Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] free upgrade for linux LMS users

2016-11-04 Thread Apesbrain
tingtong5 wrote: > This is why I posted in the Audiophiles subforum :D I meant nothing personal as I'd have replied in the same way no matter who posted it. The "Audiophiles" sub is not a safe zone where anything goes; post a "miraculous discovery" and you should expect to be challenged.

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] free upgrade for linux LMS users

2016-11-04 Thread Wombat
tingtong5 wrote: > Yes it does ;-) Can't seem to find it though, a link would be > apreciated. :p Mans Rullgard lately added dsd support. At another place Mans mentioned the ultra mode. I compiled an early version back then and -u works. Since it works with his snapshot it must be in the SoX

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] free upgrade for linux LMS users

2016-11-04 Thread cliveb
drmatt wrote: > Ok, it seems cp is too dumb to not write. I don't see how there's anything dumb about this. The whole point of Unix is that it's built from lots of uncomplicated components (that you might like to classify as "dumb"), and it's the way you combine them that results in "clever"

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] free upgrade for linux LMS users

2016-11-04 Thread tingtong5
Wombat wrote: > I knew ULTRA makes guys horny, look further, it is out there! Yes it does ;-) Can't seem to find it though, a link would be apreciated. :p tingtong5's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] free upgrade for linux LMS users

2016-11-04 Thread Wombat
tingtong5 wrote: > Nothing about an ultra quality mode? I knew ULTRA makes guys horny, look further, it is out there! Transporter (modded) -> RG142 -> Avantgarde Acoustic based 500VA monoblocks -> Sommer SPK240 -> self-made speakers

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] free upgrade for linux LMS users

2016-11-04 Thread Julf
drmatt wrote: > Oh I don't know, I like it when people copy dev null to their hard drive > instead of the other way around. True, but think of all the disk space it frees up... "To try to judge the real from the false will always be hard. In this fast-growing art of 'high fidelity' the

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] free upgrade for linux LMS users

2016-11-04 Thread d6jg
drmatt wrote: > Oh I don't know, I like it when people copy dev null to their hard drive > instead of the other way around. :) *Vortexbox LMS 7.9 music on QNAP TS419p via NFS* iThingys/iPeng/Tablets *Living Room* - SB3 -> Onkyo TS606 - > Celestion Ditton F20s - Zone 2 -> Sony TA FE 320 ->

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] free upgrade for linux LMS users

2016-11-04 Thread drmatt
Julf wrote: > And why wouldn't it be? Not much damage anyone can do with it... Oh I don't know, I like it when people copy dev null to their hard drive instead of the other way around. drmatt's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] free upgrade for linux LMS users

2016-11-04 Thread tingtong5
Checked the source code (rate.c) of latest sox from git. Code: static char const * lines[] = { "[-q|-l|-m|-h|-v] [override-options] RATE[k]", "BAND-", " QUALITYWIDTH REJ dB TYPICAL USE", " -q quick n/a ~30 @ Fs/4

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] free upgrade for linux LMS users

2016-11-04 Thread Julf
drmatt wrote: > Not sure I agree with this statement. /dev/null is writeable by all, > always And why wouldn't it be? Not much damage anyone can do with it... "To try to judge the real from the false will always be hard. In this fast-growing art of 'high fidelity' the quackery will bear a

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] free upgrade for linux LMS users

2016-11-04 Thread drmatt
DJanGo wrote: > Hmmm > All linux systems that i am aware of didnt allow a user to use > /dev/null. Not sure I agree with this statement. /dev/null is writeable by all, always. drmatt's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] free upgrade for linux LMS users

2016-11-04 Thread drmatt
Julf wrote: > Thanks for verifying that! So cp is too dumb to not write. Things like "tar" are smarter. If it can't seek on output it doesn't even bother reading the input. That's been a thorn in my side on numerous occasions in the past too..

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] free upgrade for linux LMS users

2016-11-04 Thread Julf
tingtong5 wrote: > It works with /dev/null, the amount of cached bytes increases with the > size of the copied file. Thanks for verifying that! "To try to judge the real from the false will always be hard. In this fast-growing art of 'high fidelity' the quackery will bear a solid gilt edge

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] free upgrade for linux LMS users

2016-11-04 Thread tingtong5
Guys in my first post I already stated that the improvement I heard is subjective and not a proven fact. I will stop posting now in this thread, as I do not feel like participating in a bullshit or not bullshit kind of discussion. I just wanted to share my personal subjective experience and

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] free upgrade for linux LMS users

2016-11-04 Thread tingtong5
Julf wrote: > /tmp is a real file system, so of course the files get both read and > written. /dev/null is a special case. It works with /dev/null, the amount of cached bytes increases with the size of the copied file.

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] free upgrade for linux LMS users

2016-11-04 Thread Julf
tingtong5 wrote: > This was simply tested by first using /tmp instead of /dev/null, the > played tracks were indeed copied to /tmp. /tmp is a real file system, so of course the files get both read and written. /dev/null is a special case. "To try to judge the real from the false will always

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] free upgrade for linux LMS users

2016-11-04 Thread Julf
tingtong5 wrote: > Having an opinion is fine, but getting personal does not help a lot most > of the times. I don't think Apesbrain intended his comment as a personal attack - one of the meanings of the expression "I call bullshit" is "to have found something at odds with a generally accepted

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] free upgrade for linux LMS users

2016-11-04 Thread tingtong5
Apesbrain wrote: > Yeah, I'm just going to go ahead and call bullshit on this. Having an opinion is fine, but getting personal does not help a lot most of the times. tingtong5's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] free upgrade for linux LMS users

2016-11-04 Thread tingtong5
drmatt wrote: > You would have to check the system call activity behind this command. > You might find that the cp command recognises that its output is invalid > and never does the reads from the source file. . This was simply tested by first using /tmp instead of /dev/null, the played tracks