MUSINGS: The Squeezebox Family...

Well, after finishing the last couple of posts, I sent the Squeezebox Receiver back to fordgtlover. Thanks for the opportunity to test out another member of the SB family! I very much appreciate the generosity!Before the Receiver left on the long trip back to Australia; I decided to take a family portrait:I remember patiently awaiting the arrival of the Slim Devices Squeezebox 3 back in late 2005 after putting in the pre-order. It's thanks to this...

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MEASUREMENTS: Do bit-perfect digital S/PDIF transports sound the same?

Using suggestions from this page, the Touch can be used to transport DSD to the TEAC as DoP wrapped around a 24/176 FLAC file through Triode's USB kernel. Neat hack - proof of bit perfect transmission. Unfortunately the files are huge, so I likely will await an efficient solution. Note that this is NOT the test setup described below, just something cool. :-)Let's talk about digital transports for a bit.Most of us I'm sure remember those days...

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MEASUREMENTS: Squeezebox Duet - Receiver & Controller (Analogue Output).

A number of moons ago (December 2012), this blog was started to obtain data on ~320kbps MP3 vs. lossless audio. Near the end of data collection for that study, I started performing some tests and began posting them on the Squeezebox forum for discussion. Over the ensuing months, I started posting data on the family of Squeezebox devices which I collected over the years as the foundation of my sound system at home. Up to this point, I have had...

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MUSINGS: About Those USB Cable Tests...

Back in April, I posted my USB cable tests (note this was updated recently with the TEAC DAC & Belkin Gold results). To recap, basically I could not find significant analogue output differences between a few cables despite differences in construction and lengths - including one of which consisting of 2 cable extenders and totaling 17 feet in length. The analogue output from the DAC did not show significant change in frequency response, distortion,...

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MEASUREMENTS: Part II: Bit-Perfect Audiophile Music Players - JPLAY (Windows).

There's something happening here,What it is ain't exactly clear.-- Buffalo SpringfieldWelcome to Part II of the "Bit-Perfect" roundup for Windows.In this installment, I'll focus on JPLAY (most recent version 5.1) which has been highly promoted around many of the audiophile web sites like 6moons, EnjoyTheMusic ("First Step to Heaven = JPLAY"!), High Fidelity (Polish), TNT-Audio, recently AudioStream plus all the...

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