Re: [slim] High End sound from Squeezboxes?

2009-02-14 Thread amcluesent
Windows drivers, ASIO etc has no relevance at all to the way the Duet works. Have a read of the beginners guide - http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/BeginnersGuide Now, the Squeezebox is connected to the same DAC, but doesn't sound so good.. Have you ripped your CD using a lossless format?

Re: [slim] High End sound from Squeezboxes?

2009-02-14 Thread ModelCitizen
Alfetta87;396221 Wrote: I'm an Audio freak (even professional designer) Maybe you should try to get a demo of the Transporter or try out the SB+ (www.at-tunes.co.uk) on a 30 day mnoney back trial. In my experience the sound quality of the cheaper players (Receiver, SB Classic) via a DAC do not

Re: [slim] High End sound from Squeezboxes?

2009-02-14 Thread Mnyb
check your settings regarding file formats and volume. volume should be fixed at 100% yes volume works the digital out to ! and no replay gain or similar. You may just compare apples with oranges. the old source may simply be louder. Because volume is not 100% Because you use replay gain wich in

Re: [slim] High End sound from Squeezboxes?

2009-02-14 Thread toby10
Alfetta87;396221 Wrote: ...As far as I understood, the Squeezecenter is using Windows' own drivers, and iTunes (which I have installed on my Vista PC), right? Is it these items who manage the sound? I'm an Audio freak (even professional designer), but not a PC geek; so since

Re: [slim] High End sound from Squeezboxes?

2009-02-14 Thread Peter
ModelCitizen wrote: Alfetta87;396221 Wrote: I'm an Audio freak (even professional designer) Maybe you should try to get a demo of the Transporter or try out the SB+ (www.at-tunes.co.uk) on a 30 day mnoney back trial. In my experience the sound quality of the cheaper players

Re: [slim] High End sound from Squeezboxes?

2009-02-14 Thread pablolie
Key question: how have you created your digital library? Do not expect your CDs to dound great if all you did was rip them using Windows Media Player's or iTunes standard settings. It'll just sound ok, and on a good system you will hear a marked difference between the original and a compressed

[slim] High End sound from Squeezboxes?

2009-02-13 Thread Alfetta87
Hi there, I'm pretty new here, because I've got my Squeezebox Duet only yesterday. I'm not writing for the dedicated Duet forum because I think this is a general matter: sound quality. I set up the Duet yesterday (took me some time to get it run), but after a good nicht with sleep (and snow in