Golden Earring wrote: > Hi Archimago! > > Firstly, apologies for "cherry-picking" your earlier comment in the > quotation above: I'm just trying to focus on the bits of particular > relevance to the ensuing comments - if you feel that I've removed the > context, I apologise & stand to be corrected! > > Obviously your remarks about the internal processing capabilities of the > Transporter are pretty technical, but if I've understood correctly you > are saying that it is incapable of outputting a decoded data stream > above 24/96 through any of its digital outputs even though in theory the > connections themselves could support them. I think that this puts my > idea to rest in practical terms. In any event, both my pet bat & I agree > with you that anything above 24/96 should have no audible effect! So for > all practical purposes (other than your test) I'm quite happy with it as > is. > > I take your point about the exceptional price/performance ratio of the > Raspberry Pi, but I've had a spot of good fortune in that I've managed > to acquire a mid-2010 i5-based 27" iMac with Bluetooth remote keyboard, > barely used, for £400. I think that's one of my better bargains given > that they were £1649 when new! With its high resolution screen (2560 x > 1440) I can attach it to the wall on the other side of "my" corner of > the room & operate it without getting up from my sofa (I am a bit lazy > these days). I picked up the matching Apple "Magic Track Pad" (also > Bluetooth) s/hand & also a frame that holds it to the right of the > keyboard (both convenient since I am right-handed & making the combined > unit wide enough to sit snugly on my lap - the keyboard on its own is so > small as to be awkward to balance) from eBay, so that should enable me > to connect into the USB 2.0 input on my Mytek DAC which goes up to a > mind-bending 32/384 (or DSDx256). Can't really see the point but at > least I'm a bit future proof if things carry on getting sillier... > > Anyway, I've always fancied a Mac but have been put off by the cost in > the past. It'll be interesting getting my Windows 10 PC, OS Sierra iMac > & Linux Synology NAS talking to each other! I have the NAS, the > Transporter, my Panasonic Freeview HD BD-R + HDD & my 2010 Sony TV on > Ethernet at the moment. In fact there are now no useful apps still > supported on the TV, so I'll simply disconnect that from my router > altogether (leaving its HDMI connection to the Panasonic gizmo, of > course) & use that 4th final Ethernet port on the router for the static > iMac. Other stuff (laptop PC, printer, 'phone, couple of Touches synced > to Transporter displaying album art & current track info) all connect > via Wi-Fi & operate faultlessly, at least so far. > > But apart from running experimental stuff via USB on the iMac, I'll > leave LMS running on my NAS & accept the 24/96 limitation of my > Transporter even as a purely digital source. > > Thanks for your technical insight! > > Dave :)
That's a nice selection of devices Dave :-). About a decade ago, I remember feeling "disappointed" that my Transporter was "only" capable of 24/96. Over the years with experience, recognition that many 176.4/192 recordings have no content in the highest frequencies, and of course recognition that my ears/brain complex is just not able to appreciate the difference, when it comes to listening to music, it ends up being the Transporter that I fire up with room correction done by LMS and BruteFIR. Of course the Mytek DAC like what you have or my Oppo Sonica DAC with higher frequency rates and DSD128+ would be great for upsampler experimentation, trying different filters, etc... In any event, enjoy the sound! And have fun with experimenting :-). Archimago's Musings: (archimago.blogspot.com) A 'more objective' audiophile blog. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Archimago's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2207 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=107673
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