tomjtx;209716 Wrote:
I would have to say I am surprised by Anthony's reply.
I have gone out of my way to be balanced in my opinion of his mods.
It does not serve you well, Anthony, to post such replies.
If you want to lay fault with my system rather than your mods you are
fighting an
JJZolx;209688 Wrote:
And there, folks, you have just about all you ever need to know about
Anthony Padilla, MauiMods and Aberdeen. All one and the same slimey
entity. This is one of his saner posts. He's embarassed himself on
countless other forums with similar ranting.
Jim,
I never
aberdeencomponents;209731 Wrote:
kind of make me think you have some other interior motives..
Pretty hilarious, but I'm sure the humor was unintentional. I truly
hope that English is not your native language.
aberdeencomponents;209731 Wrote:
I never embarassed myself in any forum.
If
aberdeencomponents;209731 Wrote:
Tom,
One of the major factors I have realized, when people compare these
computer streamed players, Is the program, format and options used
during ripping thier music to the PC.
I do recall you use ACC, or was it MP3?
AP
I don't even have to ask Tom
aberdeencomponents;209731 Wrote:
I ended up ripping all my cd's in wave format @ 48, 8 TB expandable
with Raid 6, attached storage.
I am not saying this is the ultimate solution, but it sure helps me to
hear slightest differences with the associated gear used. With ripping
in Wave, if I
aberdeencomponents;209783 Wrote:
Tom was using AAC. I suggested for him to try a few tracks of Wave
format and he never tried it.
This comment was my IMO, in what works for me.
If you have a better way, I am willing to try.
Please advise.
AP
I believe Tom is using ALAC, sometimes
snarlydwarf;209786 Wrote:
Quality was compromised when you ripped a 44.1Khz file to a 48khz.
With Tact, The gear I use, 48khz works quite well with the ASRC chip
used by Tact, as the internal sample rate is at 96khz.
The sound quality, imo, is better, with my system.
Is there another format
aberdeencomponents wrote:
I ended up ripping all my cd's in wave format @ 48,
Er, CDs are 44.1khz - converting to 48kHz is just making up bits.
8 TB expandable with Raid 6, attached storage.
And the size of your storage solution has what relevance precisely?
I am not saying this is the
mswlogo;209794 Wrote:
I believe Tom is using ALAC, sometimes referred to lossless AAC or apple
lossless.
No need to waste space on wave formats.
I tried AAC and Flac.
It was ok... but when I used wave @44.1 there music was more
transparent and had a sence of a fuller body in bass and
aberdeencomponents;209795 Wrote:
With Tact, The gear I use, 48khz works quite well with the ASRC chip
used by Tact, as the internal sample rate is at 96khz.
The sound quality, imo, is better, with my system.
Is there another format you can suggest?
please advise.
AP
Is the Tact hooked
aberdeencomponents;209806 Wrote:
I tried AAC and Flac.
It was ok... but when I used wave @44.1 there music was more
transparent and had a sence of a fuller body in bass and mid's and
increased air. Using Wave @48 pushed these qualities a bit more. Keep
in mind using 48 in my system has a
I have never used aac and have never had a conversation with Anthony
about the ripping format I use.
I use ALAC and have some files in wav.
After comparing the 2 and learning about lossless from the many
knowledgable
and helpful people on this forum I have used only ALAC for 99% of my
files.
All TacT units can handle 16/44.1, but SQ improves when feed files
upsampled to 48 with Adobe Audition, or 96 using MS Vista.
A Vista PC upsampling to 24/96, connected to a TacT via an RME Fireface
is an excellent playback set up.
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aberdeencomponents;209795 Wrote:
With Tact, The gear I use, 48khz works quite well with the ASRC chip
used by Tact, as the internal sample rate is at 96khz.
The sound quality, imo, is better, with my system.
Is there another format you can suggest?
please advise.
AP
If your source
snarlydwarf;209837 Wrote:
If your source material is 44.1khz, you are creating data out of thin
air. And even worse, you are adding in effectively rounding errors as
the clock slices change.
CDs are 44.1khz.
I agree. If the Tact Unit really does sound better with 48Khz instead
of Native
mswlogo;209808 Wrote:
Is the Tact hooked Digitally or Analog?
If analog there is no correlation between it's A/D input sampling rate
and TP D/A output rate. You're better off staying with the native
recording data rate.
If hooked digitally I would hope/expect tact properly handles 16/44.1
Found this in my pm. Since it's pure abuse, and my interactions with
this troll have all been in this lovely thread, I don't feel bad about
sharing it.
aberdeencomponents Wrote:
Go f*k yourself, you little pr*k.
You think your a tough guy behind that screen? come talk your s*t to
my face and
totoro;209858 Wrote:
Found this in my pm. Since it's pure abuse, and my interactions with
this troll have all been in this lovely thread, I don't feel bad about
sharing it.
OK, buddy, now everyone can see how classy you are. You're a
disgrace. Hopefully this behavior on your part will
Totoro, thanks for posting that. Be glad Anthony doesn't have your cell
number.
He called me on my cell twice today, ranting.
He probably should take a class in public/customer relations :-)
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TOM SAID: I would have to disagree with you on that.
The stock TP, balanced outs, was indistinguishable from the modded TP
in both long term sighted(2 weeks) and short term blind tests through a
very high end system(watt/puppys, Rowland.
Listeners included an audio designer/recording engineer, a
Skunk;203969 Wrote:
I can't believe anyone would buy something from a guy with a Web site
like that. There used to be an animation of a dancing club girl at the
bottom, but now there is a pool and spa ad. Let me guess, he also runs
a pool and spa company? With a site like that it makes me
Guys, please knock it off. We get a lot of complaints when you start
going at each other. I would like to ask that you delete those last
couple posts, and take it to private email instead. Don't spoil this
forum for the rest of us.
Thanks,
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aberdeencomponents;209673 Wrote:
I dont really care about the site, the info is outdated.
Plus, I like that way to like to keep scum like you from contacting me
with tire kicking questions.
And there, folks, you have just about all you ever need to know about
Anthony Padilla, MauiMods and
I would have to say I am surprised by Anthony's reply.
I have gone out of my way to be balanced in my opinion of his mods.
It does not serve you well, Anthony, to post such replies.
If you want to lay fault with my system rather than your mods you are
fighting an uphill battle. jeff Rowland
opaqueice;204658 Wrote:
On the other hand it does make sense to judge people by what they've
posted in the past, and on that basis I will continue to ignore your
posts and read Skunk's.
Well said, Opaqueice.
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opaqueice;204658 Wrote:
On the other hand it does make sense to judge people by what they've
posted in the past, and on that basis I will continue to ignore your
posts and read Skunk's.
I will second that, opaqueice.
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Another mod place :
http://www.referenceaudiomods.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PRODProduct_Code=SDTransporterCategory_Code=MODSProduct_Count=44
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Anne;204675 Wrote:
Another mod place :
http://www.referenceaudiomods.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PRODProduct_Code=SDTransporterCategory_Code=MODSProduct_Count=44
for the Transporter though...
These are the people mentioned earlier in the thread who advertised
mods for the Transporter
opaqueice;204658 Wrote:
On the other hand it does make sense to judge people by what they've
posted in the past, and on that basis I will continue to ignore your
posts and read Skunk's.
Thanks for reading my all my posts.
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ModelCitizen;204681 Wrote:
These are the people mentioned earlier in the thread who advertised mods
for the Transporter well before it was released. They could have had a
Transporter before they were released to the general public but,
bearing in mind the attitude of Sean and SlimDevices to
jhm731;204748 Wrote:
Dealers had TPs before the public release.
You might be mistaken on that, I have 3 dealer friends who said they
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tomjtx;204348 Wrote:
Your results may well be different. System synergy and all that.
But, IME. the stock , balanced TP is so good it's hard to make
significant improvement.
Its funny you are the first person that have ever not heard an
improvment with anthonys mods.
Not that i dont
tricka wrote:
Balanced XLR out's are
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balanced_audio
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harmonic;204424 Wrote:
Its funny you are the first person that have ever not heard an
improvment with anthonys mods.
Not that i dont beleive you
and yes the transporter driving power amps is ridiculously good
but the aberdeen transporter as a digital source was CLEARLY better not
just
tomjtx;204450 Wrote:
I would think twice before jumping to reference audio mods. They
advertised 3 levels of mods for TP . They described in great detail
what each mod would do.
There was one problem: they posted that info BEFORE the TP had started
shipping. In other words, they made it
tomjtx;204450 Wrote:
Harmonic, it's not a matter of right or wrong. Everyone has different
expriences.
I am sure you will be pleased with the mods.
I would think twice before jumping to reference audio mods. They
advertised 3 levels of mods for TP . They described in great detail
what
tomjtx;204450 Wrote:
There was one problem: they posted that info BEFORE the TP had started
shipping. In other words, they made it all up.
Maybe they had a pre-shipping peek?
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tricka wrote:
Without meaning to hijack and, in a display of complete audio ignorance,
may I ask what you mean by balanced out's? Presumably a balanced L/R
analogue signal out?
And how does one go about achieving that with a transporter.
Balanced audio is not about stereo.
It is about one
Patrick Dixon;204472 Wrote:
Maybe they had a pre-shipping peek?
But how long could they have had it? A few weeks? Hardly enough to
establish their claim. These guys,IMO, are snake oil crooks of the
worst sort. They are the ones that promote the 400.00 wooden volume
control knob with special
Robin Bowes wrote:
Pat Farrell wrote:
Normal RCA/phono audio connectors have two signal paths, one down the
center of the wired, and the other down the shielding. Phono plugs have
a center connector and a outer shield.
To be rather pedantic, normal RCA/phono audio connectors have two
Pat Farrell wrote:
Normal RCA/phono audio connectors have two signal paths, one down the
center of the wired, and the other down the shielding. Phono plugs have
a center connector and a outer shield.
To be rather pedantic, normal RCA/phono audio connectors have two signal
paths.
tomjtx;204500 Wrote:
I would hasten to add, Patrick, that your advertising and marketing has
,IMO, always been on the up and up and I would far rather audition an
SB+ than those reference audio guys. :-)
Yeah I still haven't posted any real review of my SB+, as I'm just
enjoying listening
Skunk;203969 Wrote:
I can't believe anyone would buy something from a guy with a Web site
like that. There used to be an animation of a dancing club girl at the
bottom, but now there is a pool and spa ad. Let me guess, he also runs
a pool and spa company? With a site like that it makes me
Oh dear this looks like developing into a new 'Flame Wars (was Power
Supply upgrade)' thread and will inevitably be locked!
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adamslim;204532 Wrote:
Yeah I still haven't posted any real review of my SB+, as I'm just
enjoying listening to it! It sounds great - much better even than my
CD player. Good enough that I basically consider the source question
solved for many years to come.
Very glad you're enjoying it -
Patrick Dixon;204552 Wrote:
Very glad you're enjoying it - that's the aim!
Strangely, most SB+ owners seem to pretty much retire from forum
postings after their purchase. I wonder where we're going wrong
Uuumm... you haven't got any forums.
:-)
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It is far better to
GaryG;204145 Wrote:
The Big Ben will work with an SB:
Sorry, I should have phrased what I meant better. It won't completely
remove the S/PDIF clock resynchronisation issue at the DAC, unless you
use a word clock input on the transport.
I didn't mean it won't improve (the digital output of)
GaryG;204145 Wrote:
I sold my Off-Ramp Turbo, Wadia 270 and Big Ben and bought a modified
Wadia 861se followed by an SB+.
Regards
Gary
Would that have been a Steve Huntley Great Northern Sounds modified
Wadia? He did excellent work on my Audio Research LS22. I am now
running a
Yes, a GNSC 'Statement' Wadia 861se, I've now put it up for sale and
will shortly be selling my SB+ as I've now got a Reference Audio
modified Transporter, Btw, I used to have a DAX Discrete, upgraded from
a DAX Decade (both Black Gate versions), although I preferred the Decade
and sold the
The part about the site i absolutly agree on.
He can also have a strange way of promoting himself thats also true and
is not doing enything good for him.
Im no newbi to this hobby who have convinced myself that bitperfect
means the best sound in the world.
I have tryed it all powerconditioners
harmonic;204220 Wrote:
Not only do i thing its infantile to proclaim that the man is ussless
because of his internet site i think its done right stupid.
Well I didn't say he's useless save for Web design.
I think its sad that there is such a angry tone on this forum aganist
enyone
GaryG;204209 Wrote:
Yes, a GNSC 'Statement' Wadia 861se, I've now put it up for sale and
will shortly be selling my SB+ as I've now got a Reference Audio
modified Transporter, Btw, I used to have a DAX Discrete, upgraded from
a DAX Decade (both Black Gate versions), although I preferred the
Heuer;204231 Wrote:
Are you running the modded Transporter without an external DAC?
Yes, the analogue output is superb! I did extensive testing of the
Transporter as a transport into the DAC section of my Wadia and the
Wadia as a Transport into the Transporter and am now happy to just use
I think its sad that there is such a angry tone on this forum aganist
enyone who things differently or have heard somthing that sounds better
then the mighty stock transporter.(wich by the way sounds glarish sharp
and lifeless compared to the aberdeen transporter
thanks and good luck
I would
GaryG;204237 Wrote:
Yes, the analogue output is superb! I did extensive testing of the
Transporter as a transport into the DAC section of my Wadia and the
Wadia as a Transport into the Transporter and am now happy to just use
the Transporter. Once I've sold the Wadia and SB+ I will have some
Are you sure the aberdeen components transporter had the analog part
moddified ?
Mine diddent.
I diddent ask him about it but actually thourgt it was .
mine was one of the first ones leaving las vegas and mine was only
optimized as a transport for my tact millennium and my findings is only
Skunk;204225 Wrote:
Well I didn't say he's useless save for Web design.
Sure there are a lot of fanboys here, but that's probably true of
tactHackers or any other hardware forum as well. There are also a lot
of people here who know modding is worthwhile and help others figure it
out,
Harmonic,
Yes, I had the fully , analog modded TP with new op amps and blackgate
caps etc.
Both the modded and stock TP's sounded better with balanced outs and
were indistinguishable.
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tomjtx;204322 Wrote:
Harmonic,
Yes, I had the fully , analog modded TP with new op amps and blackgate
caps etc.
Both the modded and stock TP's sounded better with balanced outs and
were indistinguishable.
Well that dossent sound very promissing
I will soon find out for myself have
harmonic;204333 Wrote:
Well that dossent sound very promissing
I will soon find out for myself have the two compare
have you talked to anthony about it?
If you cant here eny diffrences at all i would contact him
who knows maybe he have an explenation
Your results may well be
Thanks for the reply Tom - unfortunately given my lack of knowledge it
doesn't help me too much. Balanced XLR out's arecompared to RCA's .
Is one analogue and one digital (really displaying ignorance here)?
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tricka;204404 Wrote:
Without meaning to hijack and, in a display of complete audio ignorance,
may I ask what you mean by balanced out's? Presumably a balanced L/R
analogue signal out?
And how does one go about achieving that with a transporter.
Secondly has anyone driven a transporter by an
Heuer;203873 Wrote:
External DAC's usually have no such limitations.
Although they do have to cope with the various problems of
synchronising clocks over the S/PDIF link.
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Patrick
The part about 0 and 1`s are right
however all that goes right out the window when you introduce noise
Thats also why the power supply have such a profound effect on the
sound kvality.
I have a moddified transporter from aberdeen components and have done
some tests using a orpheous ref dac
Patrick Dixon;203942 Wrote:
Although they do have to cope with the various problems of synchronising
clocks over the S/PDIF link.
In which case you could always add one of these:
http://www.apogeedigital.com/products/bigben.php
Their ADC's and DAC's are'nt bad either.
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harmonic;203959 Wrote:
I have a moddified transporter from aberdeen components
I can't believe anyone would buy something from a guy with a Web site
like that. There used to be an animation of a dancing club girl at the
bottom, but now there is a pool and spa ad. Let me guess, he also runs
Agree with Skunk - the web site says it all. None of the links work
other than from the high profile audio logos which simply link to the
manufacturers site. There does not appear to be a link back though!
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its a bit hard on the eyes.
I do agree though the site turns me off any dealings with
whateverisnameis
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Heuer;203960 Wrote:
In which case you could always add one of these:
http://www.apogeedigital.com/products/bigben.php
Their ADC's and DAC's are'nt bad either.
Won't work with a SB3 though - no clock input. And even if there was,
you would then have to manually switch the clock for
none of you seem to have answered the question, or i simply missed the
answer. If doing the digital mod, is that the idea of improving sb3s
internal dac, so buying a benchmark dac for example is not neccessary,
with the idea of using SB3's analogue outs - to amp?
or is it designed to improve the
needanamp wrote:
none of you seem to have answered the question, or i simply missed the
answer. If doing the digital mod, is that the idea of improving sb3s
internal dac, so buying a benchmark dac for example is not neccessary,
with the idea of using SB3's analogue outs - to amp?
It depends.
The latter.
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No problem. As to the question of whether you will hear any improvement
through the digital mods, that will be for you and your listening
friends to decide. In my case there was an improvement. I already had a
high end D/A that (in the past) was driven by a equally high quality
transport. When I
Patrick Dixon;204032 Wrote:
Won't work with a SB3 though - no clock input. And even if there was,
you would then have to manually switch the clock for different sample
rate material (44.1KHz, 48KHz etc).
The beauty of an integrated DAC/Player, is that you eliminate the
S/PDIF issues
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Huge! I ran my SB3 through an Audio Synthesis DAX Discrete for 18 months
and it was very impressive. Now have a Transporter running through the
same DAC using balanced AES/EUB (SPIDF) connection. Sound quality is
superb and I am playing a lot of 24/96 recordings I made by doing vinyl
rips of my
but i dont understand, because i thought digital out was simply passing
out the 1's and 0's, so its not likely to pass out 1, and 0's with any
mistakes without the mod, so why mod? and its not like you can get
better 1's and 0's is it?! (i assume not - since its a digital signal -
but knowing me,
The 1's and 0's are not the problem - converting them to analogue is!
The SB3 has an onboard DAC and built to a price. External DAC's usually
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