naimlinn;600987 Wrote:
their is some truth to the cpu cycles required to unfold flac files on
the fly.try this on your SB touch: use dbpoweramp and convert 3 songs
from flac to wav. load all six songs and dont even listen closely. you
wont have to, your jaw will be on the floor from the
their is some truth to the cpu cycles required to unfold flac files on
the fly.try this on your SB touch: use dbpoweramp and convert 3 songs
from flac to wav. load all six songs and dont even listen closely. you
wont have to, your jaw will be on the floor from the transformation
from flac to wav.
Well, I know you are right about dedicated PC and Vortex but believe you
or not I just have no room for them :( , so SheevaPlug is the only
server I can afford so far.
Cheers now.
Mike.
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mdm;562532 Wrote:
Well, I know you are right about dedicated PC and Vortex but believe you
or not I just have no room for them :( , so SheevaPlug is the only
server I can afford so far.
Cheers now.
Mike.
you can run vortexbox on a very small atom based pc (no monitor or
keyboard).
Thanks for sharing your experiences and views John. I will give the
sheevaplug a whirl once funds allow.
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JohnSwenson;562215 Wrote:
I'm saying the internal server sounds very good, but an external server
streaming PCM sounds REALLY good!
John S.
John,
Thanks a lot. Quite enough for me to consider sheevaplug as a next
move. Frankly speaking I'm a bit disappointed whit Touch SQ. Though it
mdm;562302 Wrote:
So if there is a chance to improve Touch's SQ I'm going to try.
Cheers now.
Mike.
Then why bother or waste time and money on the SheevaPlug. Go straight
to a dedicated full time PC based Music Server with an internal SATA
drive. Doesn't need to be a name brand PC, just a
iPhone;562358 Wrote:
Then why bother or waste time and money on the SheevaPlug. Go straight
to a dedicated full time PC based Music Server with an internal SATA
drive. Doesn't need to be a name brand PC, just a DIY case with an Atom
Motherboard. Use your current external drive as the backup
JohnSwenson;561764 Wrote:
A sheevaplug will be a big step up from running the internal server...
My recommendation: if you can possibly swing it an external server is a
good thing, for many reasons...
You DO have to be willing to do some simple linux command line stuff to
get it up
mdm;562116 Wrote:
Hi John,
could you tell me where can I found instructions and what a big step
up from running the internal server is? What benefits gives me a
SheevaPlug against TinyServer? I use wav not flac format so the place
of decoding is not vital.
Tnks in advance.
Mike.
I am
From my listening experience running the internal server playing WAV
files offers about the same SQ as external server streaming flac (flac
decoding on Touch). Thus external server streaming PCM (from whatever
source) sounds better than playing WAVs on internal server. Other
people will disagree
Hello and many thanks for your replies.
I am using the SB Touch in standalone mode attached to a USB 1TB
Toshiba external HDD. I go out the coaxial digital output to my DAC a
Audio Synthesis Dax Decade. I believe that my system is revealing
enough to show relatively small improvements in the SB
woodnut;561861 Wrote:
I am still a little unclear as to whether it is possible to do the flac
decoding on a sheevaplug, is this possible?
Many thanks.
Yes, running SBS on a sheevaplug can easily handle flac decoding.
John S.
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Hello,
I have been looking at the Sheevaplug mentioned to me by a forum member
in one of my older threads and although my SB Touch is working fine as a
standalone at the moment (ripped 120 CDs so far) I wondered if there
would be any sonic benefit to getting a NAS such as the sheevaplug in
the
woodnut;561668 Wrote:
Hello,
I have been looking at the Sheevaplug mentioned to me by a forum member
in one of my older threads and although my SB Touch is working fine as a
standalone at the moment (ripped 120 CDs so far) I wondered if there
would be any sonic benefit to getting a NAS
woodnut;561668 Wrote:
I have been looking at the Sheevaplug mentioned to me by a forum member
in one of my older threads and although my SB Touch is working fine as a
standalone at the moment (ripped 120 CDs so far) I wondered if there
would be any sonic benefit to getting a NAS such as
I WAS able to hear differences between PCM and flac decoding in blind
tests. (no it was a not a full blown scientific test). But that was
with the old firmware, the latest firmware has new flac decoding code,
I don't know how that sounds. Its probably not going to get tested in
the immediate
Take care of yourself and get well soon John.
Excellent points about whether plugins are being used or not in a
choice between SheevaPlug or an Atom Server.
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