RE: SliMP3 Ethernet MP3 Player

["David.Toop" <david.toop@xxxxxxx>]

Title: RE: [ukha_d] SliMP3 Ethernet MP3 Player

Good grief didn't realise there could be so much debate about a simple post - and at the weekend too! Just to clarify:

The comment about the Merdians is mine - I play my SliMP3 through my Meridian system via Analogue connections it sounds nearly as good as my Meridian CD player. I put the difference down to the lossy MP3 encoding (I rip at 320kbps - disk space is cheap, quality usually isn't).

Sean at SliMP3 was comparing the analogue output of the SliMP3 to the digital output of the Audiotron - don't know why the comment about coax since as someone pointed out the audiotron seems to have optical digital output. There have been a couple of other posts on the SliMP3 group and generally there seems to be agreement that the analogue output of the Audiotron is "less than perfect" but that it would be nice to have digital output on the SliMP3.

Personally I can't see the need for digital output - MP3 encoding will always be the bottleneck as far as quality is concerned. I like the smallness and sexiness of the SliMP3 (I am trying to get rid of as many boxes as possible cluttering up my living space). The open source code and responsiveness of the developers is a real bonus.

Having a server is not a problem for me - you have to put the music somewhere and on my server I can play it from any PC or the SliMP3.

The SliMP3 does not really have a Wallwart, its a small brick - like a laptop only its the smallest I've ever seen about the size of a packet of cigarettes, so you have to fit a 13amp plug which is not too technically challenging!

At the end of the day you pay your money and make your choice. - Good luck with your choice I'm pleased with mine!

-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Harrison [mailto:Mark.Harrison@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 08 June 2002 17:39
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] SliMP3 Ethernet MP3 Player

Er.... no.....

He said the AT _COAX_ outputs.

The only COAX outputs on the AT are the analogue ones. The digital output is, AIUI, Toslink.

I've read and re-read the comment three or four times, and I can't work out whether he made a simple error and _was_ talking about the digital out on the AT, or whether he was being a techy and used the word "coax" for the analogue.

I also note that the Meridian reference was:

1: Amps, not decoders
2: A different person writing

David Toop mentioned Meridians. The reference to the "can't tell the difference" was in a message that he quoted.... there's nothing to suggest that the writer of THAT was using Meridians.

In fact, the writer of the "can't tell the difference" was using a pair of Sennheisers. OK cans, but hardly audiophile.

Regards,

Mark

-----Original Message-----
From: Phillip Harris [mailto:phil@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 8 June 2002 15:22
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] SliMP3 Ethernet MP3 Player

> Errr, actually it said that the slimp3 analog was the same as
> the AT optical
> ;)

Actually it said a bit more than that even...

...The guy said he was using a Meridian decoder so he was saying that
the analogue feed from the SliMP3 through the Meridian sounded as good
as the digital feed from the AudioTron decoded by the Meridian.

Having said that it shouldn't be too much of a task to reroute the
analogue feed within the AudioTron if it is an issue that it picks up
noise from the PSU. What is more of a concern is that they have simply
paralleled up the line out sockets on the back panel and the headphone
output which isn't generally a good idea.

Phil

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