Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Squeezebox Touch + Toolbox 3 + EDO = XRUN Buffer issue

2015-12-28 Thread Julf
sdiesel77 wrote: > Reopening this thread as still no answer found > Any idea how to make TT3 work on USB? I think the consensus is that TT3 doesn't work very well together with EDO. Why would you need TT3 anyway? "To try to judge the real from the false will always be hard. In this

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Squeezebox Touch + Toolbox 3 + EDO = XRUN Buffer issue

2015-12-28 Thread SBGK
sdiesel77 wrote: > Hi All, > I made these notes when I was messing around with the Touch and EDO/TT3, > don't know if you can make anything of them. > > If you want to use these settings then it is best to copy the whole text > into a text file as sometimes the lines get truncated if copying

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] MUSINGS: The Wisdom of Simplicity? Another take on recent Stereophile "As We See It".

2015-12-28 Thread ralphpnj
Nicely done, Archimago. I can never manage to keep my tone even remotely civil when discussing anything written in one of the high end audio magazines. I also found this "As We See It" column from November 2015 to be equally funny:

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] MUSINGS: The Wisdom of Simplicity? Another take on recent Stereophile "As We See It".

2015-12-28 Thread garym
Archimago wrote: > Greetings everyone! > > What a busy few months around here. Hope you're all keeping well... > > Thought I'd post a link to my latest MUSING post. Couldn't help myself > but to post up something to counter Atkinson's recent offering in > Stereophile for the end of 2015 :-).

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] MUSINGS: The Wisdom of Simplicity? Another take on recent Stereophile "As We See It".

2015-12-28 Thread Archimago
Greetings everyone! What a busy few months around here. Hope you're all keeping well... Thought I'd post a link to my latest MUSING post. Couldn't help myself but to post up something to counter Atkinson's recent offering in Stereophile for the end of 2015 :-). 'MUSINGS: The Wisdom of

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] MUSINGS: The Wisdom of Simplicity? Another take on recent Stereophile "As We See It".

2015-12-28 Thread Wombat
A good summary with good linking to fact pages, thanks! One thing i see different is the idea we have to pay extra for less compressed music. One version for the cd choosen by the artist is ok but on downloads it should be possible to choose without paying more. Regarding higher bitrates i like

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] MUSINGS: The Wisdom of Simplicity? Another take on recent Stereophile "As We See It".

2015-12-28 Thread Julf
Archimago wrote: > Couldn't help myself but to post up something to counter Atkinson's > recent offering in Stereophile for the end of 2015 :-). Seems he still lives in 1985. Or 1975. :) > Have a great 2016 ahead! You too! "To try to judge the real from the false will always be hard. In

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] MUSINGS: The Wisdom of Simplicity? Another take on recent Stereophile "As We See It".

2015-12-28 Thread Wombat
I think you are right. When people get the uncompressed with 24/96 only they surely will relate it to the bitrate. P.S.: My talk of the week was with another fellow about listening tests and something like the Philips golden ear challenge and he can't do it because of aged hearing but in the

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] MUSINGS: The Wisdom of Simplicity? Another take on recent Stereophile "As We See It".

2015-12-28 Thread Mnyb
I'm on to it but a bit reluctant to the "real" need for a bigger than 16/44.1 container for tier 2 Maybe for marketing reasons as the demographic simply won't believe how good a CD really can sound and that's it, but still have some disbelief in the back of thier mind that it could be even