law is 2 year cycles, you should expect 2^6 = 64 times better in 12 years. Moore's law's got nothing to do with it - we're talking about the same old spdif over the

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Help...not enjoying my SB3

2006-07-10 Thread Phil Leigh
pfarrell Wrote: P Floding wrote:[color=blue] I'm not convinced that jitter is an issue this century. -- Pat http://www.pfarrell.com/music/slimserver/slimsoftware.html Pat - if that is the case, why (in your opinion) do digital transports sound different when connected to the same

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Help...not enjoying my SB3

2006-07-09 Thread P Floding
opaqueice Wrote: Toslink doesn't have enough bandwidth. Read the first paragraph of this: http://www.stereophile.com/reference/1093jitter/index2.html or before, if you want more detail on how bandwidth limitations affect jitter. I believe the article talks about some, at the time,

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Help...not enjoying my SB3

2006-07-09 Thread opaqueice
P Floding Wrote: I believe the article talks about some, at the time, typical implementation. Other implementations may behave differently. It also describes problems, such as impedence mismatches, related to the coax interface. I'm not sure how much things have changed - toslink is

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Help...not enjoying my SB3

2006-07-09 Thread opaqueice
pfarrell Wrote: So while the article is interesting, it is ancient. Nearly 13 years is forever in digital signal processing times. Even if you round the numbers against it, calling it 12 years and say that Moore's law is 2 year cycles, you should expect 2^6 = 64 times better in 12 years.

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Help...not enjoying my SB3

2006-07-09 Thread Pat Farrell
opaqueice wrote: Even if you round the numbers against it, calling it 12 years and say that Moore's law is 2 year cycles, you should expect 2^6 = 64 times better in 12 years. Moore's law's got nothing to do with it - we're talking about the same old spdif over the same old cable, not

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Help...not enjoying my SB3

2006-07-06 Thread P Floding
seanadams Wrote: Normally i wouldn't care, but this thread has degenerated to the point where it's totally off-putting to new visitors. I was just thinking we should exhaust other possible areas of improvement before considering potpourri placement... If we can't offer Jack any more

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Help...not enjoying my SB3

2006-07-06 Thread Wombat
P Floding Wrote: Sean, I think the Audiophile section is almost dead due to a few contributors attacking pretty much any question or suggestion with demands that you prove this, and explain that. I seriously doubt this brigade are even audiophiles. I don't think the tone here is at all

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Help...not enjoying my SB3

2006-07-06 Thread JSonnabend
I seriously doubt this brigade are even audiophiles. What does that mean? How does one determine if he or she qualifies as an audiophile? Do I have to use $200 power cords, freeze-dried cables and battery powered DAC's to qualify? Is blindly following baseless marketing hype required?

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Help...not enjoying my SB3

2006-07-06 Thread Lyonesse
Lavender Pot-pourri what a wonderful idea! ...not some cheap nasty stuff from Asda mind fresh Organic, grown in the garden and watered by pure summer showers!.ah! ;) Sean Im done here if you wanna wind it up. All Best Jack. -- Lyonesse

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Help...not enjoying my SB3

2006-07-06 Thread opaqueice
pfarrell Wrote: I think it is time to change the Audiophiles list/forum to be moderated. snip In its current form, the Audiophile forum is dead and off-putting to new and old customers. It's plainly not true that the forum is dead; off-putting is a matter of opinion, and frankly it's

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Help...not enjoying my SB3

2006-07-06 Thread ceejay
As a regular lurker and very occasional contributor in this forum, I don't think its dead at all... I enjoy the sparring between viewpoints which can never be reconciled, and which only sometimes get out of hand. Bear in mind that the slim forums as a whole are some of the best behaved and most

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Help...not enjoying my SB3

2006-07-06 Thread P Floding
The main problem is that many audiophiles are NOT engineers, and surely they must get tired of hearing how stupid they are for spending money on this and that? Would it be so difficult for those technically inclined to abstain from telling people off? It is even more embarrising when they

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Help...not enjoying my SB3

2006-07-06 Thread dwc
The forum already is moderated. -- dwc dwc's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1892 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24613

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Help...not enjoying my SB3

2006-07-06 Thread CardinalFang
P Floding Wrote: The main problem is that many audiophiles are NOT engineers, and surely they must get tired of hearing how stupid they are for spending money on this and that? Would it be so difficult for those technically inclined to abstain from telling people off? It is even more

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Help...not enjoying my SB3

2006-07-06 Thread Phil Leigh
CardinalFang Wrote: I think there is a general problem with bulletin boards in that the majority of the message is always missing - the facial expressions, the tone of voice and the inbuilt politeness that most people have. This one is better than most, people do apologise if they believe

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Help...not enjoying my SB3

2006-07-06 Thread Mitch Harding
I suspect Sean's objections were to the rather rude remarks being directed at the original poster. I did not get the impression he had a problem with the debate otherwise. Perhaps I mis-read his e-mail. On 7/6/06, Phil Leigh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: CardinalFang Wrote: I think there is a general

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Help...not enjoying my SB3

2006-07-06 Thread opaqueice
CardinalFang Wrote: I think there is a general problem with bulletin boards in that the majority of the message is always missing - the facial expressions, the tone of voice and the inbuilt politeness that most people have. You're right, and I think another aspect of it is the anonymity -

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Help...not enjoying my SB3

2006-07-06 Thread P Floding
Lyonesse Wrote: I have listened for hours now to different configurations, with the way my dac is designed its been easy to do side by side comparisons between the Toslink and my VDH digital Coax by simply switching between them on the fly. To get all potential benefits from Toslink you

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Help...not enjoying my SB3

2006-07-06 Thread Phil Leigh
What's fanboy-ism? -- Phil Leigh Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24613

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Help...not enjoying my SB3

2006-07-05 Thread ron thigpen
Phil Leigh wrote: One note of caution - the Faraday cage has very low WAF... No, no, no. It's not a Faraday Cage at all. Completely the wrong name for this. Call it an Antique, Burnished Copper, Flowering Vine Trellis. All the rage in English garden clubs. A must have for every home.

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Help...not enjoying my SB3

2006-07-05 Thread Phil Leigh
fuzzyT Wrote: Phil Leigh wrote: One note of caution - the Faraday cage has very low WAF... No, no, no. It's not a Faraday Cage at all. Completely the wrong name for this. Call it an Antique, Burnished Copper, Flowering Vine Trellis. All the rage in English garden clubs. A must

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Help...not enjoying my SB3

2006-07-05 Thread ron thigpen
Phil Leigh wrote: I'm still having some trouble explaining 1Tb of external disks as somewhere to keep all of our digital photos... Oh, that sounds like a Treasury of Precious Memories. Don't forget the flowered dust ruffle (sound-proofing) and doily (drink coaster). Bonus points for

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Help...not enjoying my SB3

2006-07-05 Thread Phil Leigh
fuzzyT Wrote: Phil Leigh wrote: I'm still having some trouble explaining 1Tb of external disks as somewhere to keep all of our digital photos... Oh, that sounds like a Treasury of Precious Memories. Don't forget the flowered dust ruffle (sound-proofing) and doily (drink coaster).

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Help...not enjoying my SB3

2006-07-05 Thread seanadams
Normally i wouldn't care, but this thread has degenerated to the point where it's totally off-putting to new visitors. I was just thinking we should exhaust other possible areas of improvement before considering potpourri placement... If we can't offer Jack any more constructive guidance, what

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Help...not enjoying my SB3

2006-07-05 Thread Phil Leigh
Sorry - I forgot this was supposed to be a serious business. -- Phil Leigh Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24613

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Help...not enjoying my SB3

2006-07-03 Thread 325xi
Lyonesse Wrote: Everyone is different and their listening approach is also different,I dont wanna get bogged down with the do's and donts of my testing. The squeezebook is another innovative but ultimately unmusical creation... Ive gone over to laptop as pc server with a hagerman usb / spdif

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Help...not enjoying my SB3

2006-07-03 Thread ajmitchell
As the first one to reply to this thread I would like to come in again near the end... 325xi Wrote: The only reason for properly functioning SB to sound bad is owner's technical ignorance, no offence intended of course. I think we should try and avoid criticism of people asking for help.

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Help...not enjoying my SB3

2006-07-03 Thread 325xi
ajmitchell Wrote: Personally, I like the sound from the SB3 but I wouldn't say everyone has to like it, or that it cannot be improved. My g/f cannot hear the difference between a $500 setup and my $5000 setup - but I have learned the hard way not to point this out too often ;) [You might say

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Help...not enjoying my SB3

2006-07-03 Thread Robin Bowes
325xi wrote: ajmitchell Wrote: If would rather say he wants to sell the bimmer because he did not like the interiorwhich to me is totally acceptable if you only realise the interior isn't ideal later. That's fine, but here he sold bimmer because he likes civic's interior more. That,

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Help...not enjoying my SB3

2006-07-03 Thread Patrick Dixon
325xi Wrote: SB is just a transmitter (assuming it feeds an outboard DAC), and a good one. It doesn't, and shouldn't, have it's own sound.Maybe it shouldn't, but in fact it does. -- Patrick Dixon www.at-tunes.co.uk

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Help...not enjoying my SB3

2006-07-03 Thread Robin Bowes
325xi wrote: Although I don't believe in too cheap analog stuff. SB is just a transmitter (assuming it feeds an outboard DAC), and a good one. It doesn't, and shouldn't, have it's own sound. Not so. A digital source still transmits digital data to an external DAC synchronously over an

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Help...not enjoying my SB3

2006-07-03 Thread 325xi
Patrick Dixon Wrote: Maybe it shouldn't, but in fact it does. The only thing you can do to it is to lower its jitter, but jitter-only related changes are subtle (how much lower you can get it?), and I'm doubt they will have two dramatically different own sounds. It will be the same with subtle

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Help...not enjoying my SB3

2006-07-03 Thread Lyonesse
Hi Patrick Did you used to live in that beautiful old timber framed house near the institute (the Sylvester Horne institute i think). Im going to shoot over to Gary's house in telford to listen to your SB+ sometime at the beginning of August (when my new dac is burnt in)...we will also compare

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Help...not enjoying my SB3

2006-07-03 Thread Lyonesse
Robin You would be very welcome to drop in next time your around, drop me an email! :) Jack -- Lyonesse Lyonesse's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5496 View this thread:

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Help...not enjoying my SB3

2006-07-03 Thread Patrick Dixon
Lyonesse Wrote: Did you used to live in that beautiful old timber framed house near the institute (the Sylvester Horne institute i think). Sylvester Horne - that's right! No, it's called Ashford House, and it's the town house immediately left of the SH Institute as you look at it from the

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Help...not enjoying my SB3

2006-07-02 Thread ceejay
inguz Wrote: I would *love* a Faraday cage lining the house walls. Really :-) Indeed! just think - nobody can catch you on your work mobile! (sorry, reception round here is really terrible...) No need to worry about wireless lan security! Only downside I can think of - would make surfing /

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Help...not enjoying my SB3

2006-07-02 Thread Phil Leigh
One note of caution - the Faraday cage has very low WAF... -- Phil Leigh Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24613

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Help...not enjoying my SB3

2006-07-02 Thread Lyonesse
OK ive checked with John Wood, a friend of my dads and the engineer on Nick Drake's albums. He says (and I quote) that its very easy to hear the sonic differences between digital interconnects a test for this comparison can be done in the studio without problem. So far as Sibilence, it is all

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Help...not enjoying my SB3

2006-07-02 Thread Phil Leigh
Sibilance is easily avoided in the studio using good mics mic technique, sensible EQ and (where necessary) a suitable de-esser. And I'd be a bit more circumspect Jack - there are some people on this forum with a lot of professional audio experience. As for digital cables affecting frequency

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Help...not enjoying my SB3

2006-07-02 Thread Ben Diss
Lyonesse Wrote: Adios Friends apart from you Jsonnabend ...you rude fucker! Jack- I thought you were leaving? Now that you've figured out we're all idiots, maybe your Daddy's friend can help you. -Ben -- Ben Diss

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Help...not enjoying my SB3

2006-07-02 Thread P Floding
Phil Leigh Wrote: Sibilance is easily avoided in the studio using good mics mic technique, sensible EQ and (where necessary) a suitable de-esser. And I'd be a bit more circumspect Jack - there are some people on this forum with a lot of professional audio experience. As for digital

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Help...not enjoying my SB3

2006-07-02 Thread Phil Leigh
P Floding Wrote: Jitter can and does give an impression of altered frequency response, i.e emphasized or deemphasized parts of the frequency spectrum. Interesting... Is an impression the same as actual though? I'm saying that the actual FR is unchanged unless the bits change and my TACT tests

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Help...not enjoying my SB3

2006-07-01 Thread Lyonesse
Yes please let it go! LOL I had a listening session last night that has just ended (its 7.30 in the morning) and im as happy as larry! Deaf Cat hi... this Lacie is definately a Seagate, perhaps theyve changed their suppliers? Good point about the Nos dac DWC that was one of my first bits of

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Help...not enjoying my SB3

2006-07-01 Thread Phil Leigh
OK - I'm letting it go. Last night a visiting audiophile from the planet Tharg dropped by and installed a Faraday cage around my house. The immediate reduction in background hash was dramatic and obvious. Apparently on Tharg these are all the rage and the best ones are rhodium plated. However,

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Help...not enjoying my SB3

2006-07-01 Thread inguz
I would *love* a Faraday cage lining the house walls. Really :-) -- inguz inguz's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24613

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Help...not enjoying my SB3

2006-07-01 Thread JSonnabend
apart from you Jsonnabend ...you rude fucker! Thanks, Jack, for the kind words. Have I struck a nerve? In any event, your thoughts of well being mean a lot to me, coming as they do from a man who thinks digital interconnects can warm sound and that stereo components can introduct sibilance.

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Help...not enjoying my SB3

2006-06-30 Thread Roy2001
3 days is too early to judge SB3. You need to burn in. I have the same impression when I received mine last week. After 10 hours usage, it sounds much better. I will compare it with transport after 50 hours usage. -- Roy2001

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Help...not enjoying my SB3

2006-06-30 Thread Lyonesse
Who cares about the in's and out's Im listening to music again for hours on end and thats all that matters! listening to battery powered kit (including my laptop) has been a revelation and would be worth 10 car batterys in the living room.. dont knock it till youve tried it. It may be that

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Help...not enjoying my SB3

2006-06-30 Thread Lyonesse
BTW Ive recently bought (still waiting for delivery) a 300w inverter, soon the sun will be powering my music through our roof top solar array. Im sure the psychological benefits of this will convert to even higher musical appreciation. -- Lyonesse

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Help...not enjoying my SB3

2006-06-30 Thread JSonnabend
If using your solar panels will really provide psychological benefits leading to better sounding music to your ears, then I suggest you're readily influenced by extraneous factors. Maybe you were kidding, but I doubt it. Jack, let me guess. You read a lot of literature before shopping for and

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Help...not enjoying my SB3

2006-06-30 Thread Lyonesse
Hi Jeff Dont underestimate personal well being as a psychological precondition to enjoying your music...including how your listening room is decorated... soft lighting, furnishings etc. The Squeezebox is the ONLY audio item that ive ever bought without listening to it first, having been swept

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Help...not enjoying my SB3

2006-06-30 Thread Wombat
Lyonesse Wrote: Since starting this thread fortunately ive had emails from others generally agreeing with my main point... Brightness and sibilence in the HF register leading to digititis. There are even more hearing the Squeezebox digital-out sounds bright !!?? Man i get old and deaf ;(

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Help...not enjoying my SB3

2006-06-30 Thread opaqueice
JSonnabend Wrote: If using your solar panels will really provide psychological benefits leading to better sounding music to your ears, then I suggest you're readily influenced by extraneous factors. Maybe you were kidding, but I doubt it. - Jeff Anyone that believes they *aren't*

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Help...not enjoying my SB3

2006-06-30 Thread JSonnabend
opaqueice Wrote: Anyone that believes they *aren't* influenced by extraneous factors is the one that may need their head examined. We're talking about something so subjective it's given rise to refrigerated cables the guy doesn't enjoy his SB, fine. He's not saying it's bad, or that

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Help...not enjoying my SB3

2006-06-30 Thread Deaf Cat
Lyonesse Wrote: I use a lacie USB external which incorporates a Seagate hard drive. I always buy seagate because ive never been let down (so far) by them. :) Sorry if a bit off course, but I was under the impression that Lacie used Maxtor hdd's, maybe mine's an older one. Still, once it

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Help...not enjoying my SB3

2006-06-30 Thread JSonnabend
dwc Wrote: It sounds like the newly revealed detail in the music was too much for Jack, and perhaps the full-range sound as well. I know the game's over for you, but I would have asked that you try a non-os dac before ebaying the SB. +1 -- -- JSonnabend

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Help...not enjoying my SB3

2006-06-30 Thread opaqueice
JSonnabend Wrote: The point is, simply, that if one is trying to analyze how a particular piece of equipment sounds, he would be best served by eliminating extraneous factors that may bias the analysis. That's the whole point behind ABX testing. If one comes to an audition substantially

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Help...not enjoying my SB3

2006-06-29 Thread Wombat
Lyonesse Wrote: I also used my pc straight into the dac using foobar2000 (44.1khz 16 bit) through my spdif soundcard. and was able to add my cdp to the mix using both toslink and Coax options. Really interesting. Even when you set 44.1/16 in foobar your Trust soundcard resamples if you

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Help...not enjoying my SB3

2006-06-29 Thread Lyonesse
Everyone is different and their listening approach is also different,I dont wanna get bogged down with the do's and donts of my testing. The squeezebook is another innovative but ultimately unmusical creation... Ive gone over to laptop as pc server with a hagerman usb / spdif converter,

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Help...not enjoying my SB3

2006-06-29 Thread Wombat
Lyonesse Wrote: Everyone is different and their listening approach is also different,I dont wanna get bogged down with the do's and donts of my testing. The squeezebook is another innovative but ultimately unmusical creation... Ive gone over to laptop as pc server with a hagerman usb / spdif

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Help...not enjoying my SB3

2006-06-29 Thread JSonnabend
lets call it sound with emotional integrity for want of a better name Let's call it the sound you're already accustomed to. You audiophile guys crack me up. Have fun with your car battery in the living room. BTW, have you compared (blindly) the HagUSB against any other USB audio devices? I

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Help...not enjoying my SB3

2006-06-29 Thread Phil Leigh
Jack, Your SB or interconnects must be faulty. The SB is NOT sibilant and has a quite smooth mid-top response via its analogue outputs - this is easily measured, hearable and provable. Its digital output is flat eq-wise (as the laws of physics dictate). There is no PC audio card (even M-audio -

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Help...not enjoying my SB3

2006-06-24 Thread Lyonesse
I have listened for hours now to different configurations, with the way my dac is designed its been easy to do side by side comparisons between the Toslink and my VDH digital Coax by simply switching between them on the fly. I also used my pc straight into the dac using foobar2000 (44.1khz 16

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Help...not enjoying my SB3

2006-06-24 Thread GaryG
Jack I've used an HTPC/FooBar/M-Audio 24-96/External DAC setup with good results but with a little effort (money!) I think you will be able to improve on that. The standard Sqeezebox offers excellent potential, an SB2 did pretty well against my modified Wadia 270/27ix, have a read of this thread

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Help...not enjoying my SB3

2006-06-23 Thread Lyonesse
Phil Im going to have another go at making comparisons tonight, I bought a Toslink cable so will be able to add that to the mix. So far my listening tests have been 'inconclusive' *cough* :) Jack. -- Lyonesse

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Help...not enjoying my SB3

2006-06-23 Thread GaryG
Patrick Dixon Wrote: I just delivered one to someone in Telford, and my parents still live in Shrewsbury. I've also lived in Church Stretton and Newport (Salop), long ago in my youth ... Jack I'm the person Patrick is referring to, I have had an SB+ for several weeks now, drop me an email

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Help...not enjoying my SB3

2006-06-21 Thread Lyonesse
Hi phil I swapped my interconnects around from the dac to the amp so the left channel is now the right channel etc. The result is surprisingly less sibilence, more dynamic slam and authority especially in the bass and really a transformation from what I percieved to be a thin, austere and

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Help...not enjoying my SB3

2006-06-21 Thread egd
Lyonesse Wrote: 1... Music coming from my hard drive instead of my cdp has proved to be a big improvement...when using foobar, with the SB3 this has been compromised by brightness. The only way your audio stream passing from Foobar to your DAC is not being coloured is if you have Foobar set

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Help...not enjoying my SB3

2006-06-21 Thread Lyonesse
Hi Phil I will swap back later this evening and have a listen! If it has been an illusion its been an ear relaxingly nice one :) Can you recommend a decent Toslink? jack. -- Lyonesse Lyonesse's Profile:

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Help...not enjoying my SB3

2006-06-21 Thread Phil Leigh
Jack - I'm fascinated to get to the bottom of this one - I await your post with interest. As for toslink (at the risk of much ridicule) I'd say anything will do and the shorter the better. Toslink and coax SPDIF are fundamentally different regarding RFI and edge transition issues. Provided the

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Help...not enjoying my SB3

2006-06-20 Thread Phil Leigh
Jack - can you confirm exactly what you did? - did you swap the interconnects left/right between your AB and amp? or did you swap the speaker cables +/-? And is it clearly repeatable - if you swap back, does the sibilance come back? -- Phil Leigh

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Help...not enjoying my SB3

2006-06-19 Thread PhilNYC
FWIW, I had a sibilence problem when I first got my SB2. Replaced the stock power supply with an Elpac linear supply and the sibilence went away. -- PhilNYC Sonic Spirits Inc. http://www.sonicspirits.com PhilNYC's

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Help...not enjoying my SB3

2006-06-18 Thread Lyonesse
I wanted to end this thread by pointing out a solution that may or may not work with your system if you have been suffering from the same problems. This little fix has been marvelous for me! It has brought real audio quality to what I considered to be at first a bright, austere and

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Help...not enjoying my SB3

2006-06-18 Thread cliveb
Lyonesse Wrote: I simply changed my interconnects around (black to red, red to black) on my dac. I cant explain why but this simple thing has toned down sibilence and created a much more dynamic punchy sound without the wearyness that quickly took over any listening pleasure. Perhaps the act

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Help...not enjoying my SB3

2006-06-13 Thread ModelCitizen
Lyonesse Wrote: I Use EAC to rip my CD's into wav files, (I use the action / test and copy selected tracks option in EAC). I then run through each track correcting glitches) It sounds to me that if you want true audiophile copies of your CDs you are going to have to rip them all again

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Help...not enjoying my SB3

2006-06-12 Thread ron thigpen
Lyonesse wrote: Im not knocking the SB3 in any way, I just want to find a way to integrate it into my system better so as to kick back and chillout with my new toy ;) Have you tried using the SB3's analog outputs? It won't cost anything to try this and you may find that they sound better

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Help...not enjoying my SB3

2006-06-12 Thread Lyonesse
Thanks Wombat, no more glitch removal shenanigans for me thats for sure!. I was using a cheap trust card with digital coaxial out, everything turned off in software except the spdif. i bought this especially to enable listening through my Hi-Fi. Hi Patrick Im taking a good long look at your

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Help...not enjoying my SB3

2006-06-12 Thread Patrick Dixon
Lyonesse Wrote: Hi Patrick Im taking a good long look at your website, I live in Shropshire. :)I just delivered one to someone in Telford, and my parents still live in Shrewsbury. I've also lived in Church Stretton and Newport (Salop), long ago in my youth ... -- Patrick Dixon

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Help...not enjoying my SB3

2006-06-12 Thread Wombat
Lyonesse Wrote: Thanks Wombat, no more glitch removal shenanigans for me thats for sure!. I was using a cheap trust card with digital coaxial out, everything turned off in software except the spdif. i bought this especially to enable listening through my Hi-Fi. Jack. Aha! Cheap Trust

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Help...not enjoying my SB3

2006-06-12 Thread Phil Leigh
Wombat - that all makes sense, but IME 48k resampling = rubbish sound when done cheaply (ie badly)... I can't get my head round Lyonesse saying that he thinks the digital out of the SB into a (good) DAC is sibilant/bright...it just isn't. If anything its a bit warm...? Others on this board have

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Help...not enjoying my SB3

2006-06-12 Thread Koenraadr
just to add my bit to the thread.. I finally got to try my SB3 against my CD player (Arcam alpha 5+)in a proper blind test with my blind audiophile friend. He instantly chose the CD from SB3 but also declared the SB3 quite acceptable for day to day listening. I played FLAC, 320kbps MP3 and 192

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Help...not enjoying my SB3

2006-06-12 Thread opaqueice
Koenraadr Wrote: just to add my bit to the thread.. I finally got to try my SB3 against my CD player (Arcam alpha 5+)in a proper blind test with my blind audiophile friend. He instantly chose the CD from SB3 but also declared the SB3 quite acceptable for day to day listening. I played

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Help...not enjoying my SB3

2006-06-12 Thread tyler_durden
If you're not enjoying that SB3 yet, I'll give you $50 plus shipping for it... TD -- tyler_durden tyler_durden's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2701 View this thread:

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Help...not enjoying my SB3

2006-06-12 Thread Deaf Cat
Hiya Jack, Hope your getting your bits/ripping sorted. Glad to hear your dac is more chilled than the dac1, just started looking into dacs and good to hear opinions. If I ever heard mellow, chilled out, kicked back, etc in a digi coax it would be this one: http://tinyurl.com/epemj FAB! for

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Help...not enjoying my SB3

2006-06-11 Thread Deaf Cat
Totally off the general line of discussion I know, but just a way off thought, have you any other digi coax's just to swap over see if that makes any difference... I was not impressed when I first pluged in my SB, but I eventually found that upgrading my IC between pre/power (it was a basic

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Help...not enjoying my SB3

2006-06-11 Thread Pale Blue Ego
I wonder if maybe Foobar2000 is applying a gain adjustment and the SB3 is not? Both playback systems can apply replaygain, but the gain tags have to be present in your files. -- Pale Blue Ego Pale Blue Ego's Profile:

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Help...not enjoying my SB3

2006-06-11 Thread Lyonesse
Hi Thanks for all your thoughts and advice on this issue. What Im really talking about here is the subjective enjoyment of music, a difficult thing to quantify... To sum it up.. I want to listen to 4 or 5 albums in a row rather than the 1 or 2 at present before the dreaded digital wearyness

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Help...not enjoying my SB3

2006-06-11 Thread JJZolx
Lyonesse Wrote: What Im really talking about here is the subjective enjoyment of music, a difficult thing to quantify... To sum it up.. I want to listen to 4 or 5 albums in a row rather than the 1 or 2 at present before the dreaded digital wearyness sets in. Music stored on hard disk rather

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Help...not enjoying my SB3

2006-06-11 Thread opaqueice
About switching to a new digital coax - I'd be very skeptical that that will make the sound less bright... about all it can do is change the jitter spectrum, which can have unpredictable effects if any, but it shouldn't do anything so simple as damp HF. JJZolx Wrote: I've never heard of

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Help...not enjoying my SB3

2006-06-11 Thread Lyonesse
1... Music coming from my hard drive instead of my cdp has proved to be a big improvement...when using foobar, with the SB3 this has been compromised by brightness. 2... But from reading through numerous positive threads here and SB3 reviews in Stereophile amongst others I have to assume that the

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Help...not enjoying my SB3

2006-06-11 Thread Wombat
All this deglitch program does is looking for typical forms in the waveform that may sound like a digital glitch. It canĀ“t tell you it really is a glitch. Try this deglitch with dynamic synthesizer music. It will be fooled all the time and will detect many glitches that really are sharp dynamic

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