Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Hifiberry Digi+Pro + RPi3?

2017-05-25 Thread Man in a van
celo wrote: > I want to try this but how do I stream Tidal? Can the BubbleUPNP server > let me stream Tidal? Or other server? > > /QUOTE] > [INDENT]The answer to this is yes (code for 42) also Qobuz > > 'http://www.hifizine.com/2016/06/how-to-stream-tidal-to-the-raspberry-pi/ > ' >

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] External DAC on Transporter: best output option

2017-05-25 Thread Golden Earring
iPhone wrote: > I thought this was the Audiophile Section on a Digital Forum :confused: > There are a few good bits in this tangled thread! I think we're just catching our breath & being nostalgic now the days are getting long. If you can hold on I'm sure we'll we hard at it again soon...

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] External DAC on Transporter: best output option

2017-05-25 Thread iPhone
. I thought this was the Audiophile Section on a Digital Forum :confused: HiFi VCRs were notorious for losing there head alignment and if they were used often needed annual or serving every two years minimum to stay in spec. People treated them like push lawnmowers. They would bring them into

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] External DAC on Transporter: best output option

2017-05-25 Thread cliveb
kidstypike wrote: > Compact cassettes :mad: > > Head cleaning cassettes > Head demagnetizers > Splicing kits > Breaking out the tab so you couldn't accidentally record over > Taping up the hole so you *could* record over > Rewinding with a Bic biro > > Any more? Pre-recorded cassettes that: 1.

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Hifiberry Digi+Pro + RPi3?

2017-05-25 Thread iPhone
celo wrote: > Thanks for the reply. > > Should have mentioned. It is Tidal HIFI. > > I thought keeping two units together all-in-one ( Digi Pro and > Raspberry) would be better than SBT connecting to Rpi3 via local > network. > > Thanks. . . That is exactly what I am saying, Tidal's so

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] External DAC on Transporter: best output option

2017-05-25 Thread Golden Earring
Be warned that Jack Daniels WILL stick to your tubes. That's exactly what I like about it... Dave :cool: Golden Earring's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=66646 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] External DAC on Transporter: best output option

2017-05-25 Thread darrenyeats
Golden Earring wrote: > Vodka worked just as well & took some of the irritation away afterwards, > AFAICR... > > And you always knew where you'd left your pen - it was next to your > cassette tapes! > > Dave :cool: Ha-ha! Check it, add to it! http://www.dr.loudness-war.info/ SB Touch

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] External DAC on Transporter: best output option

2017-05-25 Thread Golden Earring
drmatt wrote: > Q-tips and isopropyl alcohol > Adjusting head alignment .. Vodka worked just as well & took some of the irritation away afterwards, AFAICR... Dave :cool: Golden Earring's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] External DAC on Transporter: best output option

2017-05-25 Thread drmatt
Q-tips and isopropyl alcohol Adjusting head alignment .. Sent from my ONEPLUS A3003 using Tapatalk -- Hardware: 3x Touch, 1x Radio, 2x Receivers, 1 HP Microserver NAS with Debian+LMS 7.9.0 Music: ~1300 CDs, as 450 GB of 16/44k FLACs. No less than 3x 24/44k albums..

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] External DAC on Transporter: best output option

2017-05-25 Thread kidstypike
Compact cassettes :mad: Head cleaning cassettes Head demagnetizers Splicing kits Breaking out the tab so you couldn't accidentally record over Taping up the hole so you *could* record over Rewinding with a Bic biro Any more? LMS 7.9 on a Raspberry Pi 3/piCorePlayer 3.20, playlists and LMS

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] External DAC on Transporter: best output option

2017-05-25 Thread drmatt
Golden Earring wrote: > Morning Doc! > > The inclusion of linear stereo on VHS tapes was actually a backward step > from mono in terms of sound quality because the two tracks (plus a > separation gap) had to be fitted into the fairly narrow portion of the > tape not scanned by the spinning

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] External DAC on Transporter: best output option

2017-05-25 Thread Golden Earring
drmatt wrote: > The "hifi" track was placed alongside the video with an extra set of > heads, and obviously the non-hifi linear track had to remain where it > always was and contain a replica of the audio for compatibility with > other decks. There were i think a few decks that offered linear

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Hifiberry Digi+Pro + RPi3?

2017-05-25 Thread Julf
celo wrote: > I thought keeping two units together all-in-one ( Digi Pro and > Raspberry) would be better than SBT connecting to Rpi3 via local > network. No reason why it should be better - the higher clock rate processor in the RPi probably generates more noise than the one in the SBT (for

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Hifiberry Digi+Pro + RPi3?

2017-05-25 Thread celo
Thanks for the reply. Should have mentioned. It is Tidal HIFI. I thought keeping two units together all-in-one ( Digi Pro and Raspberry) would be better than SBT connecting to Rpi3 via local network. Thanks. celo's

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] External DAC on Transporter: best output option

2017-05-25 Thread Golden Earring
arnyk wrote: > That makes no sense, since *vinyl has no technical advantages at all > over the CD*. Morning Arny! You have misinterpreted my meaning here - perhaps I should have made my point more explicitly. What I meant was simply that there was no way to "clone" or "rip" an LP back in the