Re: [slim] Transporter Input / Output configurations - Eliminate cost of a Pre Amp?
On Aug 2, 2006, at 8:40 PM, daniels5 wrote: 1) How will we be able to select, say a DVD player, that is connected using the Transporter's Coax input? Or an SACD player connected to the S/PDIF input? Yes. There will be a menu choice in SlimServer and the top-level setup menu to switch between the digital inputs. 2) Will we be able to create a soft label on the Transporter's display to say DVD, or SACD Player or will the input selection display have to read Coax S/PDIF etc.? I don't think this idea has come up before, but it's a good one! I'm not sure it'll happen for the initial release, but is certainly possible in a future software update. 3) Will any given Transporter digital outputs be able to be selected as a Servo Output - outputting what the Transporter is receiving from it's ethernet ports? All of the outputs will have the same data on them, namely what is decoded from the CPU. 4) Will any given Transporter digital output be able to be selected as a #8220;Tape Loop#8221; type output - which is to say whatever input is selected will be looped through this output when configured as a Tape Loop? I believe that when you switch to one of the digital inputs, it will automatically be passed through to the digital outs. It should be possible to disable the digital out too. Finally, I am amazed at how responsive and clever Slim Devices is proving to be as it listens to it's customers and designed it's last two products; A $300 entry level Network Music Player and a $2K audiophile Network Media Player + external DAC w/ super low jitter + Digital Pre-Amp w/ short audio paths and Jung based power supplies is a nice year's work. Thanks so much! -dean ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Transporter Input / Output configurations - Eliminate cost of a Pre Amp?
I imagine that one of the significant enhancements in the Transporter's function over the previous Squeezeboxes, is the ability to use the Transporter as both a fine external DAC and as an input-selection device. This would allow buyers to eliminate both the cost and sonic coloration of even excellent pre-amplifiers and get an fine external DAC in the process (or vice versa). It will be interesting when Sean or Dean describe how the digital inputs / outputs and selections will work on the Transporter. I speculate that cement is still wet as these features can probably be accomplished in software / firmware. Here is what I wonder about. 1) How will we be able to select, say a DVD player, that is connected using the Transporter's Coax input? Or an SACD player connected to the S/PDIF input? 2) Will we be able to create a soft label on the Transporter's display to say DVD, or SACD Player or will the input selection display have to read Coax S/PDIF etc.? 3) Will any given Transporter digital outputs be able to be selected as a Servo Output - outputting what the Transporter is receiving from it's ethernet ports? 4) Will any given Transporter digital output be able to be selected as a #8220;Tape Loop#8221; type output - which is to say whatever input is selected will be looped through this output when configured as a Tape Loop? I was stunned at how much better two high end systems sounded when we removed high end pre-amps from the audio chain, to say nothing of the savings in cash. One system cost $75K, the other $25K. The pre-amps removed were excellent. The sound was simply more dynamic and immediate. The proverbial veils lifted. Less is often more. If the Transporter can turn this trick, I think potential buyers teetering on the brink of buying will appreciate the cost savings and immediacy of the music played through fewer devices. Finally, I am amazed at how responsive and clever Slim Devices is proving to be as it listens to it's customers and designed it's last two products; A $300 entry level Network Music Player and a $2K audiophile Network Media Player + external DAC w/ super low jitter + Digital Pre-Amp w/ short audio paths and Jung based power supplies is a nice year's work. /Daniel -- daniels5 daniels5's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3969 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=26077 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
