SlimChances wrote:
> Seems a bit cynical and rather doubtful. Yes recordings for the last 20
> years or so have been baly influenced by the Loudness Wars and other
> forms of compression but there are still producers, engineers and
> musicians that care deeply about the quality of the music
pablolie wrote:
> I am part of the club that claims existing music playback tech probably
> doesn't allow me to hear beyond CD quality, and that's in the rather
> rare cases we're talking about a great recording - I'd estimate 90% of
> music is recorded indifferently, surprisingly often even
pablolie wrote:
> I have a rather high powered amp. If I turn the Benchmark DAC2 to 100%
> volume the SB Touch can't play at more than 55. I tend to keep the DAC2
> at 50% and that allows me to crank the Touch volume up to 80 (that's
> entertainingly loud but not annoyingly loud), but typically
Thanks @Fizbin - good to know!
*Hi-Fi 1*: QNAP HS-453DX NAS+QLMS/Allo USBridge Signature+Shanti
LPS/Cirrus ESS Sabre 32-bit Reference DAC (Oppo 105D)/Yamaha Aventage
CX-A5000/Focal SM9s.
*Hi-Fi 2*: Sqbox Touch+Shanti LPS/Focal XS Books.
*Hi-Fi 3*: PC+Squeezelite-X+Material Skin/Focal XS
Owen Smith wrote:
> Agreed. The question is whether I'm prepared to shell out £300 more for
> a knob I'll probably never use.
Exactly!
*Hi-Fi 1*: QNAP HS-453DX NAS+QLMS/Allo USBridge Signature+Shanti
LPS/Cirrus ESS Sabre 32-bit Reference DAC (Oppo 105D)/Yamaha Aventage
CX-A5000/Focal SM9s.
Owen Smith wrote:
> That thread reveals that the power to the VFDs is permanently on even
> when the Transporter is in standby, consuming 2 x 800mA at 5V. This
> seems excessive. If I turned the Transporter off at the mains when not
> in use, how long would it take to power back on?
Owen Smith
Owen Smith wrote:
> What I can't find pictures for online is the difference between your #2
> and #4, personally I think #2 would look better on top of my silver
> DAB/FM tuner.
Silver & Black
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F161449523841
All
w3wilkes wrote:
> The power supply for the Transporter is internal. Here's a lengthy
> thread that I believe towards the end it talks about a replacement
> option since the original power supply is NLA.
> https://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?100509-Need-help-for-broken-Transporter
garym wrote:
> not sure, but keep in mind that the transporter power supply is built in
> (not an external brick).
Ahh - okay - thanks Gary! Was hoping to use my second Shanti LPS on
it...
P.S. I'm assuming this will be controllable by iPeng like the Touch and
Duet/Boom...? Anyone with a
Fizbin wrote:
> If anyone is interested I can post the exact type of screws that will
> fit.
I would really appreciate that if you could. I'm toying with getting a
knob-less black SE from Hot Dog while there are still new ones around
(as I've only ever owned the touch) and it'd be nice to be
Mycenius wrote:
Well I'm still waiting for the Warners' Customer Service Team to respond
on what happened to my Nonesuch files?! :(
Well I might have to apologise to Warners over that one, seems I
apparantly mistyped my email address, and because it didn't have a
second validation field
Mycenius wrote:
http://www.nonesuch.com/store
The Warners site worked and let me purchase a couple of FLAC downloads
(David Byrne Ry Cooder) - billed my PayPal account then nothing else
happened - no download page, no email with download links, nothing... Am
waiting for their CS Team
Hi All,
Back to original post - great list - excellent effort - a lot there I
haven't seen previously (i.e. knew about HDTracks, Rhino, Bandcamp, but
not many others).
So is there a list of which ones do global sales and which are region
restricted to USA or EU? e.g. Rhino only sells to USA
RonM wrote:
I don't see www.neilyoung.com. He has an amusingly interactive store
which includes flac downloads of most releases.
Hi Ron - I had a browse around last night and couldn't find any download
options - just CD/DVD-A/DVD-V hard copies for sale... Am I blind or
dumb...?
Mnyb wrote:
So a really helpful list , but a pita to search all these sites for
scraps , historically i bought a lot of stuff from amazon , a lot of
CD's that I've ripped . But I just don't want any CD's any more .
Yep.
Just tried a couple tonight...
http://www.groovetown.com/
Can't find
JFWIW I recently built a Vortexbox server with ASUS Xonar STX SC to feed
my Hi-Fi directly via SPDIF (I have SqBx Touch elsewhere in the house).
I've noticed a similar issue since I changed to the VBx server, that I
haven't fully investigated, but it seems to be when a track ends or
starts with a
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