Just Like Christmas!

stretchl
stretchl Posts: 1,334
edited August 2012 in Electronics
Better, in fact, because I didn't get a bunch of crap I have no used for.

Today the Squeezebox Touch and TubeDAC both arrived - one via USPS and the other via UPS, within minutes of one another.

Hope to get 'em hooked up tonight.

:)

More to come -
“Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'”
- Isaac Asimov
Hi-Fi
Apple Lossless --> Squeezebox Touch --> Joule Electra LA-100 Mark iii --> Odyssey Khartargo Mono Plus --> LSiM-705's
Cabling by Groneberg
Visuals
https://media.illinois.edu/journalism/ledford-charles-stretch
bit.ly/stretchonphotojournalism
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  • falconcry72
    falconcry72 Posts: 3,580
    edited August 2012
    Congrats! It's nice when the stars align...

    Have fun!:biggrin:
    2-Channel: PC > Schiit Eitr > Audio Research DAC-8 > Audio Research LS-26 > Pass Labs X-250.5 > Magnepan 3.7's

    Living Room: PC > Marantz AV-7703 > Emotiva XPA-5 > Sonus Faber Liuto Towers, Sonus Faber Liuto Center, Sonus Faber Liuto Bookshelves > Dual SVS PC12-Pluses

    Office: Phone/Tablet > AudioEngine B1 > McIntosh D100 > Bryston 4B-ST > Polk Audio LSiM-703's
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  • pearsall001
    pearsall001 Posts: 5,068
    edited August 2012
    Congrats on the new toys! What tube DAC is it?
    "2 Channel & 11.2 HT "Two Channel:Magnepan LRSSchiit Audio Freya S - SS preConsonance Ref 50 - Tube preParasound HALO A21+ 2 channel ampBluesound NODE 2i streameriFi NEO iDSD DAC Oppo BDP-93KEF KC62 sub Home Theater:Full blown 11.2 set up.
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  • tophatjohnny
    tophatjohnny Posts: 4,182
    edited August 2012
    I thought squeezebox was something on my wife??? Man am I old or what??:cheesygrin:
    "if it's not fun, it's not worth it & remember folks, "It's All About The Music"!!
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  • nspindel
    nspindel Posts: 5,343
    edited August 2012
    The Squeezebox Touch will be a life-changing piece of audio gear for you.
    Good music, a good source, and good power can make SDA's sing. Tubes make them dance.
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  • coolsax
    coolsax Posts: 1,824
    edited August 2012
    +1 to this...amazing piece of computer audio equipment
    Main 2ch -
    BlueSound Node->Ethereal optical cable->Peachtree Audio Nova 150->GoldenEar Triton 2+
    TT - Pro-ject Classic SB with Sumiko Bluepoint.

    TV 3.1 system -
    Denon 3500 -> Dynaudio Excite 32/22
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  • stretchl
    stretchl Posts: 1,334
    edited August 2012
    pearsall001 wrote: »
    Congrats on the new toys! What tube DAC is it?

    It's a sweet TubeDAC-09, purchased here from Blair.

    Thanks, Blair!
    “Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'”
    - Isaac Asimov
    Hi-Fi
    Apple Lossless --> Squeezebox Touch --> Joule Electra LA-100 Mark iii --> Odyssey Khartargo Mono Plus --> LSiM-705's
    Cabling by Groneberg
    Visuals
    https://media.illinois.edu/journalism/ledford-charles-stretch
    bit.ly/stretchonphotojournalism
    http://Vimeo.com/channels/stretchphoto
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  • stretchl
    stretchl Posts: 1,334
    edited August 2012
    So I slept on the floor of the entertainment room last night. Drifted off to neverland with Dark Side of the Moon sounding so clean and warm from an Apple Lossless file, streaming effortlessly to my Squeezebox and then on to the TubeDAC, Luxman, Adcom and finally the LSi-15's.

    I've listened to that piece thousands of times, seen Waters do the whole thing live, but I've never, ever heard it like that.

    I guess the closest facsimile would be vinyl, but with all those snap crackle and pops it's not even in the same league.

    :razz:
    “Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'”
    - Isaac Asimov
    Hi-Fi
    Apple Lossless --> Squeezebox Touch --> Joule Electra LA-100 Mark iii --> Odyssey Khartargo Mono Plus --> LSiM-705's
    Cabling by Groneberg
    Visuals
    https://media.illinois.edu/journalism/ledford-charles-stretch
    bit.ly/stretchonphotojournalism
    http://Vimeo.com/channels/stretchphoto
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    edited August 2012
    Glad you're enjoying it.
    Source: Bluesound Node 2i - Preamp/DAC: Benchmark DAC2 DX - Amp: Parasound Halo A21 - Speakers: MartinLogan Motion 60XTi - Shop Rig: Yamaha A-S501 Integrated - Shop Spkrs: Elac Debut 2.0 B5.2
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  • stretchl
    stretchl Posts: 1,334
    edited August 2012
    Oh, and I have a question -

    I'm thinking that I might should not set the SBT on the TubeDAC because of the little bit of heat that that DAC generates.

    Am I being paranoid?

    If I don't cover the top vents on the DAC it should be OK, right?

    I guess that's two questions...

    Thanks.
    “Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'”
    - Isaac Asimov
    Hi-Fi
    Apple Lossless --> Squeezebox Touch --> Joule Electra LA-100 Mark iii --> Odyssey Khartargo Mono Plus --> LSiM-705's
    Cabling by Groneberg
    Visuals
    https://media.illinois.edu/journalism/ledford-charles-stretch
    bit.ly/stretchonphotojournalism
    http://Vimeo.com/channels/stretchphoto
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  • zingo
    zingo Posts: 11,258
    edited August 2012
    Pictures or it didn't happen...
    Jake
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    edited August 2012
    stretchl wrote: »
    Oh, and I have a question -

    I'm thinking that I might should not set the SBT on the TubeDAC because of the little bit of heat that that DAC generates.

    Am I being paranoid?

    If I don't cover the top vents on the DAC it should be OK, right?

    I guess that's two questions...

    Thanks.

    I'd be more concerned with transformer inter-action, but you should be fine heat-wise. I have never liked stacking components.
    Source: Bluesound Node 2i - Preamp/DAC: Benchmark DAC2 DX - Amp: Parasound Halo A21 - Speakers: MartinLogan Motion 60XTi - Shop Rig: Yamaha A-S501 Integrated - Shop Spkrs: Elac Debut 2.0 B5.2
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  • falconcry72
    falconcry72 Posts: 3,580
    edited August 2012
    zingo wrote: »
    Pictures or it didn't happen...

    this. :biggrin:
    2-Channel: PC > Schiit Eitr > Audio Research DAC-8 > Audio Research LS-26 > Pass Labs X-250.5 > Magnepan 3.7's

    Living Room: PC > Marantz AV-7703 > Emotiva XPA-5 > Sonus Faber Liuto Towers, Sonus Faber Liuto Center, Sonus Faber Liuto Bookshelves > Dual SVS PC12-Pluses

    Office: Phone/Tablet > AudioEngine B1 > McIntosh D100 > Bryston 4B-ST > Polk Audio LSiM-703's
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  • stretchl
    stretchl Posts: 1,334
    edited August 2012
    zingo wrote: »
    Pictures or it didn't happen...

    Ignore the wires

    photo.JPG
    “Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'”
    - Isaac Asimov
    Hi-Fi
    Apple Lossless --> Squeezebox Touch --> Joule Electra LA-100 Mark iii --> Odyssey Khartargo Mono Plus --> LSiM-705's
    Cabling by Groneberg
    Visuals
    https://media.illinois.edu/journalism/ledford-charles-stretch
    bit.ly/stretchonphotojournalism
    http://Vimeo.com/channels/stretchphoto
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  • naturallight
    naturallight Posts: 689
    edited August 2012
    I guess i'm way out of the loop, or just to old to understand this stuff. But this squeeze box thing...is this just a storage device for digital music? If i have a Jolida cd player, and 500+ cd's....why would i want this? Considering i have no problem in getting up and changeing a cd. Am I missing something here?
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  • nspindel
    nspindel Posts: 5,343
    edited August 2012
    It's not a storage device at all, it's purely a streaming player. You store the music on a hard drive, run a bit of server software on your computer, and the squeezebox connects to it over your network. It's a whole different ballgame in terms of flexibility. First off, you don't have to get up and change cd's. But also, you can have multiple devices on your network all sharing the same music library. My wife and I each have a Squeezebox Radio on our nightstands as our alarm clocks. I have a Squeezebox Boom in my workshop. I have a Squeezebox classic connected to my whole-house system. Then I have a Squeezebox Touch in my 2-channel system, and another one in my office connected to a headphone amp. They all share one library, and can sync to each other as well.

    Also, you can get an app for your phone that acts like a Squeezebox player and remote. So I can control the whole Squeezebox system through my phone, or I can use the phone to play my library even while outside the house. So I don't need to load music onto my iPhone, I just stream from home. Works great connected to my car stereo.
    Good music, a good source, and good power can make SDA's sing. Tubes make them dance.
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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,590
    edited August 2012
    stretchl - today and yesterday were my christmas :smile:

    Yesterday the case for my computer build came in. Today at the same time my NFB-5 came in along with a Sega Genesis :smile:. Now I just need to figure out the rest of things and get going :smile:
    "....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963)
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  • stretchl
    stretchl Posts: 1,334
    edited August 2012
    Cool, Dan!

    What do you think of me putting the SB on top of the DAC?

    Any worries there.

    I'm trying to figure out exactly how to arrange things before I have someone start drilling holes to hide all the wires.
    “Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'”
    - Isaac Asimov
    Hi-Fi
    Apple Lossless --> Squeezebox Touch --> Joule Electra LA-100 Mark iii --> Odyssey Khartargo Mono Plus --> LSiM-705's
    Cabling by Groneberg
    Visuals
    https://media.illinois.edu/journalism/ledford-charles-stretch
    bit.ly/stretchonphotojournalism
    http://Vimeo.com/channels/stretchphoto
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