Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What outboard DAC do you use with Squeezebox?

2020-04-18 Thread bencat
As i have a number of sytems around the house there are a number of solutions so sorry for the list that follows . Music System Raspberry Pi 3+ , Allo Digione Digihat feeding a MiniDSP DDRC 22D then feeding a Denafrips Pro-8 DAC into Musical Fidelity Pre then Croft OTL amplifier to Quad ESL 57

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What outboard DAC do you use with Squeezebox?

2020-03-22 Thread ALW
Recently purchased a Chord Mojo and am blown away by how good it is. Currently I'm using it with a Transporter, but I'm building a touch screen digital only player, using PiCoreplayer so I have something capable of 24/192 natively.

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What outboard DAC do you use with Squeezebox?

2019-12-26 Thread Apesbrain
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Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What outboard DAC do you use with Squeezebox?

2019-12-26 Thread leadears
Current setup unchanged > 1 year so I like it, but of course it will change. Transporter -> ifi tube 2 -> Denon AVR 4306 -> Kef iq9 Cambridge Audio Dacmagic -> audiolab 8000 -> B 685 Touch -> Little Dot Dac_1 -> Little Dot mk3 headphone amp IQaudIO Pi-DAC+ currently unused, v.nice headphone

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What outboard DAC do you use with Squeezebox?

2019-12-25 Thread th00ht
Hifiberry DAC+ don't waste you money on anything else. Logitech Media Server 7.9.2 / QNapClub Living:'Transporter Second Edition (smashing wiki page!)' (https://tinyurl.com/q7ff4xr), 'Touch' (http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/Squeezebox_Touch), 'Denon AVR 1912'

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What outboard DAC do you use with Squeezebox?

2015-05-20 Thread Man in a van
arnyk wrote: Anybody actually obtain one as a regular commercial product? Looks like they have been vaporware for the better part of a year. Actually, I have two, actually :p Man in a van's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What outboard DAC do you use with Squeezebox?

2015-05-20 Thread callesoroe
1807018070jbc wrote: I'm currently feeding my Linn Unidisk SC a steady stream of flac files via toslink, and it works fine. The performance is - to my ears - on par with playing the original disks in the Unidisk. As an aside, a second squeezebox feeds an analog signal to an older Rotel/BW

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What outboard DAC do you use with Squeezebox?

2015-05-19 Thread probedb
The DAC in my 10 year old Denon AVR2805. If it ain't broke don't fix it. 'last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/probedb) probedb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7825 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What outboard DAC do you use with Squeezebox?

2015-05-19 Thread paulster
All Squeezelite sources now (hardware players retired), into modified Cambridge DacMagic via Peachtree X1 async USB-SPDIF, Wyred4Sound DAC2-DSD, Wyred4Sound DAC2-DSDse, and a couple of HiFiMe U2 DACs. Receiver stuck at blue LED state after reboot? Please vote for bug '17462'

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What outboard DAC do you use with Squeezebox?

2015-05-19 Thread Man in a van
PopPickers choice this week http://stoneracoustics.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/ud120-now-heres-something-different.html atb Ronnie Man in a van's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=43627 View this

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What outboard DAC do you use with Squeezebox?

2015-05-19 Thread arnyk
Man in a van wrote: PopPickers choice this week http://stoneracoustics.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/ud120-now-heres-something-different.html Anybody actually obtain one as a regular commercial product? Looks like they have been vaporware for the better part of a year.

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What outboard DAC do you use with Squeezebox?

2015-05-18 Thread guidof
Squeezelite on Vortexbox ApplianceUSBUptone REGENBenchmark DAC2 D. Best sound ever from my main system, so far. Guido F. MUSIC ROOM: Marantz TT 15S1, Virtuoso Wood CartridgeART ADCVinyl Studio CISCO RouterDLink BridgeVortexbox Appliance/SqueezeliteUptone REGENBenchmark DAC2 DLittle Dot Mk 9

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What outboard DAC do you use with Squeezebox?

2015-04-13 Thread poing
Whatever DAC is in my ~$200 Pio receiver, '13 model. I think it's pretty good :) poing's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=63617 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=72018

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What outboard DAC do you use with Squeezebox?

2015-04-13 Thread jimmypowder
Schiit Gungnir Benchmark 2 HGC Arcam Irdac Audiolab Mdac Parasound Zdac Ifi micro Idsd jimmypowder's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=61215 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What outboard DAC do you use with Squeezebox?

2015-04-10 Thread jimmypowder
I use a Radio Shack upsampling dac which has femto clocks. jimmypowder's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=61215 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=72018

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What outboard DAC do you use with Squeezebox?

2015-04-02 Thread Jeff Flowerday
I was going into an Ayre QB-9 DSD but decided to simplify things and loved what the Devialet does for me speakers so now I'm going direct from my HTPC to my Devialet via USB. *squeezelite-sotm usb-devialet 200-focal 1028be speakers*

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What outboard DAC do you use with Squeezebox?

2015-01-17 Thread pablolie
i used to listen to a Touch feeding into an Accuphase DP-65v working as a DAC. Now the same Touch feeds into a Benchmark DAC2HGC. they both sound great. in fact the internal DAC of the Touch sound pretty darn good, but i do get less of a noise floor, and an ounce of multi-dimension, with the

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What outboard DAC do you use with Squeezebox?

2015-01-09 Thread Gazjam
Running my Transporter into a modded M2Tech Young with linear power supply. A step up from the TPs internal Dac, which is great but a little flat dynamically imo. Gazjam's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What outboard DAC do you use with Squeezebox?

2013-02-24 Thread mashley
I'm actually using an Audio GD Ref7 dac with my Transporter, running twin monobloc Audio Note P4's to Quad ESL 63's. Sounds pretty darned good, but I'm an afflicted modder mashley's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What outboard DAC do you use with Squeezebox?

2013-02-24 Thread Julf
Kaizen28 wrote: I have tried to connect an Audio Engine D1 via TOSLink to my amplifier and it works well for anything except streaming radio which results in significant crackles and pops. Again, I do not understand why this is. I assume what you have is the Audioengine connected to the SB3

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What outboard DAC do you use with Squeezebox?

2013-02-24 Thread Mnyb
Kaizen28 wrote: Hi All, I have an SB3 where the output volume levels via the RCA connectors have definitely decreased over time. I have no idea as to why this is (I have tried a hardware / DSP reset but with no success) and my concern is that my beloved SB3 is dying. I have tried to

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What outboard DAC do you use with Squeezebox?

2013-02-24 Thread Kaizen28
Mnyb wrote: The crackles and pops are they in song transition or just random . Sometimes some DAC's does not handle sample rate changes in a good way ,for example different radio channels can have 32, 44, 48 kHz The crackles and pops are random. I'll hear them within 10 seconds of listening

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What outboard DAC do you use with Squeezebox?

2013-02-23 Thread Kaizen28
Hi All, I have an SB3 where the output volume levels via the RCA connectors have definitely decreased over time. I have no idea as to why this is (I have tried a hardware / DSP reset but with no success) and my concern is that my beloved SB3 is dying. I have tried to connect an Audio Engine D1

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What outboard DAC do you use with Squeezebox?

2013-02-04 Thread Julf
ralphpnj wrote: for those who still use a either a laptop or desktop computer to control their SB devices I highly recommend giving MUSO (http://klarita.net/muso.html) a try It does look interesting - too bad it only runs on Windows.

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What outboard DAC do you use with Squeezebox?

2013-02-04 Thread garym
Julf wrote: It does look interesting - too bad it only runs on Windows. [off thread topic.] Agree. I mostly use a windows laptop to control my LMS, but LMS itself (and files) is running on a linux machine (vortexbox). I'm assuming that muso must be on machine that is running LMS. Correct?

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What outboard DAC do you use with Squeezebox?

2013-02-04 Thread ralphpnj
garym wrote: [off thread topic.] Agree. I mostly use a windows laptop to control my LMS, but LMS itself (and files) is running on a linux machine (vortexbox). I'm assuming that muso must be on machine that is running LMS. Correct? No, not correct. MUSO does not have to be on the

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What outboard DAC do you use with Squeezebox?

2013-02-04 Thread Julf
ralphpnj wrote: No, not correct. MUSO does not have to be on the machine that is running LMS since it just imports a copy of the music library database and works with that. The best thing to do would be to go to the MUSO Support Thread

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What outboard DAC do you use with Squeezebox?

2013-02-04 Thread ralphpnj
Julf wrote: Won't help me in my 100% defenestrated environment :) Nicely stated! I wish all Apple users were like you - NOT all up in your face about bad Windows is and how great Apple is. I do a have a few quick questions for you: 1) Do you iTunes/LMS or just LMS? 2) Do you use flac files

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What outboard DAC do you use with Squeezebox?

2013-02-04 Thread Julf
ralphpnj wrote: Nicely stated! I wish all Apple users were like you - NOT all up in your face about bad Windows is and how great Apple is. That's because I am not an Apple user either (but my wife is, so we are not an entirely fruitless household). 1) Do you iTunes/LMS or just LMS? Just

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What outboard DAC do you use with Squeezebox?

2013-02-04 Thread ralphpnj
Julf wrote: Just LMS on Linux. Flac at home, mp3 in car and DJ setup. Thanks for the answers. Now I understand. Julf wrote: That's because I am not an Apple user either (but my wife is, so we are not an entirely fruitless household). That explains your lack of Apple fanboy behavior. Now

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What outboard DAC do you use with Squeezebox?

2013-02-04 Thread Julf
ralphpnj wrote: Now I wonder why linux users never behave as badly as Apple fanboys so often do? Because a Linux user knows that their OS isn't perfect - and they also know the only reason it isn't is that they (the users) themselves haven't gotten around to fixing it... yet... :)

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What outboard DAC do you use with Squeezebox?

2013-02-03 Thread Mnyb
Wombat wrote: Hmm... seems like no one is reading my posts. Nonetheless if still someone is interestet. Now i link to another side i thought i´ll never do but this one is interesting. Airport Express has native 16/44.1 digital out:

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What outboard DAC do you use with Squeezebox?

2013-02-03 Thread Julf
jvanhambelgium wrote: The Touch is using a ultra-lineair 5V PSU (Sigma11 design from AMB Laboratories) Just curious - have you done any double-blind ABX to see if the PSU actually makes any audible difference? Julf's

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What outboard DAC do you use with Squeezebox?

2013-02-03 Thread Zombie
I use a Quad Link D1 USB DAC...prob sell the MyDAC Zombie's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=25009 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=72018

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What outboard DAC do you use with Squeezebox?

2013-02-03 Thread ralphpnj
Wombat wrote: Hmm... seems like no one is reading my posts. Nonetheless if still someone is interestet. Now i link to another side i thought i´ll never do but this one is interesting. Airport Express has native 16/44.1 digital out:

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What outboard DAC do you use with Squeezebox?

2013-02-03 Thread Mnyb
ralphpnj wrote: I have a WDTV Live streaming device that I use to watch movies and stream video and movies from Netflix. This device will also play flac files BUT I still have Touch connected to my home theater because the Touch/Squeezebox Server+Plug-ins (haven't made the jump to LMS as

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What outboard DAC do you use with Squeezebox?

2013-02-02 Thread Julf
jh901 wrote: Frankly, you have little experience as an audiophile I guess you are right. I have a fair bit of experience with various cults and secret societies, but I don't seem to belong to the one you belong to. Instead I have merely enjoyed good music reproduction using electronic and

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What outboard DAC do you use with Squeezebox?

2013-02-02 Thread mlsstl
Julf wrote: I don't have much experience *as* an audiophile in the way that you seem to be using the word. I have merely enjoyed good music reproduction using electronic and electro-mechanical systems I've come to dislike the word audiophile and do not use it in reference to myself.

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What outboard DAC do you use with Squeezebox?

2013-02-02 Thread cliveb
ralphpnj wrote: The iPod Classic I use when traveling or taking the train. Great little device but not audiophile quality without installing RockBox which I have not done. Audiophille quality is hardly that important when listening to an iPod on the train. But there is something far more

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What outboard DAC do you use with Squeezebox?

2013-02-02 Thread pandasharka
ralphpnj wrote: Very true but the reason for my dismissal of pandasharka is that it appears that he/she is nothing more than an apple fanboy. Nice try Ralph. You missed the bit about the Linn DS set up. Just for a laugh, I wonder whether you can articulate the 'audiophile' advantage of

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What outboard DAC do you use with Squeezebox?

2013-02-02 Thread ralphpnj
pandasharka wrote: Just for a laugh, I wonder whether you can articulate the 'audiophile' advantage of standard SB Touch, over the Airport Express into external DAC please? Three really, really BIG reasons: 1) In order to stream digital audio to the Airport Express one has to use iTunes

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What outboard DAC do you use with Squeezebox?

2013-02-02 Thread pandasharka
ralphpnj wrote: Three really, really BIG reasons: 1) In order to stream digital audio to the Airport Express one has to use iTunes which means no FLAC support. 2) iTunes is a horrible music library manager 3) No support for 24bit files. Sorry to disappoint you. Very sorry to

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What outboard DAC do you use with Squeezebox?

2013-02-02 Thread Mnyb
Is it no so that airport/iTunes resample,everything to 16/48 Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=72018

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What outboard DAC do you use with Squeezebox?

2013-02-02 Thread pandasharka
Forget iTunes, I've never used it and never will. My external DAC supports FLAC etc. Now please, give me your best arguments for why I should not have sold the SB Touch at a nice profit, replaced it with an airport express to stream into my external DAC. (Which made my standard SB Touch sound

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What outboard DAC do you use with Squeezebox?

2013-02-02 Thread ralphpnj
pandasharka wrote: Very sorry to disappoint you, no iTunes this end, Spotify only. Now tell me about the audiophile advantage of SB Touch in that scenario. I'm all ears, and waiting with baited breath.. pandasharka wrote: Forget iTunes, I've never used it and never will. My external DAC

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What outboard DAC do you use with Squeezebox?

2013-02-02 Thread Wombat
The second generation Airport is a nice device. It has a native and clean 16/44.1 digital output that should be the majority of files most users own. So it may be a worthwhile digital transport, why not? The HiRes files you have you can resample yourself to 16/44.1 for daily use and don´t let

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What outboard DAC do you use with Squeezebox?

2013-02-02 Thread pandasharka
ralphpnj wrote: Now I understand, or think I understand, so please correct me if I'm mistaken. It appears that you are only using the Airport Express to stream content from Spotify, in other words, to stream Internet radio, which is basically what Spotify is. Streaming Spotify is not

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What outboard DAC do you use with Squeezebox?

2013-02-02 Thread ralphpnj
pandasharka wrote: OK, so if you accept there is no difference streaming Spotify at 320k or whatever their premium service streams at in extreme, can you elaborate on the difference between streaming any other media please? Eg. Ripped CD's. In the space of one post, we've come back from

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What outboard DAC do you use with Squeezebox?

2013-02-02 Thread pandasharka
ralphpnj wrote: I know that for 99% of music it is very difficult to tell the difference between a 320K mp3 and a flac but that does not mean there aren't differences. If you are happy with 320k mp3 or whatever is the Apple equivalent then great. I prefer flac or lossless files. However that

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What outboard DAC do you use with Squeezebox?

2013-02-02 Thread ralphpnj
pandasharka wrote: The Linn Klimax DS set up I have with 4500+ CDs burnt to storage is irrelevant, controlled with iPad and Kinsky. Also please forward a sensible argument as to why if you sold your SB gear and streamed into an external DAC via airport express or similar, you would lose

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What outboard DAC do you use with Squeezebox?

2013-02-02 Thread pandasharka
ralphpnj wrote: I know that for 99% of music it is very difficult to tell the difference between a 320K mp3 and a flac but that does not mean there aren't differences. If you are happy with 320k mp3 or whatever is the Apple equivalent then great. I prefer flac or lossless files. However that

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What outboard DAC do you use with Squeezebox?

2013-02-02 Thread pandasharka
ralphpnj wrote: I already told what you would lose so I'll just go back to my original reply to you: I guess when the heat gets a lil hot, best out hey? Idiot. pandasharka's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What outboard DAC do you use with Squeezebox?

2013-02-02 Thread ralphpnj
pandasharka wrote: I guess when the heat gets a lil hot, best out hey? Idiot. It's not the heat, it's the density. Do me a favor and try reading what I write and stop calling me names. I already told you that if the Airport Express works for you then great. The fact of the matter is that

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What outboard DAC do you use with Squeezebox?

2013-02-02 Thread pandasharka
ralphpnj wrote: It's not the heat, it's the density. Do me a favor and try reading what I write and stop calling me names. I already told you that if the Airport Express works for you then great. The fact of the matter is that the Airport Express is NOT equivalent to the SB Touch in many,

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What outboard DAC do you use with Squeezebox?

2013-02-02 Thread ralphpnj
pandasharka wrote: From someone who flamed me for being an apple fan boy? Lets call it quits. I dont really have the inclination. Enjoy your set up, and I will too. Agreed and I'm sorry about the fanboy remark.

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What outboard DAC do you use with Squeezebox?

2013-02-02 Thread jvanhambelgium
Touch (coax) - Onkyo 875 The Onkyo has some Burr-Brown PCM1796 (24bit/192kHz) DAC's onboard. I'm very happy with the quality of the sound and it sounds great on my Klipsch RF7-MKII's ! jvanhambelgium's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What outboard DAC do you use with Squeezebox?

2013-02-02 Thread Wombat
Hmm... seems like no one is reading my posts. Nonetheless if still someone is interestet. Now i link to another side i thought i´ll never do but this one is interesting. Airport Express has native 16/44.1 digital out:

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What outboard DAC do you use with Squeezebox?

2013-02-01 Thread jh901
pandasharka wrote: SB was a great experience, I had some real fun in the early days sparring with a couple of propellor head posters on here, but ultimately newer technology won out, and I think Logitech knew the writing was on the wall. The SB Touch was never going to be the plug and play

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What outboard DAC do you use with Squeezebox?

2013-02-01 Thread ralphpnj
jh901 wrote: No doubt that the SB products, especially the Transporter, were important advances. A shame that Logitech came along. It's been my experience that discussing audiophile concerns with non-audiophiles is a non-starter. It is much too important for most people to believe that

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What outboard DAC do you use with Squeezebox?

2013-02-01 Thread jh901
My household is Apple-free. If Apple did ever create anything worth my time, then I'd jump onboard if the price was right. I won't be holding my breath. jh901's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What outboard DAC do you use with Squeezebox?

2013-02-01 Thread Julf
It's been my experience that discussing religion concerns with non-adherents-ofreligion is a non-starter. It is much too important for most people to believe that there are no new experiences to be had. A true shame. I can't understand why non-adherents-of-religion would bother lurking and

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What outboard DAC do you use with Squeezebox?

2013-02-01 Thread ralphpnj
jh901 wrote: My household is Apple-free. If Apple did ever create anything worth my time, then I'd jump onboard if the price was right. I won't be holding my breath. I don't go that far since I have and use an iPod Classic and an iPod Touch plus my wife has an iPad. The iPod Classic I use

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What outboard DAC do you use with Squeezebox?

2013-02-01 Thread jh901
Julf wrote: It's been my experience that discussing religion concerns with non-adherents-ofreligion is a non-starter. Typical. For example, a wine connoisseur with 15 years of critical tasting experience merely adheres to a religion when he describes the flavors of a given wine in a way

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What outboard DAC do you use with Squeezebox?

2013-02-01 Thread ralphpnj
jh901 wrote: Typical. For example, a wine connoisseur with 15 years of critical tasting experience merely adheres to a religion when he describes the flavors of a given wine in a way that a layperson can't grasp. Frankly, you have little experience as an audiophile yet you feel the need

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What outboard DAC do you use with Squeezebox?

2013-02-01 Thread Archimago
jh901 wrote: Typical. For example, a wine connoisseur with 15 years of critical tasting experience merely adheres to a religion when he describes the flavors of a given wine in a way that a layperson can't grasp. Frankly, you have little experience as an audiophile yet you feel the need

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What outboard DAC do you use with Squeezebox?

2013-02-01 Thread Mnyb
Archimago wrote: Doesn't this depend on what you mean by audiophile? An audiophile is a lover of high quality audio reproduction which in fact is the first line of the Wikipedia entry; nothing more. Our world views however then dictates the relative merits of the hardware, software,

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What outboard DAC do you use with Squeezebox?

2013-01-31 Thread pandasharka
I upgraded to a Linn DS set up in my main listening room a while ago, but kept the SB Touch and a few old bits of Linn amp in my garden studio. More recently bought a cheap second hand Beresford Bushmaster to feed out of the Touch and it made a noticeable musical difference. If you have been

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What outboard DAC do you use with Squeezebox?

2013-01-31 Thread ralphpnj
pandasharka wrote: I upgraded to a Linn DS set up in my main listening room a while ago, but kept the SB Touch and a few old bits of Linn amp in my garden studio. More recently bought a cheap second hand Beresford Bushmaster to feed out of the Touch and it made a noticeable musical

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What outboard DAC do you use with Squeezebox?

2013-01-09 Thread Chuckdog
I see others are also using the Dac It. I couldn't be happier with mine. I have it connected via coax. Very smooth, well defined bass and an absence of high end harshness that's great. Chuckdog's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What outboard DAC do you use with Squeezebox?

2012-10-23 Thread bigbossman
Touch into Audio lab 8200CDQ, Duet Receiver into Beresford Bushmaster or Aune X1 dependent on the relative position of the moon/tides etc... bigbossman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=29947 View

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2012-10-20 Thread stedes
SBTouch running into Classe CP-800 via USB input using Triode's Godsend of an app! stedes's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2695 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What outboard DAC do you use with Squeezebox?

2012-10-05 Thread simes_pep
Triode wrote: He's JohnW on pinkfish - most active on his thread re MDAC: http://www.pinkfishmedia.net/ audio forum if you want to contact him. Hi Triode, Unfortunately I have been unable to PM John on the PinkFish forum, as his PM Quota is exceeded, so sending further message is prevented. I

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What outboard DAC do you use with Squeezebox?

2012-10-02 Thread Triode
simes_pep wrote: It was a John Westlake design, he was on the DIY Audio forum for a while talking about the PT products. However I'm not sure if a 24-bit stream was available when they were designed? It was predominantly a 16/44.1 feed from a CD transport/player, or a 16/48 from DAT, DCC or

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What outboard DAC do you use with Squeezebox?

2012-10-01 Thread simes_pep
Mnyb wrote: I'm more or less sure that the spdiff standard is such that the formats is like 16bit + 8 optional bits so some older DAC's can truncate at 20 or 16 bits or maybe it's receiving chip can understand even if the DAC is not cabaple . Like the SB3 and another squeezebox it's always

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What outboard DAC do you use with Squeezebox?

2012-10-01 Thread simes_pep
Mnyb wrote: Some googling turns up the ordinal as 18bit sometimes with 24bit filter implementation , similar to an old meridian 563 I once owned . But is not John Westlake himself active on some other forum mostly on his newly designed audiolab MDAC . He may have more correct info on this

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What outboard DAC do you use with Squeezebox?

2012-09-27 Thread simes_pep
Hi, Currently feeding a Pink Triangle Ordinal (with 24 bit Filter module) from a SB3 with CI-Audio PSU. Infact using both inputs on the PT Ordinal, as I have a second input card (DIC) so 16/44.1 from a Meridian 200 CD Transport and 16/44.1, 24/44.1 24/48 from the SB3 using a mixture of FLAC,

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What outboard DAC do you use with Squeezebox?

2012-09-27 Thread Mnyb
simes_pep wrote: Hi, Currently feeding a Pink Triangle Ordinal (with 24 bit Filter module) from a SB3 with CI-Audio PSU. Infact using both inputs on the PT Ordinal, as I have a second input card (DIC) so 16/44.1 from a Meridian 200 CD Transport and 16/44.1, 24/44.1 24/48 from the SB3

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What outboard DAC do you use with Squeezebox?

2012-09-27 Thread Mnyb
Some googling turns up the ordinal as 18bit sometimes with 24bit filter implementation , similar to an old meridian 563 I once owned . Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What outboard DAC do you use with Squeezebox?

2012-09-26 Thread Pneumonic
I just finished test driving a NAD M51 DAC and it's phenomenal. Very neutral sounding with no harshness at all. Proper bass with open and realistic soundstaging. It sends out the signal undisturbed. You feed it great material and life is very good. I also ran it in preamp mode using its

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What outboard DAC do you use with Squeezebox?

2012-09-26 Thread garym
Pneumonic wrote: I just finished test driving a NAD M51 DAC and it's phenomenal. Very neutral sounding with no harshness at all. Proper bass with open and realistic soundstaging. It sends out the signal undisturbed. You feed it great material and life is very good. I also ran it in

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What outboard DAC do you use with Squeezebox?

2012-09-26 Thread Pneumonic
garym wrote: I'd been looking at this. Looks quite nice and a good price as well as you note. Hi, Gary. If someone is after a neutral sounding DAC it's the equal of the Metric Halo ULN-8, which I used to run, which many believe is state of the art for neutrality.

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What outboard DAC do you use with Squeezebox?

2012-09-25 Thread Monzaboy
Cyrus dacX with psxr Monzaboy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=57333 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=72018 ___

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What outboard DAC do you use with Squeezebox?

2012-09-25 Thread garym
TOUCH Benchmark DAC I (with coax S/PDIF connection) garym's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17325 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=72018

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What outboard DAC do you use with Squeezebox?

2012-09-22 Thread jazzman53
Squeezebox Touch Toslink Behringer DEQ2496 AES digital XLR cable Behringer DCX2496 Crossover/DAC RCA cables Carver amps hybrid ESL speakers (bi-amp'd) jazzman53's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What outboard DAC do you use with Squeezebox?

2012-09-22 Thread guidof
DSPeaker AntiMode Dual Core 2.0. This device is a DAC but it also provides automatic control of room modes in the bass region and a parametric equalizer, all in the digital domain. It can also be used as a (passive) preamp, though I prefer to use the active section in my Adcom preamp. See sig

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What outboard DAC do you use with Squeezebox?

2012-09-22 Thread billybeek
jazzman53 wrote: Squeezebox Touch Toslink Behringer DEQ2496 AES digital XLR cable Behringer DCX2496 Crossover/DAC RCA cables Carver amps hybrid ESL speakers (bi-amp'd) Foxy system billybeek's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What outboard DAC do you use with Squeezebox?

2012-09-19 Thread Stratmangler
[image: http://www.iglooaudio.co.uk/uploaded/thumbnails/db_file_img_1595_1024x768.jpg] Stratmangler's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20387 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What outboard DAC do you use with Squeezebox?

2012-09-14 Thread Sakkerju
Internal DAC only here... 1. Squeezebox Touch (Analog RCA out) - Monster Cable (uplink connector) - Little Dot MK III (tube amp.) - AKG K240 DF (vintage headphone) 2. Squeezebox Touch (Analog RCA out) - Coaxial cable (uplink connector) - Denon PMA720A (integral amp.) - Van Den Hul Snowtrack

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What outboard DAC do you use with Squeezebox?

2012-04-14 Thread darrenyeats
Benchmark DAC1 HDR. Why? 1. One box DAC/pre solution with remote analogue volume control and balanced out 2. Preamp inputs (used for XTZ Room Analyzer) 3. Many digital inputs (USB laptop, coax from old Cambridge Audio CD player, optical from SB Touch) 4. Headphone amp 5. Internal jumpers for

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What outboard DAC do you use with Squeezebox?

2012-04-14 Thread gizek
If they can't make a DAC you like, then make one yourself. gizek's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34337 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=72018

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What outboard DAC do you use with Squeezebox?

2012-04-13 Thread NoRoDa
SBT w/Teddy Pardo TTouch -- BJC coax -- Rega DAC [image: http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a270/RODARID/HIFI%202012/IMG_5357.jpg] [image: http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a270/RODARID/HIFI%202012/IMG_5359.jpg] REGArds

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What outboard DAC do you use with Squeezebox?

2012-04-12 Thread congole
SB Touch - silver coax - VTL Straight-Line (two-channel, tubed D/A converter, UltraAnalog DAC D20400 module). congole's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=40776 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What outboard DAC do you use with Squeezebox?

2012-04-10 Thread TheOctavist
'Forssell MDAC2' (http://www.forsselltech.com/products/5/#!/products/5) coaxsbt 'Mytek Stereo 96' (http://www.mytekdigital.com/products/stereo96dac.htm) coax sbt TheOctavist's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What outboard DAC do you use with Squeezebox?

2012-04-09 Thread beetof
Touch Siltech coax Lindemann 24/192 CrimsonCordPlus Primaluna Dialogue One Sonus Faber Cremona Auditor M beetof's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=53809 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What outboard DAC do you use with Squeezebox?

2012-03-02 Thread Jacky
SBT -- -- DIY DAC (acc. forum) with CS4398, up-sampling to 192 kHZ, one stage op-amp with 2x OPA-627BP (no resistors, no caps at all in analogue path) -- coax (InAkustik, Germany) -- PMA2000AE (Denon) QSC (PA-power amp) -- Sonics Allegria S1 (Speakers; bi-amped) Subwoofers. Works

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What outboard DAC do you use with Squeezebox?

2012-03-01 Thread praganj
Touch - Blue Jeans Belden coax - Buffalo II :) -- praganj praganj's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=41091 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=72018

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What outboard DAC do you use with Squeezebox?

2012-03-01 Thread ob_kook
Touch -- Toslink -- Audio-gd NFB 10SE -- ob_kook Touch -- Audio-gd NFB-10SE DAC -- Portal Paladin monoblocks -- Dynaudio Contour 1.3 MKII SB2 -- Denon AVR4800 -- Klipsch KG4 SqueezeBox Boom (Bedroom) SqueezeBox Radio w/Battery (Kitchen / Garage / bathroom) Squeezeserver running on a virtual

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What outboard DAC do you use with Squeezebox?

2012-03-01 Thread Daverz
Looking back on the thread, 2 years ago I was using a Cambridge 840C as a DAC. I switched to a Neko D100 DAC -- which has a more relaxed, natural sound -- about a year ago, after ordering one for the 30-day free trial. I did try the Benchmark HDR briefly, but I found it too lean, and didn't

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What outboard DAC do you use with Squeezebox?

2012-02-29 Thread tank121
Touch Belden based coax into Audiolabs m-dac -- tank121 Squeezebox touch Squeezeplug running on Dockstar Audiolab MDAC Arcam A85 amp Chord rumour speaker cable Dali Mentor Menuets on Custom Design stands Room 2 Boom Bedroom RADIO

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What outboard DAC do you use with Squeezebox?

2012-02-28 Thread HumanMedia
Mildly modded Touch - hardwired blue jeans coax with BNC - BNC modified Rega DAC -- HumanMedia HumanMedia's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=44865 View this thread:

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