Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Can two SBRadios sound differently?

2012-10-09 Thread altruizine
reinholdk wrote: > So my conclusion is that my new Radio with HW revision 7 doesn't sound > as good as the older one with revision 4. :-( That is really unfortunate. :( I also have a Radio, a rev 7, and I've noticed that, despite the glowing reviews from back when the Radio was new on the mark

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Can two SBRadios sound differently?

2012-10-06 Thread reinholdk
Finally I did another comparison, this time both Radios plugged in. Other conditions as before: same firmware, same LMS settings ('smart gain', 'both channels'), side-by-side comparison with positions swapped, sync'd playing, volume level manually set to the same number, both on wifi and both equi

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Can two SBRadios sound differently?

2012-10-01 Thread reinholdk
Didn't have the time yet to compare both plugged in, but I'll do that soon. reinholdk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36070 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96609

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Can two SBRadios sound differently?

2012-10-01 Thread reinholdk
ply3908 wrote: > Did you try swapping positions of the 2 radios while testing? Yes. With the same result. reinholdk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36070 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevi

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Can two SBRadios sound differently?

2012-10-01 Thread reinholdk
JJZolx wrote: > Why would you not expect that? > > If the second one is the result of 3 full hardware revisions over the > first, then I would think it easily possible for there to be a > difference in loudness between them at a given numeric setting. Although I know that it's certainly possibl

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Can two SBRadios sound differently?

2012-10-01 Thread Mnyb
JJZolx wrote: > Why would you not expect that? > > If the second one is the result of 3 full hardware revisions over the > first, then I would think it easily possible for there to be a > difference in loudness between them at a given numeric setting. That's what begin to think, but more in lin

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Can two SBRadios sound differently?

2012-10-01 Thread ply3908
Did you try swapping positions of the 2 radios while testing? ply3908's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38634 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96609

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Can two SBRadios sound differently?

2012-09-30 Thread JJZolx
reinholdk wrote: > From the Settings menu I found that the hardware revision of the old one > is '4' while the new one is '7'. Don't know what Logitech changed, but I > wouldn't expect that one could hear a difference between different > versions. Why would you not expect that? If the second on

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Can two SBRadios sound differently?

2012-09-30 Thread reinholdk
I'm using the new one w battery, so I compared both running on battery. I'll try both plugged in. Do you think it could even make a difference if the battery compartment is empty or not? reinholdk's Profile: http://forums.s

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Can two SBRadios sound differently?

2012-09-30 Thread Mnyb
reinholdk wrote: > I measured the two radios with a free SPL meter app for Android and it > showed -- no difference. > > But I definitely *hear* a difference between the two. > > And I'm not the only one. My teenaged daughter who probably has better > ears than me also told me that the new one

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Can two SBRadios sound differently?

2012-09-30 Thread reinholdk
Mnyb wrote: > Yes that will do after all it's a relative and not absolute measurement > you wan't . [Edit] important to keep the same distance if you measure. > > A lot of home theater enthusiast have that cheap and cheerful radio > schack SPL meter (Sound Pressure Level ) to calibrate speaker a

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Can two SBRadios sound differently?

2012-09-29 Thread reinholdk
Mnyb wrote: > Btw same firmware in both radios ? Yes, as mentioned already. Both run 7.7.2-r9663. reinholdk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36070 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Can two SBRadios sound differently?

2012-09-29 Thread Mnyb
reinholdk wrote: > Yes, the new is brand new. Didn't expect that it indeed might need some > time to "burn in". Thought already about adding a comment like this - > meant as a joke - in my post. > > And no, I don't have a SPL meter (didn't even know what you meant by > this). Just looked around

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Can two SBRadios sound differently?

2012-09-29 Thread reinholdk
Mnyb wrote: > Can be a difference , is it brand new does had many hours of playing > ,the speaker driver may need some run in time to be at it's best (about > the only thing in audio that may need "burn in" ) . > > But as they are of different hardware revisions ,who knows :-/ maybe > they found

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Can two SBRadios sound differently?

2012-09-29 Thread bwaldron
reinholdk wrote: > Is this just my imagination (or my ears) or is this reality, and if it's > the latter, why? I have found a volume difference between my two radios, purchased a year apart. Both are set up exactly the same way -- but when I put one away (in storage as a spare) and swapped in th

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Can two SBRadios sound differently?

2012-09-29 Thread garym
Mnyb wrote: > Can be a difference , is it brand new does had many hours of playing > ,the speaker driver may need some run in time to be at it's best (about > the only thing in audio that may need "burn in" ) . > > But as they are of different hardware revisions ,who knows :-/ maybe > they found

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Can two SBRadios sound differently?

2012-09-29 Thread Mnyb
reinholdk wrote: > When comparing my old SBRadio with my new one I got the impression that > they sound slightly differently. > I did a side-by-side comparison, playing them sync'd with both set to > the same volume manually. Both run the same firmware version, of course, > and both were connecte