Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] DAC Resolution Test and Don't EVER use Digital Volume Control

2010-05-05 Thread Pat Farrell
is talking about a nearly trivial single multiply or shift function. DSP is more like dealing with quantum physics rather than Newtonian physics. -- Pat Farrell http://www.pfarrell.com/ ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Hard facts supporting the quality of Touch digital out.

2010-05-12 Thread Pat Farrell
archives, and I hate using the Forum software, so I can't help you there. -- Pat Farrell http://www.pfarrell.com/ ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] The sound of jitter

2010-05-18 Thread Pat Farrell
audiophiles out of their money. -- Pat Farrell http://www.pfarrell.com/ ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Vintage equipment: Opinions?

2010-06-07 Thread Pat Farrell
for blowing up. -- Pat Farrell http://www.pfarrell.com/ ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Yet another Touch vs. Transporter thread

2010-06-22 Thread Pat Farrell
. And, IMHO, there will never be a Logitech TP 2. Perhaps a Sean's Garage TP 2, if he hasn't gone off to spend his retirement surfing. -- Pat Farrell http://www.pfarrell.com/ ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Yet another Touch vs. Transporter thread

2010-06-22 Thread Pat Farrell
the physics. -- Pat Farrell http://www.pfarrell.com/ ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Yet another Touch vs. Transporter thread

2010-06-22 Thread Pat Farrell
than 24. -- Pat Farrell http://www.pfarrell.com/ ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Lossless download sites?

2010-07-03 Thread Pat Farrell
is so processed that lossless is not that important. -- Pat Farrell http://www.pfarrell.com/ ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Lossless download sites?

2010-07-03 Thread Pat Farrell
doing for 5 or so years. No arguments possible from the evil goons at the RIAA, I have the cd, case, all that crap. -- Pat Farrell http://www.pfarrell.com/ ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Lossless download sites?

2010-07-03 Thread Pat Farrell
On 07/03/2010 09:10 PM, Robin Bowes wrote: On 04/07/10 00:59, Pat Farrell wrote: No arguments possible from the evil goons at the RIAA, I have the cd, case, all that crap. ...except that is technically not legal in the UK. Well, here it is technocally illegal to talk about what goons

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What's next or is this it?

2010-07-07 Thread Pat Farrell
in any volume, and was too computer for the audiophile purists, and too high priced for consumers. Suppose someone wanted to make a TP-2, it would be what percent better than the initial TP, in what area would you put the engineering? He's dead, Jim -- Pat Farrell http://www.pfarrell.com

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What's next or is this it?

2010-07-07 Thread Pat Farrell
of the parts. Its the engineering, NRE, non-recurring engineering expense. The only way to lower the impact of the NRE is to move more units. -- Pat Farrell http://www.pfarrell.com/ ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What's next or is this it?

2010-07-09 Thread Pat Farrell
accordingly.. Do you seriously think that replacing a $2 cap with a $50 cap will greatly change the sound? Does the term eye candy for rich people mean anything to you? -- Pat Farrell http://www.pfarrell.com/ ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What's next or is this it?

2010-07-09 Thread Pat Farrell
On 07/09/2010 10:03 AM, michael123 wrote: So, you say that the audio design ends at 200$? No I am saying that if you expect significant improvements in audio quality by changing a $1 cap with a $200 cap, you are drinking All IMHO, YMMV, etc -- Pat Farrell http://www.pfarrell.com

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Confused between options - any advice welcome

2010-07-11 Thread Pat Farrell
Proper active speakers (not just speakers with amps inside them) are an expensive proposition... Yes, but IMHO, they are the future. I don't think you save money, but the amp engineer can deliver what the driver engineer wants, how, when, what flavor, etc. -- Pat Farrell http

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Digital OUT encoding on TP, now AES S/PDIF together

2010-07-28 Thread Pat Farrell
' digital audio. For sure, and putting a digital signal through a TT patch panel is going to do wonderful things to the wave forms. -- Pat Farrell http://www.pfarrell.com/ ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Sound quality between wav and flac

2010-08-17 Thread Pat Farrell
, but not a good description of what actually happens. There is no difference in sound quality, there is no difference in the decompressed files. Its easy to test for yourself. Any person who claims otherwise is blowing smoke. -- Pat Farrell http://www.pfarrell.com

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Stereophile Review II: What conclusion can be drawn from the Measurements?

2010-09-17 Thread Pat Farrell
On 09/17/2010 02:46 PM, seanadams wrote: I haven't read the review yet but if the touch is resolving 17 bits that is probably the correct maximum capability of the DAC chip. All things have a noise floor... it is not realistic to expect that performance from a $300 device employing a

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Unbalanced Analog Cable Help

2010-09-21 Thread Pat Farrell
, you can also send balanced signals down a 1/4 TRS jack (looks like a stereo headphone jack). This connection takes up less space in a rack than XLR connections. -- Pat Farrell http://www.pfarrell.com/ ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Unbalanced Analog Cable Help

2010-09-22 Thread Pat Farrell
, whereas unbalanced are usually under 3 feet long, and get pretty wonky after 10 feet or so. -- Pat Farrell http://www.pfarrell.com/ ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Stereophile Review II: What conclusion can be drawn from the Measurements?

2010-09-23 Thread Pat Farrell
not care. That folks won't pay for better quality. Its a market thing, not education. -- Pat Farrell http://www.pfarrell.com/ ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Stereophile Review II: What conclusion can be drawn from the Measurements?

2010-09-23 Thread Pat Farrell
, he who has the gold rules. There are lots in the industry responsible, but its not because the engineers are uneducated. -- Pat Farrell http://www.pfarrell.com/ ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] High definition digital vs red book

2010-10-29 Thread Pat Farrell
. But too many are mangled by marketing, idiot producers, etc. -- Pat Farrell http://www.pfarrell.com/ ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Best place to see my Benchmark DAC1

2010-11-09 Thread Pat Farrell
you think is the best place to sell used audiophile gear? Thank Pat -- Pat Farrell http://www.pfarrell.com/ ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Best place to see my Benchmark DAC1

2010-11-10 Thread Pat Farrell
the one DAC, its not like I need a store. -- Pat Farrell http://www.pfarrell.com/ ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Best place to see my Benchmark DAC1

2010-11-11 Thread Pat Farrell
is important when the music room is also the living room. -- Pat Farrell http://www.pfarrell.com/ ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Best place to see my Benchmark DAC1

2010-11-11 Thread Pat Farrell
of the old stuff gets sold. I'm even thinking of selling some of my 30+ microphones. I still have a pair of 70s vintage Large Advent speakers, my 40 year old 35mm film darkroom, . -- Pat Farrell http://www.pfarrell.com/ ___ audiophiles mailing list

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] My perfect audiophile box

2010-11-12 Thread Pat Farrell
at audiophiles cost $1,000. -- Pat Farrell http://www.pfarrell.com/ ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Hifi rack: wood or glass shelves?

2010-12-30 Thread Pat Farrell
On 12/30/2010 10:22 AM, konut wrote: Glass has the potential to vibrate. I stick with wood. The stuff that they use to make guitars and violins? -- Pat Farrell http://www.pfarrell.com/ ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Beatles 24 vs 16 bits...

2011-01-11 Thread Pat Farrell
any signficant bits in the last 8 bits of any 24 bit sample made from it. Those machines barely had 70 dB of SNR. -- Pat Farrell http://www.pfarrell.com/ ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What is a Transporter SE?

2011-01-17 Thread Pat Farrell
one of the first production Transporters. I was not in the beta program. I played with the knob the first days I had it. Its a cool technical tour-de-force, dynamically programmable force feedback. I've never touched the knob in the years since. -- Pat Farrell http://www.pfarrell.com

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] any ideas accepted

2011-01-22 Thread Pat Farrell
still more crossovers, it becomes more impossible to keep then phase correct. Get a Quad or Maggie instead, no stinking crossover. -- Pat Farrell http://www.pfarrell.com/ ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Attacking the problem at the wrong end

2011-02-26 Thread Pat Farrell
on frequency. -- Pat Farrell http://www.pfarrell.com/ ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Attacking the problem at the wrong end

2011-02-26 Thread Pat Farrell
, going to Interlochen Arts Camp, having private lessions for 5+ years, etc. I know very well what the sound of a trumpet is in my house. Playing Winton Marsalis on my very nice stereo is not the same. -- Pat Farrell http://www.pfarrell.com

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Attacking the problem at the wrong end

2011-02-27 Thread Pat Farrell
love Lowthers and flee watt amps. -- Pat Farrell http://www.pfarrell.com/ ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Attacking the problem at the wrong end

2011-02-27 Thread Pat Farrell
canceled my subscription to The Absolute Sound in disgust, they are right one thing. The goal of music reproduction is to sound like un-amplified instruments and voices in real music halls. There are no crossovers screwing up the phase with a real singer in a real hall. -- Pat Farrell http

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Attacking the problem at the wrong end

2011-02-27 Thread Pat Farrell
. But if your kid calls mom or dad then you pick it out instantly. Everyone there answers to mom or dad, but they are all listening to something specific. -- Pat Farrell http://www.pfarrell.com/ ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Attacking the problem at the wrong end

2011-02-27 Thread Pat Farrell
to the student. -- Pat Farrell http://www.pfarrell.com/ ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter $999

2011-03-10 Thread Pat Farrell
On 03/10/2011 02:26 PM, ralphpnj wrote: And what does OBE stand for? I always heard Overtaken By Events but in this case, perhaps Obsoleted By Europeans -- Pat Farrell http://www.pfarrell.com/ ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Why do things sound the way they do?

2011-03-11 Thread Pat Farrell
effects if you use them), but the sound you hear depends on that plus the way the guitarist plays it. In the 60s, there was graffiti all over London saying Clapton is God which might be a bit of an exaggeration, but the boy can play. -- Pat Farrell http://www.pfarrell.com

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Mac Mini as server?

2011-03-14 Thread Pat Farrell
for high accuracy in either a studio or audiophile world. And its never going to meet the needs of either a recording studio or a serious audiophile. Look elsewhere. -- Pat Farrell http://www.pfarrell.com/ ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] squeezebox setup for audiophiles

2011-03-18 Thread Pat Farrell
of it, but it will not last 100,000 miles. There is truth to the old can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear but sometimes, a few tweaks can make a serious difference. For me, stereo is about the music, not the gear, and I have no interest in tweaks other than properly positioning my speakers. YMMV -- Pat

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Measurements considered harmful

2005-06-09 Thread Pat Farrell
On Thu, 2005-06-09 at 20:35 -0700, mkozlows wrote: The easiest way to do it would be with the following setup: 1. Analog out from SB to preamp 2. Digital out from SB to DAC, analog out from there to preamp The DAC-1 has a volume control, so you can do level-matching just using that.

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Measurements considered harmful

2005-06-12 Thread Pat Farrell
On Sun, 2005-06-12 at 10:08 -0700, mkozlows wrote: pfarrell Wrote: Sorry, this is neither blind nor realistic. I'm at a loss as to how you are planning on doing it. I'm not planning on doing anything I said I don't see how to do a blind ABX test, you said this is how and I said (or tried

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: SB Audiophile Wish List

2005-06-24 Thread Pat Farrell
On Fri, 2005-06-24 at 18:13 +0200, Fabrice Rossi wrote: Pat Farrell a écrit : Of course both DVD-A and SACD were supposed to include DRM and prevent copying, but as usual, that didn't happen. Really? yes. it really doesn't protect the data. The high definition content of SACD

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: SB Audiophile Wish List

2005-06-24 Thread Pat Farrell
On Fri, 2005-06-24 at 17:43 -0700, dean blackketter wrote: On Jun 24, 2005, at 5:23 PM, Yannzola wrote: How about a 75 ohm BNC SPDIF out? I've seen these on some equipment, is there consensus (audiophiles, consensus? HA!) on BNC vs. RCA for S/PDIF? Ha is right. My benchmark DAC-1 has

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Newbie Power Supply Question

2005-07-04 Thread Pat Farrell
On Sun, 2005-07-03 at 10:15 -0700, GordyInMA-USA wrote: Is there an area on this or some other forum that discusses in non-techie english, I don't think such an answer is possible. In more of the universe, power supplies are black boxes. One kind of power comes in, and another kind flows out.

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] nOOb DAC advice

2005-07-15 Thread Pat Farrell
On Fri, 2005-07-15 at 15:59 -0700, Jetlag wrote: The Benchmark DAC1, April Music Stello DAC and the Bel Canto DAC2 are on my maybe list so far. I love my Benchmark DAC-1, I've got a SB1g. Depending on budget, things like Larvy Engineering 44-96 Blue Series is also in the range, it is about

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: nOOb DAC advice

2005-07-16 Thread Pat Farrell
On Sat, 2005-07-16 at 02:30 -0700, Fifer wrote: The April Music Stello combined DAC/Head-amp The Grace 902 headphone amp/DAC, a upgrade of the 901, is also getting good reviews. Its a little more expensive compared to the Benchmark -- Pat

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: nOOb DAC advice

2005-07-18 Thread Pat Farrell
On Mon, 2005-07-18 at 04:24 -0700, cliveb wrote: pfarrell Wrote: I love my Benchmark DAC-1, I've got a SB1g. Depending on budget, things like Larvy Engineering 44-96 Blue Series is also in the range, it is about $1400. Lucid DA9624 is under a grand. Pat, your reply seems to suggest

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Flac or not, that is the question

2005-07-19 Thread Pat Farrell
On Tue, 2005-07-19 at 17:44 -0500, Mitch Harding wrote: On 7/19/05, Timbo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi there - I hear what you say and agree that if space is an issue (or bandwidth if you are wireless) then FLAC certainly adds up to a good idea - but - in my case, in my system, with

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Flac or not, that is the question

2005-07-19 Thread Pat Farrell
On Tue, 2005-07-19 at 18:27 -0500, Mitch Harding wrote: However, without a true blind test being conducted, it seems more likely to me to be a placebo effect. Have you read up on the value of blind testing? The reason I am concerned is because I want to know if there is such a difference

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: FLAC onboard decoding v. server side in SB2

2005-07-21 Thread Pat Farrell
On Thu, 2005-07-21 at 08:14 -0700, m1abrams wrote: But it is generally consider not a true ABX test if done solo. Good science usually requires a double blind test, where both the person doing the test and person administering the test do not know what is real and what is a placebo. It would

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Can one fix the output of the SB2?

2005-07-26 Thread Pat Farrell
On Tue, 2005-07-26 at 19:02 -0700, gdg wrote: I want to disable the volume control on the SB2 and run the digital coac output fixed. Can this be done or does one just turn it up and leave it there? There is a player setting to control this. Home - player setting - audio - digital volume

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Flac or not, that is the question

2005-07-28 Thread Pat Farrell
On Wed, 2005-07-27 at 17:24 -0700, gdg wrote: I read from someone over at AudioAsylum that, while in a perfect world FLAC is 100% accurate, in reality one runs a bvery/b slight risk of audio degradation in the uncompressing process. This tells me that one shouldn't bother to read AudioAsylum.

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] limits of perfection

2005-07-28 Thread Pat Farrell
On Thu, 2005-07-28 at 15:45 -0400, ron thigpen wrote: These bits everyone is so fond of characterizing with pure perfection are an abstraction. I don't believe that I ever said that. Or at least I never intended to even imply that we are at perfection. Amplified and sent to an imperfect

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Sound quality varible digital out vs. fixed digital output

2005-07-29 Thread Pat Farrell
On Fri, 2005-07-29 at 15:04 -0400, ron thigpen wrote: I was wondering if forum members suggest using the fixed digital output or the variable digital output to get maximum sound quality with an external DAC? Fixed. Topic's been done to death, but the upshot is that for perfect

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: SlimServer Audiophiles for Dummies

2005-08-02 Thread Pat Farrell
On Tue, 2005-08-02 at 01:08 -0700, ceejay wrote: mwphoto Wrote: I like the idea of a Dummy's guide to the Squeezebox - although why it should just be aimed at audiophiles I'm not sure. Do we think that audiophiles are more likely to be dummies? ;) I personally find the for dummies titles at

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: SB2 Modifications

2005-08-03 Thread Pat Farrell
On Wed, 2005-08-03 at 19:56 -0700, WK446 wrote: modifications to the Benchmark DAC1 from Empirical Audio or Reflection Audio. Wow, Empirical Audio has a base price of $1050 for their mod to a $900 Benchmark, and additional options can add another grand. Clearly I need to find a Santa.

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: The Aberdeen Components HACKsaw Mod

2005-08-05 Thread Pat Farrell
On Fri, 2005-08-05 at 12:56 -0700, aberdeencomponents wrote: This aint no advertising, I was just showing one of the many things Tact Hackers do to the SB2, if you got to my site you see nothing about SB2. Yeah, that did confuse me. I do it for free. As far as parts goes , you just need a

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: SB2 as an OEM module?

2005-08-17 Thread Pat Farrell
consumer amp/receivers already have a DAC chip, used for AC3 video, etc. So it is a natural match. Sean and co are smart folks, they are probably a step ahead of us on this, and surely can't drop any hints -- that would be very bad business practice. -- Pat Farrell http://www.pfarrell.com

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: The Aberdeen Components HACKsaw Mod

2005-08-25 Thread Pat Farrell
) recording. Using a transformer on a high frequency square-wave, as most digital audio things are, seems strange to me. The before and after shots of a square-wave through a transformer is standard in oscilloscope 101. Or at least was when I was an undergraduate years ago. -- Pat Farrell http

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Weak Link ?

2005-08-26 Thread Pat Farrell
On Wed, 2005-08-24 at 12:42 -0700, Deaf Cat wrote: Arcam AVR200 Did you A/B using the SB2 as a DAC? And did you try Toslink rather than coax? While audiophiles sniff at toslink, it does eliminate any chance of ground loops. I've never heard (or even seen) an arcam, the reviews look very good,

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: SB2 audiophile edition

2005-08-27 Thread Pat Farrell
On Sat, 2005-08-27 at 11:38 -0700, jazzfan wrote: Wow - heavy duty replies... I just wanted to open a little discussion and see what others thought about a nicer looking, somewhat improved, SB2. I am sure that Sean and company will invent a SB3 that is way cooler. They have before, the SB2

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] digital output format?

2005-08-30 Thread Pat Farrell
On Tue, 2005-08-30 at 12:58 -0700, mazurek wrote: I am sending the output of the squeezebox to a behringer digital equalizer to a benchmark dac. I'd like to make sure I am getting the best possible quality. The audiophile answer would be to not use the equalizer. The fewer things in the

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: digital output format?

2005-08-30 Thread Pat Farrell
On Tue, 2005-08-30 at 20:36 -0700, quadguy wrote: The audiophile answer to not use an EQ applied more when EQ's were in the analog domain with all their attendant filters and electronics - when in purely digital mode all it does is alter the bitstream, if you like it, use it. Use your ears,

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: digital output format?

2005-08-30 Thread Pat Farrell
of old sofa, etc. -- Pat Farrell PRC recording studio http://www.pfarrell.com/PRC ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Dropouts ruining my Squeezebox dream

2005-09-11 Thread Pat Farrell
On Sun, 2005-09-11 at 11:13 -0700, bec143 wrote: The problem is, I still am plauged with frequent dropouts when playing ripped music, whetehr it's AIFF, Apple lossless, or even just AAC files. This never happens with the radio, and it makes listening to the SB2 nearly impossible, since you

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Dropouts ruining my Squeezebox dream

2005-09-11 Thread Pat Farrell
On Sun, 2005-09-11 at 12:19 -0700, bec143 wrote: I'll give it a shot, but need to find an ethernet cable that's close to 100ft long. The cable modem and airport are upstairs, whereas everything else is is downstairs. Point-to-point the distance between the SB2 and the airport is much closer.

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: What kind of Burr-Brown does SB2 have?

2005-09-14 Thread Pat Farrell
On Wed, 2005-09-14 at 10:08 -0700, seanadams wrote: I haven't actually tested the KE - what I found was that the measured performance of the E consistently exceeded the specs for both the E and the KE. I'm guessing it's the same as CPUs, which can be marked with different speed grades to

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] FLAC vs. VBR MP3: should I hear a difference?

2005-09-19 Thread Pat Farrell
On Mon, 2005-09-19 at 19:26 -0700, Dave D wrote: Before I knew anything about FLAC, I ripped my CDs to MP3 (VBR, 160kbps min). Since then, I've read on and on how much FLAC is used here and in other forums. So I thought I would give it an audition before spending all that time to re-rip

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: FLAC vs. VBR MP3: should I hear a difference?

2005-09-19 Thread Pat Farrell
On Mon, 2005-09-19 at 20:17 -0700, Dave D wrote: I'm listening through my Labtec :) headphones, Be warned, headphones have all sorts of non-linearities. since they sound better than my old Advent speakers (might get new speakers later this year). Large Advents? I had four of them. Still

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: FLAC vs. VBR MP3: should I hear a difference?

2005-09-20 Thread Pat Farrell
for people with home studios is to not try to do critical mixing and mastering on headphones, no matter how high quality. My mixing monitors are Mackie 824s, which cost a bit over a grand, they were the cheapest ones I could really hear critical differences on. -- Pat Farrell PRC recording

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: FLAC vs. VBR MP3: should I hear a difference?

2005-09-20 Thread Pat Farrell
On Tue, 2005-09-20 at 10:51 -0700, cliveb wrote: It's irrelevant for most rock albums, which have the standard 2-second gap between tracks. Ahem. There are literally thousands of rock albums where tracks segue; some very famous ones being: Dark Side of the Moon, Abbey Road, Hounds of Love,

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Best compression option

2005-09-20 Thread Pat Farrell
On Tue, 2005-09-20 at 12:15 -0700, bobreb wrote: I'm looking for the highest quality option. Everything is currently in WAV format -- that was the best quality option available for the Audiotron device I'm switching from. Will probably re-rip to WMA lossless. Before I do, I thought I'd ask

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: SB2: reduce analog out voltage by 10x?

2005-09-21 Thread Pat Farrell
to buy some Squeezeboxen. -- Pat Farrell http://www.pfarrell.com ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] 5.1 home theater systems...

2005-09-23 Thread Pat Farrell
On Fri, 2005-09-23 at 20:09 -0700, Maditude wrote: This is probably rather off-topic, but here goes: A little? This is the slim audiophiles list. Audiophiles hate home theater and everything it means. I think, er The home-theater system that came with a new tv recently purchased, can't

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: External DAC?

2005-09-24 Thread Pat Farrell
On Sat, 2005-09-24 at 14:46 -0700, GreenMan wrote: 1. Dac-ah from Poth Audio. 2. Scott Nixon TubeDAC+ (I like the look of the mod w/blue backlighting on the tube. 3. Benchmark DAC1. Any thoughts/opinions? Buy it from someone who will let you return it if you don't like it. These things are

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Amp? solution for my squeezebox2

2005-10-01 Thread Pat Farrell
On Fri, 2005-09-30 at 11:00 -0700, x94blair3 wrote: Thanks for the links. I can't imagine modding one of these myself, but then again I can't imagine paying $265 for what was once a $30 piece of electronics. Not that it wouldn't be better, it obviously would. Hey, this is an audiophiles

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What should I fix?

2005-10-01 Thread Pat Farrell
On Sat, 2005-10-01 at 21:44 -0400, Jacob Potter wrote: The obvious thing is to get a proper headphone amp; from what I've seen on Headwize, the Apheared 47 design is ideal for Grados (it's a bit higher-end than the standard CMOY, but nothing too fancy). But here on the SB2 list, the most

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: What should I fix?

2005-10-02 Thread Pat Farrell
headphones. YMMV -- Pat Farrell PRC recording studio http://www.pfarrell.com/PRC ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: What should I fix?

2005-10-02 Thread Pat Farrell
On Sun, 2005-10-02 at 08:51 -0700, Fifer wrote: 'headphone technology and quality have come a long way in 30 years'. The point I was trying to make was that 30 years ago, the choice of high quality headphones was fairly limited and what was available was fairly expensive. There is a much wider

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: External DAC?

2005-10-04 Thread Pat Farrell
On Tue, 2005-10-04 at 18:30 -0700, GreenMan wrote: I took home a Sonic Frontiers SFD-1 MKII over the weekend and I swear I couldn't hear any difference between it and the SB2's native dac. This disappoints me. Either my ears aren't golden enough, there's a severe weakness in my system, or a

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: External DAC?

2005-10-04 Thread Pat Farrell
On Tue, 2005-10-04 at 21:16 -0700, seanadams wrote: pfarrell Wrote: What about just adding a tube preamp stage out of the SB2? How about doing it in software? Would software make the proper glow? Of course, there is a lot of voodoo and wacko stuff about tubes and tube sound. Not only in

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: External DAC?

2005-10-04 Thread Pat Farrell
desired. Of course, we'll also have to change the green display to orange. -- Pat Farrell http://www.pfarrell.com ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Initial Squeezebox2 sound impressions vs my luck and a NAD C 541

2005-10-06 Thread Pat Farrell
On Thu, 2005-10-06 at 09:30 -0700, bjackson wrote: I would be suprised if you got any decent output out of the SB2 into a HD600/650 load which are 300 ohms. The standard headphone is 16-32-64 ohms, and the SB2 produces decent power into them, but I don't think it has the voltage needed to

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Initial Squeezebox2 sound impressions vs my luck and a NAD C 541

2005-10-06 Thread Pat Farrell
On Thu, 2005-10-06 at 12:53 -0400, Pat Farrell wrote: On Thu, 2005-10-06 at 09:30 -0700, bjackson wrote: I would be suprised if you got any decent output out of the SB2 into a HD600/650 load which are 300 ohms. The standard headphone is 16-32-64 ohms, and the SB2 produces decent power

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Should we remove support for 44.1/16?

2005-10-07 Thread Pat Farrell
On Fri, 2005-10-07 at 20:29 -0700, seanadams wrote: Our worthy competitor has recently removed support for the CD audio format from their flagship product. http://www.rokulabs.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4611start=0 Now, who said they couldn't innovate? By all means, no more CD audio, it is so

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Should we remove support for 44.1/16?

2005-10-08 Thread Pat Farrell
On Sat, 2005-10-08 at 06:27 -0700, Dave D wrote: So, is there any other reason you can think of to do this, other than to save the cost of another crystal? Cost of a crystal. I doubt it. The switched to a cheaper integrated chip (or chipset) and didn't care what the specs are. It actually

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Need Dual Amp inputs?

2005-10-09 Thread Pat Farrell
On Sun, 2005-10-09 at 15:15 -0700, sleepysurf wrote: Any recommendations for an Audiophile-grade source selector? That is a preamp. There are passive preamps, but even they cost a least a grand. And you'd add back multiple interconnects, jacks and plugs and other bad stuff. Alternatively, I'm

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: External DAC?

2005-10-14 Thread Pat Farrell
On Fri, 2005-10-14 at 15:27 -0700, kenyonbm wrote: Thank you for clearing that up, PhilNYC. Several of the file formats are listed as (built in), AIFF, FLAC, MP3, WAV and Windows Media. I take it that those formats are transmitted by SlimServer natively. In the FAQ on your slimserver it

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: External DAC?

2005-10-14 Thread Pat Farrell
On Fri, 2005-10-14 at 17:29 -0700, kenyonbm wrote: Thanks to you, Pfarrell, for your reply. You're welcome. When you say that the problem with Interent Radio sound is on the streaming side, do you mean at the source or our end. Well, I meant from where your line goes out of your house to

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Audiophile perspective on the new Squeezebox

2005-10-24 Thread Pat Farrell
On Mon, 2005-10-24 at 17:15 -0700, JohnnyLightOn wrote: From an audiophile perspective, are the internals the same? Power supply as well? I'm specifically interested in anything that has changed in the hardware from the SB2. See Sean's comment in the main list/forum. Linear PS, I think. --

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Software Equalizer for Squeezebox?

2005-10-25 Thread Pat Farrell
On Tue, 2005-10-25 at 20:02 -0700, tggreen wrote: Well, I'm about to pull my hair out. Sox has a multi-band compander. I've searched for several hours, and I can't find a single example ANYWHERE that describes how to use the thing. I'm not even sure if a multi-band compander will give me

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Taking th plunge?

2005-10-27 Thread Pat Farrell
Sammie, you have a few basic concepts a bit twisted. Think about the name of the company. It is SlimDevices. The name reflects a philosophy, the device does a very few things very well. For lots of things that we use it for, takes a real computer. Not a new or fast one, but a computer. Most of

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Question for dwc

2005-10-27 Thread Pat Farrell
On Thu, 2005-10-27 at 20:34 -0700, dwc wrote: (whose speaker cable is made out of 14g computer power cords with the ends cut off) Last time I checked, 14 gauge wire was good for like 15 amps. How loud do you listen? and how many watts of power does your amp put out? -- Pat

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] small active speakers in general (yes, again!)

2005-10-28 Thread Pat Farrell
ron thigpen said: In general, the bulk of these small active speakers seem to be targeted to the studio monitoring market. That being the case, you may find a better selection at distributors carrying pro sound equipment. More precisely, the home studio (or semi-pro) monitoring market. As in

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Sound Quality w/ Latest Firmware

2005-10-30 Thread Pat Farrell
On Sun, 2005-10-30 at 11:27 -0800, seanadams wrote: Patrick Dixon Wrote: My point is exactly as Steinar says.I think this is one occasion where we can have our cake and eat it ;-) If someone has the time it would be REALLY helpful to get verification that the new multiplier is correct.

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: AAC in Wireless?

2005-10-31 Thread Pat Farrell
On Mon, 2005-10-31 at 12:26 -0800, ObjetDart wrote: I've read the FAQ entry about this... I understand the issues with having to convert AAC to FLAC and how FLAC requires a lot of wireless bandwidth to send. I do not think that is the issue here, Just a nit, FLAC requires more bandwidth than

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: DAC technical question

2005-11-02 Thread Pat Farrell
On Tue, 2005-11-01 at 20:47 -0800, seanadams wrote: Patrick Dixon Wrote: Good point. In fact, the SB2 DAC datasheet claims 100dB S/N (although IIRC Sean said all the ones they tested measured better), whereas quantisation noise would be at -144dB. I've consistently measured the noise

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