Ye gods, those people are high. I thought my expensive speakers up
front weren't too great for music because of the Audigy 2's 48khz
resample.. they sounded dynamite in movies (native 48khz signal), but
the treble was kind of mutilated in music. I couldn't believe how much
better they sounded wh
I followed Sean's original link too. Here's one bit I loved:
Post from one of the Roku engineers: "The SPDIF outputs at 48khz as
well. I believe DTS and Dolby Digital are both natively 48khz, so they
should still work, although we haven't tested."
Follow up post from another contributor: "As you
I've never looked at the Roku world before, but this posting prompted me
to go and read the original forum post that Sean linked to. It's
certainly a different world over there, isn't it! I couldn't believe
how strong the temptation was to jump in and post "why don't you just
all go and buy a sq
seanadams Wrote:
> Our worthy competitor has recently *removed* support for outputting the
> CD audio format from their flagship product.
>
> http://www.rokulabs.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4611&start=0
>
> Now, who said they couldn't innovate?
As much as I know I shouldn't jump in to help give
seanadams Wrote:
> Our worthy competitor has recently *removed* support for outputting the
> CD audio format from their flagship product.
I must admit I looked at both products when I was setting up my system
- Looks like I made the right choice.
Getting the SB2 avoided the necessity for me to
Maybe they've conceded defeat to Slim Devices in the audiophile
market...!
Btw - I have had an interest in their photobridge product, but haven't
pulled the trigger because it seems to have some shortcomings that
don't make sense. Any chances Slim Devices might do a product like
that?
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Its all about how its marketed:
"Now with breathtaking super enhanced 48khz upsampling! Adds depth and
clarity to the data stream thats passed between your computer and the
soundbridge!"
Its all about giving the sales guy at Best Buy a good tag line.
=)
ss.
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Dave D Wrote:
>
> So, is there any other reason you can think of to do this, other than
> to save the cost of another crystal?
It's just shaving pennies. probably an AC97 chip - extremely cheap.
Ironically, I have a $29.99 DVD player here which still manages to
output different sample rates!
pfarrell Wrote:
> Usually you can get away with being a
> litte fast and loose with movie sound, since there are car crashes
> and naked women to distract you.
Hell, I get those with just my music.
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Would guess 99% percent of people buying soundbridge don't want to know
about bits. Roku knows their market. If someone cares about sound
quality enough to look at what the products really offer they wouldn't
be buying soundbridge anyway. 48k is not going to be a problem for
them. They just wa
On Sat, 2005-10-08 at 06:27 -0700, Dave D wrote:
> So, is there any other reason you can think of to do this, other than
> to save the cost of another crystal?
Cost of a crystal. I doubt it. The switched to a cheaper integrated chip
(or chipset) and didn't care what the specs are. It actually se
Glad you clarified the "kidding" part, Sean. It sure seemed like a
little jab at your friends in tubular-land, but then I was wondering if
there was actually a good reason for upsampling.
So, is there any other reason you can think of to do this, other than
to save the cost of another crystal?
On 10/8/05, seanadams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> To be clear, I was kidding. This is about the most retarded thing I've
> ever seen in consumer electronics, next to the user interface on my
> Sony DVD changer.
Didn't AC'97 resample everything as well?
Then again, that was designed for $10 integ
seanadams Wrote:
> To be clear, I was kidding.Ok I fell for it!
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To be clear, I was kidding. This is about the most retarded thing I've
ever seen in consumer electronics, next to the user interface on my
Sony DVD changer.
No, AlienBBC does not need to change. Soundbridge still plays 44.1
_sources_, but it outputs them at 48KHz via resampling. It'll still
basic
AlienBBC (via mplayer) resamples to 44.1kHz PCM, does this mean this
wouldn't work? Should we think about changing to 48kHz?
Nei
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seanadams Wrote:
> Our worthy competitor has recently *removed* support for outputting the
> CD audio format from their flagship product.
>
> http://www.rokulabs.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4611&start=0
>
> Now, who said they couldn't innovate?
Does that mean that would be no pass-through of an
>From one poster on that thread:
-"The passing through of the untouched signal is one of the major
attractions of the SB. Loosing this feature is, IMHO, not desirable."-
'nuff said.
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Pat Farrell said the following on 08/10/2005 04:41:
On Fri, 2005-10-07 at 20:29 -0700, seanadams wrote:
Our worthy competitor has recently removed support for the CD audio
format from their flagship product.
http://www.rokulabs.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4611&start=0
Now, who said they couldn't
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