Re: [slim] What else is out there?

2014-10-07 Thread Jeff_G
Hmm, adding import charges, realising that buying from the US the tax will be also added... it all adds up. I bought Synology DiskStation because that comes with LMS. I wonder whether I could connect the DiskStation and a DAC and play the 96/24 leaving the SB3 out completely, only using the LMS?

Re: [slim] What else is out there?

2014-10-07 Thread DJanGo
Jeff_G wrote: But when I connect the DAC to the NAS I can't. I should be able to do it, shouldn't I? No LMS is Server only you may can add a player to but not under a NAS with NAS Firmware. And no doesnt make sense. Overkill like 96/24 and smaljoekitchen like LMS on a NAS. Gruss Jan

Re: [slim] What else is out there?

2014-10-07 Thread dafiend
Jeff_G wrote: I 2. Does it sound much better than the SB3? Probably not. Digital audio conversion is basically a solved problem and has been a solved problem at the time the SB3 was released. All properly designed DACs should be transparent (i.e., sound the same). Of course, in certain

Re: [slim] What else is out there?

2014-10-07 Thread pablolie
dafiend wrote: .. All properly designed DACs should be transparent (i.e., sound the same). .. I hope you are not including the ones provided in every computer, smartphone or tablet as part of those. There are plenty of poorly or cheaply designed DACs out there, then :-) I agree that

Re: [slim] Web based streaming squeezebox client?

2014-10-07 Thread mps
sander wrote: I would recommend Moose as a frontend since it has a really nice UI. I don't think it requires admin rights to run and is a single executable if she runs Windows. Second this. Moose sounds exactly like what you're looking for. It's what I want to use when I don't feel like

Re: [slim] What else is out there?

2014-10-07 Thread dafiend
pablolie wrote: I hope you are not including the ones provided in every computer, smartphone or tablet as part of those. There are plenty of poorly or cheaply designed DACs out there, then :-) There exist many tiny and cheap devices which perform excellently both objectively (as

Re: [slim] What else is out there?

2014-10-07 Thread Jeff_G
I do not know anything about DACs. What I know, is I tried two, Arcam irDAC and Audiolab M-DAC. I couldn’t tell any difference when my SB3 was connected to them. However, I used to have my SB3 connected to an old NAD amplifier. When I tried Stream Magic 6 with the old NAD, the sound was much

Re: [slim] What else is out there?

2014-10-07 Thread dafiend
Jeff_G wrote: Probably the SB Touch would be wiser choice even though the price is double, £500 in the UK. That I find still extremely steep. You said you are not a techie. But you could still by one of those mini computers pre-assembled and fully configured. For example, here's a HiFiBerry

Re: [slim] What else is out there?

2014-10-07 Thread pablolie
dafiend wrote: ... Your perceived difference in sound quality is likely a placebo effect. Yes, your Benchmark DAC likely measures better than many other gear, but there's a point where differences are too small to be perceived by human hearing. That I decisively disagree with. I can

Re: [slim] What else is out there?

2014-10-07 Thread w3wilkes
I've been keeping my eyes peeled for an announcement on this... http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?97803-piCoPlayer-Squeezelite-on-Microcore-linux-An-embedded-OS-in-RAM-with-Squeezelitep=791739viewfull=1#post791739 With the other work I've seen on these boards where JackOfAll is

Re: [slim] What else is out there?

2014-10-07 Thread Julf
pablolie wrote: I can hear a clear difference between the Benchmark and the Audioengine even when I use them both exclusively as headphone amplifiers. So when only using their analog sections? To try to judge the real from the false will always be hard. In this fast-growing art of 'high

Re: [slim] What else is out there?

2014-10-07 Thread pablolie
Julf wrote: So when only using their analog sections? The data comes into either device as a digital stream (PCM out of the Touch for the Benchmark, USB from the computer to the AE D1), so they do the DA conversion and -let's say for the first test- send it out to the headphone output. Both

Re: [slim] What else is out there?

2014-10-07 Thread dafiend
pablolie wrote: I can hear a clear difference between the Benchmark and the Audioengine even when I use them both exclusively as headphone amplifiers. I'm not sure it's worth digging deeper into this. If I remember correctly, the original poster didn't mention anything about headphones.

Re: [slim] What else is out there?

2014-10-07 Thread serge789
Try to build the Raspery and use an external DAC like this: http://www.thomann.de/de/teac_ud_501_b.htm serge789's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=54897 View this thread:

Re: [slim] What else is out there?

2014-10-07 Thread pablolie
dafiend wrote: I'm not sure it's worth digging deeper into this. If I remember correctly, the original poster didn't mention anything about headphones. your comment was a reply to mine, not to the OP. That said, I abhor theatrical diatribe, and even though I know I can prove my point about

Re: [slim] What else is out there?

2014-10-07 Thread pablolie
serge789 wrote: Try to build the Raspery and use an external DAC like this: http://www.thomann.de/de/teac_ud_501_b.htm to me the issue is... once my (significant) collection of SB devices go why keep investing in HW if the SW component looks vulnerable? I think I said back in 2006 that I

Re: [slim] What else is out there?

2014-10-07 Thread agillis
How about an Audiophile VortexBox? - Plays direct to a USB DAC, Yes - 24/192, yes - DSD, yes - SOtM USB card to make your DAC sound amazing, Yes - Under $200, Nope more like $1000 but it has 1TB (or more) local storage, CD ripping etc. rip, tag, get cover art… All you do is insert the CD!