Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] "Too loud", "too quiet" opinions: what are the factors?
This is totally off-topic for an audiophiles section, but my recommendation for this would be to parts. Step 1, get a an SPL meter. There are some out there with USB so you could try and do data logging. Step 2, Find out what volume level is loud enough to not be a bother when the store is quiet. I personally would lock the volume level max somewhere where the music doesn't cause problems when the shop is quiet. Sure, it might not be listening volume when the store is busy, but when the shop is busy, do you want to have music competing with actual conversations with customers? SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=107617 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] free upgrade for linux LMS users
tingtong5 wrote: > > The second time a track plays, it is read from the linux OS disk cache > instead from disk. This means the track is played from RAM memory > instead of from the hard drive that contains the file (track). > This is not exactly true. Linux always copies data from the disk to the cache first, except in the case of the application specifies something like O_DIRECT. So what you're saying isn't physically possible. See also: Expectation bias. SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=106375 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Peter Belt Morphic Link Paper Clips
wortgefecht wrote: > RE: crossed out bar codes: there are several German organic food > producers who actually print the bar codes with a horizontal line > through them, because their customers demand it. But they believe that > bar codes are satanic in origin ... > > Gesendet von meinem Nexus 6 mit Tapatalk lol, I generally go to the biomarkt and have not seen this. I'll have to keep an eye out so I can avoid those brands. SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=106090 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Audiostream's "Silent Majority"
Baffling. The opinion that there are still unsolved cases of where the difference people hear can't be measured blows my mind. We can tune in the 23W transmitter from the Voyager probes that are 5.8 billion miles away, but nope, audio is unsolved. It's like they're willfully ignorant of things like audio diffmaker. SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=105254 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] For Sale: Transport fully modded Modwright Platinum Signature
Julf wrote: > And what actual physical property of the valve rectifier would cause > those effects, and how? Here's a couple of interesting articles about tube rectifiers as used in audio circuits: http://www.soldano.com/amp-help/tube-vs-solid-state-rectifiers/ http://www.guitarplayer.com/amplifiers/1017/whats-the-big-deal-about-tube-rectifiers/23811 Basically, tubes completely suck at being good rectifiers. They cause voltage and current sags. This might be a good thing for a guitar amp, but for a line source it's going to make things sound like shit. But, given the good PSU design of the Transporter, I'm guessing there's enough capacitor to deal with the sags and you won't hear any difference at all. All you're left with is the warmth and glowing of the placebo effect. SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=104936 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Newest USB Technology. Trust your ears!
pippin wrote: > "What happened when I did it 8 times just blew my mind!" I wonder what happens when you take it to 11. SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=104711 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Stereophile.com In depth Double Blind Test of Audiophiles
I think you forgot a link. SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=104018 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Question on equipment
With a room in the 40m2 size, maybe something like this would suit you: http://www.peachtreeaudio.com/all-products/amplifiers-dac.html It's a solid-state amp, but has an optional tube buffer to add a bit of the tube sound analog noise that people like. For your room size, the 65w model is probably fine, but maybe the 125w model would be better if you are thinking about putting it in a larger room some day. The nice thing about the peachtree is also it comes with a reasonable DAC built-in. SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103980 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Reformed Audiophile True Confessions
A long time ago I got conned into buying monster cable stuff by the local audio shop. I mostly needed a long subwoofer line cable so that I could get the sub properly positioned. I think I spent $150-200 (back in 1999). That was a lot of money for me in my early 20s. The cable was even directional, and I didn't believe it, but I installed it correctly just the same. Since then I've learned just how evil monster cable is. I think I still have that cable in a box somewhere. SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103238 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] CD's vs. vinyl
cliveb wrote: Let me start by stating that I fully understand and acknowledge that vinyl is a deeply flawed and inaccurate medium. ... Even now, when a needle-drop gets played over the Transporter it somehow grabs my attention that many CD sourced files don't. There has to be something euphonic about the shortcomings of vinyl. Maybe just have a needle-drop plugin that inserts one for every track? :-) SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103078 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Hires AIFF files greater than 24/96, best way to playback on Transporter?
Probably easier to just transcode to FLAC. Plus you get all the metadata advantages missing from AIFF. SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=102893 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Oh-oh, the ethernet/USB cable dispute all over again ...
It didn't take long for Computer Audiophile to start spouting audiofool USB cable differences tests. I seem to remember it was within the first few months of the site opening. Gave up on it long ago. SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=102632 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Digital Active Speakers
Genelec is a fantastic top of the line monitor company. I've auditioned them several times over the years, but have always been just short of buying them because it's such a close race between them, Dynadio, and Adam. Due to the cost I've never been able to justify the upgrade from my audioengine monitors. SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=102170 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Suggestions for $1000 USB asynch DAC with galvanic isolation?
Kellen wrote: Hello I have finally got both hands on another Touch which I would like to EDO up with the external USB DAC. I would like it to be an asynch USB DAC which employ galvanic isolation. DSD is not a priority just needs it to be 192k capable. Any offers for suggestions under $1000 USD? Thanks Sounds like a job for the Benchmark DAC-1 http://www.benchmarkmedia.com/dac/dac1 SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=100137 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Is louder always perceived as better sounding?
heisenberg wrote: When comparing side-by-side two versions of the same track, I tend to invariably favor the quieter sounding one. And this is where you're missing the actual point. You're comparing two different tracks of different content. Sure, they might be the same song, and even come from the same source multi-track, but the mastering is different. You seem to prefer the higher dynamic range versions. This is not what louder sounds better is talking about. If you took the same exact track and were presented it with a blind test at two volume levels you would prefer the louder one. If you always prefer the quieter one, even when done blind, I would say you are an abnormal case. Very likely a specific phobia where you have been trained to intentionally react negatively to loud sounds. SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98610 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Help requested for Transporter Superclock 4 modification
What do you expect from snakeoil sales people? Sorry, you got fleeced. SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98410 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Differences between digital sources
SoftwireEngineer wrote:
Another observation or illusion (?), if I unplug all the power cords,
clean the prongs with just a clean paper towel and plug it in, the
system sounds very detailed. I check for this with very low volume
listening. What could be happening ?
Very likely the system is being affected by
Expectation
Bias (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Experimenter's_bias). Simply knowing about
the change will change your perception
of the output. Your brain is very bad at dealing with visual vs
auditory stimulus.
For example, the 'McGurk effect'
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?hd=1v=G-lN8vWm3m0) ('more info'
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McGurk_effect))
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Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Which one sounds better - Windows or Linux?
ralphpnj wrote: To me the CA site is no different from any the high end audio magazines. The site's founder aka The Computer Audiophile, to his credit, has managed to ingratiate into the elite regions of high end audio and he is now unwilling to do anything which might rock the boat and therefore stop the flow of test equipment and any other perks which might come his way for being a complaisant part the high end circus (hint he has become one of those character with the big red noses). Yup, I had an argument with the guy about a month after CA started posting stuff. It was yet another claim to which USB cable sounds better. I tried to point out that the devices he was using were async and buffered, and what he was claiming was impossible. All I got back was la la la, I can't hear you. SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98298 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] A useful article on how sampling works, what effect bit-rate has etc.
That's extremely good. Time to beat some of my analog friends with it. :-) SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98360 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Tweak: Wood Block Refiners
http://boingboing.net/2012/12/06/audiophile.html For people with a sense of humor, hit reload a few times. SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97484 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Another Nail in the Golden Eared Audiophile Coffin..
SBGK wrote: I have never used blind testing because I believe humans are best suited to A/B testing Only someone with something to lose (money, pride, whatever) would have an opinion like that. SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=95757 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Fidelizer SBT.. Why should it work?
The answer is: Expectation Bias (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Experimenter's_bias) SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=95644 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Best server for Transporter
I built a nice custom linux server/desktop machine. It does a number of duties besides just LMS. It hosts files for my mac mini (still trying to decide if I like XBMC or Plex as a UI for that). I also use it as a primary desktop for browsing and photo editing. It also runs a number of VMs for testing some routing configurations. My shopping list looked like this: Lian-Li PC-Q08 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E1682265 Intel mini-itx mainboard http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813121513 I would probably get this one now: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813121597 The only bad part of this board is that it only supports 4x SATA and I had to use the PCIe slot for a SATA board. If I didn't use it as a desktop, I would have probably gone with a supermicro Atom D525 server board because they support IPMI. http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/ATOM/ICH9/X7SPA-HF-D525.cfm Whatever CPU and ram floats your boat, I went with 8G of ram and i5-2400S I have 6x WD RE4-GP 2T server drives setup with Linux software raid. I have a small mirror setup for the root fs, 140G of space for the rest of the OS and 100G for /home. Then the rest of the space (7T) is a raid6 volume for backups (crashplan of my family's laptops) and other media. I also have an external USB-3 drive or two that I offline backup the important stuff to, like my FLAC files. Of course, none of this is audiophile related, except that I have my audio system (Transporter, Revel speakers, Musical Fidelity amp) networked to it. SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=95477 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New SBT person old Audiophile
You've found them. There's nothing you really need to change. Sorry to disappoint the Audiophile tweaker in you. SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=94912 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New SBT person old Audiophile
You could try Inguz room correction. Or buy a different DAC. Maybe a Benchmark DAC-1. http://www.benchmarkmedia.com/dac/dac1-series-overview Or if if you want my honest opinion, get better speakers. I think ML sound like shit. But that's an opinion on speaker voice not what you get from the DAC in the Touch. SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=94912 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] The answer my friends is...
NoRoDa;699172 Wrote: No way! This is the answer [image: http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a270/RODARID/Rega/IMG_5933.jpg] Nice, does it play FLAC? -- SuperQ SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=94428 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] soundcheck's Touch Toolbox 3.0
Jeff Flowerday;697359 Wrote: Posting custom priorities in this thread isn't hurting anyone. Anyone who tries them might not hear a difference at all or you might hear a difference or you might hear a difference because you think you should hear a difference, it just doesn't really matter, there is no cost to try things. The logical police should just stand down. PS) I am one of the logical police, but this continual attacking of SBGK for his free mods is getting old. .02 No, it is hurting everyone who comes to this fourm. These modifications make no change to the copy of data from the server to the client buffer. Therefore they can not have any effect on playback. Because of these lies people are being mislead into thinking there is to this. We (the community) refuse to stand by and let SBGK tell blatant lies. -- SuperQ SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=91322 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] sub-$300 DAC
The best sub $300 DAC for you is a Squeezebox Touch. The trick is, you're highly unlikely to improve your listening experience with a $300 DAC. You already have an equal DAC in your Classic. It would help us out if you explained the rest of your system, and room layout, treatments. -- SuperQ SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93932 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] FUD, intellectual honesty, digital facts, and the TAS articles...
Mnyb;693001 Wrote: I see the unicorn but somehow it's photons don't stick to film or excite the ccd in my camera ? This just proves that unicorns are vorlons. -- SuperQ SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93549 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Designing by listening= failure.
Yea, I had no idea. Shows how good my ears are. I bought a uDac-2 and thought it was OK, nothing fancy. A step above the DAC in my phone (wow, the noise). Now I regret the purchase slightly. A blatant disregard for design is offensive to me, mostly because I spend my day taking software systems apart to make sure they work under adverse situations. -- SuperQ SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93542 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Tired of compression ruining your music?
Yup, we've talked about this many times in this forum. -- SuperQ SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93506 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Are audio-induced 'chest thumps' bad for hearing?
Not really. From what I have read most hearing damage comes from 2 sources. Degradation due to age and common illnesses. Hearing loss due to acoustic damage can be caused by extremely loud noise. But bass frequencies are no more or less harmful than higher frequencies. What is damaging is very high decibel levels at any frequency. -- SuperQ SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93485 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Squeezebox A/B/X testing?? Is there an app? Can someone dev one?
I've thought about this before. You could use it to ABX test various encodings/formats for lossy music. The problem is all the stuff I want to ABX is physical (speakers/placement), not software. -- SuperQ SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93394 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] How low is low?
Jeff Flowerday;687976 Wrote: One of the other threads had some discussions in regards to low end and indications that you may or may not be missing something if your speakers or speakers plus subwoofer won't go down to 25-35hz. My current floor standing speakers are +-3db to 40hz but will extend down to 33hz as per specifications. Who knows how much roll off. How does room size and position from speaker play into it? I'm currently sitting about 8-9ft from my speakers with just under 8ft between them. no room size or placement can make up for the fact that the speakers just don't produce any sound in the low end. I was pretty impressed with the sound of the Revel F32 speakers. It was a solid enough improvement over my old speakers that I didn't feel the need for a sub. Frequency response: 33Hz16kHz, +/-1.0dB Low-frequency extension: 10dB @ 24Hz, 6dB @ 26Hz, 3dB @ 30Hz -- SuperQ SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93382 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Haha! More audiophile hilarity!
Ha, I love the Enigma Tuning Bullets I'll should sell a Dynamic Tuning Bullet that automatically adjusts with whatever music you're playing. -- SuperQ SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93352 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Win 7 Optimisations
pski;686466 Wrote: So long as the squeezeboxen receive an adequate stream of data from the server, any changes to the host hardware/OS will only result in an improvement in the speed of the user interface. No improvement in sound quality will result under any circumstances. Sound quality in this system is determined by the D/A converters in the players, the capability of your stereo to play them, and the bit rate/depth of the music file. P We've tried to explain this. This person is either a troll or willfully ignorant. Even the step of disconnecting the network to let the player continue from buffer memory won't convince them. Ignore the lunacy. -- SuperQ SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93257 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Fidelizer - does it work ?
Didn't work at all. Can you tell me why? Here's what it did: Code: wine: cannot find LC:\\windows\\system32\\tasklist.exe File not found wine: cannot find LC:\\windows\\system32\\tasklist.exe File not found wine: cannot find LC:\\windows\\system32\\tasklist.exe File not found wine: cannot find LC:\\windows\\system32\\tasklist.exe File not found fixme:vdmdbg:VDMEnumProcessWOW 0x404e50: stub! Setting priority to Idle for '*' fidelizer.exe (8) services.exe(14) winedevice.exe (17) explorer.exe(25) cmd.exe (63) pv.exe (65) fixme:vdmdbg:VDMEnumProcessWOW 0x404e50: stub! Setting priority to High for '*' fidelizer.exe (8) services.exe(14) winedevice.exe (17) explorer.exe(25) cmd.exe (67) pv.exe (69) fixme:ntdll:NtSetTimerResolution (1,1,0xcb1933), stub! -- SuperQ SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93245 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Audiophile rednecks
SBGK;686389 Wrote: Just tried the Ingus DRC (never heard of it before seeing your signature), pretty poor on my system, massive drop in resolution. You mean Inguz? What microphone did you use? -- SuperQ SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93236 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Audio Truths
darrenyeats;685631 Wrote: I'm in favour of blind tests and level matching. However, I'm aware that level matching isn't fool-proof and straightforward. Sometimes the loudspeakers being compared have a different frequency response so the question becomes, level matched at what frequencies? You can use broadband noise or multi-tones, but the problem will surely manifest if you are comparing using a drum and bass track one minute versus an opera track the next? Darren Last time I went shopping I brought with a simple 30% volume pink noise track. You can hear a bit of the tonal differences between loudspeakers when you play the pink track. Pink noise is wide enough that you can get close enough when leveling loudspeakers with an SPL meter. I didn't think to bring a tripod so just moving my hand around a tiny bit would vary the signal by +-0.3db. I figured I would get close enough to 80db to consider all the speakers I was listening to leveled -- SuperQ SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93111 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Paul Frindle(DSP Master and Digital Audio Expert) clears the air(PC AUDIO)
Thanks, this is a good summary of what a lot of us have talked about in the forum before. TheOctavist;685396 Wrote: P.S. - I have no idea why discs are marked as suitable for different speeds, apart from commerically generated market differentials. It's a physical process and I can see no reason why a disc should not be written and read at whatever speed the laser is capable of.. It may simply be that after manufacture the slightly eccentric ones are sold as slower - to prevent shaking of your drive in operation!! Which discs are you talking about? Are you talking about writable CD/DVD discs? They come in various speeds due to a couple of factors. The writable layer must be heated by a laser in order to perform the bit flips. Most of the lasers in burners have about the same output power, but can spin at different speeds. The thickness or composition of the burned layer on the disc changes how much energy it takes to flip the bits. Slower means more energy hits the disc as it moves around making it easier to write that bit. There is also the issue of CAV or CLV. CAV (Constant Angular Velocity) means the RPM is the same all the time while writing. CLV (Constant Linear Velocity) means keeping the speed at which the bits are moving by constant. -- SuperQ SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93157 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Audio Truths
Ron Olsen;685032 Wrote: An article on blind listening tests of amplifiers: http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/solid-state/12752-blind-listening-tests-amplifiers.html That's pretty good. Last year I was in the market for new speakers. After the sales guy setup the first pair of speakers I was interested in and setup what he thought was the best room placement we started playing back some tracks. The thing that irked me immediately was that he sat in front turning the volume up and down. After a couple min I stopped him, got out my SPL meter, and calibrated a pink noise track to 80db. He didn't seem happy to have measuring equipment in the room, but atleast he left me alone with various speakers for an afternoon. I ended up buying a nice set of speakers that suited my acoustic, aesthetic, and budget desires. -- SuperQ SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93111 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Point of increasing returns
The thing is, what you're talking about is completely psychosomatic. The tipping point is only in your head. The reason it's called the law of diminishing marginal returns is because that's how the world works. There is no tipping point. There is no breakthrough. It's all in your head. -- SuperQ SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93154 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Is there a device to make internet radio streams sound better?
No, there is no magic box. Garbage in, Garbage out. -- SuperQ SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93155 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] audio advice
Blackfiction;684773 Wrote: Hi all, I have a duet and use a the digital out to the cambridge audio dacmagic. The CA Dacmagic goes to the roksan kandy k2 and then to my speakers (monitor audio gs10). So, WHS-Duet-Dacmagic-Roksan Kandy k2-MA GS10. What do you think should help in upgrading? Is it wothwhile to change the duet for a touch? Or should I invest in a new DAC? Thanks for the advice! I would start with room treatments. You'll get a lot more performance out of the setup by adding a few acoustic traps. I would look into upgrading the GS10 speakers. Or possibly adding a sub. -- SuperQ SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93096 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Advice please - upgrade priority
Yea, I agree with the other posts. None of those things are going to make a big difference. Those speakers are small, and specs don't give you +- dB for the frequency range. * Subwoofer or floorstanders are a good idea. * Room acoustic treatment is going to also make a huge difference. Another option would be to try the inguz room correction system. Get a good refernece microphone (like an earthworks) and USB transport to do the recording. -- SuperQ SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=92924 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What does bit perfect mean?
pippin;681535 Wrote: Now, it's up to you what you want to believe. This is why the only thing I tweak these days is the amount of herbs and spices I put in my food. Also the quantity and quality of the beer that goes with it. :-) -- SuperQ SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=92774 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Suggestions for a new amp?
I recently got a Musical Fidelity M6i to go with my Transporter and Revel F32 speakers. Loving it. http://www.musicalfidelity.com/products/M6-Series/M6i/M6i.asp I also have a mac mini attached for watching movies on my projector. Downmixing surround to stereo is hit or mis, but it sounds great when files are mixed well. -- SuperQ SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=90915 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Questions about a DAC
Ikabob;667952 Wrote: Thank you for the advice Jeff. I will keep it in mind. At this time the system has sounded so good for so long that I am very hesitant to tamper with it other than possibly adding reversible devices like a DAC. This is why there are professional services that do this kind of work. It should only cost a few hundred USD to have all the caps replaced. Personally I would suggest auditioning a modern power amplifier. You'll get a lot more improvement from that than trying different modern DACs on such an old amplifier design. -- SuperQ SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=91401 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Improve my SQ
Yea, I'm going to have to agree on the speaker issue. The Menuet rolls off at 68 hz. You'll get a lot more life out of your music if you picked up floorstanders or possibly the Mentor sub. -- SuperQ SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=91376 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Questions about a DAC
Ikabob;667822 Wrote: I have an SAE amplifier into a Marantz preamp. The sound quality of my SqueezeTouch system is very good to my ears even though the components are older. Neither component has optical outputs, only RCA outputs right and left. So, I am not even sure a DAC can even be connected into my system. Where would itfit into the line? Would a DAC improve the fidelity significantly? I have hear many good things about the Rega DAC which is a little pricey and in one of the threads I have just read about another Bifrost DAC . Is the Rega really worth the extra expense? The Bifrost has a 5 year warranty but I am not sure of the warranty for the Rega and the Bifrost is upgradable for future improvements. I'd appreciate any comments. Thank you. Which SAE amplifier is this? How old is it? If it's pretty old (15+ years) and you have it on all the time the electrolytic will have seriously degraded. You could always have the amp refurbished. There are a ton of people online doing rebuild service. If you really like the amp, it might be worth -- SuperQ SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=91401 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Wireless speakers
I have a set of welded from here: http://www.bluejeanscable.com/store/speaker/index.htm The 12AWG cables should be small enough to be tucked away. -- SuperQ SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=90987 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Separate Linear Power Supplies for the Touch and an Attached USB Drive?
Probably a waste of time and money. -- SuperQ SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=89583 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] sorry - its hot -
earwaxer9;639794 Wrote: 108F here - getting the monsoons now - thats good. How do you like the Diablo? Diablo was great until I hit about 3500' when the upper half of the quads on my right leg cramped. Hurt like hell. Doubled the electrolyte concentration of my water bottle, waited for the pain to subside and continued climbing. Got to the top (3864') and drank a whole bottle of gatoraid. Thankfully that was it for climbing for the day. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrn8wzPQ1U4hd=1 -- SuperQ SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=88667 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] sorry - its hot -
I cycled up Mt Diablo in hotter than 40C/104F blinding sun last Saturday. Sunday was all about sleeping in, having a beer, and listening to a bit of music. TP - Musical Fidelity M6i - Revel F32. Simple, no crazy stuff. Just listen to good music and relax. -- SuperQ SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=88667 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] speaker advancements over 15 years?
esbrewer;639195 Wrote: I was not aware any of the Sunfire gear was that compact. I think the conventional driver on the side might cause some issues with my bookshelf setup - but you definitely got me thinking about some alternative approaches. I listened to these while helping an audio-newbie friend get a pair of bookshelf speakers: http://www.paradigm.com/products/products-by-category/bookshelf/paradigm/se-series/se-1 and http://signalpathint.com/index.php/DS4.5/ds4.5-speakers.html I personally liked the sound of the Paradigm, but he went with the Peachtree due to size. Both speakers were decent for the size. The only unfortunate thing for your situation is I don't remember if the SE-1 was front or rear ported. -- SuperQ SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=88582 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter EAC vs. CD audio... Throwing Down the Gauntlet !!!
Toy Maker;637606 Wrote: I recently learned that EAC wav files are 100% uncompressed, as perfect to the original CD track as possible. So FLAC files are out too. I can make FLAC files using EAC as well... We could A-B test wav vs FLAC for a 2nd test. But we will have enough on our plate already I think. There is so much confusion around FLAC being compressed. How about we say linear encoded. FLAC is compression like ZIP files are compressed. If you put a word processor document into a ZIP file and then unzip it, your document doesn't change. FLAC is the same. -- SuperQ SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=88364 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] software based volume control?
earwaxer9;637341 Wrote: Ok, I may be stretching things a bit! - I'm looking to replace my method of volume control in my system. Currently using passive, Alps Blue Velvet with the t-amp. I want to stay passive and relatively cheap! I thought about passive LDR (optocoupler), autoformer (intact audio), and a stepped approach. Since I'm using a computer, why cant I control the volume in software without any degradation in resolution etc? I know that my Transporter has a digital volume control but that does not appear to perform as well as my Alps pot. Any info would be much appreciated! So there really isn't any problem with software volume control. This has been discussed in-depth several times in the forums. The fact of the matter here is that the volume control is done in 24bits by software. This means that any mathematical bit errors are in the -130dB to -140dB range. Since the Transporter's analog DAC section is at best -120dB SNR, it can't even reproduce these bit errors. But if you've got the volume turned way down to like 20%, you have lost a lot of signal and are going to be boosting a lot more of the noise floor at the amp. What you really want is to reduce your amp's gain or apply a passive attenuation (simple resistor network) to limit the max volume of your system. http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/DIY_passive_attenuation -- SuperQ SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=88419 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter EAC vs. CD audio... Throwing Down the Gauntlet !!!
Toy Maker;637345 Wrote: That's the plan. Tom (the golden ear boy) says he will be listening for cues like instrument placement to try to tell the 2 apart. If both sources are digital to a single DAC... all should be equal, no? Yup, if both transports are sending a bit-identical signal and have reasonably good jitter there should be no detectable difference. Check out http://www.libinst.com/Audio%20DiffMaker.htm -- SuperQ SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=88364 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] software based volume control?
earwaxer9;637351 Wrote: Thanks for the input SuperQ - I have been thinking about using the top end of the Transporter digital volume control. It makes sense that bits off the top of the 24bit dont make a real difference in terms of the noise floor. I also thought about running my Alps at full volume and setting the jumper in the Transporter to -30db. Then I could use the top end of the volume control to tweak the volume. Oh, yea, I completely forgot about the jumper in the TP. (I use balanced, doesn't work for that) With the jumper you could just plug directly into an amp and not have a pre-amp at all. -- SuperQ SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=88419 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter SE to Integrated Amp
I would probably use the analog out from the transporter into the SC-27. Using the other amplifier isn't going to be great because it doesn't seem to have any good switching for selecting the RCA or balanced input. Doing a combination setup like you're talking about would require you have an amplifier with a theater bypass mode that would allow it to act as a not-volume-controlled amplifier. -- SuperQ SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=87872 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] RG6 cable for audio
RG6 type cable is basically all you need. You could order raw coax from http://www.bluejeanscable.com/ I would email their customer service and ask. They were very helpful when I needed a very long HDMI cable. -- SuperQ SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=87873 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] For the objectivist/empiricists in the crowd
It sounds like they're using something like audio diffmaker. It should be easy to reproduce their results. -- SuperQ SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=87175 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Is touch a better sounding unit than SB3 ?
Possibly, maybe. Probably not. -- SuperQ SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=86762 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] squeezebox setup for audiophiles
dhinesh;618995 Wrote: Planned Setup: 1)Perform Soundcheck mods as posted on his tutorial 2)Plug the NAS and the router into a conditioner / filter. Thinking of Shunyata Hydra 2. If I use a UPS, the hydra will go into the APC 1000 on line UPS. Use an audiophile cable from the outlet to the Hydra 2. Not decided on the UPS as yet as I usually put the NAS off when not using it. 3)Change the power cable on the NAS to a decent audiophile cable like the KIMBER PK 10 gold 4)Change the power supply on the router and the touch to a linear power supply 5)Buy a bridge like WET 610N or use another router as a bridge (use ddwrt) and change the power supply to linear as well. Connect the touch to the Ethernet port of the bridge 6)Stream using wlan from the router connected to the NAS to the router connected to the touch Audiophiles may like the setup as it theoretically should isolate all the noise and result in a good / hopefully bit perfect output on the SPDIF output of the touch. The NAS will be in another room and the fan noise will not interrupt with the sound but we need the technically adept members of the forum to give us their input to see if the above will result in a better / bit perfect signal on the touch SPDIF output. Computer Audiophile in its review of the touch claims that the SPDIF output of the touch is bit perfect but I have my doubts as my ears are not HAPPY! Do not want to be in a situation where I go and buy the power supplies, etc only to find out that its of no use as my ears will still not be happy. Request everyone that is interested in getting a good sound using WLAN to study the above and give input. Or is there no way to get good sound using WLAN? This is a mystery to me! Thanks 1) not sure what these are 2) Worthless from an audio perspective. Good idea to plug into an APC SmartUPS or Liebert PSA UPS. 3) Worthless, not how bits work 4) Worthless, not how bits work 5) Worthless You seem to be introducing a ton of completely useless and worthless tweaks into a system that you do not understand. If these things could cause any effect to audio quality, your computer would not work. The only place you could see any improvement is in the DAC section. If you don't like the sound of the DAC you're using, get a different one. In all likelyhood, the difference is likely how hot the output of the DAC is compared to your CD player. Burn a 50% pink noise audio file to the CD and do a proper volume calibration between your SB+DAC and the CD player. I made some pink noise tracks and posted them here: http://ben.nerp.net/noise/ Get a SPL meter and make sure you get the same audio from both of your sources. http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/CM140/ -- SuperQ SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=86419 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] squeezebox setup for audiophiles
JezA;619070 Wrote: Add up all the money you propose to spend on fancy power supplies, cables, NAS's and other voodoo. Spend it on a Transporter. Job done, right. +1 to this Also on my top list of audio improvements: http://www.gooseisland.com -- SuperQ SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=86419 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Another trollicious question
Phil Leigh;618356 Wrote: Perfect null on ADM. Next up, magic amplifier isolating wood blocks. :) -- SuperQ SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=86359 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Raise your hand if you're convinced that speaker cables make no difference to sound q
vrette;617582 Wrote: Can I respectfully keep my hand down depending upon the circumstances? :) Are we comparing cruddy thin gauge wire with a high quality much thicker stranded gauge wire, or a $1000 set with unobtainium coated connects versus a $2000 set with solid unobtainium connectors? Low grade thin gauge versus good quality thick gauge, yeah, you should hear a difference if your system is up to it. Where it gets hazy is when you start spending hundreds or thousands of $$$. Like so much in Hi-Fi, it is all about diminishing returns,, Stranding only helps when it's Litz. But even then the effect on audio frequency range is minimal. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litz_wire -- SuperQ SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=86298 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Whatever happened to the Audiophile?
Mostly bullshit article written from one personal age group specific view. This quote mostly summarizes their lack of historical knowledge: Quality in recordings was sacrificed for speed and convenience. Loudness became more important than clarity. The richness and warmth of a recording was replaced by tinniness and splash. Sorry, no.. that started long before the digital age. Records were being compressed to the limit in the Jukebox era to get the most volume out of the equipment. -- SuperQ SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=86098 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Volume, ReplayGain, Crossfade, effect on sound quality
WAD62;611268 Wrote: Firstly apologies if this has been done elsewhere, please point me in the correct direction if it has. I'm running 3 SBs (1 SB3, and 2 Receivers), along with a PC/Winamp combo against the same FLAC library (QNAP TS-119/SqueezeCenter 7.3.3). I've been messing around with Winamp, in particular FFSoX, and ASIO, which has spawned a few questions about the possible effects of some SB functionality. Volume; I set my SB receivers to 100% volume based on the supplied documentation, is this better quality because I'm avoiding the DSP, or as I vaguely recall reading something about the data being padded out to 24 bits prior to playing? As I said I use the volume on my amps so this isn't an issue for me. ReplayGain; I use 'Album' gain with my players, as I stated earlier I've been messing around with FFSoX as an input plugin for Winamp. One of it's claims is that it improves sound quality by applying ReplayGain to the input stream rather than at playback, thus avoiding the DSP at playback. Has anyone done any research into the effects of using Album/Audiophile ReplayGain on playback quality, and could the SoX claim be valid, or too trivial to notice...I do like and use the ReplyGain functionality. Crossfade; Again if I'm playing back a random collection, crossfade is a nice option, however for me not as important as ReplayGain. I'd imagine that crossfade must invoke some DSP processing or other. Again has anyone checked out it's effects on sound quality? I've just started using Winamp/ASIO as the route to my M-Audio soundcard on my PC, and noticed that crossfade is no longer functional (it requires direct sound for that), but the quality is improved, marginally...this is probably due to the direct link to my soundcard but it did make me wonder. Sorry for the rambling head dump, anyone with experience in these areas? So I'm not sure what DSP processing you're referring to, but with squeezebox devices the files are sent intact unless you transcode them with some kind of filter (like Inguz or SoX) on the squeezebox server side. The Squeezebox itself doesn't really have a DSP (with the exception of the Boom). All it does is apply a simple linear volume adjustment to the bitstream. The math for this is not as complicated as a DSP filter. -- SuperQ SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85691 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] SB3 vs. Airport Express into Benchmark DAC
It could also be different volume levels between the two. Without capturing the digital output (record with a PC sound card that can take digital in) it's hard to tell. The other option is you could use http://www.libinst.com/Audio%20DiffMaker.htm to check the output past the benchmark. -- SuperQ SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85678 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] If you can hear it, can you measure it?
magiccarpetride;611122 Wrote: Let me turn the tables for a moment here, and ask a pointed question: if, by comparing two audio components side-by-side, you can definitely hear a difference, do you think that difference can be measured? By 'measured' I mean detected using some measuring equipment, preferably with buttons and dials and blinking lights and beeping sounds. In the most ideal case, that measuring device would even be able to print out a histogram. Yes, there are many many cases that prove this. Given the good DSP software these days, a crappy 1ghz laptop, and the internal sound card in the laptop. Hook up a ham radio to that crap audio rig and you can display and decode digital radio signals that you wouldn't be able to pick out of the noise with your ears. Things like audio diffmaker can pull out differences in audio that you probably wouldn't be able to hear yourself without the computer help in comparing. -- SuperQ SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85681 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Phase error between sync'd players
They sync is pretty good, when I'm standing in the acoustic middle between 2 of my squeezeboxes I can hardly hear any sync difference. But it might not be good enough for separated stereo speakers. You might consider something like this: http://audioengineusa.com/Store/Audioengine-W1 For what you're doing, it sounds like you would need 2 pairs. Or two pairs and use only one of the TX side. -- SuperQ SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85396 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter Searching for Server
bjast;601088 Wrote: Is there anyway to keep this searching message from being displayed? I thought about this a bit, and I bet there should be an easy way to write up a plugin that interacts with macos to auto-switch to squeezeboxes to mysqueezebox.com when the OS goes to sleep. Then when the system wakes, it can pull the squeezeboxes back to the local SBS. Linux can be made to support this by adding a script to /etc/pm/sleep.d. Basically the script would have the functions to do something like /etc/pm/sleep.d/10_squeezebox: case $1 in hibernate|suspend) /path/to/script/switch_to_mysqueezebox.pl ;; thaw|resume) /path/to/script/switch_to_sbs.pl ;; *) ;; esac The perl scripts could be included on all platforms as a plugin. I don't know how MacOS's power handling works. It's possible that launchd handles this. I'm not a MacOS expert. -- SuperQ SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=84640 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Hifi rack: wood or glass shelves?
Which do you think will look better? That's how I'd decide. -- SuperQ SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=84313 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Does audiophile equal quiet?
Most tracks produced these days are way too loud. See Loudness Wars: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loudness_war http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=122114058 http://www.turnmeup.org/ If you haven't done this already, you should apply Replay Gain to all your tracks. This will get the overall volume of your music to be similar. -- SuperQ SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=84091 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] My perfect audiophile box
Nothing Audiophile will be 100. ;) -- SuperQ SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=83260 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter vs Cambridge DacMagic
bjast;588130 Wrote: I am new to the forum, and to Squeezebox. I have an oppurtunity to purchase a Transporter (new) but have a few questions before I proceed: 1. How does the Transporter's DAC section (sound) compare to the Cambridge Audio DacMagic - at least in terms of the different DAC chips used in each device - if not also how their sound characteristic differ? 2. Outside of the quality of workmanship in the Transporter, what really will I be gaining if I purchase the Transporter vs purchasing a Touch, and connecting it to the Cambridge Audio DacMagic? Time is short as I have to proceed almost immediately. Thanks for any timely assistance. The designer of the Transporter would probably say the Transporter is measurably better than the DacMagic. :) Mostly I would say it's probably as good or better and you could make some money back by selling the DacMagic on audiogon/ebay. -- SuperQ SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=83162 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Transporter firmware 84
michael123;584649 Wrote: I managed to run 7.6, but some annoying bugs drive me crazy.. Interesting, that performance-wise, I find 7.6 better (less re-buffering, less lock-ups, faster scans) If you can reproduce bugs, please go file them on bugs.slimdevices.com. The more people who file bugs about issues the faster 7.6 can get fixed and released. :) -- SuperQ SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82280 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Skeptical about the ABX tests
michael123;584567 Wrote: Agree. The most important is being honest with yourself. Blind or not - does not matter. My way is to take the new component home, wire it and listen for a week. Just as I do regularily.. After a week, re-wire back, and at this point (!), I can hear the difference (if one exists).. The point of ABX testing isn't always to find out which is better. Better is subjective. The main thing that ABX testing does is allow you to identify differences. A lot of the reason ABX testing is brought up on this forum is to point out that things that people do are not making any difference to the sound of their system. -- SuperQ SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82600 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Limiting bit rate on Transporter digital output
netchord;583915 Wrote: i'm experimenting with running the digital out from my Transporter to a Meridian 561 pre/pro. thus far, using Trifield, the sound is different as opposed to better than the Transporter analog out. however, the 561 is limited to 24/48 input, and i have a few 24/88 and 24/96 files i'd like to listen to in this fashion. is there a setting in SC that will allow me to limit the bit rate of the digital out, but NOT the analog out? You could probably use SoX to force transcode down the tracks. -- SuperQ SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82765 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Most bang for buck? Add DAC to SB or buy Touch?
ncarver;583821 Wrote: I think you are proposing using the Touch's digital volume control to equalize outputs, but I would prefer to avoid that since this is supposed to be for a test of sound quality so I really don't want the Touch modifying the source. However, this gives me an idea: since sound quality doesn't matter for the calibration, I can avoid high level noise from the speakers while still using a suitably high preamp volume setting by simply turning the Touch volume down quite low for the calibration. Assuming the Touch analog and digital out volumes track each other precisely, I could calibrate with noise at like 20 but then listen to music at 100, with the same preamp volume settings. That should work great to avoid cat distress. Thanks! (If this is what you actually meant, then sorry I did not understand it as such.) The Touch's digital volume control will not be a quality issue at the moderate levels of attenuation I was suggestion. However I have an even better solution. Change the output volume of the noise test file. Use something like Audacity (http://audacity.sourceforge.net/) to make the test noise file to a volume db level that more approximately matches your music selection. I made a bunch of test noise files and put them on my server here: 15 seconds of pink noise at various levels. http://ben.nerp.net/noise/ -- SuperQ SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82067 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Most bang for buck? Add DAC to SB or buy Touch?
Mnyb;582947 Wrote: On that you are probably entirerly correct I have one of those RS meter :-/ with digital read out but who says that it is consistent from time to time . And even on slow moving the hand a bit is not alter the result and 0.1dB resolution nah ? If I have to do it I might use a 50Hz or 60Hz sine and measure at the amps. I have acess to good meters at my work (calibrated once a year) but there performance at 2kHz is an unknown, I don't know if I can measure white noise with a typical fluke 187 or similar. maybe as I measure relative each other so that the fault might be the same in both cases, then my measure would work to calibrate but in absolute terms they might be of a bit. How close do one have to be 0.1dB ? when tuning my HT I know that one can hear 0.5dB so that's to much difference Wouldn't playing white or pink noise solve this problem? -- SuperQ SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82067 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Most bang for buck? Add DAC to SB or buy Touch?
ncarver;582936 Wrote: Oh, you are suggesting open circuit measurement--I missed that. OK, but that is kind of a pain as I would have to figure out preamp volume setting for one source for a particular music track then disconnect speakers, run measurements to determine volume for other source, reconnect speakers, listen, and then repeat this entire process for each new track (unless I could get away with the same exact volume. That doesn't sound too easy. I probably will just wait until that cats are not downstairs and measure with speakers connected. Use a white or pink noise track. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_noise I would just figure out a good calibration volume at the source. Use the digital volume control of the squeezebox. This way it's easy to write down the calibration levels of various DACs. Example: Set the squeezebox volume to 90. Measure final stage output voltage Switch to squeezebox+DAC. Measure level to same voltage. Then you would have a calibration level for each DAC compared to the squeezebox internal dac. This wouldn't work as well for comparing other sources like CD players that don't have their own level adjustments. -- SuperQ SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82067 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Most bang for buck? Add DAC to SB or buy Touch?
ncarver;582764 Wrote: Sorry but I pointed out in a different post how I avoided having to do exact level matching last night Whups, sorry I missed it. The method I was suggesting for calibration would allow you to do the white-noise test at a lower volume (because you measure post-amplification) and then you know what gain diff between your sources is. With the voltmeter method you can do the calibration without any speakers attached. Just measure the open circuit voltage on your amp (harmless). -- SuperQ SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82067 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Best Bi-amplified desktop monitors for 1, 000 bucks?
jhonsber...@msn.com;582666 Wrote: How bout multiple external hard drives?It could affect them too if the speakers aren't magnetically shielded? No, the magnetic fields from even very large speakers are too weak/large to cause problems with hard drives. The magnetic fields on hard drives are very very small. It takes very close proximity or very strong/moving fields to make them flip. The permanent magnets/voice coil used to actuate the read/write heads are very strong, inside the drive, and move a ton. Yet they do not cause problems. -- SuperQ SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82576 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Best Bi-amplified desktop monitors for 1, 000 bucks?
Dynaudio BM5a speakers meet this requirement perfectly. http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/BM5Amk2 -- SuperQ SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82576 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Best Bi-amplified desktop monitors for 1, 000 bucks?
jhonsber...@msn.com;582182 Wrote: Yeah Im considering them but do they have a volume Control . The dac I have has no volume control . They dynaudio monitors don't really have a volume control. They only have a small adjustment switch for max level. This is going to be very hard in the class of equipment you want. Internally bi-amped monitors that have volume controls will have them per monitor. This means you will have to adjust both monitors to change the volume. Why not just use the volume control of the Squeezebox? Volume control done in the digital domain (24 bits) is arguably better (and is going to be better stereo matched with bi-amped monitors) than the control done in the analog domain. -- SuperQ SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82576 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] How much can transport mechanism affect SQ?
The Touch spdif output is supposedly better than the Duet. The is probably not worth the money as a digital transport only. However the Transporter is probably a better DAC than the one you have. The Touch may also be a better DAC than the one you have as well. -- SuperQ SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82520 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Need to run a lot of squeezeboxes
A higher end Atom should probably be fine as long as you avoid formats that need transcoding. If you used mp3, 16 x 256kbps is only 4mbps. This would probably work fine over wifi as long as you are careful to use a good router (802.11n with MIMO antennas) and the server is not wireless. Something as minimal as a mac mini would be fine as long as suggested above you have atleast 2GB of memory. You're best off not using wireless if possible, especially for rooms farthest away from your AP. Either way there are no artificial limits to the number of squeezeboxes you can run from a single server. -- SuperQ SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80599 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What's next or is this it?
michael123;560459 Wrote: Transporter is good design, but it can be improved. IMHO, looking beyond its cover, it merely follows one of reference AKM designs with very small changes.. All components there are cheap as few cents.. Except for Jung regulators that do their work well.. Not really ton of engineering, but still good design. As I wrote earlier, after listening for few hours A/B against EMM Labs 30K$ CD/DAC player, I could not distinguish.. Transport-wise, these were the same, analog-wise there were some subtle differences, but very small, and I could not tell which one is better... If I could, I would replace the clock in Transporter.. 11ps is good, but not the best.. And 96/24 bothers me sometimes.. (when I have these 192/24 masters) I think Sean would have something to say about this bit of armchair-engineering commentary. I'd like to see you design something better. All components are cheap, a few cents. Just because they're cheap doesn't mean they're bad. And just because they cost more doesn't make them better. -- SuperQ SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80282 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Tranporter Volume Concrol cant be deafeated?
Sounds like a bug to me, I would check the bugs database. If you don't find anything about fixed volume when using digital inputs I would file a new bug. http://bugs.slimdevices.com -- SuperQ SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=76701 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Why do some sources sound quiet on Transporter
Squeezed_Rotel;529363 Wrote: Is this normal? Is there a way to increase the volume at the rip stage? Yes, use replay gain. It works really well and won't make your music sound worse. Mostly it will mute down the loud stuff to match the levels of quieter tracks. -- SuperQ SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=76680 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter as preamp
ntropy;527462 Wrote: I also plan to use the balanced outputs. I think I read somewhere that there are already attenuators on the board. But you need to open the case of the transporter to access the switches (am I right about this?). The selection of the input sounds easy. Is there a way to make it a single key press? Like setting a favorite or so? You might be able to do this with a universal remote, and some modifications to the IR control files. (In the source/IR/ directory) The IR maps already contain keys for: digital_input_aes-ebu digital_input_bnc-spdif digital_input_rca-spdif digital_input_toslink -- SuperQ SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=76483 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Questions re Transporter, amplifiers voltage
Your transporter shouldn't be at risk since it has protection built in. Most other equipment should be fine, but if you are getting bad power you might want to invest in a protection box. My first suggestion is to get a UPS. Something used to protect computer and network equipment. I've used both Liebert and APC backup systems. There are 3 kinds of battery backup systems out there so be careful to research what is available locally. #1 - Offline UPS. AKA APC backups. These are crap, they do minimal filtering and switch to battery only when power gets really bad. Sometimes they don't even produce a real sinewave output when on battery. #2 - Line Interactive. AKA APC smartups. These are good, they have better filtering and can boost or lower inbound voltage levels without switching to battery. Most output a true sinewave signal on battery. #3 - On-Line. AKA Liebert GXT or APC smartups on-line. The best. These units do full double conversion from AC to DC back to AC. They fully isolate your equipment from the power company. The only down side is the double conversion process can be less efficient and will probably cost you another 10% in energy usage. They also usually have a cooling fan which means you may need to put the UPS unit somewhere outside of your listening area. One option if you own your place is you could have one installed as part of your mains panel and have the room(s) that are used for listening wired into the clean power output. http://www.liebert.com http://www.apc.com -- SuperQ SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75177 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter over ethernet
JohnSwenson;512410 Wrote: I'm not sure what the WiFi in the SB does when you hook up the wire. If it turns off, that MIGHT be a possible explanation. Yes, when you plug in ethernet the wifi card is fully disabled. You are right, if you have another device in your audio setup that isn't shielded properly enough to prevent wifi (FCC Part 15) from getting in you could have a problem. You do however have to go back into network setup to actually switch to wifi. If you just plug in a cable the squeezebox/TP won't use it. Back to the OP, it's been mentioned before that ethernet in the squeezebox and transporter is transformer coupled. There is no direct electrical connection. -- SuperQ SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74721 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Does the Transporter come with rackmount ears?
Yea, it looks like most of the accessories are gone from the Logitech store that used to be on the slimdevices store. More amusing is that the Squeezebox Radio accessory (battery and remote) are not Linux compatible. -- SuperQ SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74540 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Mid-fi question regarding ABX TP to SB3 + DAC
kphinney;495203 Wrote: I'm a Mac only house, but if anyone knows an OSX compatible program that performs as AudioDiff Maker I'd be pleased to present the differences. Yea, I've got a Linux house, but I keep a windows VM for doing a few things. If you could make a 10-15 second clip (FLAC) and then make a few 24/96 recordings with a good firewire ADC. I could do the ADM work in my VM. -- SuperQ SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=72542 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Mid-fi question regarding ABX TP to SB3 + DAC
Personally I find very few noticeable differences between DACs. Mostly I feel like (of course can't prove, I don't have the time or scope equipment) the differences come from the opamp section after the DAC itself. What I would love to hear from you is some Audio Diff Maker samples from the TP and your Linn. -- SuperQ SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=72542 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Very very strange Transporter problem
callesoroe;494393 Wrote: Done. Plays perfect as WAV file. You don't need to decode to WAV. If you just run the FLAC utility it will decode and re-encode the FLAC using standard settings. -- SuperQ SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=72413 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Very very strange Transporter problem
callesoroe;493838 Wrote: Hi! My Transporter has problems playing one, and just one 24/96 file. I have downloaded the album Retrospective with Rebecca Pidgeon on HDTRACKS.COM And consequently there is digital noise in track 1 Spanish Harlem. First I thought that the file was coruppted and I got a redownload. But exactly the same problem. It is the only 24/96 file that I have problems with???. Then I tried to play it on my computer with Mediamonkey, and it played the song without any distortion at all... Is that not strange..? Does any of you have the album/song with the same problem, when playing it on The Transporter??? Edit: Forgot to mention that the file type is FLAC There could be something wrong with the FLAC encoding. Two things to try. There are some debugging logs you can turn on. You can also test to see if there is a decoding bug by doing this: In Settings - Advanced - File Types You will see a column for File Format. Find FLAC and where it says Native flip that to Disabled This will force the server to decode the file from FLAC to PCM. The audio stream is the same but the decoding is done on the server. This should let us know if there is a decoder bug. -- SuperQ SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=72413 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
