[slim] Re: Stereophile 2006 Editor's Choice

2007-01-10 Thread Gildahl
One small error in this article is the statement "...any sonic compromises resulting from the use of my WiFi network to transmit audio data around the home were minimal". It should state that any sonic compromises using WiFi are non-existent. Digital is digital regardless of whether you're hardw

[slim] Re: Stereophile 2006 Editor's Choice

2007-01-10 Thread Mark Lanctot
Interesting comment in the review: > In a poll on our website last September, 25% of respondents felt that > the magazine was "losing the plot" with its coverage of music-server > devices such as the Squeezebox. Rich Foster's response was typical: "I > don't mind you covering things like [the Son

[slim] Re: Stereophile 2006 Editor's Choice

2007-01-10 Thread snarlydwarf
Mark Lanctot;168927 Wrote: > > There are some hard-core audiophiles that dislike any sort of wireless > or computer-based media streamer. It's a philosophical thing and at > this point does not reflect technological reality - any more so than > cables, but let's not open that 10-ton can of worm

[slim] Re: Stereophile 2006 Editor's Choice

2007-01-10 Thread tomjtx
snarlydwarf;168939 Wrote: > Hrrm, I guess worms would conduct and therefore be possible to be used > as cables, but I am unclear on where to get a 10-ton can of them, and > how to keep them alive. I don't know if feeding audio current through them would keep them alive but it might make their li

[slim] Re: Stereophile 2006 Editor's Choice

2007-01-10 Thread snarlydwarf
tomjtx;168955 Wrote: > I don't know if feeding audio current through them would keep them alive > but it might make their lives more "interesting" until they die. So even 10 tons of worm cable need a burn in time? -- snarlydwarf

[slim] Re: Stereophile 2006 Editor's Choice

2007-01-10 Thread tomjtx
snarlydwarf;168962 Wrote: > So even 10 tons of worm cable need a burn in time? "Burn out" or "burn up" might be a more accurate description -- tomjtx tomjtx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=74

[slim] Re: Stereophile 2006 Editor's Choice

2007-01-10 Thread konut
Who says they have to be alive? THAT should be an interesting ABX, as well as smelly! -- konut konut's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1596 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthrea

[slim] Re: Stereophile 2006 Editor's Choice

2007-01-10 Thread Brian Ritchie
Mark Lanctot;168927 Wrote: > There are some hard-core audiophiles that dislike any sort of wireless > or computer-based media streamer. It's a philosophical thing and at > this point does not reflect technological reality - any more so than > cables, but let's not open that 10-ton can of worms.

[slim] Re: Stereophile 2006 Editor's Choice

2007-01-10 Thread totoro
For the best audiophile results, they really need to be _silkworms_ suffocated first in a vacuum chamber. Of course, the vacuum must have been created using a diffusion pump, and only krytox will do as the pump oil. :) -- totoro squeezebox 3 -> mccormack dna .5 -> audio physic tempo 4 --

[slim] Re: Stereophile 2006 Editor's Choice

2007-01-10 Thread The Smokester
"Hrrm, I guess worms would conduct and therefore be possible to be used as cables, but I am unclear on where to get a 10-ton can of them, and how to keep them alive." These worms are kept alive with a constant and liberal dose of horse manure. -- The Smokester -

Re: [slim] Re: Stereophile 2006 Editor's Choice

2007-01-10 Thread Peter
Mark Lanctot wrote: Interesting comment in the review: In a poll on our website last September, 25% of respondents felt that the magazine was "losing the plot" with its coverage of music-server devices such as the Squeezebox. Rich Foster's response was typical: "I don't mind you covering thi

Re: [slim] Re: Stereophile 2006 Editor's Choice

2007-01-10 Thread Robin Bowes
The Smokester wrote: > "Hrrm, I guess worms would conduct and therefore be possible to be used > as cables, but I am unclear on where to get a 10-ton can of them, and > how to keep them alive." > > These worms are kept alive with a constant and liberal dose of horse > manure. I'm sorry, but that'