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[quote user="Amir"]these are my findings about computer audio after some trial error:1. computer audio is very very hardware/OS/software dependent. computer structure is multi task (time sharing) and using it as a real time single task processor is n...
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]
Telstar wrote: I am convinced that the soundcard/interface is the main cause of the inferior performance of HDD vs. CD. I disagree. The main cause of the inferior performance of HDD vs. CD is not the soundcard/interfac...
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Rakesh,
Yes, life is too short but the definition of belter ULF channel is not something that one might learn during "a project next coming weekend". The most important in audio is a state of realization and obtaining this state is a matter of...
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[quote user="zako"]After listening to Bruckner many many times,, And professionally recording his compositions,, I am compelled to make this auwfull statement,,, I feel that he is a second rate composer,,,He,s done a large body of work,...
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I am kind of semi-evaluating a power amplifier now and think about the following: there is a correct relation between harmonic content of amplifier and it’s dynamic aptitude.
I have heard many amplifiers that run across the dynamic range with a tre...
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[quote user="Ronnie"]I have been enjoying the "Euroclassic Notturno" (BBC?) program on swedish radio tonight. As a happy rookie in the world of classical music, I seek advice on Tchaikovsky based on what I just heard; His Symphony No. 5.I though...
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Not all the designers actually mention specific programs, but most seem to agree about the importance of the ripping and playback software.
[quote user="jessie.dazzle"]
Depending on the systems capacity to multitask, EAC may not slow gathering al...
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[quote user="rowuk"] There are too many great sounding shiny horns for this to be "generally" true.[/quote]
Rowuk,
To talk about shine vs. harry horns surface is very difficult as, in my view, people who talk about it do not have data that ...
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[quote user="cv"] What I was trying to say is that as this is what you use to assess the results of your playback experimentation, this is what you might cover first. Places everything else in context. [/quote]
Chris, I thought I made it more or les...
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While I feel like the layout of an orchestra is a sort of sacred thing, I will never the less put forth the following question :
Is the layout of an orchestra time aligned?
Whenever I attend a performance where classical music is played by an orc...
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Scooter,
Are you in Boston with an interest in FM and classical music? Well, welcome to the club – it is a paradise city from FM perspective.
Regarding the rest: two things.
First is your emphasis of budget electronics. I think it is incorrect. I...
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Over the years the home appliance division of Sharp Electronics Corporation was a leader in manufacturing microwave ovens. Millions American kitchens enjoyed Sharp microwaves and “nucleing” food almost become a part of our American identity. Still, t...
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A local GSC member took me up to THE Show, in Newport Beach, CA. This was the first audio show I've attended in over 25 years. It was way more frenetic than any audio show I remember. Lousy sound everywhere, of course, and no good music, and the c...
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Hi Rich, Romy, all
[quote user="rdrysdale"]Romy ,
I think for many people it's not even possible to reach a level of musical spiritual force. I've talked to Dr. Edgar at length about this,he and I believe that to have this feeling about music,...
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Many people know that I run a side business doing wedding photography. During the 24 years that I have been doing the wedding gigs, and after over 950 jobs that I went through I kind of have seen all imaginable wedding bands. Certainly the “events mu...
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[Quote]Don't get me wrong, I really enjoy a good pizza. Unfortunately I won't find one in a Pizzahut. "That" man's 2 for 1 pleasure says a lot about his evaluating capabilities... I also enjoy several different kinds of music, mostly acoustic, but en...
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In terms of the length of the horn, I'm allowing myself a total height of 7'6" (just below the average ceiling height of 8'). In regards to the mouth diameter, that's another matter. (It appears that I will have to build two [2] different...
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]
The only valuable foe myself history lesson I took after Jonathan Weiss visit was Jonathan’s quote. It was where we were sitting in his listening rooms and I was making one of few very fruitless attempts to explain to h...
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Dear gentlemen,My name is Frank Schröder and I'm the guy in the picture. It wasn't taken to show off anything, I actually noticed it after the fact.I came across this thread by accident and even though I realize that I may be better off forgetting ab...
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I initial thought to place this article into my Audio For Dummies™ section but then I decided to keep it in this pure audio section. What I would like to do is to point is to address one of the major foolishness that widely spread in High-End au...
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We would not use Mahler’s orchestra to play Haydn’s symptoms and we would not use Palestrina’s orchestra to play Brahms. It is not even the deferent time period but rather a different set of expressive tools the symphonic and chamber orchestras u...
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I believe he found out his academic/musical background serve well as marketing for the most of his potential clients. But funny he was the first to say, in others words, it means nothing for audio purposes:"... It’s not that they necessarily listen ...
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Hi,[quote user="Romy the Cat"] I mean that EQ is a fine “tactical solution” but it a very bad strategic direction. [/quote]
I guess the question of the strategic value is dependent on the strategy.[quote user="Romy the Cat"] Look, there ar...
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This time JVC cape up witch K2 HD format. You might read about it at:
http://www.dagogo.com/Music/FIM-K2HD-Sampler.html
…though the article says absolute nothing what “K2 HD” is all about. From what I understand is it some kind of mastering t...
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[quote user="JANDL100"]
Lbjefferies7 wrote:
I played earlier the disgusting Zenph "re-performance" of Gould's Goldberg Variations. This, by the way was the worst performance of the week! Where is the music?...
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[quote user="rdrysdale"] Romy, the first time that I noticed that the speaker wires are very important to the sound was when Steve put some very expensive audiophile wires in place of our normal magnet wire. I walked into the room while familiar musi...
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Well, this is huge mystery in the reproduction of the few first milliwatt and I very much applaud to what Nelson Pass is trying to do. Being muse a proponent of high sensitively and low power I very much experienced with the fact the high power amps ...
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This is complicated as I usually get very pissed on Christmas. I very pissed that Christians have stolen my great holiday and attributed it to own religion. I all my life celebrated last week of the year, it was wonderful holyday and I never att...
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The thread is derivation form the previous thread about the Dima's amplifier.I was trying to gradually approach better and better loudspeakers with the Zarathustra amplifier but today I decided to hit with the Zarathustra the pinnacle of low sen...
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It's hard to know where to start...
I'd read a fascinating (and widely recommended) article about the importance of absolute speed stability in turntables. http://www.iar-80.com/page12.html
I'd also read Grand Prix Audio's white paper on their turn...
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