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  • The1FastCar
    #1

    G4TechTV gives us a poor Sound Quality review?

    Seems the TechTV guys did not like the audio quality, but the liked
    everything else??? Maybe they got a bad unit? I Love mine!

    http://www.g4techtv.com/screensavers/features/50198/Review_Network_Music_Pla

    yers.html


    "Recommendation: Feature for feature, the Squeezebox holds its own in this
    roundup. Tech-savvy users will appreciate the open source SlimServer that
    gets regular feature updates (every couple months it seems). Audiophiles
    will find nothing but disappointment with the audio quality."
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    • Jon Danforth
      #2
      G4TechTV gives us a poor Sound Quality review?

      Maybe they were testing with shitty MP3s? I hate how every MP3 sounds
      regardless of what it comes out of but when I stream the Apple lossless
      files through the SB, they're great! I have a $6k pair of speakers, a
      $2k preamp, and a $4k amp that fucking rock the joint with my
      squeezebox. What a pathetic review.

      -Jon

      The1FastCar wrote:

      >Seems the TechTV guys did not like the audio quality, but the liked
      >everything else??? Maybe they got a bad unit? I Love mine!
      >
      >http://www.g4techtv.com/screensavers...work_Music_Pla
      >yers.html
      >
      >
      >"Recommendation: Feature for feature, the Squeezebox holds its own in this
      >roundup. Tech-savvy users will appreciate the open source SlimServer that
      >gets regular feature updates (every couple months it seems). Audiophiles
      >will find nothing but disappointment with the audio quality."
      >
      >
      >
      >
      >

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        • Joe Craig
          #3
          G4TechTV gives us a poor Sound Quality review?

          > What a pathetic review.

          I watched the show earlier this evening. There weren't a lot of
          technical details in any of the comments. Most of the favorable
          comments were about which boxes could be controlled by iTunes!
          --


          Joe

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            • Jonathan Miller
              #4
              G4TechTV gives us a poor Sound Quality review?

              I noticed they didn't mention the fact that the one the reviewer liked
              would need SlimServer to play anything other than iTunes. At least
              that's my understanding of the Roku.


              On Tue, 2 Nov 2004 22:59:49 -0500, Joe Craig <jncraig (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:
              > > What a pathetic review.
              >
              > I watched the show earlier this evening. There weren't a lot of
              > technical details in any of the comments. Most of the favorable
              > comments were about which boxes could be controlled by iTunes!
              > --
              >
              >
              > Joe
              >
              >
              >

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                • Enno Davids
                  #5
                  G4TechTV gives us a poor Sound Quality review?

                  Surely, audiophiles aren't listening to any lossy formats at all? All they
                  want is high bitrate uncompressed big samples.


                  E.


                  On Tue, Nov 02, 2004 at 10:36:59PM -0500, Jon Danforth wrote:
                  |Maybe they were testing with shitty MP3s? I hate how every MP3 sounds
                  |regardless of what it comes out of but when I stream the Apple lossless
                  |files through the SB, they're great! I have a $6k pair of speakers, a
                  |$2k preamp, and a $4k amp that fucking rock the joint with my
                  |squeezebox. What a pathetic review.
                  |
                  |-Jon
                  |
                  |The1FastCar wrote:
                  |
                  |>Seems the TechTV guys did not like the audio quality, but the liked
                  |>everything else??? Maybe they got a bad unit? I Love mine!
                  |>
                  |>http://www.g4techtv.com/screensavers...work_Music_Pla
                  |>yers.html
                  |>
                  |>
                  |>"Recommendation: Feature for feature, the Squeezebox holds its own in this
                  |>roundup. Tech-savvy users will appreciate the open source SlimServer that
                  |>gets regular feature updates (every couple months it seems). Audiophiles
                  |>will find nothing but disappointment with the audio quality."
                  |>
                  |>
                  |>
                  |>
                  |>

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                    • Jonathan Miller
                      #6
                      G4TechTV gives us a poor Sound Quality review?

                      how about a link to the article

                      http://www.g4techtv.com/screensavers/features/50198/Review_Network_Music_Players.html





                      On Wed, 3 Nov 2004 16:28:11 +1100, Enno Davids <enno.davids (AT) metva (DOT) com.au> wrote:
                      > Surely, audiophiles aren't listening to any lossy formats at all? All they
                      > want is high bitrate uncompressed big samples.
                      >
                      > E.
                      >
                      > On Tue, Nov 02, 2004 at 10:36:59PM -0500, Jon Danforth wrote:
                      > |Maybe they were testing with shitty MP3s? I hate how every MP3 sounds
                      >
                      >
                      > |regardless of what it comes out of but when I stream the Apple lossless
                      > |files through the SB, they're great! I have a $6k pair of speakers, a
                      > |$2k preamp, and a $4k amp that fucking rock the joint with my
                      > |squeezebox. What a pathetic review.
                      > |
                      > |-Jon
                      > |
                      > |The1FastCar wrote:
                      > |
                      > |>Seems the TechTV guys did not like the audio quality, but the liked
                      > |>everything else??? Maybe they got a bad unit? I Love mine!
                      > |>
                      > |>http://www.g4techtv.com/screensavers...work_Music_Pla
                      > |>yers.html
                      > |>
                      > |>
                      > |>"Recommendation: Feature for feature, the Squeezebox holds its own in this
                      > |>roundup. Tech-savvy users will appreciate the open source SlimServer that
                      > |>gets regular feature updates (every couple months it seems). Audiophiles
                      > |>will find nothing but disappointment with the audio quality."
                      > |>
                      > |>
                      > |>
                      > |>
                      > |>

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                        • Jonathan Miller
                          #7
                          G4TechTV gives us a poor Sound Quality review?

                          oh, duh, it started with a link to the article, man, must be upset
                          because Kerry is losing, sorry for the redundant link.


                          On Tue, 2 Nov 2004 22:05:41 -0800, Jonathan Miller <crapulent (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:
                          > how about a link to the article
                          >
                          > http://www.g4techtv.com/screensavers...c_Players.html
                          >
                          >
                          >
                          >
                          > On Wed, 3 Nov 2004 16:28:11 +1100, Enno Davids <enno.davids (AT) metva (DOT) com.au> wrote:
                          > > Surely, audiophiles aren't listening to any lossy formats at all? All they
                          > > want is high bitrate uncompressed big samples.
                          > >
                          > > E.
                          > >
                          > > On Tue, Nov 02, 2004 at 10:36:59PM -0500, Jon Danforth wrote:
                          > > |Maybe they were testing with shitty MP3s? I hate how every MP3 sounds
                          > >
                          > >
                          > > |regardless of what it comes out of but when I stream the Apple lossless
                          > > |files through the SB, they're great! I have a $6k pair of speakers, a
                          > > |$2k preamp, and a $4k amp that fucking rock the joint with my
                          > > |squeezebox. What a pathetic review.
                          > > |
                          > > |-Jon
                          > > |
                          > > |The1FastCar wrote:
                          > > |
                          > > |>Seems the TechTV guys did not like the audio quality, but the liked
                          > > |>everything else??? Maybe they got a bad unit? I Love mine!
                          > > |>
                          > > |>http://www.g4techtv.com/screensavers...work_Music_Pla
                          > > |>yers.html
                          > > |>
                          > > |>
                          > > |>"Recommendation: Feature for feature, the Squeezebox holds its own in this
                          > > |>roundup. Tech-savvy users will appreciate the open source SlimServer that
                          > > |>gets regular feature updates (every couple months it seems). Audiophiles
                          > > |>will find nothing but disappointment with the audio quality."
                          > > |>
                          > > |>
                          > > |>
                          > > |>
                          > > |>

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                            • Daniel Cohen
                              #8
                              G4TechTV gives us a poor Sound Quality review?

                              On 2/11/04 at 9:02 pm -0500, The1FastCar wrote
                              >Seems the TechTV guys did not like the audio quality, but the liked
                              >everything else??? Maybe they got a bad unit? I Love mine!
                              >
                              >http://www.g4techtv.com/screensavers...work_Music_Pla
                              >yers.html
                              >
                              >
                              >"Recommendation: Feature for feature, the Squeezebox holds its own in this
                              >roundup. Tech-savvy users will appreciate the open source SlimServer that
                              >gets regular feature updates (every couple months it seems). Audiophiles
                              >will find nothing but disappointment with the audio quality."

                              They do say that this was a surprise, earlier versions were praised,
                              and they wonder if there was a bad firmware revision (rather than a
                              bad unit - did they only try one unit?)

                              --
                              Daniel Cohen

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                                • Daniel Cohen
                                  #9
                                  G4TechTV gives us a poor Sound Quality review?

                                  On 2/11/04 at 10:36 pm -0500, Jon Danforth wrote
                                  >Maybe they were testing with shitty MP3s?

                                  Perhaps, but I would expect any competent reviewer to at least use
                                  the same MP3s to test different machines.
                                  --
                                  Daniel Cohen

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                                    • Daniel Cohen
                                      #10
                                      G4TechTV gives us a poor Sound Quality review?

                                      On 2/11/04 at 8:33 pm -0800, Jonathan Miller wrote
                                      >I noticed they didn't mention the fact that the one the reviewer liked
                                      >would need SlimServer to play anything other than iTunes. At least
                                      >that's my understanding of the Roku.

                                      Either their review is wrong, or Roku have updated. Because the
                                      review says that Musicmatch and Windows Media servers can be used on
                                      the Roku.
                                      --
                                      Daniel Cohen

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                                        • Jason Snell
                                          #11
                                          G4TechTV gives us a poor Sound Quality review?

                                          >Either their review is wrong, or Roku have updated. Because the
                                          >review says that Musicmatch and Windows Media servers can be used on
                                          >the Roku.

                                          Both features are in the SoundBridge 2 software.

                                          -jason

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