Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] is there THAT much difference betweeen SB3 ran through quality DAC and Transporter?

2008-07-31 Thread Rodney_Gold
Are you asking if the SB3 + DAC is better than a TP using its own DAC or is the digital output of a TP better than a Sb3? -- Rodney_Gold Sb3/Z-sys RDP1/meridian DSP5500's TP/X-cans v3/Senns 650's TP/TACT 2.0/SCM 50a's TP/Meridian DSP5000's The nicest thing about smacking your head against the

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] is there THAT much difference betweeen SB3 ran through quality DAC and Transporter?

2008-07-31 Thread ralphpnj
Gazjam;324303 Wrote: I know the TP can play 24/96 files that the SB3 cant. But...playing regular FLACs ripped from Redbook CD, is there such a great difference? I'm investing in a better DAC (upgrading my Beresford - looking at the Stello 100) and (just out of curiosity) I wonder what

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] FLAC recordings available here

2008-07-31 Thread pkfox
Hi Eric, I'm giving the three month trial a go - if it's up to scratch it could save me a lot of money on CD's - what is your connection with Pete Gabriel ? -- pkfox When the going gets weird - the weird turn pro. Hunter S Thompson

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] FLAC recordings available here

2008-07-31 Thread bigfool1956
Hi Eric, I got the full tour of Gabriel's studio a few years back. It's by no means a home studio. There are a number of different recording areas, each with it's own unique sound and space. The studio manager is also hifi friendly, and they have paid a lot of attention to various things, such

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Musical Fidelity KW250s

2008-07-31 Thread killie99
Should do, as far asd I know my rack is standard width and it fits very nicely (can't remember the make as I bought it years ago). You're more likely to have a problem with the depth as the KW250 is deep According to the manual it's 485mm wide, 470mm deep, 170mm high and weighs

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] FLAC recordings available here

2008-07-31 Thread Eric Seaberg
Peter had finished a 'loft', of sorts, off of his home... I should've specified it wasn't the main studio. The plans have been made available and, actually, the whole 25'x25' building was being given away loaded with gear and instruments as part of a promotion at last October's AES convention in

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] FLAC recordings available here

2008-07-31 Thread bigfool1956
If I remember rightly, the 'shed' is in the grounds of the studio. Hope you enjoy your trip Eric. -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more bigfool1956's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] is there THAT much difference betweeen SB3 ran through quality DAC and Transporter?

2008-07-31 Thread Pat Farrell
ralphpnj wrote: I would say that the sound of an SB3 with high quality outboard DAC playing back lossless files ripped from a Redbook CD would be very close to the sound of the Transporter playing back the same files. When I got my TP, I had been using a SqueezeBox into a Benchmark DAC-1. I

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] FLAC recordings available here

2008-07-31 Thread Eric Seaberg
http://www.shedworking.co.uk/2007/11/peter-gabriel-shed-of-your-dreams.html -- Eric Seaberg Eric Seaberg - San Diego A.E.S., S.M.P.T.E., S.P.A.R.S. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Eric Seaberg's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] crackles and pops between tracks

2008-07-31 Thread Wirrunna
This problem has never been resolved and was recently discovered by another user - http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=324187postcount=342 , however this time it was blamed on MusicIP and was also posted in their forums. The MIP people tested submitted tracks and concluded that it was a

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] is there THAT much difference betweeen SB3 ran through quality DAC and Transporter?

2008-07-31 Thread Nuuk
I thought that the Transporter into a DAC was better than the stock SB3 into the same DAC (in the same system). much means different things to different people with different systems but I IMHO the Transporter digital output is clearly superior. -- Nuuk