Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Another Bit Perfect question

2017-03-31 Thread doctor_big
Julf wrote: > Maybe load a sound level meter onto your phone? > > -48 dB is quite a lot - it's the difference between normal listening > level and the sound of a whisper. > > > > As anywhere above the -48 dB point is OK, I suggest turning the LMS > volume up to 100%, adjusting the analog amp

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Another Bit Perfect question

2017-03-31 Thread doctor_big
Julf wrote: > Yes. > > > > You will start getting truncation and/or interpolation as soon as you > turn down the volume at all, but it won't affect the upper 16 bits until > below -48 dB. I would have thought that is way below 60%. > I'd like to know where this correlates to in regard to

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Another Bit Perfect question

2017-03-31 Thread doctor_big
Julf wrote: > If you change the volume, the signal is altered, by definition. Doesn't > matter what device or software you use. > > Only exception is when you don't actually change the volume, but only > send volume change requests "down the line" (to a smart enough DAC, for > example) - but

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Another Bit Perfect question

2017-03-31 Thread doctor_big
Julf wrote: > No. Any volume adjustment will affect the bits (as the data has to be > scaled). Using primitive, non-dithered scaling, the upper bits only stay > unchanged when the attenuation is an exact power of 2. I see. So volume must be full to pass an unaltered signal? Thanks Jason

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Another Bit Perfect question

2017-03-31 Thread doctor_big
I had heard that If you keep the sbt 's volume at >60% it will pass a full 16bit word. Is this correct? doctor_big's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15196 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Small active speaker - good sounding

2017-01-07 Thread doctor_big
Apesbrain wrote: > Audioengine also makes the tiny A2+. It ships in pairs but maybe put > one on both nightstands. Available for $200 refurbished direct from > factory. Contact them and ask if they have an orphan master speaker > (they come in a master/slave set) for less. If you do this,

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Small active speaker - good sounding

2017-01-07 Thread doctor_big
Bluetooth or hard wired? Sent from my SM-N910W8 using Tapatalk doctor_big's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15196 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=106742

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Saving alsamixer settings in Squeezebox Touch

2016-07-25 Thread doctor_big
Found it... http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?p=803059 doctor_big's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15196 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=105901

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Saving alsamixer settings in Squeezebox Touch

2016-07-25 Thread doctor_big
I did this a while back. I'll see if I can dig up the thread. doctor_big's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15196 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=105901

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] a problem of installing Enhanced Digital Output

2015-11-29 Thread doctor_big
Man in a van wrote: > Another[emoji14] 'Tea Party'?:) > > Ronnie More like knocking off the head of Charles I doctor_big's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15196 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] a problem of installing Enhanced Digital Output

2015-11-28 Thread doctor_big
zhaochen wrote: > living in a firewalled country,yes,maybe it is the problem, i can not > view google in my country I suggest you overthrow your government. That might solve your problem. Sent from my SM-N910W8 using Tapatalk

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Announce: Enhanced Digital Output app - USB Dac and 192k Digital Ouput

2015-01-12 Thread doctor_big
Man in a van wrote: Could this be done by a cron job thingy? :confused: atb Ronnie I found the solution -- once again thanks to Ronnie's suggestions on what to search for. In here: http://forums.slimdevices.com/archive/index.php/t-76291.html John Swenson tells someone with the same

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Announce: Enhanced Digital Output app - USB Dac and 192k Digital Ouput

2015-01-10 Thread doctor_big
Man in a van wrote: Jason, looking around http://http://www.runeaudio.com/forum/how-to-unmute-dragonfly-dac-t411.html it would seem that your experience and theory and that of others is correct. have you contacted Audioquest with regard to this problem? Also,

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Announce: Enhanced Digital Output app - USB Dac and 192k Digital Ouput

2015-01-10 Thread doctor_big
Man in a van wrote: .bat file eh! Jason, I would not know know a .bat file if it flew over my head (sigh!!) :confused: Only 'ting I and I can tink of, is, did you correctly save the file edit? sorry pal atb Ronnie It's not a file edit. It was a command line thingy -- I typed

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Announce: Enhanced Digital Output app - USB Dac and 192k Digital Ouput

2015-01-02 Thread doctor_big
Man in a van wrote: Jason, looking around http://http://www.runeaudio.com/forum/how-to-unmute-dragonfly-dac-t411.html it would seem that your experience and theory and that of others is correct. have you contacted Audioquest with regard to this problem? Also,

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Announce: Enhanced Digital Output app - USB Dac and 192k Digital Ouput

2014-12-21 Thread doctor_big
Hi there -- I'm now trying to use the Audioquest Dragonfly DAC with my touch, hooked up via a powered hub, but -- as stated earlier in this thread, the volume is so low as to be useless. When trying out the Dragonfly with my Odroid Max2play system, I noted that I had to Putty into the Odroid