Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter + Rowland Concentra II phase question

2008-04-23 Thread dagordon
glass;294596 Wrote: > Hi dagordon, > > I had the same issue: Inverting the polarity at the SqueeceCenter makes > the transporter crackling at specific points in specific tracks. Finally > I just set the polarity to normal. Thanks for posting, glass -- I'm relieved that it's not just my equipmen

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter + Rowland Concentra II phase question

2008-04-23 Thread glass
dagordon;294495 Wrote: > So it seems like the easiest thing to do would be to have Blue Jeans > Cable make me an XLR cable where pins 2 and 3 are reversed on one end, > no? > > Anyone? It's surprising to me that no one else has experienced this > problem with the polarity inversion feature, as I

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter + Rowland Concentra II phase question

2008-04-22 Thread GuyDebord
dagordon;294518 Wrote: > Thanks so much for your reply. > > AFAIK, the Rowland itself doesn't have a feature to invert polarity. I > was indeed doing it on the Transporter itself -- in SqueezeCenter, in > the player settings. > > Everything works fine until I select Inverted polarity in Squeeze

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter + Rowland Concentra II phase question

2008-04-22 Thread dagordon
GuyDebord;294505 Wrote: > Dagordon, > > reversing the phase polarity on your rowland should have worked and for > shure it shouldnt have made strange noises. It is not clear if you have > tried already to reverse the polarity of the TP (not even sure if that > is possible). > > you have to rev

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter + Rowland Concentra II phase question

2008-04-22 Thread GuyDebord
Dagordon, reversing the phase polarity on your rowland should have worked and for shure it shouldnt have made strange noises. It is not clear if you have tried already to reverse the polarity of the TP (not even sure if that is possible). you have to reverse the polarity of both channels in you

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter + Rowland Concentra II phase question

2008-04-22 Thread dagordon
So it seems like the easiest thing to do would be to have Blue Jeans Cable make me an XLR cable where pins 2 and 3 are reversed on one end, no? Anyone? It's surprising to me that no one else has experienced this problem with the polarity inversion feature, as I noticed the problem approximately 2

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter + Rowland Concentra II phase question

2008-04-22 Thread dagordon
Phil Leigh;294421 Wrote: > Pin 1 ground is standard. > pins 2 and 3 can be either way round but pin 2 hot (+ve) is the normal > convention. Reversing 2/3 will not cause "crackling". Does selecting "Polarity inversion" in SqueezeCenter have the same effect as reversing pings 2 and 3? Selecting

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter + Rowland Concentra II phase question

2008-04-22 Thread Phil Leigh
Pin 1 ground is standard. pins 2 and 3 can be either way round but pin 2 hot (+ve) is the normal convention. Reversing 2/3 will not cause "crackling". -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal...SB3+Stontronics PSU - Altmann

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter + Rowland Concentra II phase question

2008-04-22 Thread dagordon
GuyDebord;294411 Wrote: > I think you just found out the correct way the hard way Hope your > speakers are ok, next time you experiment turn down the volume... What is the correct way? -- dagordon dagordon's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter + Rowland Concentra II phase question

2008-04-22 Thread GuyDebord
I think you just found out the correct way the hard way Hope your speakers are ok, next time you experiment turn down the volume... -- GuyDebord Verity Audio Tamino X2 wired with v/d Hul Inspiration, REL Strata5. AMPS: Pathos Classic One MKIII's in mono config. ANALOGUE: Clearaudio Ambient

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter + Rowland Concentra II phase question

2008-04-22 Thread dagordon
Well this isn't good... I'm getting some very strange crackling noises with polarity set to inverted in SqueezeCenter. It's 100% reproducible: at a certain point in a particular track I have, there will be a loud crackling noise with polarity inverted, but no problem when polarity is set to normal

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter + Rowland Concentra II phase question

2008-04-22 Thread dagordon
Please forgive me if this is a stupid question. I have a Transporter running balanced into a Jeff Rowland Concentra II integrated amp. The XLR inputs on the Concentra are such that pin #1 is ground, pin #2 is negative, and pin #3 positive. I take it this is non-standard (at least in the US); I p