Re: [slim] Cable Connection Advice

2015-08-31 Thread atrocity
Mnyb wrote: > i dont supose anyone has any cassettes left either they dont age well I've found that quality blanks (TDK and Maxell) have aged just fine but pre-recorded titles are likely to drag and squeal. I still play reels, too! Even more obscure, I use analog quadraphonic decoders and am d

Re: [slim] Cable Connection Advice

2015-08-30 Thread Mnyb
wortgefecht wrote: > What, no tape deck?! I still have one, as you can see in my signature. > OK, it's a vintage system from the late 1970ies, but works like a > charm. > > But to be honest, just yesterday, while at an event of experimental > electronic music, I bought 3 tapes by some of the art

Re: [slim] Cable Connection Advice

2015-08-30 Thread wortgefecht
Mnyb wrote: > it gets very rare to have that analog passthru these days and for good > reasons .( It was an exclusive option for a while and an asked for > feuture during the transistion from analog to digital ) . > > You dont even get the subwoofer xover without going the digital path in > the

Re: [slim] Cable Connection Advice

2015-08-30 Thread Mnyb
d6jg wrote: > That's a good point. My Receiver (Onkyo) does have an analogue path and > also a "direct" digital mode ie where it processes the digital signal as > is without any additional "listening mode" processing. it gets very rare to have that analog passthru these days and for good reasons

Re: [slim] Cable Connection Advice

2015-08-30 Thread d6jg
Mnyb wrote: > Just try, many reciveirs has no analog path so analog signals are > digitised again so the Touch good dac is of limited use . > > Be aware that the level can differ between inputs try to make them even > before serius comparision. That's a good point. My Receiver (Onkyo) does have

Re: [slim] Cable Connection Advice

2015-08-30 Thread Mnyb
Just try, many reciveirs has no analog path so analog signals are digitised again so the Touch good dac is of limited use . Be aware that the level can differ between inputs try to make them even before serius comparision. Ma

Re: [slim] Cable Connection Advice

2015-08-30 Thread d6jg
All of the SBT outlets are live simultaneously so it's easy to test and see which sounds better. It largely depends on the quality of the receiver. The SBTs DAC is pretty good in its own right. *Vortexbox LMS 7.8 music on QNAP TS419p via NFS* - iThingys/iPeng/Tablets *Living Room* - SB3 -> Onky

[slim] Cable Connection Advice

2015-08-30 Thread kouta
I'm running a squeezebox touch connected to a Sony receiver using an analogue cable. Both the Touch and receiver have digital and optical connections. Will I notice the difference in sound if I change from analogue cable to digital/optical cable? As a reference I've been listening to the only flac