Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] PC internal Noise reduction products

2015-05-23 Thread Man in a van
doctor_big wrote: It's an objectivist circle_-*_jerk*-_.. Move along. Nothing to see here. Jason _-*Noun_or_verb?*-_ :p atb ronnie Man in a van's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=43627

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] PC internal Noise reduction products

2015-05-23 Thread Man in a van
doctor_big wrote: To some extent I do agree. However the moderators of this forum created the audiophiles subform specifically so that audiophiles (whatever you think of them) could discuss their audiophile stuff - power cords, DACS, amps etc - without having to suffer the ridicule of

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] PC internal Noise reduction products

2015-05-23 Thread Man in a van
arnyk wrote: Please notice the winking smiley emoticon: ;-) That means the post is not to be taken seriously. Oh, that good then, as I didn't. In the same vein, I offer, http://ixbtlabs.com/articles2/aopentube/ atb Ronnie.

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] PC internal Noise reduction products

2015-05-23 Thread arnyk
Man in a van wrote: Oh, that good then, as I didn't. In the same vein, I offer, http://ixbtlabs.com/articles2/aopentube/ . A innovative product of a kind that came out in 2002 and appears to have inspired no sequels. The report you linked seems to have had the detailed results of

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] PC internal Noise reduction products

2015-05-23 Thread Mnyb
doctor_big wrote: It's an [ insert something ] circle jerk.. Move along. Nothing to see here. Jason Is this not 95% of treads in any forum especially audioforums , endless diskussions at full speed to nowhere #128526;

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] PC internal Noise reduction products

2015-05-23 Thread doctor_big
Man in a van wrote: Jason, I do like your second paragraph, excellent prose! It really has a flow to it. Just like to add, that I don't consider myself as an objectivist (I'm not very clever with technical stuff) and that I do hear differences between some equipment, but as these

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] PC internal Noise reduction products

2015-05-23 Thread doctor_big
Man in a van wrote: _-*Noun_or_verb?*-_ :p atb ronnie Verb. Definitely a verb. Jason doctor_big's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15196 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] PC internal Noise reduction products

2015-05-23 Thread doctor_big
Mnyb wrote: Is this not 95% of treads in any forum especially audioforums , endless diskussions at full speed to nowhere #128526; To some extent I do agree. However the moderators of this forum created the audiophiles subform specifically so that audiophiles (whatever you think of them)

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] PC internal Noise reduction products

2015-05-23 Thread riffer
arnyk wrote: A innovative product of a kind that came out in 2002 and appears to have inspired no sequels. I almost picked that board up. Unfortunately, I had had so many problems with the reliability of Aopen boards over the years that I took a pass.

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] uptone audio regen

2015-05-23 Thread Archimago
Hey I'd love to try it out and compare to whether it reduces the 8kHz USB packet noise I reduced with the Corning optical USB a few weeks back in the blog post. Anyone in Vancouver with one for me to borrow :-)? Archimago's Musings: (archimago.blogspot.com) A 'more objective' audiophile blog.

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] PC internal Noise reduction products

2015-05-23 Thread Mnyb
Kind of reminndinds you of Luxmans integrated amps with a tube stage somewhere , the tube was visible trough a small window in the front of the amp :) was it in the early90's they did that ? Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] uptone audio regen

2015-05-23 Thread rgro
Mnyb wrote: That was interesting that you have a case where this kind of noise creeps trough the dac. The surprising thing for me is that the DAC is not agnostic to this ? Seems like a design error to me ? There is probaly real use cases where this kind of product solves a real problem

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] uptone audio regen

2015-05-23 Thread Mnyb
rgro wrote: If you think John's explanation that I referenced has some truth, then it would appear that most, if not all, USB dacs produce some level of internal noise from their USB processing chips. And, I suspect many of us would be, or are, surprised at this. There is always something

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] uptone audio regen

2015-05-23 Thread Mnyb
Archimago wrote: Hey I'd love to try it out and compare to whether it reduces the 8kHz USB packet noise I reduced with the Corning optical USB a few weeks back in the blog post. Anyone in Vancouver with one for me to borrow :-)? That was interesting that you have a case where this kind of