Probably way off... but just a thought for remote touchscreen devices...
Use the in-car 7 devices.
Small; compact; standard SVGA and can look quite sexy. Saw this on a
custom built PC - but ideas could be used to mod it into a nice little
NAS /SB3 type box. Or how about a SB4 / Transporter 2
Image what your new Transporter will sound like through these.
Doesn't the thought of a Sennheiser Orpheus tempt you?
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What is the advantage of using the approach above over using DRC
software on the computer and do the correction before the Transporter?
Have you investigated www.inguzaudio.com ?
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pvadbx;145798 Wrote:
why didn't cd manufacturers stick 20-30 megabytes of memory into their
machines and rebuffer and re-clock the bitstream to avoid all the sonic
problems associated with a mechanical transport?
I can't believe what I'm reading in the responses in this thread.
Every CD
I have just started using AlienBBC via my SB3, mainly for BBC3 and BBC4,
and unfortunately the quality is pretty bad. It is significantly worse
than my DAB which in itself is worse than my Quad FM tuner.
Is there a way to improve on this?
Also, from the myriad of internet stations out there,
You might want to try making some comparisons between
AlienBBC/Softsqueeze on your PC vs. listening to the same stations
directly using WMP or Real or whatever you have. It may well be that
the poor quality is all you are going to get - your download bandwidth,
your ISP, and the BBCs upload are
Most of the internet radio channels that I have tried is around 128kb
and then it can't sound good...
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The BBC Real Audio quality is not too good. However, I am constantly
amazed how good Shoutcast stations bradcasting at 128k sound.
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Now what?
Squeezebox3 (linear PSU) Benchmark Dac1 Naim NAC 82 Naim NAP 250
Shahinian Arcs. Plus other irrelevant, superfluous and annoying
The data rate of the BBC RealAudio streams is typically around 40kbps
except for Worldservice which is about 16kbps.
I think the BBC still wants to support Narrowband (dialup) users and
also they have a very large number of users so providing high speed
worldwide would require significant
128KBit can sound reasonable, although not fantastic. AlienBBC is
clearly way below this, whether played on the SB3 or on my PC via WMP
/real player.
To be honest I can't see what bitrate AlienBBC is working at - is there
a way of telling on the SB3?
is there a way of filtering out all the
P Floding;145821 Wrote:
I use a pair of Warfedale Diamond 8.1 as computer speakers off of a
T-Amp. Sounds very good at times. (When Softsqueeze works for a
change.)
Yeah I use exactly the same thing for my computer system! A more
overhyped system you could not imagine, but it does sound
I gather the WMA link for BBC3 is
http://www0.bbc.co.uk/radio3/wm_asx/aod/radio3.asx. But even this is
only 48kbit, and I am not sure how to set up a web address such as this
to play out of SB3. Or are you suggesting that there is a better quality
link?
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Dunno whether this is still available or of any interest, but doesn't
look too expensive to me:-
http://www.pinkfishmedia.net/forum/showthread.php?t=27305
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In terms of the BBC - I think the internet services were set up as a
replacement for SW and before DAB for users where FM was poor and only
received LW/MW.
As a side issues - the encodings of the Listen Again programs are
different to the live streams.
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Gosh, so many differences. First of all, I think Inguz is a huge step
in the right direction. I've read and re-read the literature and I
applaud the developers for having a great idea an executing it.
A few downsides. It is a bit limited, a bit complex, and it is a
Windows only application.
Like I said, I should hope the Gold was more resolving. Eight or nine
times the cost. Yep, it had better be something special. I find it
out that you consider the Lavry smearing, though. Audio
professionals and even high-profile reviewers I know consider it state
of the art and perfectly
DAB in the UK will always be worse than FM as the technology adopted is
the worst in the world. Have a look at this
http://www.digitalradiotech.co.uk/dab/worldwide_dab.htm
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Anybody from SD able to comment?...
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Simon;145947 Wrote:
DAB in the UK will always be worse than FM
And I would strongly recommend that anyone who likes radio should get
an FM tuner. A NAD 402 costs just £20 on ebay; my Rotel 990 cost just
£120. A live Radio 3 broadcast will sound better than any CD, IMHO (I
can't speak for
With the popularity of upgrading the SB3 power supply, I'm finding that
most of the usual suspects (Elpac, etc.)are now hard to come by. I
found a nice looking open (unboxed and unwired) power supply at
Grainger: Sola Silverline Series, 5V, 3A, linear, low noise, .05%
voltage regulation,
1971jonathan;145956 Wrote:
With the popularity of upgrading the SB3 power supply, I'm finding that
most of the usual suspects (Elpac, etc.)are now hard to come by.
Really? Do you think these companies should send some royalties to SD?
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Let me speak to the specific differences I heard between the Transporter
connected directly to the amp and the SB2/Lavry (w/high-end power cable)
connected to the same amp with the same XLR cables.
- It's really, really, really close. If you don't have a super good
environment and a very
Or maybe SD should jump on the opportunity and offer a SB3 premium
power supply accessory to their product line?
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You may also want to try eBay - I just picked up a 5v 2A Elpac for $10
(used).
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Very well said. I use the Inguz plug-in and the result is really great.
The only difficulty is to get a good record of the system and room to
build the impulse response and the filters. A decent microphone and
mike amplifier are required and it is a bit tricky to get good
recording.
The
I'll confess that I probably don't know what I'm talking about, but with
all the talk about power supplies, could many of these issues be
resolved by using DC current from a battery, say like one on a ups?
For example, could one achieve qualities similar to a modified elpac by
using DC power
Problem is as the battery runs down its voltage will drop, so you need a
method of supplying and regulating constant voltage regardless of load
and battery state. You then need to consider an on board charger or a
power meter to make sure you do not run out of juice mid-listening.
Easier (and
Heuer;145979 Wrote:
Problem is as the battery runs down its voltage will drop, so you need a
method of supplying and regulating constant voltage regardless of load
and battery state. You then need to consider an on board charger or a
power meter to make sure you do not run out of juice
Good morning. As of right now all retail orders placed before
2006-09-17, which had no billing issues, have been shipped.
I will try to get an update on the UK Distributor posted ASAP.
Thank you all for your patience and understanding through this
process.
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Sales Marketing
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You will still need some form of regulation and smoothing - batteries
produce electrical noise through their chemical reaction - if you are
coming straight off the battery. If you are suggesting plugging your
SB3 PSU into a UPS it will sound worse as almost all UPS's are designed
for PC's and the
cliveb;145869 Wrote:
Every CD player, since the year dot (ok, 1983, when CD players were
introduced) has done precisely this. The data coming off the spinning
disc is decoded and placed into a small buffer, from where it is
clocked out by the master clock at the CD player's DAC. You don't
mbonsack;145860 Wrote:
When I was at HP in 83 and 84, we affectionately called our 404MB drives
dishwashers, as they looked almost *exactly* like one, replete with
front-panel controls and door-locking mechanism for the top-load disk
pack. They too required 220V power, weighed a ton, and
pvadbx;146005 Wrote:
So the speed of the transport motor is constantly changing to keep the
small buffer at an appropriate level?
This is how CD and DVD player's work. The data is recorded at
constant linear velocity- i.e. each bit on the disc is physically the
same size, so at the start of
I just pulled the trigger on a pair of monoblocks to upgrade from my old
integrated amp. (woohoo!) At the moment I am considering using the SB2
as the preamp and going analogue out directly to the amps.
Are there any downsides to doing this?
I tried several different searches, but could not
As long as the White Noise of Death bug is truly squashed, you should
be fine.
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So basically if we could get all cd player manufacturers to read some
uncompressed or losslessly compressed audio files off a data cd (much
the way many cd players do mp3 and wma files), we'd be golden right?
well not golden, but in a much better place than we currently are?
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pvadbx wrote:
mbonsack;145860 Wrote:
When I was at HP in 83 and 84, we affectionately called our 404MB drives
dishwashers, as they looked almost *exactly* like one, replete with
front-panel controls and door-locking mechanism for the top-load disk
pack. They too required 220V power, weighed
Sounds good... Assuming close qulaity levels, my major concern is
versatility. Paying less for Lavry combo, I can reuse Lavry if for some
reason SB goes out of use. The best thing about Lavry is not just how it
sounds, but rather how it behaves in less then ideal conditions, with
different
tyler_durden;146015 Wrote:
This is how CD and DVD player's work. The data is recorded at constant
linear velocity- i.e. each bit on the disc is physically the same size,
so at the start of the disc when the laser is reading near the spindle,
the disc spins very fast. As the laser moves
It would be really interesting to hear any update on the loop idea from
SD guys...
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transporter?-
mbonsack;145860 Wrote:
When I was at HP in 83 and 84, we affectionately called our 404MB drives
dishwashers, as they looked almost *exactly* like one, replete with
front-panel controls and door-locking mechanism for the top-load disk
pack. They too required 220V power, weighed a ton, and
Excellent and level-headed review. Thanks, Ben. This is one of the
smartest bits of audio reviewing I've read in this or almost any
forum.
Ben Diss;145961 Wrote:
Let me speak to the specific differences I heard between the Transporter
connected directly to the amp and the SB2/Lavry
Thanks for the info. I'm definitely not an expert in this area, so I'll
take your word here. I always had this impression that getting DC power
from a battery was pretty much pure power out-the-tap, as opposed to DC
power created from AC which must go through some hoops to get there. I
wasn't
These are good points. There has always been an argument for separates
in audio for just this reason. In the high end, it is almost taken for
granted, for instance, that we separate line states and amplifiers.
With a SB3 and Lavry you do have the advantage of being able to handle
more or
I always wondered why somebody didn't make a CD-R drive with 700 MB of
dedicated RAM. Load a disc and the whole thing is read into RAM for
super fast access. Handy for recording, too - no worry about buffer
underuns.
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This seems to be along somewhat similar lines
http://linuxdevices.com/articles/AT3522012081.html
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highdudgeon;146040 Wrote:
These are good points. There has always been an argument for separates
in audio for just this reason. In the high end, it is almost taken for
granted, for instance, that we separate line states and amplifiers.
With a SB3 and Lavry you do have the advantage of
Ben,
What about your thought on these setup as mentioned by Phil?
1: Using the Blue Circle BC3000mkII preamp, we listened to:
-Transporter - Dodson DA-218 DAC
-SB2 (w/Elpac) - Dodson DA-218 DAC
-Oracle CD1000 - Dodson DA-218 DAC
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Simple. Even with a fast drive you will have to wait over a minute for
the CD to start to play, which no-one wants. Or you will have to start
playing immediately and read-ahead concurrently with playing and keep
track of where you are reading and where you are playing from. Sounds
easy, but only
seanadams;145337 Wrote:
You know, that's actually a pretty interesting idea...
I'm ready to order the new remote. ::)
BTW, in many non-audiophile reviews SB is considered to be very
interesting, but not excessively user friendly product. Right remote
may improve the perception, quite
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