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1: Yes... (10.41)
Posted by Gepetto on 2002-05-24, 14:05:00 (128.221.17.4)
I always run the latest of everything from MS. Every update, every service pack, every critical patch... Result, no crashes, latest features, best speed...happy camper. I have been running IE6 since i .......
2: Type your post then cut and paste it to MS Word to do spell and grammar check. (10.41)
Posted by Teresa on 2007-01-25, 12:39:32 (172.191.3.115)
Why type it before moving it to MS Word? If you type your post in MS Word and then move it to Audio Asylum all of your apostrophes (') come out as question marks (?) I learned this the hard way. Thoug .......
3: Re: Demos for the uninitiated (9.36)
Posted by golden_ears on 2003-12-08, 14:00:54 (65.93.167.96)
You're right Jeff. Now you have to go on tour to all of the dealers who carry your speakers, and start luring unsuspecting citizens off of the street for a demo. I'd suggest laying-down trails of M&Ms .......
4: I am glad (9.34)
Posted by Mark Vandalen on 2000-03-08, 09:01:48 (132.33.132.20)
you were able to clear this up! In fact, I wish this was posted before. I saw too many arguments that tried to say that a 300v/mS amp was better than a 100v/mS amp "JUST BECAUSE OF THE HIGHER SLEW!" T .......
5: Re: @ Frosty (9.14)
Posted by Frosty on 2002-08-20, 14:29:13 (205.138.21.129)
"Haas indicates as critical difference 68 ms. He examined the influence of intensity, timbre, loudness, angle of incidence, room reverberation on that difference." Critical difference for what? And w .......
6: Re: Yes... (8.51)
Posted by Brian Walsh on 2002-05-24, 19:02:12 (64.81.150.121)
> I always run the latest of everything from MS. Every update, every service pack, every critical patch... You must be one busy guy, trying to keep up. Not to mention spendy. > Result, no crashes, la .......
7: Re: Office Assitance syndrome (8.47)
Posted by Brian Walsh on 2002-05-24, 12:20:11 (64.81.150.121)
> Remember MS's Bob Desktop? So over the top they actually had to drop it. I remember the big splash they tried to make at CES a few years ago at time of introduction. The whole thing was a solution .......
8: "Ms" etc. (8.05)
Posted by CharlesHouston on 2000-12-23, 20:22:42 (216.192.82.24)
I did it again! I had finished written a note to you when I brushed some key that zapped the entire thing. Damn. I wonder which key it is? In any event, thanks for the response. My 1971 OED (compact e .......
9: Here's the solution... (7.98)
Posted by AbeCollins on 2005-01-02, 11:01:30 (67.176.119.211)
First, use something other than Earthlink's proprietary email reader. Second, avoid MS Outlook if you can because most of that crud from MS is full of holes and prone to virus attack. Third, whatever .......
10: Re: is that the Merlin sub in the pic w/ the VSM-Ms??? (7.66)
Posted by bigal on 2002-01-20, 11:55:04 (216.160.161.143)
The subs are from Monitor Audio-English. They are self powered. the US distributer is Kevro. Al Stiefel Red Rock Audio .......
11: hey Quint...... (7.51)
Posted by mattcecil1@yahoo.com on 2006-12-15, 11:12:14 (69.216.250.190)
If you still have some mikrosmooth around, give it one more shot. this time around, thoroughly wet the yellow cloth before each disc & grab one corner of the cloth and flick it into your sink to shake .......
12: Re: Secondary sound sources (7.48)
Posted by Frosty on 2002-08-19, 07:29:38 (64.0.123.2)
”Secondary sound sources are those that are not fused with the direct sound (Haas effect). Requirements for the Haas effect are 1. a time window of about 0,6 to 50 ms after direct sound sound that co .......
13: 600V/mS is too slow for an audio feedback amplifier (7.24)
Posted by Ole Lund Christensen on 2009-12-16, 04:11:24 (91.9.206.82)
I assume you did mean millisecond? 1,000 millisecond (mS)is 1 second 1,000,000 microsecond (uS) is 1 second 1,000,000,000 nanosecond (nS) is 1 second The speed of my MOSFET output device is 20 nanosec .......
14: Re: It's funny you mention the Ceraballs... (7.21)
Posted by mattcecil1@yahoo.com on 2006-11-07, 14:00:35 (69.216.250.190)
I've never played around with footers that both couple & isolate, or whatever, like the Ceraballs. however, if you ever plan to look into the shadier side of footers in the future try the $140 brass o .......
15: Re: Fellow Palm OS users...looking for a program... (7.17)
Posted by AbeCollins on 2004-11-04, 07:26:40 (67.176.119.211)
http://www.dataviz.com/ has an app called Documents to Go which includes a MS Excel compatible spread sheet (also MS Word). It is bundled in many newer Palm PDAs. Also checkout http://mobiledb.com/ "# .......
16: Problem in Accessing Audio Asylum (7.10)
Posted by johnreid on 2017-05-10, 15:12:03 (99.240.236.100)
About two weeks ago, I could access audio asylum with IE 11 or MS EDGE browsers. Now, neither of them work for audio asylum but I have no problems with other sites; I have reinstalled both to no effec .......
17: Re: Universal remotes with Plinius 9200? (7.00)
Posted by Kclone on 2004-04-15, 13:21:47 (66.185.2.200)
Hi. I am using Dali Euphonia MS 4s speakers. Right now I am driving them with the PS Audio HCA 2 (modded) and I use a PS Audio PCA 2 as a preamp. I sure like the looks of the Plinius and I have heard .......
18: Re: There are female writers/reviewers (6.98)
Posted by Rob Doorack on 2000-01-19, 10:53:04 (199.165.165.65)
>>Pauline Kael writes for Listener magazine Rats, you spilled the secret. Yes, Pauline Kael, the film critic for "The New Yorker", writes for "Listener" under the nom de plume "Harvey Gizmo Rozenberg" .......
19: Not as easy as it sounds (6.96)
Posted by andy_c on 2005-03-20, 00:16:37 (67.176.93.102)
One problem with accurate DAC design in traditional DACs is the major carry (bipolar zero). In an example case with 8 bits unsigned at bipolar zero, when the count goes from: 01111111 To 1000000 all t .......
20: I would advise grab her fast yourself,hard to find a woman who loves audio as much....... (6.94)
Posted by Joe M on 2002-08-05, 11:03:36 (216.77.220.174)
as me .Thats what I'd look for in another mate (boy am I getting old). My apology to Ms Piggy but she's taken. .......
21: Merlin VSM-Ms with BAM.... (6.89)
Posted by Ian Mackenzie on 2004-07-07, 19:05:46 (67.167.106.174)
.....can be found all day for $3,500 on audiogon. Put them with an Audio Anaogue Puccini SE integrated, Audio Aero Prima cdp and Audience cables and you have a bona fide phenomenal system for around $ .......
22: Re: Women Audiophiles (6.84)
Posted by quriousA on 2004-08-08, 09:04:41 (66.69.210.139)
Ms. Pam and Mrs. Ewing, Thank you for sharing your views/experience on this audio hobby. I could not ask for any better response. .......
23: Re: @ Frosty (6.83)
Posted by Klaus on 2002-08-20, 05:42:26 (212.211.109.70)
Haas indicates as critical difference 68 ms. He examined the influence of intensity, timbre, loudness, angle of incidence, room reverberation on that difference. The figure of 50 ms is from JASA 1971, .......
24: Re: Issue #26 of The Audio Critic (6.58)
Posted by john curl on 2000-11-17, 20:14:02 (209.179.251.43)
Pat, what is wrong with trusting yourself? Of course, we can all make mistakes, but in the end, can't you trust your own ears? Over the decades, I have been told what I can't hear, such as time delay .......
25: But don't forget that... (6.53)
Posted by David Aiken on 2003-12-06, 23:47:45 (210.50.30.36)
losses in air aren't the only reason the level of the reflection is down due to increasing distance. There's also the fact that the power is spread over a greater area with increasing distance, which .......
26: weight on top is key (6.51)
Posted by mattcecil1@yahoo.com on 2006-10-10, 07:44:58 (69.216.250.190)
I put mapleshade's small pointed weights on top of gear that I have footers underneath of. that's one claim the ms catalog makes that isn't bs or 'way out there'. I'm not sure if weight on top 'double .......
27: RE: Poll: two top hobbies of yours outside the audio hobby (6.48)
Posted by Stager Sound Systems on 2010-04-19, 10:51:02 (68.161.119.184)
Well, audio is not just a hobby. It's also how I make my living. As far as hobbles outside the audio field, I've been playing guitar for 30 years, and have been taking pictures for even longer. In the .......
28: Re: High-End Audio's Powerful Women???????????? (6.48)
Posted by suits_me on 2002-09-23, 22:14:29 (204.170.82.221)
The fellow who perpetrated the Music Pumps and Purse is the most powerful. (I'd like to own these products.) But if you don't go for that, how about Ms. Harman? - This signature is two channel only - .......
29: Unfortunately I don't… (6.40)
Posted by David Aiken on 2008-06-07, 06:22:19 (124.185.99.15)
We're discussing not where treatment goes but what your definition of early reflections is and I truly don't know what you mean by "early reflection" after this thread. You started out by as follows i .......
30: Audio Research Reference 600 (6.36)
Posted by Ms State Bulldog on 2005-06-13, 16:27:24 (68.19.179.133)
In the archives for this amplifier there is a posting that says it is a very unreliable amplifier. This is not true. I have been the caretaker of 4 of these amplifiers for 9 years and finally a tube f .......
31: Re: Microsoft buys Pacific Microsonics (6.35)
Posted by kotches on 2000-09-18, 13:49:22 (199.174.172.208)
Lord help us! Just what we need is MS trying to get into the High End Audio business. If you can't beat 'em, buy 'em, eh? That's what they did with Visio and what they attempted to do with Quicken a f .......
32: M&M's fabulous; Ms. Manley's chia pet blouse fabulouser (6.35)
Posted by suits_me on 2003-09-07, 20:14:14 (204.170.82.214)
J. Atkinson's nomenclature. The music selections and audio equipment ain't bad, either. But it's the blouse! - This signature is two channel only - .......
33: @ Frosty (6.30)
Posted by Klaus on 2002-08-20, 02:05:19 (212.206.88.5)
In message 223047.html you wrote : >First off, the Haas effect is everything up to 30 ms, not 50 ms. Second, reflections with less >than a 0.5 ms delay ARE fused with the direct sound. >Otherwise I wo .......
34: Re: Imaging (6.27)
Posted by orejones on 2001-02-08, 06:58:40 (62.42.63.20)
We are on the right trail. Now, lets put things to figures: the time window seems to be a little bit wider, some 50 ms, even if some talk of 20 ms. If we consider that sound travels at 344 m/sec at s .......
35: What's the best way to post photos on the asylum? (6.24)
Posted by -Steve on 2001-03-12, 13:28:42 (15.252.66.74)
I'd like to share some photos of the mods that I have done to my Audio Note DAC 1.1 including adding a pair of large can Audio Note silver wound interface transformers. I can copy and paste a MS word .......
36: At he2003, the Resolution Audio room was in continuous party mode... (6.20)
Posted by Steve Parry on 2006-04-03, 09:04:32 (69.108.239.105)
...with wine and food. So much so that I couldn't get a listen to the CD player (or figure out who to speak with for that matter). Things were mellow at the Joseph/Manley room during the day, with pen .......
37: MS is afraid of Apple pulling a "Final Cut Pro" move in the audio field (6.15)
Posted by darkmoebius on 2005-05-05, 10:13:00 (68.4.36.158)
Microsoft will originally liscense their DSP tech for cheap, establishing it as "the standard", then slowly ratchet up fees over time after having shutout competition. I guarantee that they are deathl .......
38: It is MicroSHAFT and they're right behind you (6.10)
Posted by Timbo in Oz on 2004-03-14, 23:04:22 (202.147.84.70)
Jus' relax Lis'beth and get with their program. Has MS ever produced anything that uses less code than the previous version of OS's or app's? Timbo in Oz The Skyptical Mensurer and Audio Scrounger Pea .......
39: Interesting... (6.09)
Posted by jimmyjames on 2005-11-08, 17:40:48 (24.211.151.204)
I have been thinking the same thing for a while, especially after talking to my "vidiot" friends in my employer's A/V division. I asked them one day how they make any of their audio and video software .......
40: Be a smarter rat (6.06)
Posted by 4season on 2004-01-02, 11:55:26 (205.240.11.90)
When you've found audio happiness, put down your credit card and just enjoy yourself: Much of the "need" to keep changing things around is in your own head. I'd guess that many manufacturer's model ch .......
41: Re: software for audio store (5.99)
Posted by DevillEars on 2005-06-14, 23:02:05 (198.54.202.210)
Hi RL, I had a similar discussion with some mates who also run a very similar store. They initially resisted any temptation to "get into computers", but eventually realised that they had to - they beg .......
42: Re: You missed the point.... (5.95)
Posted by Guy on 2005-11-02, 03:08:10 (211.72.108.2)
Dear Ms. Belt, I *admit* I don't keep up with the various tweaks and modifications that exist in the area of audio reproduction. As I understand matters, it is your husband who is responsible for the .......
43: Did you say Lyn Stanley? (5.92)
Posted by Chris from Lafayette on 2019-07-29, 11:53:55 (77.111.246.34)
Three of us were stuck in an elevator with her briefly on Sunday. I told Ms. CfL what happened, and she didn't even have the common courtesy to get jealous! BTW, I apologize for not reaching back out .......
44: Sure, their running a business...but (5.89)
Posted by Docrock on 2005-12-15, 15:15:04 (69.178.1.4)
still take time out of their day to make suggestions, explain products, and answer questions.... Kevin Deal at Upscale Audio. Great guy, very knowledgable, and an excellent business man. Underwood Wal .......
45: Re: off topic: update on my MS software/ year1900 bitching (5.88)
Posted by DAVID on 1999-12-26, 19:26:15 (209.165.136.94)
A little computer advice from an ignorant. Next time your system crashes and you have to format and reload everything, get McAfee's Uninstaller Deluxe. Load that before all your other programs. Then .......
46: I go every year - usually all three days (5.87)
Posted by Chris from Lafayette on 2019-07-08, 12:36:15 (77.111.246.14)
I'll of course be there this year. Ms. CfL is staying home with the cat, but I'll have one of my kids in tow. It's always nice to see friends from AA there too. I don't see Spatial Audio (speakers) th .......
47: RE: Audio demo chestnuts... (5.85)
Posted by Brian Cheney on 2008-09-23, 11:18:16 (69.228.213.165)
Hey, I was there that nite too, Mike, sorry I missed you. Paul Stubblebine of Rocket Labs did a live recording of Amanda on that occasion, but the tapes were unusuable due to noise and distortion in .......
48: You sir/ms, ARE an audiophile IMHO, for better or worse. You're hooked... (5.78)
Posted by DannyB on 2001-06-10, 07:00:18 (24.93.74.58)
Being an audiophile has nothing to do with the price tag of one's system. The love of music does. For some, the journey to finding audio nirvana is simple while for others it can be quite convoluted a .......
49: The Miss Cleo of audio (5.76)
Posted by 2chJunkie on 2008-03-06, 13:05:30 (66.190.33.77)
Yeah when I stumbled on those ebay items a while ago I had to chuckle. I can see paying for advice on a specific technical install, its a legitimate business. But this whos who doesnt even narrow is " .......
50: Re: Pls help: Need amp & cable recommedations for use with Merlin VSM-M (5.76)
Posted by rhyno on 2002-01-11, 08:09:22 (64.123.206.64)
i'm using the 350a w/ vsm-ms and its a wonderful amp. incredible. terrific synergy there--highly recommended. other SS amps that i know bobby p likes include plinius & pathos. search on the speaker as .......
51: Re: Looking for quality CD storage (5.74)
Posted by Todd R on 2000-08-06, 13:33:23 (209.241.116.61)
>It's not down but might as well be. Flash only works with a plug-in for MS Windows, and my machine doesn't do Windows. I'm sorry my friend, but it does work with Mac! (if that's what you have). I do .......
52: RE: Delete all audioasylum cookies and start over. (5.70)
Posted by Gerry E. on 2008-04-16, 10:22:08 (163.231.6.67)
Hi Rick: Thank you! I thought of that and it was easy enough to find the button "Delete All Cookies", but how does one delete ONLY Audio Asylum cookies? Is there a way to find the folder they are in? .......
53: Re: What is the URL for Rec.audio.opinion? (nt) (5.68)
Posted by Mark on 2000-01-28, 20:46:52 (130.132.188.117)
Someone actually mentioned this in a thread below, but I'll repeat it. rec.audio.opinion is not a website, but rather a newsgroup. To access it you should use a newsreader. It's almost certain that yo .......
54: Sonic improvements of balanced connection for ARC LS-15 and ARC VT-100 mk. 2? (5.67)
Posted by ms on 1999-11-30, 11:08:37 (209.86.186.245)
How much impairment of peak potential sound quality will I suffer from running unbalanced (RCA) connections between my Audio Research LS-15 preamplifier and my Audio Research VT-100 amplifier versus .......
55: RE: Well... being that I'm a woman and I'm the audiophile of the house (5.63)
Posted by DanWKW on 2009-09-25, 22:32:45 (58.153.57.86)
Hi, Ms. Enchantment1.6, I am curious to know when you chat with your female friends, will you discuss in depth on subjects like sports car, car mod, SLR cameras, audio system or any "typical' men's to .......
56: Re: MS is afraid of Apple pulling a "Final Cut Pro" move in the audio field (5.57)
Posted by MylesJ on 2005-05-05, 15:19:01 (69.19.28.122)
They sold so many iPods that an iTunes virus is now on the top 10 list. Apple's problem is that the far eastern manufacturers have now put the iPod in their sites. Expect to see competitive items at 5 .......
57: Re: What recordings are you listening to this week? (5.47)
Posted by Rich Brkich on 2002-05-14, 07:19:57 (24.92.252.112)
While I have been breaking in a new set of speakers cables, a new pair of VSM-Ms, and the new PS Audio HCA-1 amp I've been spinning the following discs: Nils petter Molvaer - Khmer Mavericks - what a .......
58: RE: Wow. (5.40)
Posted by May Belt on 2011-06-05, 04:01:23 (80.177.28.171)
>> “Kal, you may want to re-evaluate your assessment of Ms. Belt. She is a serious worker, doing serious work, in a serious way. I not only enjoy reading her posts, but learn something from each one.” .......
59: Re: "I found the old-world technology so time-consuming," said Ms. Henning. (5.39)
Posted by EL Cheapo on 2006-05-25, 13:34:59 (64.75.44.4)
"Frank Filipetti, a Grammy-winning studio engineer and producer, said he was so impressed with the audio possibilities of DVD's that he is pushing for the recording industry to use them exclusively an .......
60: Not quite... (5.39)
Posted by David Aiken on 2003-05-05, 15:14:43 (211.26.7.97)
The problem is actually a little more difficult than John suggests since it depends on both arrival time and level of the reflected sound in relation to the arrival time and level of the direct sound. .......
61: Great Customer Service from Manley Labs! (5.36)
Posted by Mr Vinyl on 2006-03-27, 07:16:25 (68.215.25.25)
Great Customer Service from Manley Labs Hi All, Just had to make a post about Manley Labs Customer Service. I recently purchased a Manley Wave Preamp/Dac used from a seller on Audiogon. The Wave pream .......
62: Re: I hope not BUT! (5.34)
Posted by bstan on 2004-12-22, 14:49:48 (12.72.155.19)
"Customers will pay for real service but too many dealers simply don't, or don't know how to, provide it." I have to say that is the quote of the decade regarding audio B&Ms. I just don't find many B& .......
63: Re: Wishing you God-speed, Terry ... (5.33)
Posted by rlawry on 2006-12-12, 12:13:10 (75.85.85.114)
I am sorry to hear of Terry's passing. I never met him but his passion for all things audio was evident. Since I lost my brother to ALS almost 6 years ago I am saddened when I hear of someone else con .......
64: Re: Very strange............ (5.32)
Posted by Rod M on 1999-05-01, 07:41:32 (204.94.81.82)
Hi, I tried the messages you listed with MS IE 4.72.3110.8. I also posted a very short message title at the test area: /audio/test/bbs.html Subject is: 't', very short. You guessed, it works for me. I .......
65: Re: Probably they are using MICROSOFT for their servers! (5.32)
Posted by Brian Walsh on 2000-06-18, 18:02:27 (209.49.216.242)
I don't see any point in griping about MS here. It's a published fact (by IDC) that the percentage of servers running NT has remained flat at 38% over the past two years while the number running Linux .......
66: Slightly neater product (5.22)
Posted by welly on 2008-03-17, 19:57:22 (192.48.8.5)
I recently bought a Behringer UCA 202 to enable me to record vinyl onto my PC for later playing on my MP3 player. It also allows playback of digital audio from the PC. One advantage it has (though .......
67: Super-agree :) (5.21)
Posted by Eric LeRouge on 2004-04-16, 10:05:02 (217.128.34.114)
Indeed, the only apps that make a Mac "bomb" out once in a while are Microsoft products I was raised in MS-DOS and Windows, and since I've been using a Mac (3 years now), I simply don't enjoy using a .......
68: Re: Lousy dealer experience (5.21)
Posted by Budrew on 2004-07-19, 15:56:31 (66.32.188.95)
Must have been Music Lovers Audio. Your comments sound as if you went in just to make a point. The salesperson's comments don't sound rude, just honest, but somehow you seem to hold it against them. I .......
69: I have transfered all my CDs to the PC harddisk (5.21)
Posted by Ole Lund Christensen on 2010-01-03, 12:58:28 (91.9.213.143)
Since I assume you have a PC, that is the lowest cost solution. Just remember to set the free iTunes software for Lossless audio and error correction, or do the same in MS media player. You will also .......
70: SPL meter and software (5.18)
Posted by David on 2000-06-15, 09:02:36 (131.104.224.227)
Here's a question that is indirectly related to audio. I'm on a street that is getting increasingly busy, and a neighborhood group is going to try to convince our city counsellors to change the traff .......
71: RE: 600V/mS is too slow for an audio feedback amplifier (5.15)
Posted by morricab on 2009-12-18, 04:49:42 (160.62.4.10)
"Anyway please notice that you can only live due to the many feedback loops inside your body. If they stop working, you die in a few seconds. " What does that have to do with amplifier design?? Nothin .......
72: SO TELL ME MS. KRAFT !!!! Did I get ripped off on eBay or should I ask a few more questions before I buy my next BMW???? (5.07)
Posted by Godfather on 2005-10-28, 21:17:38 (68.237.5.238)
I love my M1.6D but finding parts is REALLY difficult- wonder why??? Ciao, Godfather Sea Cliff Lawn Guyland New Yawk- home of TAS & HP. Most of my money was spent on fast motorcycles, expensive aud .......
73: Wine snobs have been around... (5.05)
Posted by R Browne on 2011-07-06, 18:01:18 (69.3.63.16)
...longer than audio snobs but they certainly share similar traits. I wonder what the proper etiquette is in dealing with the visiting audio snob who insists on bringing over a special set of cables f .......
74: Must watch TV alert (5.04)
Posted by dirtyvinyl on 2016-11-14, 20:36:24 (47.147.43.168)
Many of you are probably already aware of the upcoming 8 part PBS documentary starting tonight-"Soundbreaking" From previews, it looks like there is plenty of footage I've never seen of the usual sus .......
75: Re: Ultech Audio--what happened to them (5.03)
Posted by Steve Eddy on 2000-01-26, 10:22:49 (205.162.100.130)
Here's the information for btoh the admistrative contact and the billing contact (they're the same) for the Ultech domain (ultech.com): Hui See, Ms Tan (MTH56)hstanhk@IBM.NET Mc-Marlinc International .......
76: Possibly... (5.01)
Posted by Alex F. on 2008-03-01, 11:16:20 (12.65.114.160)
Back in the early 1980s, when she visited Rutgers University for two days to accept an honorary degree, I spent a good amount of time with Ms. Baez in our editorial office. She stated that her favorit .......
77: I'm curious about one thing... (4.97)
Posted by Senator Blutarsky on 2001-08-14, 07:09:01 (63.140.13.42)
...you, and a number of other posters, seem to think that Art feels threatened by the 'Net. How is that, exactly? Does anybody have any evidence that the number of subscribers or the advertising reven .......
78: Reminds me of my visit to a local audio store about 20 years ago (4.95)
Posted by Chris from Lafayette on 2023-06-01, 00:36:17 (84.252.113.3)
I'd decided on one of the Magnepan panel speakers (forget which model now) to replace my main stereo pair, and I called up Ms. CfL to come down to the store to give it her final approval (which I thou .......
79: RE: 600V/mS is too slow for an audio feedback amplifier (4.95)
Posted by Ole Lund Christensen on 2009-12-23, 00:41:55 (91.9.233.67)
your case of the Kenwood turntable is a good example of feedback done well. That is my point, well done feedback improves performance. But feedback can only improve performance. It cannot change the o .......
80: I have same speakers and went this route. (4.93)
Posted by Dondo on 2003-05-10, 04:40:08 (24.101.57.9)
My original set up was your speakers plus a Yamaha integrated amp and the Cambridge Audio D-500 CD player. I then switch the amp to a Sim Audio integrated amp (PW-5000) which was the lead up to the I- .......
81: Re: Pre-recorded CD's vs. Copies (4.92)
Posted by Jon Risch on 2004-01-26, 19:36:36 (68.19.130.72)
Jitter can "get into" the DAC via the PS, the ground, or even by radiated RFI bouncing around inside the CDP. Thus, anything and everything that affects the PS, ground or the radiated energy, affects .......
82: Cases in point, inter alia (4.90)
Posted by CharlesHouston on 2000-12-22, 21:17:24 (216.192.79.161)
The Conrad-Johnson product line illustrates my point precislely: Every power amplifier showed its tubes; none of the preamps did. The Manley line-up is similar, with only one preamp having visible tub .......
83: Re: Heh. (4.82)
Posted by Joe II-V on 2002-02-25, 02:08:14 (217.148.40.54)
>>Domino on 2K: (A corporate server supporting nearly 1500 users): Crash every week, guaranteeed. Takes the OS down, too. Interstingly enough, the 40,000+ user/1,000,000 emails a day system was a mult .......
84: Re: @ Frosty (4.82)
Posted by Frosty on 2002-08-20, 14:11:25 (205.138.21.129)
"JAES 1972, p.146 : Haas : The influence of a single echo on the audibility of speech "Haas even mentioned a time window greater than 50 ms. Have to look it up." "The Haas effect states that all refl .......
85: RE: Accuracy (4.79)
Posted by KlausR. on 2009-10-23, 01:45:06 (83.80.178.136)
>First, these loudspeakers were evaluated monophonically with single loudspeakers. Is this representative of how people listen at home? No, but a single loudspeaker is perhaps sufficient for judging s .......
86: Yes I understand he is just another vessel of only hi-$ to experience music (4.75)
Posted by Edp on 2023-03-12, 11:33:26 (104.35.189.164)
He is just another part of the industry members and especially industry press and reviewers that perpetuate that "prices greater than a new car" should be expected if you want to be a part of this hob .......
87: Stay away from Creative (4.75)
Posted by Caymus on 2003-12-31, 13:07:41 (131.107.3.83)
I have a small recording studio at home and use an external Apogee (24/96K) converter with a digital connection to an M-Audio 96/24 card. So all the audio card needs to do read in the digital data and .......
88: Bugattis are not for driving enthusiasts (4.71)
Posted by Dave_K on 2016-05-10, 05:33:36 (73.249.178.108)
Bugattis are show cars. I'll bet a lot of them are never driven, just maintained as new in environmentally controlled spaces as part of private collections. I doubt you will ever see a Bugatti at a tr .......
89: RE: Accuracy (4.67)
Posted by KlausR. on 2009-10-23, 14:11:30 (83.80.178.136)
>In this paper does he include any in-room measurements? Since the paper is about comparing different equalizations, yes, in-room measurements were made. >The former American magazine AUDIO used to me .......
90: I hardly know everything (4.67)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2019-06-18, 19:25:21 (70.170.60.43)
But I know what sounds good to me. By the way, I never said there was "nothing" of value in any of the rooms. "Listening to Brailowsky playing Chopin Mazurkas vol 1, Columbia MS 6402, grey 2 eye LP h .......
91: Agree with this observation (4.67)
Posted by E-Stat on 2021-12-13, 15:54:44 (206.255.200.176)
" Online forums like Audio Science Review and Facebook groups have decayed into battlegrounds between objectivists, subjectivists, cable lovers, cable haters, and those who are obsessed with measureme .......
92: Oops! (4.67)
Posted by Romy on 2002-02-19, 19:35:26 (66.92.71.37)
Steven, my dearest friend. What happened with your verbal capacity? Do you feel that I am underqualified? Well, it is very possibly. However, I will do my best to understand you. I feel that I do have .......
93: Umm, what's your point? (4.65)
Posted by Frosty on 2002-08-02, 03:53:18 (64.0.123.2)
"I still am thinking along these lines from an inmate who seems to favor absorption rather than reflection: "Jon Risch absorbers on the walls between the speakers and myself. I tried putting absorber .......
94: RE: 600V/mS is too slow for an audio feedback amplifier (4.59)
Posted by rick_m on 2009-12-18, 06:24:57 (64.13.14.96)
I ain't him but... "unless you are suggesting that your amps will stop working within a few seconds if you removed the feedback" Most systems that use feedback will fail without it. In the case of sw .......
95: Get what? Hearing loss? (4.51)
Posted by Dalton on 2003-12-06, 22:29:45 (209.109.241.246)
I don't listen to Limbaugh often, and not at all since his drug problem was revealed. But I know that for a time he was advertising both Bose brand audio devices and Manheim Steamroller brand Christma .......
96: Doreen Smith -- A Tribute to Julie London (4.49)
Posted by Richard BassNut Greene on 2004-08-26, 13:49:07 (136.1.1.33)
One of Soundstage.com's 2001 records of the year This CD has the best sound I've ever heard on CD, of the 1300 CD's I own (including one dozen Mapleshade's, one dozen DCC Gold's and one dozen Mobile F .......
97: McIntosh - Bad reliability and service (4.47)
Posted by hassel on 2004-04-25, 00:02:23 (217.69.193.220)
In other parts of this site and on audiogon, I have raved about McIntosh`s sound quality, and I stand by every word of it. Their service, however, is not what I thought it would be when I made the dec .......
98: RE: 600V/mS is too slow for an audio feedback amplifier (4.47)
Posted by Ole Lund Christensen on 2009-12-21, 13:49:52 (91.9.242.57)
I my amplifiers there are several feedback loops. It is not possible to remove them, the amplifier would die in black smoke. Feedback is used everywhere, it controls airplanes, it make ships save fuel .......
99: RE: Yo. (4.46)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2007-07-29, 19:52:08 (67.188.121.4)
Hey P, On winamp try View/ Media Library. That should show it. I am not a Winamp expert by any stretch since I have only pursued that as a no brainer for my un-PC savvy audiophile friends. I could be .......
100: Also, try: www.amusicdirect.com (4.42)
Posted by Ian Mackenzie on 2005-12-29, 16:16:08 (67.184.177.70)
Sam- There are also 5-10 "home-based" dealers that sell on Audiogon who can configure great systems for you and will allow you to return stuff with small restock fees. UnderwoodWally is one. Audio Ody .......
101: RE: However, I'm trying to steer away from Faith-based science ! (4.42)
Posted by chris.redmond2@bushinternet.com on 2007-07-14, 17:44:38 (88.104.172.9)
"I know the subject of polarity now tends to have a lunatic fringe association, but I'm sure it has a real and substantial effect and is an important issue in audio." Bambi B's polarity bear is an ana .......
102: Re: Spica TC-50/60 (4.40)
Posted by MichaelS on 2002-06-28, 11:46:59 (209.86.3.63)
Great call! My TC-50s are what got me started in audio. I still remember the first time I heard them and first realized what was possible in home audio. Changed my life (and my budget!). When the TC-6 .......
103: Wanted: Reviewers (must posess excellent cred.) (4.35)
Posted by PaulN on 2000-07-11, 16:52:54 (206.233.68.152)
well, Suzy, Enid Lumley seems to have left an amazing legacy for others to follow, and Sallie Reynolds is a sharp cookie that writes crisply and is at the top of the field. And don't forget former cha .......
104: Despite what Ms. CfL says (i.e., "70 is the new 60"). . . (4.32)
Posted by Chris from Lafayette on 2024-01-18, 01:51:39 (156.146.45.138)
. . . I definitely think you're OLD when you get to 60, and a GEEZER when you get to 70. (I'm 75 and still work part time as a piano accompanist to our many fine local babe string players - and THAT's .......
105: "The question is did she ask you to set her up a system ?" (4.32)
Posted by Richard BassNut Greene on 2009-03-05, 08:18:00 (66.51.146.3)
She asked her hubby (MS in Engineering from MIT) to upgrade the family stereo ... and he did "upgrade" ... - He switched to compressed music formats stored on a server rather than CDs. - He can use h .......
106: "I would score one for Bass Nut. " (4.24)
Posted by Richard BassNut Greene on 2008-06-10, 07:23:40 (66.51.146.3)
Thank You ... Thank You ... I would like to thank my wife, my Mother, my father, and my cat "The 14 Star General" (has caught 14 mice) for this unbelievable complement/award which will be prominently .......
107: Info on delay and level of reflections (4.23)
Posted by David Aiken on 2003-07-07, 00:12:31 (210.50.56.40)
Duke, Olive and Toole did the research and it's cited with graphs in Everest's 'Master Handbook of Acoustics'. Basically, depending on the level of the reflection in comparison to the direct signal, w .......
108: RE: Why is "Take Five Audio" always " today's featured sponsor?" (4.22)
Posted by Count Count on 2007-07-24, 06:04:52 (71.77.20.199)
This is an oft asked question, and the answer is simple. Take One Audio was founded by one T. A. Edison (ol' T-n-A, we used to call him) back in the early 1900s. Sadly, times were tough and that pesky .......
109: How I got almost free international phone calls and better PC sound (You can too :-)) (4.17)
Posted by Ole Lund Christensen on 2005-06-26, 09:03:45 (81.236.185.8)
Although I have designed million dollar pro audio systems, and 40.000 dollar High End amplifiers, at the bottom of my heart I am a cheapskate :-) My first summer holiday music system was a crystal bas .......
110: You Read Too Much Into What I Stated... (4.14)
Posted by Todd Krieger on 2002-12-13, 18:02:16 (208.176.170.80)
"It is ludicrous to accuse a major software manufacturer such as Microsoft to 'intentionally' create an operating system with security flaws." I did not imply that they were security flaws. It seems l .......
111: RE: Foolish beliefs (4.10)
Posted by KlausR. on 2008-05-30, 23:53:00 (83.84.178.82)
If you want to read about foolish beliefs, read audio magazines. Audiophiles are experts in foolish beliefs. Optimum room dimension ratios would be one. Allison is not talking about early reflections .......
112: I agree that if the effect is present... (4.10)
Posted by Wellfed on 2005-08-19, 12:43:24 (24.116.190.59)
...anyone should be able to hear it. I think where JREF is missing the boat with this upcoming test is not with regards to Ms. Gateward's ears, or beliefs, or even listening experience, but rather the .......
113: A long period of tuning and tweaking focused on RF control. (4.04)
Posted by Al Sekela on 2005-10-01, 10:56:03 (71.131.206.117)
My mentor in understanding and controlling RF noise is Don Palmer, former maker of Highwire Audio cables and inventor of the Power Wraps RF damping devices. I met Don through Rick Beveridge, son of Ha .......
114: @ the risk of ... (4.04)
Posted by Mart on 1999-12-28, 22:17:33 (155.214.132.34)
... eliciting CE's attention have you heard Audio by Van Alstine , or Convergent Audio Technologies? BTW, I designed speaker for my brother with that tweeter. FIW, it has a single Focal 5" woven Kev .......
115: RE: Playstation 3 and BluRay discs? (4.03)
Posted by FenderLover on 2007-11-10, 08:08:24 (24.205.9.16)
Abe, Love that "stickman" logo! We have a PS3 with video component and fiber optic audio cables. It's going through a Sony WEGA monitor. to me, even the PS2 games look and sound better on the PS3, th .......
116: Re: What speakers are being used? (4.01)
Posted by beken on 2001-04-11, 13:37:37 (209.52.187.125)
Yes, I am in Canada. I'm using a pair of Mordaunt Short MS-100 Gold speakers and VanDenHul cabling. Augmented by a M & K subwoofer with QED cable. Impedence and sensitiviy, I don't know. I usually go .......
117: Nice try (4.01)
Posted by keith_d on 2009-01-01, 10:38:36 (66.19.241.156)
Crutchfield has no history with high end audio, as does audioadvisor, so in that sense would not even be near cannibalizing Thiel's brick and mortar dealers. Thiel does not have the cash of an Apple o .......
118: Information on PDF files and their usefulness. (3.99)
Posted by Dave VH on 1999-09-16, 20:15:57 (63.194.80.83)
Look at the Audio Electronics (Cary) catalog - it's in PDF format. I just downloaded it to see what it would take, and it took 2 minutes, 5 seconds to download via Pacific Bell DSL service. The averag .......
119: Re: Audibility of absolute polarity, final round (3.95)
Posted by Klaus on 2003-09-24, 00:12:17 (212.206.88.6)
In passive speakers high-order X-overs could introduce phase anomalies which hide polarity inversion. My speakers have digital 96 dB/octave filters to keep the X-over region as small as possible. Howe .......
120: Re: Proximity to the wall (3.93)
Posted by David Aiken on 2003-12-06, 12:20:02 (210.50.30.36)
The Olive and Toole paper is "The Detection of Reflections in Typical Rooms", J. Audio Eng. Soc., 37, 7/8, (July/August 1989). 0.6 ms looks about right for the commencement point. I hadn't thought abo .......
121: Re: Proximity to the wall (3.90)
Posted by Klaus on 2003-12-05, 22:43:10 (212.211.84.11)
Audio Physics also wrote an AES convention paper on speaker placement, I'll have a look. But I do think that being in close proximity to the back wall is of no harm, on the contrary. I don't remember .......
122: Re: Upgrade co-existence (3.88)
Posted by Jim Fehlinger on 1999-12-15, 17:53:04 (24.4.252.69)
Sigh. It's disheartening when you can't get accurate information from the manufacturer's own tech support staff. Here's the answer I got from Carol Nelson, of MSB, on Dec. 1: "The HDCD and 192K are DA .......
123: I like timbernation's maple (3.83)
Posted by mattcecil1@yahoo.com on 2006-12-20, 08:34:29 (69.216.250.190)
i own 2 indiv amp stands. I removed the spikes from one and use it under my TT & its supported by isoblocks. The timbernation racks look cool. i know their maple has really changed the sound of my st .......
124: It's Best Buy.....no kidding! (3.82)
Posted by Docrock on 2005-10-11, 16:38:12 (69.178.1.4)
And Circuit City, Wal-Mart, Costco, etc. We have two local decent B&M stores in my town...both are on the market. One has been in businees since the 60's, the other, the 70's. 3 years ago, Best Buy o .......
125: RE: Audio Myths Workshop by AES. Oh, boy, I can hardly wait. Nt (3.80)
Posted by Alan Sircom on 2014-02-08, 16:04:27 (80.2.121.65)
With respect, the McGurk effect is fascinating, but entirely irrelevant unless you are specifically discussing our speech recognition processes. We are visual beings and our speech recognition proces .......
126: RE: 600V/mS is too slow for an audio feedback amplifier (3.78)
Posted by rick_m on 2009-12-21, 09:22:20 (64.13.14.96)
"I would argue that any amplifier that is not at least STABLE without negative feedback is a very poor design." Well, you can't really build an amplifier that's without feedback because no active devi .......
127: RE: 600V/mS is too slow for an audio feedback amplifier (3.77)
Posted by rick_m on 2009-12-22, 07:16:35 (64.13.14.96)
"This seems a bit silly, you should fix the problem [speaker damping] at the source, ie. replace the amp..." I sort of did fix it at the source, if you consider the cable part of the speaker. The desi .......
128: Really, seriously really good recordings . . (3.76)
Posted by jimdgoulding@yahoo.com on 2013-10-13, 10:46:52 (66.170.212.119)
Having listened to this last night and not for a long while, it inspired me to holler aloud about this artist and the production on this album. Wow, just wow. Then we can talk about more conventional .......
129: Calling all Audrey Hepburn Fans!!! (3.75)
Posted by John Marks on 2020-11-09, 17:00:22 (100.40.114.211)
ATTENTION "HUCKLEBERRY FRIENDS"! With my latest blog post (The Tannhuser Gate) I bid a warm but not dangerously hot welcome to "Moonriver Audio," of Malmo, Sweden, and their firstmost product, the .......
130: REVIEW: Sennheiser IS-850 Headphones Review by Mart at Audio Asylum (3.73)
Posted by Mart on 1999-10-28, 20:31:45 (155.218.169.254)
Sorry, I couldn't get both pictures above so I redid them below.... After wasting a pair of Duracell batteries to be fairly sure that these refurbished headphones were sufficiently rebroken in, I .......
131: Re: Todd's unconventional terminology... (3.68)
Posted by Shayne Hodge on 2002-09-10, 17:55:45 (66.82.52.129)
Thanks for the detailed reply. Couple of questions: 1) So Todd's modulation is referring to the unfiltered signal (the output of the zero order hold). Is there any time this modulation would actually .......
132: RE: the brain compensates... (3.66)
Posted by KlausR. on 2011-05-28, 21:51:22 (83.80.182.225)
>>This in turn would mean that the brain knows a target response. >The brain does just that, massively. What I was trying to say is that the different brains can not, and do not, have a common, i.e. i .......
133: RE: I am begining to wonder if some folks know what :the real thing" actually is (3.66)
Posted by josh358 on 2012-04-30, 14:36:57 (64.252.2.149)
I found that interesting too, not to mention the fact that they said that people find the sound subjectively louder back in the hall (which, for some reason, has never happened to me -- perhaps becaus .......
134: "16/50" WAV Files and Telarc Soundstream Recordings........ (3.61)
Posted by Todd Krieger on 2009-03-29, 01:35:46 (68.225.218.177)
I was posting on a thread in Digital Drive, stating that a 16/50 CD would have been a good evolution from the 16/44 Redbook CD..... But something just dawned on me..... I'd presume bit-perfect 16/50 p .......
135: Proximity to the wall (3.60)
Posted by David Aiken on 2003-12-05, 14:01:17 (210.50.30.36)
The following is a quote from speaker setup page on the Immedia site (this method is commonly called the 'Audio Physics Method'): "The close proximity of the head to the rear wall has two effects. At .......
136: -- "Ill take it" Thats my preferred method--- (3.59)
Posted by timothywas1@comcast.net on 2006-06-11, 07:44:20 (71.194.78.101)
I generally enjoy going to different B&Ms to explore different options, however of the many Ive visited only a few had erroneous salesman that got little attention, either then - or any future conside .......
137: response to Corbu and Mr Vinyl (3.57)
Posted by Ray Kimber on 2005-01-24, 03:57:26 (65.122.119.241)
Dear Fellow Inmates, Thank you for being up-front regarding my criticsm of Monster Cable and doing so in civilized posts. As long time contributors to the Audio Asylum your comments carry weight with .......
138: sledgehammer response (3.56)
Posted by Werner on 2001-01-19, 00:05:58 (195.207.78.49)
So, I got your attention. It's all complicated an easy at the same time. I suggest you go and read my review of the SigTech room corrector at TNT, which covers a lot of the theory involved. While we'r .......
139: Good and bad audio company commercial web site designs. (3.54)
Posted by Dave VH on 2000-08-06, 13:30:07 (63.194.80.83)
Allan Moyse' below post "Looking for quality CD storage" got me to thinking about how audio companies use the web. A few of questions that come to mind are: Is it good computer art, good business, or .......
140: and a hardy -har back at ya (3.48)
Posted by mikebake on 2002-10-25, 12:11:42 (24.210.159.177)
........sounds real nice, Magnetar*, until your next beer and dope generated, megalomaniacal** meltdown. "hypocritical troll"........that's a good one. Perhaps you'll notice that I reserve my trolling .......
141: Because this "community" is fragile (3.44)
Posted by Gregg on 2002-08-04, 16:35:28 (64.213.41.227)
Internet boards, unlike homes and jobs, have no vested commitment other than time. If you make a serious blunder, you will lose folks that will not return. In case you haven't noticed, there's some se .......
142: Re: OK (3.43)
Posted by Christine Tham on 2006-09-07, 23:07:55 (203.58.188.211)
*** Why would network interrupts be higher than any real time interrupt? *** A lot of the early network drivers were very badly written. First of all, the hardware was really nothing more than a trans .......
143: More comments… (3.40)
Posted by David Aiken on 2006-01-24, 22:53:04 (211.26.8.72)
After a long thread about DBT that migrated between here and Prop Head Plaza, I ordered a copy of Brian Moore's 'Introduction to the Psychology of Hearing' from Amazon and it arrived today. Moore is c .......
144: RE: 600V/mS is too slow for an audio feedback amplifier (3.39)
Posted by morricab on 2009-12-22, 02:41:36 (160.62.4.10)
"Feedback is used everywhere, it controls airplanes, it make ships save fuel by compensating for currents, waves and wind. " And? None of things produce an input to your brain, which has to be interpr .......
145: RE: 600V/mS is too slow for an audio feedback amplifier (3.38)
Posted by morricab on 2009-12-21, 04:33:58 (160.62.4.10)
"Most systems that use feedback will fail without it." I would argue that any amplifier that is not at least STABLE without negative feedback is a very poor design. Whether the feedback is then added .......
146: question about aMusicDirect ??? (3.37)
Posted by petew on 2000-03-28, 06:52:31 (63.26.11.2)
Are there some conditions regarding canceling an order with this company? Has anyone else had trouble with an order from them? I was able to cancel my SACD order with TowerRecords after three weeks of .......
147: Re: Why Not Try This? (3.33)
Posted by Chuckster on 2002-04-11, 18:48:03 (12.90.180.194)
Dear Mr./Ms. Grunt: I just wanted to offer a follow-up comment based upon your (previous) comment: Sage advice; thanks for the gentle reminder. It's easy to forget that not everybody may be open to or .......
148: Re: Seen this? (3.32)
Posted by Brian Cheney on 1999-07-01, 22:32:17 (152.163.207.71)
Dear Robert, Thanks for bringing that post to my attention. Conventional Butterworth filter design dictates wiring alternate drivers in multiway systems electrically out of phase to avoid notches in t .......
149: Just when you thought it was safe to get back in the water (3.30)
Posted by Bruce from DC on 2002-01-03, 12:44:46 (207.91.86.5)
Another damn shark appears!! I guess you favor the Consumers' Union approach (for their magazine "Consumer Reports"). They buy everything they test on the open market at a retail outlet, and they do i .......
150: Success! My wife can operate this complex system using a Theatre Master 700 remote :-))) (3.29)
Posted by John C. - Aussie on 2003-11-07, 00:08:04 (203.221.14.137)
To explain how to operate it with the Pronto 1000 took a small booklet and was not really successful. The Theatre Master remote has been here for some time now but it is only this last week time was s .......
151: RE: Home Shopping: Good Room for Audio? (3.28)
Posted by josh358 on 2011-12-19, 18:21:37 (64.252.130.231)
1. Quiet, and not likely to disturb others. Soundproofing can be added if you have the space and the option to build, but the more soundproofing you need to use, the worse the bass will be. Nor is sou .......
152: Re: Because this "community" is fragile (3.27)
Posted by Deaf Ear on 2002-08-04, 19:49:05 (131.230.205.37)
Hi Gregg, You and I are obviously not seeing the same thing in Rod's proposal. This is understandable as Our Webmaster's plan seems deliberately loose: he probably wants something that is workable, fl .......
153: Question about cost/performance of converting to 2-channel from multi-channel (3.23)
Posted by bocephus on 2006-06-09, 09:21:40 (24.27.23.206)
In the interests of full disclosure, I'll begin by saying that I've never had a nice 2-channel system. When I was first stricken with audophilia (about 4 years ago), I just "knew" that I wanted to go .......
154: on high end audio, live music and diminishing returns (3.18)
Posted by horace on 2000-09-10, 04:28:41 (195.147.230.50)
summer 1999. my mother calls me to say she has two tickets to a bbc proms concert at the albert hall. i remember hearing the magic words "cecilia bartoli". would i like to go? what do you think? it wa .......
155: Canno resist re-responding :) (3.16)
Posted by Halcy on 2002-05-11, 00:03:41 (212.90.66.13)
CCD: "2) We spend too much time talking about speakers without taking into account the environment in which the speaker will be used or the type of music played. Both are vitally important." John C: " .......
156: Read NYT-Mark Levinson-Kim Cattrall on new Sex book (3.16)
Posted by Ruben on 2002-01-27, 12:09:19 (216.175.116.160)
January 27, 2002 Good Sex Tips From Samantha By ALEX KUCZYNSKI t would be awful to be one of Kim Cattrall's former boyfriends right about now. Ms. Cattrall, 45, the actress who plays the vampish, bed- .......
157: Educating your Partner on how to use a system (3.16)
Posted by John C. - Aussie on 2005-04-21, 23:00:45 (203.123.104.53)
These audio-video systems tend to grow like topsy. A simple TV & VCR system soon escalates to one with a DVD player, a digital TV decoder + ........ and can become unmanagable for the less technically .......
158: Re: The physicist's no-good brother-in-law... (3.09)
Posted by David Aiken on 2003-05-06, 03:41:06 (203.134.40.23)
John, I think you're politely trying to tell me "too much, too much", and of course you're right, for 99% of the population. Occasionally I find another idiot (sorry, I meant 'addict') besides myself .......
159: I've told this story before but...... (3.09)
Posted by JayG on 2012-06-24, 22:33:34 (76.89.178.62)
I think it is highly relevant to the OP. Back in the late 80s I happened to meet a young fellow while we were looking in the window of high-end lp store in the SF Valley. We got to talking the convers .......
160: RE: Mebbe (3.08)
Posted by josh358 on 2011-06-09, 08:57:12 (64.252.129.228)
"With a single reflection an image shift as defined by Toole sounds reasonable, I however doubt that such a shift occurs with multiple reflections. Did you ever perceive 2nd sound sources at reflectio .......
161: Sighhhh! (2.97)
Posted by Timbo in Oz on 2004-09-18, 16:12:16 (202.147.81.237)
:-)! and AES tests don't shift you, either? Drum skins are linear when they go out and in are they? REALLY? Are you sure of this? Most clamped and stretched surfaces aren't linear, and few drumskins, .......
162: Re: You *must* remember... (2.94)
Posted by Todd Krieger on 2007-04-13, 13:00:43 (75.214.123.172)
"Clark, are you and your friends willing to submit your FLAC hearing acumen to a DBT?" I only speak for myself, but if you read the thread, this is *exactly* what I plan on doing. (I guess "ABX" is a .......
163: I guess...... (2.93)
Posted by Chris Garrett on 2001-11-04, 21:57:26 (152.163.197.74)
by entry level, I mean a 'starter kit.' As I recall, one day not too long ago, there was no nOhr and then the next, a fellow comes up with an interesting looking speaker resembling some sort of squas .......
164: RE: Mebbe (2.90)
Posted by josh358 on 2011-06-01, 06:39:47 (64.252.129.228)
I've noticed that many people underestimate the dynamic range of live music. Some of the confusion arises because people aren't aware that the Radio Shack meter doesn't read peak levels. The best pape .......
165: RE: Mebbe (2.90)
Posted by josh358 on 2011-06-03, 06:11:17 (64.252.129.228)
I'd be curious to know what criteria he used. It's been many years since I saw those Audio reviews. It's a given of course that maximum output requirements vary with respect to room size and listening .......
166: Questions (2.88)
Posted by JoshK on 2001-11-28, 11:01:00 (199.89.64.46)
What do you do for UBS Warburg (I work for MS)? Are you in Manhattan? If so, I have a bit of experience with visiting all our local hi-fi dealers. I have been researching my system for well over a yea .......
167: RE: Book recommendation (2.83)
Posted by mls-stl on 2009-04-28, 11:19:55 (12.28.46.98)
>> I understand that our senses can fool us under certains circumstances. But that's my point : they don't fool >> us all the time. Optical illusions are one thing, hallucinations an other. If we were .......
168: Re: The DEATH of Stereophile??? (2.82)
Posted by Steven R. Rochlin on 2000-02-04, 15:39:37 (204.97.236.121)
Joe, >>>maybe it's just your writing style, or I was led astry by the title of your post, but if you truly were not trumpeting the imminent demise of a competitor, then I'm sorry if I implied as much. .......
169: More CES (2.67)
Posted by Rod M on 2002-01-11, 08:23:14 (204.94.81.82)
Ron Welborne and his lovely wife, Dana with their new Maya Horn System. Yes, Virginia, Lowthers can sound excellent. Whether the Oris 150 or the Tact room correction system was the key, this was one .......
170: I think you're right (and some more figures) (2.56)
Posted by MarkgM on 2003-11-19, 07:04:36 (68.157.41.67)
It's hard (if not impossible) to get the numbers on specialty audio gear like this (midfi, hifi), but I think it may be growing, in spite of the present economy. Got some snippets from browsing below, .......
171: response to Ms. Janie Fong, aka Friend of Monster (long) (2.53)
Posted by Ray Kimber on 2005-01-22, 13:03:05 (65.122.119.241)
Dear Ms. Fong, I read your original post very carefully. I have taken the liberty of responding within your orginal post. The parts from you are marked with >>(your text) Sincerely, Ray Kimber >>I a .......
172: Because the true nature of his posts have NOTHING to do with audio. (2.51)
Posted by Bill Thomas on 2009-07-10, 13:06:32 (173.17.28.143)
Sadly, after attempting to give "Poor Richard" the "benefit of the doubt" and actually hold a reasoned conversation with him, it became PAINFULLY obvious he had no interest in being reasonable, or eve .......
173: RE: 600V/mS is too slow for an audio feedback amplifier (2.43)
Posted by morricab on 2009-12-22, 02:58:36 (160.62.4.10)
"Well, you can't really build an amplifier that's without feedback because no active devices that I know of are truly unilateral. They all have intrinsic feedback of some nature in addition to any int .......
174: Oakroots Outrageous Opinions - CES 2003 (2.42)
Posted by Oakroot on 2003-01-22, 17:03:23 (67.122.213.224)
Well, another CES has come and gone. I am glad to say, that this year, of the suites I listed in, those that had vinyl and CD playing the vinyl significantly was audibly superior to it’s poor digital .......
175: Re: Notes from Home Entertainmant Show (2.21)
Posted by Stan Yamane on 2001-05-12, 18:40:11 (141.154.113.76)
This was my first audio show, and I had a blast. I went hoping to listen to Vandersteen, Meadowlark, Creek and the new Headroom amps. All were there and all sounded very nice. There were a pair of Van .......
176: Future of Highend Audio: Grim Reality From Annual Teen Music Survey! (2.20)
Posted by PriyaW on 2002-05-08, 10:50:39 (140.226.116.192)
This past Sunday, I came across the Annual Teen Music Survey published in the USA-Weekend section. The survey results were interpreted by the singer-actress Mandy Moore who says, "Our generations is d .......
177: REVIEW: Sim Audio Moon I-5 Integrated Amplifier (SS) Review by OwenMeany at Audio Asylum (2.17)
Posted by OwenMeany on 2000-10-16, 12:54:35 (207.43.195.201)
First, I think a little perspective is in order. I have been in this hobby/obsession/money-pit for a few years now and have had the opportunity to listen to some pretty amazing and compelling systems. .......
178: REVIEW: Magnestand Magnestand (Maggies) 1.6 Speakers (2.17)
Posted by Music Man Bob on 2011-05-21, 13:12:59 (98.231.226.123)
Model: Magnestand (Maggies) 1.6 Category: Speakers Suggested Retail Price: $2300 (roughly) Description: Beautifully Built Wooden Frames with newly designed xover network Manufacturer URL: .......
179: Re: Lets look at this with numbers.... (2.10)
Posted by SSSound on 2004-03-05, 15:20:49 (66.68.184.100)
I think you need to try again with more realistic math. Other than speaker cables, none of the products I sell have a margin of 50%. In order to stay at least somewhat competitive with the Internet, I .......
180: Re: Alex, I know the attitude about windows but... (2.10)
Posted by John-from Seattle on 2001-01-23, 18:10:47 (134.39.60.214)
Macs aren't perfect either. I know, I use both. Gotta ask, have you ever set up a PC w/ PnP BIOS/hardware? If not, then I will agree that pre PnP PC's were often a bitch to setup-having been there, do .......
181: Robert H - You just called these guys wives ugly :) (2.07)
Posted by GEO on 2003-09-25, 17:15:43 (67.87.160.245)
Have you heard or are you familiar with the Audio Logic DACs? If so, what is your opinion? i have one that the tube gain stage was replaced with transformers. CIRCUIT DESCRIPTION The Model 24MXL Digi .......
182: Thank you and a list of inverted polarity CD labels (2.04)
Posted by georgelouis on 2006-06-24, 23:04:58 (68.7.191.157)
Dear Clark Johnsen and all music loving audiophiles, I believe I was premature in suggesting that DDD CDs tended to be in absolute polarity and ADD or AAD not in absolute polarity. Apparently my sampl .......
183: RE: Poll: You "should not" hear differences between components... (2.00)
Posted by nurxhunter on 2009-04-11, 08:33:26 (71.185.180.164)
An HPLC/MS will undoubtedly discriminate differences between ANY two wines, regardless of price, even regardless of year. This 'hard data, however, is meaningless to the tongue, and the devices connec .......
184: The opposite view... :-) (1.94)
Posted by David Aiken on 2003-07-05, 21:44:02 (202.138.42.200)
For a start, Duke is partial to panels and I have dynamic speakers so we're talking very different radiation patterns from the speakers. Then you have to factor in differences in our sound preferences .......
185: REVIEW: Thiel Audio CS 3.7 Speakers (1.86)
Posted by Bob Stern on 2007-09-18, 00:15:08 (67.188.157.193)
Model: CS 3.7 Category: Speakers Suggested Retail Price: $9900 Description: 3-way floor-standing Manufacturer URL: Thiel Audio Model Picture: View Review by Bob Stern on September 18 .......
186: Eyeglasses permitted, but remove your wig and hat! (1.84)
Posted by KlausR. on 2007-10-01, 05:20:26 (145.64.134.244)
From Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 2003: Klaus A. J. Riederer Lab. of Acoust. and Signal Processing, Helsinki Univ. of Technol., Otakaari 5 A, P.O. Box 3000, FIN-02015 TKK, Finland E .......
187: I just got some Info on the vantas (1.78)
Posted by Rodney Gold on 2000-01-17, 20:43:33 (196.2.56.5)
Im not exactly sure it does true time and Freq . has 24 bit AD, DA , calibrated mic etc , seems like you are right , it could be only a freq thing tho it says it corrects real time room response? Here .......
188: The REST of the story (1.77)
Posted by Jim Austin on 2005-02-11, 10:15:40 (198.151.217.26)
He was joking Clark. Making fun of people like you. See below. By the way, for those who don't know, Leach is an important figure in the development of audio amplification, having produced the "Leach .......
189: Re: clamping voltages (1.72)
Posted by Jon Risch on 2000-01-29, 14:09:43 (209.215.72.163)
Lets take this from the top. An unprotected AC line at your house can be subjected to voltage transients as high as about 6000 volts. At this voltage, the spacing between the wall outlet prongs, etc. .......
190: Belles 350a: First Impressions (1.60)
Posted by rhyno on 2001-09-04, 15:39:00 (65.64.244.166)
so for those of you who love dealing w/ the more fringe audiophile-1st, manufacturer-2nd, david belles of powermodules has a new amp, the 350a, that is meant as the high-end offering, supposedly besti .......
191: REVIEW: Merlin Music Inc. VSM-MXe Speakers (1.54)
Posted by DKL on 2008-03-21, 20:38:55 (70.119.109.151)
Model: VSM-MXe Category: Speakers Suggested Retail Price: $10,500 Description: Two-way floorstanding speaker system Manufacturer URL: Merlin Music Inc. Model Picture: View Review by D .......
192: Here's what an expert says (1.53)
Posted by KlausR. on 2008-12-16, 02:57:25 (145.64.134.245)
From Newell, "Recording studio design", 2nd edition, Focal Press 2008 12.1 Electronic correction concerns By the mid 1970s, the majority of top studios around the world were using monitor equalisation .......
193: REVIEW: Cary Audio Design CAD-280-SA V12 Monoblocks Amplifier (Tube) (1.45)
Posted by Michael Segal on 2002-04-25, 14:28:27 (12.162.213.5)
Model: CAD-280-SA V12 Monoblocks
Category: Amplifier (Tube)
Suggested Retail Price: $8000 (pair)
Description: Push-Pull, Balanced,Class A Triode (100 RMS), Class AB Ultralinear Amplifier .......
194: a few pictures from HE2007 (1.40)
Posted by Rob Doorack on 2007-05-12, 22:32:46 (71.234.50.213)
If there was a theme for HE2007, it seemed to be alcohol. People waiting in line for the Cinepro demo were offered vodka and orange juice. I heard that KEF had a model / bartender making martinis for .......
195: REVIEW: Air Tight MSM-1 Bonsai Speakers (1.40)
Posted by Tobias on 2012-01-22, 09:05:03 (68.68.13.213)
Model: MSM-1 Bonsai Category: Speakers Suggested Retail Price: $1500 Description: Monitor Manufacturer URL: Air Tight Model Picture: View Review by Tobias on January 22, 2012 at 09:0 .......
196: REVIEW: Rain Tinge Resolution Enhancement for CD and DVD playback Accessory (1.39)
Posted by K. Serrano on 2005-01-29, 18:43:04 (67.155.229.212)
Model: Resolution Enhancement for CD and DVD playback Category: Accessory Suggested Retail Price: $30 Description: simple CD and DVD tweak Manufacturer URL: Not Available Manufacturer .......
197: REVIEW: AudioQuest NightHawk Headphones (1.27)
Posted by yage on 2015-08-28, 07:38:18 (108.56.66.214)
Model: NightHawk Category: Headphones Suggested Retail Price: $599 Description: A decent entry into hi-fi headphones Manufacturer URL: AudioQuest Model Picture: View Review by yage o .......
198: Comments (lengthy) (1.18)
Posted by David Aiken on 2005-12-19, 15:45:24 (203.212.150.169)
I'm not so sure that I have "subtly changed the type of auditions from same/difference testing to tests with different purposes". I think we're all interested in whether or not we can or can't hear a .......
Found 41 records in Amp/Preamp Asylum.
1: RE: Not enough power from Phono Preamp? (9.24)
Posted by John Elison on 2016-09-23, 20:47:15 (74.130.29.193)
The best sounding inexpensive phono preamp that I've ever heard is the Yaqin MS-22B, but it cost me $200 on eBay. I think, you'd be hard pressed to find a decent sounding phono stage for less than $50 .......
2: Re: Audience AU24 works beautifully. (9.24)
Posted by DKL on 2006-07-13, 14:38:12 (70.121.242.132)
I have AU24 as speaker cables and as interconnects in my system - they made a tremendous improvement over the PS Audio Xtreme Statement wire I had before. I also am using an Electrocompaniet ECD-1 DAC .......
3: I had an MS-22B for several months. I found it to be capable, but (8.72)
Posted by Opus 33 1/3 on 2015-12-11, 06:20:15 (74.214.41.63)
not appreciably better than, say, the Hagerman Bugle or Cambridge 651P. The Parks Audio Budgie is far and away the better phono preamp. .......
4: Opinions on Quicksilver Mid-Monos? (7.16)
Posted by jlandreth on 2005-12-15, 14:16:38 (64.233.236.156)
I'm not sure they are powerful enough for my VR-4jr's but before I abandoned audio 20 years ago I owned an MS-190 and loved it w/my Quad 63's .......
5: 100% concur with SordidMan. (7.03)
Posted by digitaldunce on 2002-11-11, 15:01:39 (64.167.252.115)
Truer words have never been spoken......here, that is. But, I just can't resist........buy used: Audio Aero Cap MkI cdp.......$3,500 David Berning zh-270 amp.....$3,700 Merlin VSM-Ms................$3 .......
6: RE: Old amp, is it safe to leave on for long periods? (6.62)
Posted by John Elison on 2015-10-21, 17:01:23 (74.130.29.193)
Oh, well, maybe I'm wrong. I just thought tubes would wear out prematurely if left on continuously. I'm not very experienced with tube equipment as all of my audio components are solid state except fo .......
7: consider Audio Analogue Puccini SE also (6.35)
Posted by DKL on 2012-05-01, 16:52:27 (97.102.162.9)
I too owned a Complete, as did a friend of mine. Very good for the money, but also consider the Puccini SE - its nearly tube-like in the mids... worked well with an older pair of Merlin TSM-Ms that I .......
8: Power Supply for the PS Audio PCA-2. (6.29)
Posted by Kclone on 2004-04-20, 15:08:21 (66.185.2.200)
Has anyone tried the new power supply available for the PS Audio PCA-2 preamp? PS Audio says the separate and larger power supply makes a big difference in the improvement in the sound of the system. .......
9: I think there are a few. (6.16)
Posted by Ralph on 2012-07-02, 09:37:51 (64.122.72.31)
We didn't set that as a goal, its just how it worked out. Speed is an indication of bandwidth. Wide bandwidth means correct phase relationships in the audio passband (20Hz-20KHz). We *were* interested .......
10: Re: Hybrid amplification...is there any intrinsic benefit ? (5.79)
Posted by Bob Neill on 2003-09-16, 13:09:46 (140.232.211.38)
I agree with your last thought and with REsponse's follow-up note. Designers find they are most comfortable with a particular design, favor its particular combination of up- and down-sides over those .......
11: My experience is that one needs a very low filter point in the preamp's output couplers... (5.79)
Posted by jeffreybehr on 2006-06-04, 15:12:58 (68.230.67.50)
...for great bass, and 'very low' to me means no higher than, say, 3Hz, and 1 - 2Hz is better. That requires a large cap value if the poweramp has a typical-for-solidstate-amps 10KOhm input impedance, .......
12: Spectral (5.61)
Posted by saltyflies on 2007-08-20, 07:18:16 (69.141.138.143)
are the fastest amps I’ve heard. I was told their amplifiers’ incredible transient speeds and explosiveness are somehow related to very high slew rates. According to the specs is 600 volts/microsecond .......
13: RE: YAQIN MS-12B MM/MC Tube Pre-Amplifier with phono stage (5.59)
Posted by GeorgeGatgounis on 2009-08-07, 15:46:18 (68.213.123.120)
Pardon me, band of audiophiles ... I realize the "compromise" ... I am seeking the best pre-amp, likely tube, to allow me to listen to iTunes off of my Mac (yes, I am aware of the default from grace i .......
14: Re: But the question is..../ digital (5.56)
Posted by stretch on 2003-12-01, 23:35:14 (198.54.202.2)
As far as I know the new Alpine amps are digital in their output stage ,they normally wont peak at more than about 30 amps per 75 watts continues per channel ,peak maybe around 150 watts r.m.s, but th .......
15: None (5.40)
Posted by Dynobot on 2017-04-02, 07:55:02 (70.190.187.25)
Of course you knew you were going to catch a bunch of flack for posting this right? I have the same 13S and found it beat out amps [tubed or ss] costing many times more. The only people you will find .......
16: RE: thoughts and opinions on the Rogue Audio M-150/M-180 monoblocks? (5.40)
Posted by HiOnFi on 2009-10-27, 04:38:03 (98.203.125.33)
I owned a pair of 150 Ms some 5 years ago. I tried everything to help them with the leading edge of the music.- cryoed tubes, balanced cables from a balanced amp/pre/cd player; Stillpoints/Risers on H .......
17: Re: IF you had a budget of $150-175 for a pair of speakers, what would you get? (5.40)
Posted by jimmyjames on 2004-06-26, 03:52:42 (24.211.151.204)
Having just bought 2 pair of speakers in that price range, I am uniquely qualified to give my opinion on this matter, harumpfh! The Infinity Primus 150 sound better than they have any right to at that .......
18: McIntosh - Bad reliability and service (5.16)
Posted by hassel on 2004-04-25, 00:01:58 (217.69.193.220)
In other parts of this site and on audiogon, I have raved about McIntosh`s sound quality, and I stand by every word of it. Their service, however, is not what I thought it would be when I made the dec .......
19: RE: Multimeter with max voltage hold (4.91)
Posted by AbeCollins on 2017-07-16, 12:03:40 (73.229.29.71)
You might want to use a single sinewave for your measurement as capturing AC across a broad complex audio spectrum will require more than just a multi-meter. Many are good to about 1-KHz (1-ms) and so .......
20: RE: Art of Buying Used Amps (4.89)
Posted by mchad on 2010-12-27, 15:47:37 (75.70.11.39)
Hi, New member here, but since every preamp and power amp I own has been purchased used I do have one thing to say.... If you're going to buy used, buy a product from a manufacturer that has a long an .......
21: YAQIN MS-12B MM/MC Tube Pre-Amplifier with phono stage (4.82)
Posted by StylinLP on 2008-01-10, 16:24:11 (162.135.0.6)
From looking at this Ebay add can anyone tell how good this unit is? The circuit layout and design? The technology. I don't know anything about electronics. I dont even know what Bottlehead Seduction .......
22: Re: I have questions regarding OTL's and hybrid amps (4.79)
Posted by Rich Brkich on 2003-06-23, 18:43:27 (24.92.248.175)
I have heard the Rites on Verity Audio Parsifal system, and the bass and dynamic abilities were excellent. Right now, I have the VZN-160s (Grand Marquis) on the VSM-Ms and the bass is prodigous. In my .......
23: Re: Need recommendations: inexpensive amps for MERLIN TSM-Ms (4.68)
Posted by Rich Brkich on 2003-06-04, 06:32:05 (24.92.248.175)
Just a quick note here: The Joule VAMP Integrated amp has been discontinued by Joule-Electra and it is not completely SS (tube front end, MOSFET solid state output). Having said that, it does sound qu .......
24: Good catch (4.66)
Posted by Luminator on 2023-08-26, 10:33:27 (162.205.183.92)
This is the view from UCSC's eastside, looking around/across Monterey Bay. When I went on walks, that meant I was torn away from the Stereophile and The Absolute Sound digests, I used to study. .......
25: Marantz SR7002 AV Receiver sound quality (4.65)
Posted by JerryS on 2008-02-23, 08:54:41 (75.70.49.103)
I sat there for over 4 hours last night saying the same thing over and over: "I don't believe this." I plugged the output of my ARC LS22 into a pair of analog inputs on the Marantz ($1400). Source is .......
26: RE: "Salix" - MC phono stage with Audio Note Tin foil caps (4.62)
Posted by John Elison on 2015-10-24, 13:55:38 (74.130.29.193)
Very nice! Is it a kit? What is the price? What phono cartridge are you using? What RIAA phono preamp are you using? How does your new MC head-amp sound compared to whatever you were using before. I'm .......
27: RE: REVIEW: YaQin MC-10L Amplifier (Tube) (4.60)
Posted by triamp on 2012-08-27, 05:02:44 (71.201.21.50)
I have a Mr. Liang Audio 845 SET amp, it's absolutely great. Mr. Liang Audio is the 'private label' for the stuff favored by - who else?- Mr. Liang. Mr. Liang owns and runs Yaqin, Yaqin is very muc .......
28: Two set-ups that worked well for me are (4.54)
Posted by Curious on 2012-10-19, 20:34:09 (24.0.104.16)
A Forte F-44 Line Stage driving a pair of Audio Electronic Supply SE-811 single ended mono blocks. With a pair of Klipsch RB-81 II's on stands, and a pair of Stealth Silver cables, the sound was excel .......
29: Just one little IsoClean fuse !! (4.39)
Posted by claud on 2005-03-01, 07:02:03 (65.81.86.222)
Saw these "audio grade" gold plated fuses on 6Moons, and decided to try a few. They only do "slow blow" , so you may not be able to replace them all. My Cary V12 has two slow blow and two fast blow. I .......
30: Rotel A11 Tribute, Part 8 (4.30)
Posted by Luminator on 2023-08-25, 23:36:38 (162.205.183.92)
The first time I noticed a Rotel ad was in the September 1990 Stereophile. Prior to that, I had seen Rotel appear in retail stores' ads. But then I had to go back to UC Santa Cruz for my sophomore .......
31: "Don't you need a stereo first..." (4.19)
Posted by Luminator on 2022-12-22, 22:20:39 (162.205.183.92)
"...before you get all these" accessories, said my college friend and neighbor, Yvette. Yvette had long and wavy blonde hair. She had body image issues, said she was "a cross between Big Bird and Ms. .......
32: RE: McIntosh MC275 / Audio Research VS-110 (4.09)
Posted by nsgarch on 2008-10-08, 16:03:02 (72.200.111.210)
I have a new MC275 MkIV driving a pair of CLS IIz stats. Most of the attributes MS mentions ( particularly the current-amplified output stage) make it a very stat-friendly tube amplifier!! I've also d .......
33: Re: Stereophile Class B Integrated Amps (3.95)
Posted by denvelle on 2002-10-18, 20:12:33 (65.35.48.176)
My two cents worth: The only way to evaluate an amp for your system is to listen to it in your system. Stereophile is a GUIDE for such an exercise, but not the Gospel. Point in fact - I've owned the M .......
34: Re: give me a break! (defender of the...) (3.68)
Posted by tubedude on 2006-07-14, 07:00:40 (135.245.8.34)
"(defender of the...)" I was not offending any one. Read my reply again! "......like the way they pirate Windows software and pirate most anything that they can steal." Are you suggesting the Chine .......
35: Questions about phono preamp compatibility (3.63)
Posted by santana157 on 2013-11-25, 17:11:40 (98.239.218.105)
Please help me as I am developing more questions then answers as I search for a phono preamp....thank you. This is what I have: Orb Audio speakers Denon AVR-E400 Denon DP-30L (TT) Ortofon OM 20 stylus .......
36: Re: McIntosh - Bad reliability and service (3.23)
Posted by hassel on 2004-04-25, 11:10:24 (217.69.193.220)
djk, if even Chuck Hinton of McIntosh tells me that fluctuations of up to ten per cent are not unheard of in say, NYC - another expert I trust more than you is Robert Stein of the Cable Company, who t .......
37: Yes I do. (2.89)
Posted by Vanimal Manley on 2004-09-16, 09:16:20 (4.43.220.201)
Since you directly asked me... My point of view on this subject for my company's MANLEY branded gear, especially considering the high visibility of a lot of our recording studio equipment, is a broken .......
38: RE: No prob here with Monarchys (2.22)
Posted by BillMilosz on 2007-07-29, 16:56:55 (71.194.195.244)
RE: DEQX well your signal has to go through a D/A converter SOMEPLACE between your CD player and the speakers.... in my system the DIGITAL output of my CD player (or my Squeezebox network media player .......
39: REVIEW: HEATHKIT W-5M Amplifier (Tube) (1.86)
Posted by Barney's Beanery on 2008-10-31, 07:54:38 (209.181.228.22)
Model: W-5M Category: Amplifier (Tube) Suggested Retail Price: $59.95 then $200-400 now Description: 25w KT66 tube amplifier Manufacturer URL: Not Available Review by Barney's Beanery .......
40: Sony TA-E1000ESD, Part 2 (1.61)
Posted by Luminator on 2022-11-13, 15:20:19 (162.205.183.92)
In 2006 or so, an audiophile named Daniel reached out to me. The impetus was Sony ES, but Daniel introduced himself, by saying that he "never felt at home with SAs. I was born in '61, not '51. And I d .......
41: Unico design explained. Interesting info! (LONG) (1.43)
Posted by Swifty on 2007-04-06, 04:50:13 (193.172.87.204)
I came across a word document while Googling for info on the Unison Research Unico. It describes the thoughts behind the design process of the Unico. Pretty cool reading. As an aside, the document als .......
Found 74 records in Cable Asylum.
1: MS Heavyfeet-the worst sounding audio component (10.98)
Posted by r17 on 2011-02-02, 03:40:36 (217.132.122.149)
That I have ever come across.MS's CDs sound great,though. .......
2: MS Audio OCC power cord... (10.98)
Posted by Duster on 2011-11-08, 17:21:23 (71.227.218.251)
One big bang for the buck audiophile power cord is the MS Audio OCC Single Crystal Copper power cord. It clearly outperforms another lower-cost level product Shunyata Venom3 power cord when placed wit .......
3: You should qualify your comment, YMMV.... (10.60)
Posted by MMasztal on 2011-02-02, 05:37:20 (71.43.123.138)
I've had good results with the MS 'feet as have many others. For example, the MS Samson rack smoked the Grand Prix Audio rack I had been using. Impressive especially since the Samson costs about 1/3 o .......
4: RE: Valab contact (9.79)
Posted by Duster on 2012-02-07, 11:09:16 (24.17.163.112)
I take it the seller has difficulty corresponding in English. While I've read reports about satisfactory email responses from Valab, the chance of such seems rather hit-or-miss. Valab does not seem t .......
5: Highwire Audio Power Wrap placed on MS Audio OCC power cord (9.34)
Posted by Duster on 2011-08-17, 20:30:43 (24.17.164.100)
A fellow inmate who also enjoys an MS Audio OCC power cord for his digital gear took photos of the cables cross section that seem to indicate that the power cord is actually an unshielded design (h .......
6: RE: MS Audio OCC Single Crystal Copper Power Cord Report (9.29)
Posted by Duster on 2011-06-22, 17:33:06 (24.17.164.100)
My power amplifier power cord is a VH Audio AirSine terminated with a Wattgate Audio Grade Gold 330i AC plug which presents a great deal of tonal bloom which is furthermore plugged into a Wattgate Aud .......
7: Re: Mapleshade Clearview Golden Helix speaker cable impressions & questions (long) (8.31)
Posted by kjweiss on 2003-01-30, 15:01:56 (192.18.128.12)
I have a long run of Mapleshade 'parallel' wires in my system, 34' long. Before I bought them, I tried DIY CAT5 wires with the -'s connected together, and the +'s together, and it sounded pretty bad ( .......
8: RE: Valab Rhodium Plated IEC Inlet (8.08)
Posted by Duster on 2011-07-27, 15:13:14 (24.17.164.100)
Note: I've gone back to using the Wattgate Audio Grade Gold 381 AC outlet to mate with the two MS Audio OCC Single Crystal Copper Power Cords within my digital front end (instead of the gold Oyaide SW .......
9: RE: MS Audio OCC power cord... (7.61)
Posted by Duster on 2011-11-10, 13:06:49 (71.227.218.251)
Only 2 meter (as far as I know). .......
10: RE: MS Audio OCC power cord... (7.53)
Posted by Dave Pogue on 2011-11-10, 13:52:38 (69.138.241.105)
Thanks. I may query them. .......
11: Valab MS Audio OCC Single Crystal Copper Power Cord (7.46)
Posted by Duster on 2011-05-18, 19:38:51 (24.17.164.100)
I took the plunge and purchased an unknown performance level Valab MS Audio OCC Single Crystal Copper Power Cord (2 meter). It's a thing of beauty, and moderate-cost. If all goes wel .......
12: Synergy with palladium Oyaide SWO-XXX... (7.45)
Posted by Duster on 2011-11-11, 13:33:45 (71.227.218.251)
IME, one tip to share is how well the MS Audio OCC power cord performs when mated with a palladium Oyaide SWO-XXX AC outlet (replacing a stock PS Audio Power Port AC outlet) installed in a PS Audio UP .......
13: RE: MS Audio OCC power cord... (7.26)
Posted by Dave Pogue on 2011-11-09, 05:46:15 (69.138.241.105)
Duster, do you know whether they offer this PC in other lengths? .......
14: RE: Delivered: MS Audio OCC Copper Power Cord (7.25)
Posted by Scottson on 2011-05-28, 16:54:42 (67.243.142.76)
It certainly looks the part, I'd be interested in reading your evaluation when you've had the chance to conduct one. .......
15: RE: MS Audio OCC power cord... (6.98)
Posted by basilio89@hotmail.com on 2011-11-11, 08:18:54 (67.6.34.212)
Dave: If you succeed, let us know. I would also like a shoter cord option. Thanks, Vasil .......
16: RE: Valab MS Audio OCC Single Crystal Copper Power Cord (6.92)
Posted by Duster on 2011-06-16, 12:01:07 (24.17.164.100)
I'll post a report in Cable Asylum next week. .......
17: RE: MS Audio OCC power cord... (6.92)
Posted by Jerry P on 2011-11-10, 06:03:35 (99.57.11.215)
My calculation indicates 19 AWG (.028 ohms/m) this is not for 30 amps and too small IMHO. Can you comment further on this cable? .......
18: Valab MS Audio Silver cord (6.85)
Posted by dianathehunter on 2011-06-06, 15:28:47 (74.13.81.159)
The description is not unlike that of the Kondo KSL acz power cord I wonder if it will be as transparent and dynamic .......
19: RE: MS Audio OCC power cord... (6.82)
Posted by Duster on 2011-11-10, 13:04:39 (71.227.218.251)
The seller indicates the power cord is 12 AWG. .......
20: RE: Neither... (6.80)
Posted by Duster on 2011-12-30, 16:47:54 (24.17.163.112)
The $99 Shunyata Venom 3 delivers much of what I value, but not extended frequency extremes, otherwise it's a fine entry level audiophile power cord, and I use one on my iMac for audio purposes. Howev .......
21: RE: Valab MS Audio OCC Single Crystal Copper Power Cord (6.75)
Posted by wushuliu on 2011-05-18, 20:11:19 (71.94.158.29)
It's plated with Rhorodium, a rare metal discovered by Scooby-Doo, and it will keep sinny for years so better keep an eye on that one! ;P .......
22: RE: MS Audio OCC power cord... (6.67)
Posted by Goodwine59 on 2014-04-07, 17:29:02 (74.213.67.251)
Thank you Duster for sharing this find. I bought one of these cords and I'm really impressed with its performance. Have you bought any other cables or worthwhile items from this vendor?, Once again, t .......
23: RE: Eichmann Bullet "Copies" on eBay (6.61)
Posted by sisterray on 2019-02-27, 05:01:52 (98.193.42.217)
Ketchup - The best I can do is give you three names: Valab, Star Line, and MS Audio. .......
24: Addendum: When plugged into a gold Oyaide SWO-GX AC outlet... (6.57)
Posted by Duster on 2011-07-10, 15:24:13 (24.17.164.100)
After swapping out the mentioned Wattgate Audio Grade Gold AC outlet with a gold Oyaide SWO-GX AC outlet, I find that the combo provides an excellent synergistic match to my ear. The lush warmth an .......
25: TG Audio speaker cable user looking to trade banana jumpers for spades? (6.49)
Posted by digitaldunce on 2003-01-21, 11:36:30 (64.167.252.115)
I have TG Audio HSR speaker cables. My prior speakers - now in basement(Proac 2.5s) - could use banana jumpers. My new speakers - Merlin VSM-Ms (thanks, rh) - need spade jumpers. Does anyone want to t .......
26: Addendum: Foil Shield Only (6.48)
Posted by Duster on 2011-08-23, 17:22:57 (24.17.164.100)
Note: The MS Audio OCC power cord apparently features a foil shield, but the design does not implement a braided shield. .......
27: Delivered: MS Audio OCC Copper Power Cord (6.45)
Posted by Duster on 2011-05-25, 15:23:21 (24.17.164.100)
Image: MS Audio OCC Single Crystal Copper Power Cord terminated with Valab Sun Rhodium Plated Copper AC Connectors featuring milled aluminum AC connector shells. It took only 4 business days from the .......
28: Weird mains experience !!! (6.43)
Posted by Lowrider on 2004-10-19, 06:29:09 (213.13.5.2)
I have Van Den Hul Mainsstream power cords for all my kit, compared it with several others, more and less expensive, but always preferred them, particularly the way they improve bass, more extended an .......
29: my 2 cents... (6.34)
Posted by Duster on 2011-07-07, 19:39:40 (24.17.164.100)
Since a budget level option seems to be of great value, why not also try another lower-cost option? The MS Audio OCC power cord and Shunyata Venom3 power cord are quite impressive, IME. .......
30: Shunyata Hydra vs. PS Audio P300 + UO.....(and, yes, I have done a "search") (6.31)
Posted by digitaldunce on 2003-01-07, 08:48:19 (64.167.252.115)
My system: Acme wall outlet>PS Audio Ultimate Outlet>David Berning ZH-270 Acme wall outlet>PS Audio Ultimate Outlet>PS Audio P300>Audio Aero Cap mkI>Merlin VSM-Ms Just moved back toSF and , wow, my &^ .......
31: RE: Is Mapleshade power strip really THIS good? (6.18)
Posted by jazzgene on 2011-02-13, 20:02:47 (74.73.73.20)
I picked up a 4 inch thick maple block from MS. It comes with isoblocks. It made quite a difference from leaving my Audio Research power amp on the hardwood floor. So much that at initial listen, I th .......
32: Cool! Amazing display/journey... (6.11)
Posted by musetap on 2011-05-29, 20:24:31 (71.141.228.113)
thinking about shopping around for new PCs for recently aquired Red Dragon monoblocks and that MS Audio cord caught me eye and attention with your postings. You have much admirable patience and dilig .......
33: RE: MS Audio OCC power cord... (6.04)
Posted by ionman on 2014-04-21, 11:48:05 (198.175.253.81)
The best entry level power cord is the DCCA Powerwave 5, IMHO. This is DCCA audio's entry level power cord, but it can compete with other manufacturer's mid to top-of-the-line power cords. It starts a .......
34: First Impression: MS Audio OCC Copper Power Cord (5.98)
Posted by Duster on 2011-05-29, 16:03:13 (24.17.164.100)
First Impression: MS Audio OCC Single Crystal Copper Power Cord Note: Since the power cord requires adequate burn-in time and experimentation before final judgement, it will be a couple of weeks u .......
35: RE: MS Audio OCC Single Crystal Copper Power Cord Report (5.97)
Posted by Todd B. on 2011-06-22, 00:14:56 (75.169.120.54)
Duster, thanks for the thorough review. In addition to bartc's question, how is the cable's micro- and macro-dynamics performance when it's feeding an amplifier? I'd also appreciate knowing what "a we .......
36: Re: Why should dig cable make any difference? (5.96)
Posted by Jon Risch on 2001-04-03, 19:49:34 (209.215.72.209)
We are not talking about altering the bits, or loss of data, but most probably jitter, and how the cables afect this. See: http://members.nbci.com/Jon_Risch/jitter.html AND http://www.digido.com/jitte .......
37: RE: Valab MS Audio OCC Single Crystal Copper Power Cord (5.92)
Posted by unchilled on 2011-06-15, 20:09:30 (71.105.102.233)
Hi Duster, Have you had a chance to evaluate your new Valab power cord? I'm considering trying a cord between my wall outlet and an Exactpower conditioner/regenerator. Currently using an Element Sig. .......
38: has anyone tried a DIY balanced IC w/ Jena Labs wire? (5.90)
Posted by thelonius on 2005-12-20, 19:10:37 (69.213.137.199)
I'm interested in trying out the Jena wire (available from SAS Audio) in a DIY interconnect. It looks like it would be possible to duplicate a 3-wire or 5-wire Jena IC, assuming you can braid as neatl .......
39: Your 2 cents... (5.84)
Posted by Duster on 2011-07-08, 16:31:49 (24.17.164.100)
I don't know where you got the idea that the MS Audio OCC power cord features absurdly inadequate 22 AWG conductors. The seller claims the product offers 30 Amp max current capacity which would indica .......
40: Synergy with Oyaide SWO-XXX AC outlet... (5.81)
Posted by Duster on 2013-05-15, 16:17:26 (24.19.199.87)
I still use two MS Audio OCC single crystal copper power cords from Valab within the digital front end of my main audio system. Primary benefits are a notably spatial soundstage presentation, natural .......
41: RE: First Impression: MS Audio OCC Copper Power Cord (5.72)
Posted by Sasha K on 2013-05-13, 10:49:47 (72.227.185.88)
Duster, thank you for a first look. Is there a 2nd look you may have posted somewhere in the 2 years since? Also a question: what was the gauge and type (and length if known) of electrical wiring in t .......
42: RE: my 2 cents... (5.61)
Posted by mhconley on 2011-07-08, 05:38:08 (68.51.234.69)
The MS Audio OCC power cord is only 22 AWG. It's not in the same league with the AC-14SE, let alone the AC-9SE. (It is pretty though.) The Shunyata is 12 AWG OFC copper with no OCC content. It would p .......
43: RE: They sound nice! (5.58)
Posted by Duster on 2012-01-30, 22:13:17 (24.17.163.112)
I don't think the lack of a cable clamp disqualifies the AC connectors as actually lacking strain relief. The two opposing set-screws are robust and act as strain relief if properly implemented. My tw .......
44: DIY Supra LoRad 2.5 Power Cord (5.34)
Posted by Duster on 2014-01-30, 16:50:15 (76.104.217.128)
For use with a solely digital application (Monarchy Audio DIP), I built a DIY Supra LoRad 2.5 power cord terminated with Valab's top of the line Carbon Fiber Aluminum Housing AC connectors (featuring .......
45: Synergy with palladium Oyaide Power Inlet R... (5.16)
Posted by Duster on 2011-11-23, 17:37:22 (71.227.218.251)
Another tip to share is how well the MS Audio OCC power cord performs when mated with a platinum + palladium Oyaide Power Inlet R IEC inlet featuring Oyaide FTL-G gold female quick disconnects that fe .......
46: RE: Chinese Cable Manufacturer (5.08)
Posted by Duster on 2011-10-12, 16:03:16 (71.231.63.61)
I don't doubt that you find the Indeed power cord to sound very good for use with some of your gear, my issue is placing it on par with a VH Audio AirSine power cord, in that it apparently "competes w .......
47: RE: Thin sheet copper, antistatic foam wrap.. (4.99)
Posted by pixelphoto on 2014-06-26, 20:03:31 (69.231.199.19)
“You can tell the effectiveness of you shield with a $22 GreenLee GT-16 non contact voltage detector. From Amazon. The Greenlee is the better device compared to others in around the same price range ( .......
48: SPDIF Recommendations (4.69)
Posted by Chris K. on 2020-04-24, 09:54:28 (47.193.16.213)
I currently use a QED Reference Digital Audio 40 SPDIF to connect my TEAC CD-1000 player as a transport to my Micromega Mydac. Definitely was a step up from my older Audience Conductor cable I had use .......
49: Re: No... (4.64)
Posted by Cyberlacunae on 2003-03-21, 06:27:05 (209.158.140.8)
Switch or Interactive mode UPS's only switch to battery operation when the input power is disrupted. The switchover time is in term of 1-5 ms. However, this defeats the purpose. The definition of onli .......
50: And while I think of it... (4.56)
Posted by dlarkin_dc on 2003-06-10, 09:58:16 (216.49.66.217)
For silver performance on a budget I can recommend video interconnects. Now before I get flamed... I can recommend them because I have used them in my system for years and even after after critical A .......
51: As of now, at the beginning... (4.52)
Posted by Duster on 2011-05-29, 17:11:23 (24.17.164.100)
Hi musetap, At this time, since I've been upgrading and listening to my computer audio system for long periods from both critical listening and background listening perspectives, I decided to first p .......
52: Re: NBS : Omega I vs. Monitor I (4.52)
Posted by Jay-Mac on 2004-04-11, 10:41:30 (68.155.177.76)
I've only used and own Monitor 0 and 1 not Omega. Why wouldn't you look to step up to Monitor O? I believe you can get them for about the price of the Omega 1. What I have read about the Omega's is th .......
53: Your information is incorrect and misleading... (4.22)
Posted by Duster on 2011-07-09, 14:06:53 (24.17.164.100)
A 14 AWG conductor in free air (meaning not enclosed within a cable) is capable of 32A while a 14 AWG power cord (with conductors enclosed within a cable) is capable of only 17A. 14 AWG is often consi .......
54: MS Audio OCC Single Crystal Copper Power Cord Report (3.60)
Posted by Duster on 2011-06-20, 19:00:02 (24.17.164.100)
MS Audio OCC Single Crystal Copper Power Cord terminated with Valab Sun Rhodium Plated Copper AC Connectors featuring CNC machine milled aluminum AC connector shells (2 meter). The look of the MS Aud .......
55: Listening for differences... (3.43)
Posted by Al Sekela on 2006-02-22, 09:13:42 (71.132.8.202)
Don't be intimidated by this. There are obvious and subtle differences, and sometimes the equipment takes some time to settle in after being disturbed. This is true of some audio cables: doing a quick .......
56: Valab Rhodium Plated IEC Inlet (3.41)
Posted by Duster on 2011-07-25, 16:31:16 (24.17.164.100)
Perhaps I've gone mad. I've again found myself gobsmacked and in mild fear of possibly loosing more waning credibility over my recently reported experiences of various Valab products. Why a $3.00 V .......
57: REVIEW: Homegrown Audio Super Silver II Cable (3.37)
Posted by sgb on 2002-06-28, 10:17:09 (68.11.221.43)
Model: Super Silver II
Category: Cable
Suggested Retail Price: $50 and up.
Description: Silver Conductor Tri-Braid (1 Signal, 2 Return) Manufacturer URL: Homegrown Audio Manufacturer .......
58: Re: Information vs. Voltage (3.17)
Posted by Jon Risch on 2002-05-14, 22:15:57 (209.215.72.202)
Many would say that a description of the voltage and current, down to some finite value of accuracy, would fully define the music signal. Then the idea would be to compare these values at the source e .......
59: Ah, The Pitfalls (2.86)
Posted by Luminator on 2005-11-10, 23:26:19 (69.107.110.189)
Growing up, I'd always wanted to play professional sports, with my preference being football and baseball. But when I got to high school, it dawned on me that being 5'7", 130 didn't cut it. In colleg .......
60: Sparking the 4th (with a balanced build) (2.65)
Posted by Fluter on 2023-07-02, 09:21:26 (97.84.254.106)
I've had a cable project set aside for awhile now that finally found an open time window to address. So, Saturday while waiting for a live fireworks stream feed to arrive, I blinked and decided to do .......
61: Asylum Links (2.44)
Posted by Jon Risch on 2009-11-28, 09:30:22 (68.222.71.233)
NOTE: ALL THE GEOCITIES LINKS ARE GONE, BUT THE ASYLUM LINKS AND OTHER WEB PAGE LINKS SHOULD STILL BE GOOD. See down where it says LOOK! These asylum links spell out how to assembly a DIY twisted pair .......
62: Something like this then, Jon? (2.40)
Posted by Metralla on 2002-10-09, 23:36:53 (24.219.10.19)
Jon_Risch's Web Site Jon Risch's Web Site Web References Pease, Richard A.; "Understand capacitor soakage to optimize analog systems." Dead link www.nsc.com/rap/Application/0,1570,28,00.ht .......
63: REVIEW: T.G. Audio Labs TG Audio SLVR Speaker Cables Cable (2.13)
Posted by rhyno on 2002-02-10, 11:52:21 (64.123.206.158)
Model: TG Audio SLVR Speaker Cables
Category: Cable
Suggested Retail Price: $800 / 8' + $150 for jumpers
Description: silver speaker cables Manufacturer URL: T.G. Audio Labs Model Pic .......
64: RE: speaker cable Q for Jon Risch (& others) (2.05)
Posted by Jon Risch on 2009-05-03, 13:45:53 (68.222.113.63)
If all you did was to look at the lumped RCL parameters, then all that would be obvious as a "benefit" to widely separated positive and negative speaker cable runs would be the reduced capacitance. Un .......
65: Latest Cable Bibliography (New Web Site) (1.97)
Posted by Jon Risch on 2001-07-02, 00:24:16 (209.215.72.189)
I have moved my web site to Geocities, at: http://www.geocities.com/jonrisch/ and the corresponding URL changes are reflected in this latest Annotated Cable Bibliography: ***************************** .......
66: REVIEW: Cardas Golden Reference and PS Audio xStream Plus AC Cords (1.76)
Posted by Welly Wu on 2004-06-12, 09:10:45 (68.36.253.118)
[B]REVIEWER EQUIPMENT EXPERIENCE:[/B] I owned both the Grado RS-1 and Sennheiser HD600 flagship headphones; I also owned the Etymotic Research ER-4P/S and I use the Ultimate Ears Ue-10 PRO earphones. .......
67: Latest Version of the Annotated Cable Bibliography (1.60)
Posted by Jon Risch on 2002-01-27, 18:05:49 (209.215.72.192)
Annotated Cable Bibliography by Jon M. Risch Hardcopy Books & magazines Duncan, Ben & Harrison, Andrew; The Great Cable Test (part 1), Hi-Fi News and Record Review, July 1999, p.30-33, Vol. 44, #7 Du .......
68: REVIEW: Acoustic Zen WOW Cable (1.59)
Posted by OwenMeany on 2002-04-01, 11:22:47 (66.122.133.182)
Model: WOW
Category: Cable
Suggested Retail Price: $248 per meter
Description: Unavailable Manufacturer URL: Acoustic Zen Manufacturer URL: Acoustic Zen
Review by OwenMeany ( A .......
69: HMS VS VALHALLA-showdown-long (1.42)
Posted by calloway on 2002-03-11, 18:15:21 (208.30.87.76)
SYNERGY AT ITS FINEST-a tale of two cable systems.. Nordost 'valhalla'- interconnects-1m pair-$3300 speaker cable-3m pair-$8000 HMS 'gran finale'- interconnects-1m pair-$1090 .......
70: Comparison of 6 IC cables: Transparent Plus and Ultra, VdH, HMS (long) (1.26)
Posted by A.J. on 2002-12-21, 04:14:35 (217.126.152.107)
I have dared to post this here despite my not very good english, because I think it could be helpful for people looking for IC cables and because I like to share my experience and receive some feedbac .......
71: REVIEW: MIT Cables Magnum M3.3bw Cable (1.05)
Posted by Luminator on 2010-09-27, 16:37:46 (75.25.148.121)
Model: Magnum M3.3bw Category: Cable Suggested Retail Price: $3999.99 Description: Internal Bi-wire Speaker Cable Manufacturer URL: MIT Cables Model Picture: View Review by Luminator .......
72: REVIEW: Tara Labs Air AC Cable (0.90)
Posted by Luminator on 2001-10-04, 16:49:10 (64.170.155.10)
Model: Air AC
Category: Cable
Suggested Retail Price: $695
Description: Power Cord Manufacturer URL: Tara Labs Model Picture: View
Review by Luminator on October 04, 2001 at 16 .......
73: Cable Esoterica Note - 1st cut (0.87)
Posted by Jon Risch on 1999-12-03, 15:45:03 (209.215.72.170)
************************************************** Audio Cable Esoterica 12-3-99 by Jon M. Risch Characteristic Impedance vs. Frequency -------------------------------------- Most conventional wisdom .......
74: REVIEW: XLO UE-5 Cable (0.85)
Posted by Luminator on 2005-10-26, 11:22:12 (66.47.253.226)
Model: UE-5 Category: Cable Suggested Retail Price: $5025 for an 8-foot pair Description: Speaker Cable Manufacturer URL: XLO Manufacturer URL: XLO Review by Luminator ( A ) on O .......
Found 200 records in Computer Audio Asylum.
1: RE: Complete PC audio for $2000? (8.22)
Posted by John Elison on 2013-09-26, 15:58:21 (98.19.157.216)
If you are looking for an inexpensive computer music server, I just bought one last year at RMAF and it works just fine for me. I bought a HAL MS-1. Check out the link below. I'm completely happy with .......
2: Yes i am also frightened by PC (8.22)
Posted by Vince S on 2005-10-14, 01:18:42 (143.210.72.84)
I had a fantastic labtop running fast and so on, I tought about using for music playback. But I downloaded automatically the last MS release and it is a real disaster. I runs really slowly... can't do .......
3: RE: MS exec responds to Windows 10 privacy backlash (8.11)
Posted by AbeCollins on 2015-09-29, 05:01:13 (12.190.128.2)
For audio use believe that I am not the only user to have noticed an improvement in SQ compared to 8.1. There was a lengthy video posted by an inmate (Mercman maybe) that showed MS developers discus .......
4: MS MCE2005 (7.95)
Posted by fmak on 2006-05-23, 03:20:37 (87.228.165.229)
I wonder if it is worthwhile using this for an audio computer. My own reaction to MP10 is that it is crap for audiophiles. Is MCE better, or does one have to avoid using the MS software in favour of F .......
5: RE: Windows 8 audio - anyone has tried? (7.79)
Posted by phofman on 2012-03-03, 04:08:28 (81.201.60.159)
Why should MS care when most of the people here (including some of those complaining in this thread) will put their money on MS table anyway? And afterwards spend a huge amount of effort to make it do .......
6: RE: Windows 10 and 41,000 Hz audio (7.73)
Posted by Jaundiced Ear on 2015-07-02, 15:17:16 (71.146.2.79)
I'm pretty sure that if you opted in to that reservation program MS offered your PCs are going to flip to Windows 10 on July 29th. The point of that program was to allow MS to preposition code on part .......
7: please explain (7.62)
Posted by Joe Murphy Jr on 2011-02-05, 00:37:29 (24.179.58.245)
"MusicStreamer II with windows XP 5.1 not working" What is windows XP 5.1 ? I know that: Windows XP is an operating system, 5.1 is a surround format, the HRT MusicStreamer II is a stereo (aka 2 .......
8: RE: Windows 8 audio - anyone has tried? (7.30)
Posted by jrling on 2012-03-03, 12:03:45 (86.6.42.130)
I did feel the same about comparing two systems - they do have to be set up identically to make any empirical judgement. I know how much the Windows set-up can affect SQ - in my case by minimising unn .......
9: RE: Windows 8 Audio Problems (6.94)
Posted by Presto on 2012-11-27, 17:01:58 (207.216.246.51)
I'm still on XP, which will need to go in the next few years I suppose. I won't go near a new MS OS until I know for sure: a) the software I have will work on it, or new stuff is available b) the hard .......
10: RE: You and Abe are in TROUBLE!! (6.86)
Posted by John Elison on 2013-04-25, 21:36:43 (173.190.23.222)
Abe is the expert! I'm just an amateur. However, you will have a lot of people to talk to at RMAF. ;-) That's how I got into computer audio. There was a man named Richard Hollis selling a PC music ser .......
11: RE: Windows Sound Control Panel (6.65)
Posted by emailtim on 2021-02-01, 10:00:12 (23.242.178.78)
Are you running in Exclusive (bypass Audio Engine) or Shared mode (Audio Engine) ? https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/coreaudio/user-mode-audio-components FWIW, PusleAudio on Linux has ov .......
12: Didn't mean to call you on the rug..... (6.51)
Posted by doodlebug on 2008-02-13, 16:26:57 (69.254.191.232)
but I've worked for other companies that dealt wtih MS in the past and know they are the masters of selling the future then delivering whatever they can. They use tactics to tie up anyone who _might_ .......
13: RE: Is Windows 10 audio stack different from W7 or W8? (6.46)
Posted by AbeCollins on 2015-08-01, 13:01:55 (73.153.246.181)
Interesting refocused effort by MS for audio. Although geared toward the pro-audio crowd, the video clip was worth watching until they introduced and let all those partners demo their apps. Thanks for .......
14: Could the MS Interrupt-Affinity Filter tool be of any benefit in a cMP setup? (6.44)
Posted by hfavandepas on 2010-05-09, 14:43:45 (85.147.82.48)
Hi Cics, In Vangelis71’s thread I red about the MS Interrupt-Affinity Filter tool (See also: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/252867 ) to lock specific hardware too a specific cpu on a multi-processor .......
15: RE: For non Squeezebox Owners....How do you hook your PC to a DAC?.... (6.35)
Posted by John Elison on 2014-10-29, 09:37:26 (98.23.26.147)
If you have HDTV integrated into your audio system, you can use a small computer like the Hollis Audio Labs MS-1 . That's what I used for more than a year along with a wireless keyboard. The HAL MS-1 .......
16: RE: Interesting analogy, but... (6.27)
Posted by phofman on 2012-03-25, 00:23:44 (81.201.60.159)
========== It means every 5ms MPD makes sure there is approx. 495ms of fresh audio samples ready in RAM for the DMA to read. ========== And the process scheduling jitter means whether those 5ms are pr .......
17: RE: MS exec responds to Windows 10 privacy backlash (6.25)
Posted by PAR on 2015-09-28, 23:58:43 (80.176.73.121)
Putting aside the security issues and answering youor questions directly: Yes I am using Win 10 for computer audio (running JRiver 21). Yes I also use Win 10 on my primary computer. What do I think? M .......
18: Weird hiccup recording with M-Audio USB and Audacity (6.24)
Posted by Daverz on 2009-02-27, 21:17:16 (24.161.171.180)
The hiccup is a kind of dropout or pause about 10 seconds after the start of recording (and maybe elsewhere, but I notice it at the beginning of recording). I'm using an M-Audio Audiophile USB into a .......
19: Internet Speed Tests Appear Acurate (6.15)
Posted by Loan Arranger on 2017-08-30, 10:48:09 (67.49.75.96)
The speed test results I see are too erratic to be fiddled with. They have varied from 6 Mbps to 24 Mbps this morning. They tend to improve in the afternoon, when I do most of my listening. More conce .......
20: "would be absolutely no difference..." - but you haven't tried, right? (6.14)
Posted by carcass93 on 2011-10-11, 13:45:02 (129.33.19.254)
I did - with Otachan ASIO plugin for Winamp. No upsampling, no DSP of any kind - just the plugin that uses ASIO SDK, and in your words does nothing more than "copy a chunk of memory from one place to .......
21: RE: Apple or... ? (6.08)
Posted by fmak on 2010-08-05, 00:11:58 (85.210.119.132)
'Since I can't off-hand recall hearing from anyone that has switched between Macs and PCs due to deciding that they had the wrong system for music' Personally, I hate dual boot/dual OS systems. For mu .......
22: Any Ms Vista users out there? (6.06)
Posted by bobp on 2006-10-16, 06:19:53 (66.241.132.98)
After lurking on AVF discussions about Ms Vista and here on AA I decided to try it myself. In a word, wow ! My previous configuration was: S/w: W2K (tweaked to the max, all uneccessary parts and servi .......
23: RE: Considering A Mac Mini As My Audio Source with My Bryston BDA-1 DAC - Need Your Help And Expertise (5.92)
Posted by John Elison on 2014-02-08, 11:35:57 (98.23.60.168)
There is a Windows PC solution to your music server requirement if you are interested in sticking with a system for which you are already familiar. A little more than a year ago I bought an optimized .......
24: nobody knows but jesus.... (5.88)
Posted by juanitox on 2007-09-13, 22:29:01 (77.196.176.59)
please stop all this technical shit; and stop believe all the guru of pc audio.. try all you can get , usb dacs, usb/spdif converter, ethernet dac, firewire dacs, etc.. and keep the best sounding unit .......
25: Audio Offloading (5.86)
Posted by Roseval on 2011-09-26, 15:44:46 (92.254.0.240)
Looks like MS has some new plans with Win audio http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/br259116.aspx .......
26: MS exec responds to Windows 10 privacy backlash (5.82)
Posted by AbeCollins on 2015-09-28, 11:30:10 (73.229.29.71)
Perhaps not as bad as we once thought? What do you think? Are you now on Windows 10 for computer audio? Are you now on Windows 10 for you primary computer system? I have it running on a secondary s .......
27: MS stops supporting XP.... (5.82)
Posted by fmak on 2013-04-17, 09:19:21 (62.228.76.101)
Makes no difference for an audio computer not used for surfing. In fact, the less useless updates on it, the better. However, the usb drivers and audio related files should be up to date. ::: TOPIC:: .......
28: Another thought... (5.68)
Posted by andy_c on 2007-12-04, 12:01:53 (67.164.165.165)
I see in the Yamaha docs that the receiver works with Windows Media Connect Software. According to the MS docs , Media Connect consists of a UPnP server (good) and some proprietary MS extensions (bad) .......
29: RE: OK, as this seems to be the new Raspberry Pi Asylum... (5.67)
Posted by jaydacus on 2017-03-19, 09:25:44 (69.54.140.197)
I was just thinking today that RP related stuff almost needs it's own topic. PC audio is pointless now thanks to MS and their forced update to Anniversary Edition which is horrible for audio. Linux Au .......
30: RE: Why is audio computer so hard on video cards? (5.65)
Posted by fmak on 2011-08-07, 00:38:09 (91.125.97.7)
Consider not having a video card for an audio PC; just use MS native drivers and not even MB drivers. .......
31: RE: Ugly Artifacts-SSD (5.56)
Posted by fmak on 2011-07-26, 07:30:35 (46.208.74.177)
I can understand thru an analogy why SSDs can improve sound. I have a Vaio desktop. Operation from a Maxtor boot drive has been jerky when browsing and clicking on saved urls. The pages take seconds t .......
32: Re: Driver (5.41)
Posted by KeithC on 2007-05-08, 12:09:15 (213.208.100.86)
The only USB audio i/f that I have used which required a proprietary driver was the EMU 0404 - and that was a complete disaster. Essentially there is no such thing as driverles, you usually end up wit .......
33: I think what you are saying is that sometimes I will not be able to use my MS II (5.39)
Posted by PhilJ on 2011-02-13, 06:53:46 (24.247.115.173)
on certain websites and will have to deselect it in the Audio control panel. Is that correct? Bill, thankyou for your help, Phil .......
34: Perhaps 7's audio is not bit perfect. (5.38)
Posted by jmlpartners on 2010-01-07, 03:41:56 (65.19.17.87)
I recall reading in another audio forum, don't remember which, a post by someone who caimed to be a member of the MS team that developed the audio stack for Vista. He boasted that all samples were con .......
35: i8042prt (5.37)
Posted by fmak on 2011-07-29, 03:00:42 (87.114.178.217)
is a MS keyboard driver!Don't know if it can be disabled w/o consequence. Why is it causing problems in 7 when it is ok in xp? So 7 is not an upgrade for audio! .......
36: RE: It's all about the clocking... (5.33)
Posted by RuneKS on 2010-10-24, 04:09:36 (80.166.144.170)
> Another way to deal with the problem is to have a large buffer in the > second box that allows for a small speed difference between the two > clocks, but this will cause playback to be delayed and t .......
37: RE: Windows 10 and 41,000 Hz audio (5.30)
Posted by AbeCollins on 2015-07-02, 09:38:56 (50.183.218.111)
Probably not a priority right now for MS as they don't care about audio. Your only hope might be to wait a month until the official release and see if it's fixed. I'm in no hurry for Windows 10 but I' .......
38: a thread authored by a Vista engineer (5.26)
Posted by Tuckers on 2006-10-16, 12:15:23 (24.5.143.166)
Here is a thread authored by Vista engineer. BTW, I talked to a lot of pro audio compnaies, both soundcard and software companies at AES. The general consensus is that Microsoft keeps changing the sou .......
39: RE: I was interesting in it until.... (5.25)
Posted by soundchekk on 2008-01-19, 12:04:09 (80.133.213.93)
80% market share of MS "in general" - but not in the Pro-Music scene - that's for sure. Apple has been more serious about PC based audio since years. .......
40: RE: Basic PC audio (5.23)
Posted by AbeCollins on 2019-05-20, 19:31:06 (73.78.200.105)
Windows 8.1 was such a turd that even MS abandoned it quickly. No reason to run a crap OS like that. Just my 2-cents worth. .......
41: RE: I Hate To Say This, But.......-Also (5.23)
Posted by fmak on 2008-12-19, 01:54:37 (213.7.110.120)
There are thousands of audio PCs and work stations. Yet whilst PCs reserve IRQs for things like keyboards, audio cards are left to share IRQs with usbs and displays etc. Why can't there be a simple fi .......
42: PC-Audio convert! (5.23)
Posted by digepix on 2006-05-05, 12:10:02 (72.225.201.127)
Well I have my M-Audio Audiophile DAC installed and playing through my computer. It sounds great playing Apple Lossless files. The convenience for me is the biggest selling feature. I have MS and I ca .......
43: Re: MS Media Player vs Exact Audio Copy (5.23)
Posted by jdubs on 2006-10-21, 10:10:51 (207.237.13.151)
EAC is better than any other ripper (may be an exception that I'm not aware of). Shouldn't be a sonic difference between the two lossless formats. -Jim .......
44: RE: Audio Offloading (5.14)
Posted by Roseval on 2011-09-28, 10:45:29 (92.254.0.240)
My feeling is that MS is anticipating. If Win8 has to run on a tablet e.g. ARM processor, offloading might be beneficial if not simply needed. .......
45: RE: This is what prompted my belief. (5.11)
Posted by Ryelands on 2010-06-17, 08:48:55 (85.211.152.102)
and so is not available or supported on Windows XP Professional systems. This is true. However, a few years ago, a software engineer and CarPC hobbyist called Fiorito ingeniously developed a way of .......
46: Re: Has anyone got a decent experience with Intel HD Audio??? (5.06)
Posted by fmak on 2004-10-25, 03:47:43 (195.92.67.75)
Anything from MS and Intel seem to be opague. Best is still to opt for 24/96/192 sound card. Creative is just as poor. .......
47: RE: Windows Media Player (5.03)
Posted by Roseval on 2019-01-02, 14:51:30 (77.170.179.129)
Nothing wrong with WMAL, it is MS own FLAC. A couple of years ago probably the best bet in combination with WMP. Best because WMP didn't tag WAV properly (and only at rip time). Hence when you moved t .......
48: fmak (5.02)
Posted by Oface on 2008-12-19, 06:06:55 (134.134.139.70)
"Simple, audio is left behing video in the scheme of things by MS, Intel et al." I work at one of these companies mentioned. I am not promising anything, but I will whisper in someones ear.......... .......
49: RE: Time to buy a Wndows 7 notebook? (5.00)
Posted by Roseval on 2012-11-21, 05:07:41 (92.254.0.240)
Haven’t heard anything about the Win8 audio part. As audio has priority zero at MS I expect it the same as in Win7. The Metro UI concept is nice, a single interface for PC, tablet and phone but who do .......
50: RE: Windows 8 audio - anyone has tried? (5.00)
Posted by jrling on 2012-03-05, 04:40:32 (86.6.42.130)
"No difference from Win 7" Pity really that Microsoft don't seem to want to make their OS better for audio enthusiasts, when their main competitor has done so. Have you contacted MS to persuade them t .......
51: Which Version of Vista? (4.98)
Posted by richs on 2007-02-12, 11:43:08 (66.153.64.99)
I have a laptop that I use as a dedicated music player -- nothing else, no other programs. Does anyone know if I need the Home Premium edition or can I get by with Basic. I do want room correction and .......
52: RE: How to Get Started with PC Audio? (4.96)
Posted by John Elison on 2012-11-25, 00:56:43 (98.23.53.34)
I'm basically in the same boat your are -- same age and limited computer experience. I know very little about putting together a music server, yet I wanted to get started. Fortunately, I met a guy at .......
53: RE: Time to buy a Wndows 7 notebook? (4.95)
Posted by jimmyjames on 2012-11-21, 03:05:48 (98.26.55.41)
might not be good for audio and W8 may suck, don't know, but they, MS, will cram it down corporate america's throat by discontinuing support for W7 just like they have always done. Unfortunately for m .......
54: However... (4.92)
Posted by Bibo01 on 2011-07-07, 01:56:09 (87.21.198.5)
It's true that Windows does not offer a USB audio class 2 driver. However, MS supports extentions within its USB USB audio class 1 for 24/192. Possibly very few manufacturers support them, but Antelop .......
55: RE: Update v0.3: The Art of building Computer Transports (4.88)
Posted by soundcheckk on 2007-09-27, 08:49:02 (80.133.253.149)
Some answers: I can't support very much on any MS related questions. I left MS-OS behind me 10 month ago (after fiddling around with it as you're doing it right now). I know there is a tool for settin .......
56: RE: First Exclusive-Mode KS Player? Are you sure? (4.88)
Posted by PeterSt on 2007-06-29, 16:05:13 (81.207.133.35)
Well, I said "afaik", and I still think so. I mean, if in Foobar this would have been the case, we all would have known. But : I think from KS is known that it always behaves like that, just because i .......
57: RE: Computer Audio - Mac vs. PC (4.88)
Posted by Bob_C on 2013-11-08, 20:53:23 (108.27.250.147)
Abe, I know you understand in essence there is no difference between Intel based Mac and MS OS computers other than firmware support for the different OS. Do you really think there is something else g .......
58: RE: I thought PC users prefer XP for Audio. Change of heart? (4.86)
Posted by jrling on 2012-04-15, 06:43:35 (86.6.42.130)
Abe - I have to say that I have found Wn 7 (Ultimate) to be better than XP - with just CICS Chapter 7 Optimisations in part and Black Viper medium tweaks. I was interested in your comment on Windows 8 .......
59: Re: Best OS for PC Audio - MS or Apple, and then which version? (4.85)
Posted by ThomasPf on 2005-03-31, 12:15:12 (67.171.31.9)
This has been asked recently and there is a good introductory post a bit further down the thread. You will find many opinions onthis topic of which most have little to do with listening to music... Ch .......
60: RE: I love the sound I am getting from my Exemplar music server, but it runs on MS Windows XP (4.84)
Posted by ??? on 2008-09-13, 07:40:29 (71.235.128.76)
Virtually ALL of the people on this forum begging for help and complaining about their gear are Windows users. I would think that would be a clue to anyone thinking of moving into computer audio. ::: .......
61: Re: Winamp Pro 5.31 (4.84)
Posted by kls on 2006-10-28, 09:33:35 (80.133.208.215)
Try the usb-audio.com ASIO driver. It replaces also the poor usb-audio.sys of MS. This is a must, if you take it serious. A demo is available! All other ASIO driver will still play through the usb-aud .......
62: Re: Interesting. (4.78)
Posted by fmak on 2007-05-18, 22:27:32 (87.228.167.35)
My son's new Dell high spec lap top runs SLOWlY on 1GB memory, and I don't like all these interruptions with messages on permissions. Had to disable many background programs to get smooth operataion a .......
63: Which part of the world does (4.74)
Posted by fmak on 2012-08-13, 06:36:06 (146.90.53.97)
MS charge for SP1s and SP2? It is not a question of one issue such as an SSD. It is inmates using whichever argument is convenient to try and justify a stance which cannot be sustained, such as not ha .......
64: Re: Question about USB DACs (Robert Joe - told ya I'd ask!) (4.71)
Posted by kls on 2007-01-25, 09:39:04 (80.133.229.251)
ASIO with ASIO driver from www.usb-audio.com The difference compared to all others: The poor usb-audio.sys driver from MS will also be replaced. A demo version is available. I don't think there is a .......
65: Anyone who doubts SSDs (4.71)
Posted by fmak on 2010-07-20, 03:54:29 (85.210.124.77)
This not not specifically about audio. But I replaced a 7200rpm WD boot drive with a cheap used OCZ Core 64 SSD that has mediocre performance according to I/O transfer tests but with a far superior ac .......
66: RE: "even for Windows XP users."-Even-Waste of time (4.70)
Posted by fmak on 2014-05-03, 04:40:35 (93.109.94.227)
I tried that but for audio, you couldn't even get beyond 16 bit Sound Blaster. You can't even install a printer from within either. Guys who advocate such things have clearly not even tried it. I was .......
67: RE: new to pc digital outputs - optical from SB X-Fi extreme audio (4.69)
Posted by Lynn on 2008-01-01, 18:12:06 (24.251.153.25)
Did you enable Digital I/O? If not, bring up the standard MS sound control panel, click advanced, and then check the box 'enable digital i/o'. .......
68: focus on what you are asserting and not what I said (4.69)
Posted by fmak on 2014-04-16, 02:19:13 (62.228.79.71)
''A PC audio system is a conglomeration of parts that needs to be meticulously calibrated by the end user'' Poppycock!!! You must be a shareholder in MS,HP or whatever. There is no logic in asserting .......
69: RE: I think what you are saying is that sometimes I will not be able to use my MS II (4.69)
Posted by Doublej on 2011-02-13, 08:59:55 (128.103.224.82)
No I think Bill is saying that your machine is not configured properly and you have a couple of choices in fixing it: 1. Direct all sounds to the MSII 2. Direct some of the sounds to MSII and other so .......
70: Excellent. (4.68)
Posted by alan m. kafton on 2008-12-19, 11:47:08 (68.228.56.84)
This I think is the biggest problem people have with Computer audio... not only do they think it should be the best transport ever, but they want to multitask on it too... Well said. Both of these pl .......
71: Re: MS Media Player vs Exact Audio Copy (4.67)
Posted by Tuckers on 2006-10-24, 13:06:36 (66.192.222.99)
Probably the reason WMP ripped those tracks is because it will just skip over unrecoverable errors and fill them in with a guess as to what should be there. Good for a difficult track like this one, b .......
72: RE: nothing wrong with providing information (4.66)
Posted by AbeCollins on 2012-12-15, 10:54:10 (76.25.70.1)
Thanks Bill. I found the material interesting and decided to post it here. I can't say that I understand it all but it's a nice resource to go to if I'm ever interested in digging that deep. I was su .......
73: got a link to the MS details? (4.66)
Posted by doodlebug on 2008-02-12, 20:00:10 (69.254.191.232)
Reason I'm asking is that a number of the Firewire DAC interfaces have Vista problems and I'm wondering if these problems are related. Most of these folks have delayed stable drivers (M-Audio/Presonus .......
74: RE: Future DAC: NAS integration? (4.63)
Posted by mrspoonsi on 2009-07-31, 13:25:55 (87.254.79.189)
>"RipNAS -is- a computer and suffers from the same jitter and other nasty issues shared by most all computers." How can a NAS suffer from jitter? something on the network requests perhaps 2 seconds of .......
75: MS is dropping support for XP in 2 years... (4.60)
Posted by nickwh on 2012-04-14, 18:30:23 (69.120.61.165)
It's really not an audio related question. If you want a supported OS with security patches long-term I'd recommend Windows 7. All the fans of Windows XP start crying now...you got over the death of .......
76: USB Audio 2 in Windows (4.57)
Posted by Roseval on 2016-09-01, 11:45:39 (77.170.179.129)
Believe it or not but it look likes MS is finally working on a UAC2 driver! .......
77: RE: 0.9 is better unless you like snake oil (4.55)
Posted by Todd Krieger on 2007-09-27, 19:52:26 (75.215.154.64)
"What the net says is that Secret Rabbit is the 'best sounding' and most efficient upsampling algorithm going. Now that may be true. Myself, I've tried every upsampler I could get my hands on for Foob .......
78: Music Vault with SSD caught my eye (4.52)
Posted by Jay Buridan on 2015-10-22, 10:50:51 (75.39.16.143)
Because it's turn-key as opposed to much computer audio which obviously is a CLUSTER-F**K HEADACHE. Another product that looks promising is the Wyred 4 Sound Music Server MS-2 with SSD option. These a .......
79: Is the Operating System's kmixer Active? (4.51)
Posted by Todd Krieger on 2008-12-20, 19:41:51 (72.222.170.92)
You may have been upsampling off the MS kmixer (the default audio system in Windows XP), which is a 24/48 upsampler. If you do so off of Kernel Streaming or ASIO, which is bit perfect (prior to 24/96 .......
80: RE: It can work with Vista....with some caveats...... (4.48)
Posted by sailor321 on 2008-05-13, 05:06:48 (76.161.241.115)
I agree with you on a separate system. I just built this Vista machine for music only. It will be on a separate network from my main computer. My main computer is not left on all the time, but the mus .......
81: RE: Wavelength Proton DAC and Cary MS-1 (4.47)
Posted by fmak on 2011-08-17, 11:33:32 (91.125.58.28)
Digital overload sounds and measures horribly - fact -, the majority of manufacturers who get 0 dB more or less right and avoid overload. To have to set level to 90% to avoid it is acceptable only to .......
82: RE: Is firewire still better than usb for audio ? (4.47)
Posted by John Swenson on 2013-09-24, 15:18:07 (192.19.225.100)
I did read a statement a while back from the person in charge of the group that developes such things at MS, he considers the only people that will ever want a UAC2 driver to be weirdo audiophile craz .......
83: RE: Is firewire still better than usb for audio ? (4.42)
Posted by Roseval on 2013-09-22, 15:03:29 (92.254.0.240)
USB 1.1 got a well deserved reputation as a POS, having marginal bandwidth for two channel audio at 96/24 Wonder why there is a bandwidth issue. In case of USB at full speed every millisecond a pack .......
84: Download 8.1 April 14th and Suffer The Ten Plagues? (4.42)
Posted by amioutaline? on 2014-04-05, 08:00:27 (97.82.220.193)
MS keeps nudging me to upgrade but my new Lenovo laptop came with warning: Upgrading to Windows 8.1 may effect...: ALS, Audio, Bluetooth, Brightness, Camera,...Sensor, Touchpad,.... I know someone who .......
85: RE: Basic questions (4.41)
Posted by TJF on 2009-02-18, 09:21:22 (217.225.255.65)
2.) Win7 should be very "slim". I didn't test Vista and Win7 up to now (in my own equipment - only using XP). My information is only from a MS Coder, who points on Win7 ... and perhaps Win7 64 bit (dr .......
86: RE: I love the sound I am getting from my Exemplar music server, but it runs on MS Windows XP (4.41)
Posted by Presto on 2008-09-15, 15:50:08 (207.216.246.51)
Except most of us know when our systems are resampling. Mac users just "assumed" Macs core-audio got it right with no user input. Except the time when you switch sample rates on your software and now .......
87: RE: I love the sound I am getting from my Exemplar music server, but it runs on MS Windows XP (4.37)
Posted by Squonk on 2008-09-13, 08:37:27 (99.189.252.74)
I think my next computer will be a Mac. I spent too much money on my desktop PC so I won't be replacing it for about 3 more years. However, I am not getting the horrible operation and audio out proble .......
88: RE: Or their resampling software? (4.36)
Posted by fmak on 2008-07-05, 22:08:38 (213.149.172.35)
You seem to have no concept that software needs to be embedded in hardware which works properly. The signal transfer in dCS boxes is one of the best I have measured, and they actually make the boxes w .......
89: RE: Sounds different than Foobar 0.83 (4.35)
Posted by audioAl on 2008-05-31, 06:05:37 (70.240.175.237)
Hello:I built an AMD 64 duo-core AM2 processor based ATX Xion case with the Micro Star International Mainboard, it has the K9N Neo V2/V3 with the MS-7369 mainboard and Realtek ALC888 Audio. It has S/P .......
90: Re: Best OS for PC Audio - MS or Apple, and then which version? (4.35)
Posted by audioengr on 2005-04-01, 11:00:53 (66.220.120.101)
I did this comparison, PC to MAC G4 last weekend using my Off-Ramp Turbo USB to S/PDIF converter. The MAC is definitely better sounding than the PC laptop at 44.1, but will not do 24/96. The PC sounds .......
91: RE: Try these Audio Registry Changes in Windows (4.35)
Posted by SBGK on 2017-01-04, 04:52:07 (192.149.117.69)
requires that the playback software tells MMCSS that it is audio or proaudio, usually pro audio is for 96 khz and above playback. Think background=true is preferable - "Indicates whether this is a bac .......
92: Does no one understand FLAC? (4.34)
Posted by jbo5112 on 2011-12-04, 19:04:39 (98.156.104.123)
FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec) is a lossless compression, similar to WinZip and different from MP3. If FLAC audio is decompressed and written to a WAV, it will produce the exact same file as the ori .......
93: Best OS for PC Audio - MS or Apple, and then which version? (4.32)
Posted by Djhymn on 2005-03-30, 20:37:26 (68.167.248.118)
So, in the interest of mimimizing secondary processes, with the ultimate goal of maximum sound quality, which OS make the most sense to use for a dedicated PC Audio system - Windows, or Apple, and the .......
94: So (4.32)
Posted by fmak on 2014-09-08, 15:02:02 (80.189.16.199)
a number of inmates are saying that an access time of 20mS (and varying) makes no difference in the final outcome of a time variable audio signal outputted from a group of chips in the signal path, as .......
95: MS Media Player vs Exact Audio Copy (4.31)
Posted by jowook on 2006-10-20, 21:43:51 (65.28.0.43)
I have ripped my CDs with EAC and Monkey's Audio(ape). I've found EAC cannot rip some tracks on some CDs. One of them is "Mahler Nr. one conducted by Abbado". I tried my CD and my friend's CD. The 2nd .......
96: RE: asio4all with USB DAC and "Album Player" (4.30)
Posted by Roseval on 2010-11-05, 11:47:26 (92.254.0.240)
Win7 resamples everything to the rate as set in the control panel of the audio device. If you set this to 44.1 no resampling of Redbook audio will take place. A couple more USB audio tips: http://thew .......
97: Unless you run DX10 apps there is no reason to be using Vista. Install XP, or if you can XP64. (4.30)
Posted by Yashu on 2007-04-19, 20:45:24 (69.151.204.234)
Xp sucks but at least it is fully supported. Vista will be good in about 6 months to a year. A good metric is the new MS OSes are ready to switch to when a SP1 comes out. I think vista offers a little .......
98: RE: Great group of articles/interviews on PFO.... (4.29)
Posted by Dynaudio_Rules on 2009-01-27, 06:37:40 (66.188.68.67)
What IS interesting is that they don't seem to be pioneering anything. They seem to be discussing issues that have been around since the inception of computer audio, conversations on this board are mo .......
99: RE: Ten years later - I finally get a new machine (4.29)
Posted by Astrostar60 on 2013-01-07, 12:27:14 (188.31.41.66)
Oh please get a Mac Mini. It is soo quite, looks great AND sounds great, plus it isn't a modified PC metal box, more a streaming video and audio capable unit. How can you not dig the look and small si .......
100: RE: The chip, not the sample-rate (4.26)
Posted by Roseval on 2008-08-31, 10:20:08 (92.254.0.240)
I have had my Benchmark connected to various machines running XP and Vista. Haven’t encountered any problem you mentioned. Not really a surprise as the MS USB audio driver in Vista is stable, the late .......
101: haswell chips - so long JPlay ? (4.23)
Posted by SBGK on 2013-06-01, 02:17:07 (86.129.209.7)
Are we fast approaching the time when all players will sound the same and sound quality will once again be determined by hardware ? the Intel Haswell chips due out this month offer an audio offloading .......
102: RE: This has nothing to do with audio... (4.20)
Posted by Jaundiced Ear on 2015-07-30, 18:22:03 (71.146.0.173)
Thanks for the reply! I had to set up and use a Microsoft Account in order to participate in the Windows Insider program to be able to use the preview builds of Win 10. I believe in using robust passw .......
103: Do you mean... (4.18)
Posted by Presto on 2008-01-01, 19:47:58 (24.70.95.205)
By "standard MS sound control panel", do you mean the "Sounds and Audio Devices" shortcut in the control panel? The only thing there that resembled "enabling digital I/O" was this: -> Sounds and Audi .......
104: Best way to configure Windows Media Player for best quality? (4.18)
Posted by analoguecameralover on 2009-08-17, 04:21:42 (92.24.4.177)
Relative newcomer to PC audio here but reading around, I believe that MS Media Player is low-quality for those that purse "bit perfect" quality ideally - such as FLAC etc Does anyone have any tips to .......
105: Me, too (4.17)
Posted by riboge on 2014-10-20, 11:34:18 (69.140.171.67)
I came over to computer audio starting around 2002 via Headfi and modified iPods that output digital to a portable dac and amp to increasingly high quality headphones and earphones. Both the appeal of .......
106: RE: Thanks for the replies (4.17)
Posted by Roseval on 2015-08-20, 01:57:30 (92.254.0.240)
MS did optimize 10 a bit for audio. Latency has improved. But if you don't have latency issues, why bother? I do think 10 a bit more crisp than 8.1 I run 10 without issues audio wise. SQ wise I don't .......
107: You'll have to ask a MS/Audacity expert (4.15)
Posted by VinylNewbie on 2008-04-15, 06:36:41 (198.62.250.120)
I'm a Mac guy who plays with AIFF files and uses HairerSoft Amadeus Pro for editing. My guess is that you're going to want to keep everything 16 bit; and if you're burning an audio CD you definitely n .......
108: This supports my argument that we will never get consistently good sound by tweaking software (4.14)
Posted by fmak on 2014-04-17, 05:58:26 (93.109.39.34)
Consistency in audio is a function of the combination of too many variables. However, I do all my evaluation listening on the same PC hardware. If you do this, you can weed out software and OSs that d .......
109: Re: MS Media Center PC files (4.12)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2005-11-22, 22:02:44 (139.68.4.4)
Thanks for the tip Mike....and the rant. I think it is a different issue. See, I copied a file from the Media Center PC to the one with regular old XP pro. Even with the file in that computers hard dr .......
110: Re: dropouts with Foobar (4.10)
Posted by lcrim on 2006-03-17, 12:45:35 (12.26.60.50)
Hi: I also use Foobar w/ the Audigy 2 NX and I'm still working on ways to get rid of the occasional pop. My laptop is optimized for audio playback following the recommendations on Steve Nugent's Empir .......
111: RE: thanks guys - not surprisingly another question..... (4.09)
Posted by Roseval on 2012-04-21, 04:56:33 (92.254.0.240)
USB audio is part of the USB standard. The first one USB Audio Class 1(UAC1) was released in 1998. As it is tied to USB 1, it allows for 24/96 max. All major OS (Win, OSX, Linux) do have native mode d .......
112: RE: Clearly not an LMS issue.... (4.09)
Posted by soundchekk on 2017-10-03, 08:13:36 (109.91.250.138)
There's the Alsa buffer setting towards the audio device. That's in ms! The other buffers are the streaming buffers. The first part (20000) gets loaded with the data from the network -untouched- , the .......
113: RE: Samsung Galaxy SIII - first Droid supporting USB audio (3.99)
Posted by Albert B. Broman on 2012-07-16, 08:56:04 (64.134.132.59)
Yes, I wish Google and the various manufacturers would get their ducks in a row, but I also wish they would use a good Woofson DAC as they did in the first Galaxy S. If you want to play files while yo .......
114: Re: Any Ms Vista users out there? (3.97)
Posted by Karson on 2006-10-20, 11:18:33 (205.210.223.130)
From what I can tell, your old setup should have been passing bit-perfect 44.1 to your Behringer, and the new Vista setup is likely passing upsampled 48 to your Behringer (unless you got it to work in .......
115: RE: No doubt and to be expected... (3.94)
Posted by fmak on 2010-07-20, 10:32:27 (85.210.124.77)
Gordan is right; current draw is much reduced and makes it easy to isolate the impulsive current draws (and hence noise) from the MBs and sound devices. My point was also that, with a low end ssd like .......
116: Christine does going through WMP impose any audio penalty? (3.94)
Posted by dave in gva on 2007-02-12, 22:59:03 (89.217.193.156)
Good luck with your new installation Christine. I have been curious about Windows Media Player because of my eventual desire to control my headless server via a UMPC (yes, on one of those tiny 7" scre .......
117: RE: Thanks for the heads-up... (3.94)
Posted by andy_c on 2007-11-13, 07:01:25 (67.173.233.47)
Hi AP, Sorry, I haven't ever used Vista at all. In fact I suspect I'll delay getting it for as long as I can get away with doing so. My recent foray into Foobar came when my Squeezebox died, and I dec .......
118: Re: Why is the system volume still used when the SPDIF is used? (3.94)
Posted by slwiser on 2007-01-08, 15:37:15 (68.57.160.152)
Cause MS Operation Systems while using the Intel AC97 standard does not provide the same signal out that comes into it from a ripped audio file. Therefore it does not matter what you do to the signal .......
119: RE: Latency for accesses that don't happen affects sound?? (3.93)
Posted by fmak on 2012-08-27, 23:38:25 (87.113.116.208)
Latency is a simplistic way of looking at what is happening within a system (such as rise time, defined as 63% of peak!). A 20 mS (and more) delay in supplying data is significant if one does not use .......
120: RE: Windows XP Service Pack 3. Anyone install yet? (3.91)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2008-07-02, 12:43:18 (139.68.134.1)
I did on my normal PC with my M-audio Revo 5.1. It works great. The weird thing is that I swear that with SP3 the PC is busy doing stuff that I don't know what it is doing far more often than SP2. I c .......
121: RE: Foobar (3.91)
Posted by soundchekk on 2009-11-30, 01:27:00 (80.133.206.149)
You must be getting older ( OK,OK - I know - we all do - of course there is a difference between physical and "mental" aging :)) ) . Raving about ease of use. Come on - you must be kidding. I just ins .......
122: RE: Fred, I'm not sure what you are trying to say. (3.90)
Posted by fmak on 2010-10-30, 03:05:49 (218.103.42.110)
'Now for *asynchronous* Class Two Audio (up to 192 kHz) we have found out from Thesycon that XP Service Pack 3 or newer is required. ' Not so, aysnc usb devices such as M2Tech, Musiland (and I shall b .......
123: RE: Windows 10 upgrade? (3.88)
Posted by EmailTim on 2015-08-26, 23:12:24 (23.242.179.95)
Looks like Windows 10 has optimized its audio stack, added audio priority scheme, added FLAC codecs, offered core locking, reduced latencies and buffer sizes. http://www.sonicstate.com/news/2015/07/21 .......
124: Beware of poor DAE in some LiteOn combo drives (3.87)
Posted by andy_c on 2005-02-13, 19:47:28 (67.176.93.102)
Hi all, I've been having some problems with ripping audio using EAC (in secure mode) with my LiteOn SOHC-5235K combo drive. When ripping audio from CDs using EAC's "Test and copy selected tracks", I k .......
125: RE: MS exec responds to Windows 10 privacy backlash (3.87)
Posted by merlinus on 2015-09-29, 08:31:41 (76.127.41.145)
I switched to Linux some 8-1/2 years ago, and have never looked back at Gatesville, except with derision. What a POS OS!!! Trojans, worms, virii, and such in abundance, not to mention security breache .......
126: RE: Even better... a true multi-format multimedia PC....(dreaming?) (3.87)
Posted by fmak on 2007-11-18, 01:30:24 (87.228.167.184)
True multi format av machines can be more hype than reality. For example, MS Media Centre tends to be buggy still and reproduction from WMP11 is noticeably infereior to Win DVD8 Plat which can still b .......
127: RE: "Carcass's criticism of my post..." - care to point out what part of my response.... (3.87)
Posted by Ryelands on 2011-08-23, 10:05:55 (85.211.157.204)
I thought it was pointing out mistakes in steppe's posts . . . So why not point that out to steppe? Whatever, I spotted his point was wrong and said nothing; should have done. Hopefully, you'll expl .......
128: RE: Need advice EAC/Foobar2000/Benchmark DAC1 USB (3.87)
Posted by TopPop on 2008-02-27, 16:57:41 (76.199.5.131)
One way to get 16bit data to a DAc unmidified is the set foobar to 24bit outpu and set the the sound card in the audio control panel to 24bits/44.1Khz. Tried this, but the DAC on my portable headpho .......
129: RE: No doubt the registry is written without those complicated (3.87)
Posted by Ryelands on 2011-12-28, 01:51:53 (85.211.214.43)
if you tried to get Minlogon to work with XP Home I suspect minlogon will work fine with XP Home, it's AWE that is available only in XP Pro. (I find the sound in my system better with the feature di .......
130: Why stick with Mac? (3.86)
Posted by Bill Way on 2014-03-04, 12:32:32 (108.21.60.113)
Because the o/s has a cleaner architecture. (Former MS-certified consultant here, and no, I don't miss it.) The Apple stuff sucks less. It crashes less. Because managing installed applications is easi .......
131: RE: December TAS - the cat is out of the bag (3.86)
Posted by soundcheckk on 2007-11-24, 03:01:19 (80.133.228.61)
It (still) needs quite some enthusiasm to get a Linux up2speed - meaning better performing than MS. However you'll have all the flexibility you're looking for. The main issue is still the lack of har .......
132: RE: Because it's not always about Jitter (3.84)
Posted by fmak on 2011-01-06, 09:32:02 (62.228.32.4)
Climate change is a different matter. The turbulence and heat and mass transfer models are rather inexact. In the case of audio in PCs, it is the multitude of information which is held back or not ava .......
133: RE: best/worthwhile tweaks for computer audio hardware (3.82)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2008-10-02, 10:57:57 (139.68.134.1)
MS, The absolute best thing IMHO is a dedicated machine. Period. ONe built like cics describes is even better. Preferably one that isn't connected to the internet but YMMV on that one. YOu could rip o .......
134: RE: Which happens when the SONOS Connect is hooked dirctly network via ethernet cable... (3.82)
Posted by AbeCollins on 2015-06-12, 10:32:19 (50.183.218.111)
There are SO MANY variables that can affect network performance to streaming services like Spotify, Tidal, Deezer Elite, Qobuz, etc. The route that packets take, the network Path MTU, the MTU size set .......
135: RE: Don't buy a computer, if... (3.81)
Posted by fmak on 2008-11-08, 01:07:27 (213.7.111.221)
I have been doing high level scientific computing since 1965. There is no basis for what you say. I don't care about mean time failures which is very high with windows or with PC hardware (some fail t .......
136: Re: USB CD/DVDRom (3.80)
Posted by fmak on 2004-12-03, 07:07:58 (195.92.67.66)
Have not made any general claim. Fact is, packet signal transfer may not have as much of a timing problem. However, the hardware and software are not perfect. I know that XP 'rewrites' cdda files thru .......
137: RE: It is interesting how (3.79)
Posted by Bob_C on 2014-02-12, 13:47:01 (108.27.250.147)
"MAC minis were and are still being promoted by some inmates as being the way into computer audio." To be fair, IMO not the best, but not the worst either. The Unix based OS is probably better out of .......
138: RE: Apple or... ? (3.79)
Posted by SteveBrown on 2010-08-03, 05:04:36 (70.177.122.152)
That's what I love about the assylum, as clear as I think I am, I'm not. So, thanks for the question. What I mean as "source" is to store music, as in transfer Red Book CDs to the PC (or Mac) and pla .......
139: Re: A question to Vinni Rossi and why I cannot stand MS and their XP system (3.78)
Posted by Vinnie R. on 2005-10-17, 17:52:42 (68.118.231.150)
Hi Paul, I apologize for my slow response... I missed your post: >>What I think or assume from your design and mod, it seems to me that the M-Audio transit information retrieval software and modalitie .......
140: RE: iPod and Dragonfly compatible? (3.77)
Posted by soundchekk on 2012-11-14, 04:27:41 (62.143.49.4)
Lots of people will buy MS Windows 8 ??? Will that be an indicator for its quality or great - missing - features!?!? Lots of people might buy a DF, because of great reviews. None of them is using it .......
141: USB in Win7 SP1 (3.77)
Posted by fmak on 2012-04-17, 23:40:41 (93.109.212.163)
It turns out that there are bugs in the update process, which can cause usb to revert to 1.1 in W7 systems. Typically this results in slow usb copy or transfer. The MS update offered can actually caus .......
142: RE: question about converters (3.73)
Posted by fmak on 2011-02-04, 22:20:52 (62.228.41.149)
'But there are many positive features to computer audio. I can access 1800 titles instantly with a remote at my seat. Try this with a CD player. I have a ton of hi-res titles that surpass the quality .......
143: RE: Windows 8 Audio Problems (3.72)
Posted by AbeCollins on 2012-11-27, 08:32:04 (76.25.70.1)
The article writer admits not knowing how to load Win 8 drivers (in compatibility mode). Argh...spend 10 minutes learning guys. However, the author did mention clicking and popping noise problems in .......
144: RE: Low powered Linux Clients (3.71)
Posted by soundchekk on 2008-11-26, 01:17:08 (80.133.208.169)
John. Great that you bring that up. I'd like to add some more options: Pulseaudio (comparable to Jack): With Pulseaudio you can choose and connect whatever sources and sinks (audio cards) in your netw .......
145: DOM SLC SSDs (3.70)
Posted by fmak on 2014-07-09, 08:03:09 (80.189.152.69)
I get very good sound out of a VIA CV700A low power industrial PC. There are no cables and the DOM directly plugs into the MB socket. Music is on a 500G SSD connected with 15cm of individually shielde .......
146: RE: Tablet, why didn't you say so in the beginning? Never will work at HS Audio. (3.70)
Posted by eduardoo on 2012-02-16, 17:32:23 (175.45.6.61)
Well, although it is a tablet, it is actually an AMD brazos based machine (i.e. not a Tegra or Cortex tablet running Android or iOS) that runs Win7 64 bit, with a 64GB SSD and 4GB ram. It is basically .......
147: Talk all you want.... (3.69)
Posted by AbeCollins on 2012-10-16, 14:56:10 (76.25.70.1)
I don't think anyone is taking Windows 8 seriously just yet so you're an early adopter. It should pick up in a couple weeks when it's officially released. I have Windows 8 Consumer Preview but run it .......
148: Re: Audio Computer - I regret! (3.69)
Posted by Lynn on 2006-05-12, 06:39:14 (24.251.134.201)
Hi, Sorry to hear you are having so many problems, and RME is a great card. I would stay away from M-Audio if you want to ASIO in Foobar. I have not tried to setup anything other than an AMD or Intel .......
149: A question to Vinni Rossi and why I cannot stand MS and their XP system (3.65)
Posted by Bemopti123 on 2005-10-15, 10:53:36 (67.101.248.245)
Hi Vinnie, do you know what would be the technical difference between your USB Select and the Empirical Audio, with the Superclock 3? From what I read in your site, about the Select, I see that you h .......
150: RE: Quality of the MS encoder? (3.63)
Posted by Tony Lauck on 2008-03-30, 06:21:49 (65.19.76.104)
The MS WMA encoder includes lossy as well as lossless encoding. You want to make sure you have selected lossless. If you set it this way then you should have an encoding that will decode to the origin .......
151: RE: Good Job Steve!!....nt (3.62)
Posted by Ryelands on 2012-12-01, 03:12:30 (85.211.209.99)
Audiostream's interest first of all is to get their pageclick counter up. Fancy that - a publication wanting lots of readers. Whatever next? You need to calm down a little bit. An engineer on this l .......
152: RE: Just like spdif/aes3? (3.62)
Posted by Ryelands on 2011-10-04, 06:39:35 (85.211.155.120)
What you say is NOT true for good/high end stuff with proper spdif transmitter and receiver At least they work 100% of the time. Only a couple of days ago, you were reporting that, unlike MS generic .......
153: RE: Is There Any Hope for Linux Audio? (3.61)
Posted by SBGK on 2015-05-09, 14:59:58 (109.152.200.127)
until you hear music played without a driver you won't know how much it affects the sound. I've tried the windows native driver for 16/44.1, didn't sound that good. I've read numerous reports where pe .......
154: N270 Netbook makes an excellent and cheap portable audio device (3.59)
Posted by fmak on 2010-07-14, 03:57:13 (85.210.123.132)
I recently bought a Samsung N130 'restocked new' netbook with 1GB Ram and XP Home (for about $270). Surprisingly, this makes an excellent pair with a Musiland 01USD into an RME ADI-2 dac with a 75R Mi .......
155: RE: MS exec responds to Windows 10 privacy backlash (3.59)
Posted by Tony Lauck on 2015-09-29, 07:14:10 (65.19.73.221)
I upgraded a tablet that I use solely for web surfing and reading PDFs. It had been running Windows 8 and auto updates are fine for my purposes on this machine, as it does nothing really important and .......
156: RE: Good sound at office-is this all I need? (3.58)
Posted by FSonicSmith on 2009-04-24, 11:34:55 (96.11.175.178)
My understanding is that the Antec PSU does have very low ripple. I know I am the one asking for advice, but no way would I ever settle for the graphics card on the motherboard. The Samsung Syncmaster .......
157: RE: WMA Lossless VS.... (3.55)
Posted by AbeCollins on 2013-06-08, 09:11:29 (76.25.70.1)
"What is pleasing thus far is that there is absolutely zero noise. Whether due to the battery I am still investigating." While it's great that you have zero noise, this isn't such a hard thing to ac .......
158: RE: I'm interested - Winamp and Otachan exe (v. 0.70) are my software of choice. (3.55)
Posted by Presto on 2007-10-15, 12:53:16 (207.216.246.51)
To generate (and save) a sweep, get the trial version of the NCH tone generator here: http://www.nch.com.au/tonegen/index.html Under the "Tone" pulldown, select "stereo" then select "Sine Sweep (log)" .......
159: Warning (3.51)
Posted by fmak on 2021-02-15, 01:33:59 (62.228.70.137)
If you don't want latency spikes, do not use Momentum Cache in Crucial SSDs. They claim to achieve 10x increase in read/write speed, which is true when measured in software. However, there is no perce .......
160: Touch screen love........... (3.51)
Posted by Sordidman on 2010-04-06, 10:54:37 (12.189.30.99)
Has lots of appeal.... But, making a 27" iMAC that can hang on a wall is moving in the right direction. And/or, how far away is the touch screen on a MacBook, or Panasonic, Sony, or Pioneer, or Hitach .......
161: RE: I Hate To Say This, But.......-Also (3.49)
Posted by SeVeReD on 2008-12-19, 10:34:42 (74.1.182.52)
When you're using your computer for music, just use your CDP for surfing the net, work related stuff, and ... wait hmm This I think is the biggest problem people have with Computer audio... not only d .......
162: RE: DSD Recording Capability and Playback on PC (3.46)
Posted by fmak on 2007-09-16, 08:04:09 (213.7.110.243)
I have now explored part of the audio capabilities of the computer. It works on players used so far WMP11 with 24/96 wav and DSD files (there is a Sony Plugin), Quicktime and Foobar with the (Reality .......
163: RE: "Foobar was never developed for sounding good..." - and it doesn't. (3.45)
Posted by soundchekk on 2010-02-18, 09:42:24 (80.133.173.125)
As you might know - I am running Linux. I won't defend, try or intend to sell Foobar. For sure Foobar was the first application, which sounded better then anything else in the early days. It has been .......
164: RE: Latency Settings...Do I want More Samples Per Buffer or Less (3.44)
Posted by soundchekk on 2008-01-06, 02:19:22 (80.133.207.77)
My 2 cents: You don't want buffers in any realtime chain in an ideal case. And an digital audio chain is a realtime chain. A buffer is just a bad idea to get around the limitations of a system. Buffer .......
165: best way to use Lynx AES16e (in a Mac) and dCS Elgar Plus / Verona (3.43)
Posted by andrej on 2009-10-31, 20:23:40 (98.210.153.55)
I have finally connected my Elgar Plus DAC to the Lynx AES16e-SRC sound card in a Mac Pro running iTunes and Snow Leopard. My system also includes a Verona clock and a Paganini transport (connected in .......
166: RE: Windows 8 at Amazon and Newegg.... (3.42)
Posted by josh358 on 2012-10-22, 14:03:33 (64.148.11.195)
I've always done clean installs too, for the same reason. It's more work up front, but less heartache down the line. It does bug me a bit that I can't go directly to Windows 8 on my new HTPC, I just b .......
167: RE: Well, yahbut...USB20CV?. (3.40)
Posted by Charles Hansen on 2010-11-01, 09:07:31 (174.29.22.16)
The USB Prober generates a report for each attached USB device. Here is an example of the report for a Class One (96 kHz) asynchronous USB DAC: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Full Speed device @ 3 (0x06400000) .......
168: Hard to disagree with most of what you post... (3.39)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2014-07-09, 08:16:56 (76.220.25.80)
except that I might disagree with all of this fussing with computers, and yes, spent enough time around good sounding audio systems to know that an out-of-the-box Apple computer can sound quite good a .......
169: RE: SSRC-ASIO Issue (3.38)
Posted by cpuaudio on 2008-06-15, 15:41:43 (71.227.130.180)
What's the point? Every power cord and interconnect I've heard sounds different - but some sound better then others. Because Nordost or Synergistic Research cables sound different doesn't make them ba .......
170: Virtual Ram Disk on vista For audio? (3.36)
Posted by newneringa@yahoo.com on 2009-06-03, 23:40:42 (71.92.223.178)
back in those good old day when people had MS-Dos as their main OS, there was a dos utility called Ramdisk, basically, you create a virtual disk drive with unused memory.come to think of it. if we can .......
171: Media Center Help (3.35)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2006-06-25, 23:09:38 (139.68.134.1)
I have the 2004 of Windows Media Center, and am having the following problem: When the system awakens from standby, there is a huge chance that there will be no audio. THis makes recording TV programs .......
172: RE: However... (3.35)
Posted by Roseval on 2011-07-07, 03:32:01 (194.171.80.100)
As far as I know, USB audio doesn't specify a limit. You simple tell the DAC what is has to do. However, class 1 is done over USB full speed Every millisecond a package is send. Maximum package size i .......
173: Re: ASIO--)USB--)DAC (3.35)
Posted by mourip on 2004-10-18, 15:15:48 (141.156.141.21)
Thanks Thomas. Actually I did try the ASIO pluggins, both the dll and the exe. The Foobar error I get is: INFO (CORE) : startup time: 344 ms INFO (CORE) : opening file for playback : INFO (CORE) : loc .......
174: RE: Why stick with Mac? (3.35)
Posted by Bob_C on 2014-03-04, 13:05:16 (108.27.250.147)
"Because the o/s has a cleaner architecture. " Well then use Unix, which the GUI is actually sitting on. "(Former MS-certified consultant here, and no, I don't miss it.)" Maybe you were not that good .......
175: It'd certainly be the best (3.33)
Posted by steppe on 2012-04-15, 18:01:46 (128.70.62.134)
Solution, if a single purpose reader-player would exist wo any moving parts. Thanks for the link, Yes, RTOS is the way, but only with real drivers for real existing hardware, and we don't have them (f .......
176: 32/64 (3.33)
Posted by Roseval on 2014-11-03, 06:59:22 (92.254.0.240)
The biggest difference is the address space. Win32 can address 4 GB max (2^32), Win64 more than what fits into the PC. I run Win8.1 64 bit version for a year or so. No problems with 32 bit programs in .......
177: RE: Does sound improve with higher end PCs? (3.33)
Posted by Roseval on 2011-11-20, 03:39:37 (92.254.0.240)
The points mentioned by Archimago pretty much sums up my experience as well. A good interface is part of the fun so the response must be crisp. Using drivers allowing for bit perfect playback like ASI .......
178: Glad you decided to go with FLAC! (3.32)
Posted by andy_c on 2005-09-03, 19:37:12 (67.176.84.111)
The main reason I say so is because of my experience with software development. Many software development tool vendors (notably Microsoft) will create proprietary programming languages, software inter .......
179: RE: Why Mint Vs Ubuntu? (3.32)
Posted by soundchekk on 2009-11-30, 22:16:28 (80.133.232.67)
I think Mint is the most complete distro - "general purpose distro" as I said. Yes -- look and feel is one major points here. Ease of use and stability are two more. Mint claims to be the forth strong .......
180: RE: 3 camps in computer to DAC, which is best? (3.30)
Posted by Astrostar60 on 2013-01-03, 05:50:10 (94.197.30.53)
Hi mwheelerk I agree. Keep a look out on the server solution. The thing is, unless MS or Apple get seriously involved in this hobby, and I very much doubt that will ever happen, we are looking at bout .......
181: RE: omigosh-Ha-not good-How difficult is it? (3.30)
Posted by jriver on 2012-02-02, 09:24:39 (216.14.188.109)
fmak, You seem to have a lot of problems with JRiver. If you wanted help, I could try, but it seems like you don't. Just to respond to a couple of your problems... >Audiophiles don't want auto downloa .......
182: Re: I Suspect the Audible Difference Is From..... (3.28)
Posted by kls on 2007-04-30, 01:39:27 (80.133.208.142)
My recent investigations under Linux led me to following: The more parallel processes are running on a PC independend of PC load, the more non-linearities you'll catch in the DATA stream. (Keep in min .......
183: RE: I know Macs (3.27)
Posted by John Elison on 2014-05-30, 14:31:09 (98.19.153.154)
I'm not sure why people feel they need gobs of RAM for music. I bought a customized music server from Hollis Audio Labs and it works just fine with 2GB RAM and a 60GB SSD for its operating system. My .......
184: RE: Raspberry Pi4 For Audio? (3.25)
Posted by soundchekk on 2019-11-11, 06:04:23 (109.91.38.212)
The PI4 is IMO preferable over any other PI model. I think I don't have to repeat all the areas of improvement. I still gonna list some: * much better processor * better graphics * better and more RAM .......
185: Re: Best sounding PC based audio possable - any recomendations (3.21)
Posted by aljordan on 2006-10-12, 10:11:10 (204.10.46.254)
The problem with PC based digital room correction are not that you can't get excellent results, but more so the time involved in setting up the process and learning the software. I have set up digital .......
186: RE: MAC Mini - as DSP ? (3.19)
Posted by soundchekk on 2011-10-27, 23:16:10 (80.133.169.93)
I'm looking for a fast and/or GPU based convolution engine, which gets close to brutefir. Here is a feature list of brutefir: * Designed for realtime filtering of HiFi quality digital audio * Inp .......
187: XP SP2/3 remains favourite choice - pity no ASIO support in Linux (3.18)
Posted by cics on 2011-02-10, 10:40:34 (41.183.0.21)
Vista and onwards has seen good improvements over XP's standard audio performance but they also suffer from more complexity, i.e. DRM. Optimised XP with minlogon offers "least line of resistance". Wi .......
188: RE: 32bit OS vs 64bit OS Should There Be A Difference In Sound? (3.17)
Posted by jaydacus on 2012-06-28, 11:01:55 (98.246.49.237)
I have brought this up many many times and it has always fallen on deaf ears. My sound quality results have been as follows: 32 bit Windows XP- Decent sound quality, but not as good as Windows 7 64 bi .......
189: Laptop Specs for Audio PC type use??? (3.14)
Posted by Rich Brkich on 2005-12-12, 13:59:58 (24.92.252.79)
I'm looking at getting a new laptop to be used as a number of functions: 1) Main listening room music PC - Would probably use apples lossesly compressed music Via I-tunes to a USB/SPDIF device (Hagerm .......
190: Not necessarily only one option here.... (3.13)
Posted by doodlebug on 2005-01-30, 19:02:41 (63.249.64.120)
My take so far with internet steaming is that you *may* not have total control. It appears that some broadcasters are using various methods to get their signal into virtual space. For instance, my fav .......
191: RE: But no thanks... (3.11)
Posted by Scrith on 2009-03-12, 11:23:53 (67.151.201.82)
There's more irony going on here than you think... I'm not a big fan of OSX (although I'm at least equally frustrated by the MS OSs), but I've been using and programming Macs since 1983 (on a Lisa). I .......
192: RE: DAC USB Audio 2.0 compatability (3.10)
Posted by Roseval on 2016-12-03, 02:49:31 (77.170.179.129)
In the past some manufacturers developed their own drivers. Of course they had to comply with USB standards anyway, otherwise it wouldn't work but they were using bulk mode instead of isochronous mode .......
193: RE: Good questions - and another one is: (3.08)
Posted by PeterSt on 2007-11-20, 05:30:57 (62.177.251.66)
>HUH? YOu start by recommending a player with a very meager user interface, but somehow prefer Vista because of the user interface??? I guess Telstar prefers SQ over the user interface ? Anyway, IMO .......
194: Re: MS Media Center PC files (3.07)
Posted by mikee55 on 2005-11-22, 13:59:23 (81.77.114.240)
Hi mate,I take it your trying to stream video over Lan.You need a bit of software to do this.I can't for the life of me think of its name.Its out there on WWW.You set up the port addresses and it send .......
195: RE: minimalist playback software? (3.05)
Posted by soundchekk on 2009-04-24, 01:54:04 (80.133.251.161)
If you're interested in a Linux commandline script. (It'll be hard to beat.) Example 1: (Plays everything it finds in a directory, replace asteriks with your filename if you want to play a single file .......
196: Stuttering with ASIO through USB and Firewire; fine through PCI; CPU usage less than 20%. Reason? (3.01)
Posted by carcass93 on 2007-07-25, 08:41:40 (129.33.19.254)
I'm currently evaluating the following products: - EMU 0404 USB - EMU 1212M PCI - Echo Audio Audifire8 Firewire I'm using my regular desktop, Windows XP SP2 with 2.5GHz Celeron and 512 Mb memory, with .......
197: RE: Again, I've no problem with Foobar sound (3.00)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2019-03-02, 12:16:33 (108.234.77.201)
Oh sorry I missed that somehow. I am all about the sq and well thats why I use Hysolid. And the GUI is awesome since you don't need a mouse and keyboard, etc. Anyhow it may not be the best for you. IM .......
198: Re: Here's another 2 devices (3.00)
Posted by texastea006@yahoo.com on 2007-05-15, 11:41:37 (198.8.3.36)
Good catch finding the expand 'Non-Plug and Play Devices'. There are several more devices now that I think can be disabled, and I am still experimenting. I almost wish we could just run foobar with ms .......
199: Not true (2.99)
Posted by Gordon Rankin on 2009-06-04, 08:25:34 (66.161.253.9)
Todd, That is completely un true. Adaptive works off the SOF frame being received over a time period. That reception is suppose to happen ever 1ms. When you receive this in Adaptive mode you check you .......
200: Re: I don't think any USB audio devices have a master clock (2.98)
Posted by BFitz on 2005-09-07, 22:17:30 (72.224.84.53)
OK, read the D/A diaries link. The USB in isochronous mode, on the transmit side essentially stuffs the correct number of samples into 1ms packets, and this is the embedded clock. I guess the crystal .......
Found 16 records in Critic's Corner.
1: Well, why are you assuming I don't think 90% of high end audio is a scam? (5.96)
Posted by keith_d on 2010-02-10, 10:31:27 (66.19.225.39)
Just kidding. I think. The low quality of the graphic design in the ad for pricey products. The apparent trademark infringement meant to cause confusion, imo. The reports in General that the street ad .......
2: I believe you may be missing the most important issue? (5.96)
Posted by JoshT on 2012-09-05, 16:58:17 (174.62.235.138)
Perhaps intentionally? It's not a matter of spelling or grammar, it's content, as TBone has pointed out. Ms Goodwin may be a lovely person, and some of her writings may be "nice" or entertaining, but .......
3: So now we know that Sue Kraft never met Enid Lumley, postdated her by over a decade. (5.03)
Posted by bjh on 2012-09-26, 16:31:59 (99.250.134.143)
John Atkinson, in 87, writes an interesting account of meeting Enid Lumley: Enid Lumley accosted me in the corridors of Santa Monica's BayView Plaza Hotel in March: "That doesn't sound like a real pia .......
4: A bundle of weak arguments (4.80)
Posted by Jim Austin on 2006-05-28, 16:59:24 (70.16.65.66)
>>But the real issue, I think, is why you care whether people delude themselves. Is it your responsibility to save them? Who appointed you? If you are out to stop hype to increase sales, lots of luck .......
5: RE: Transmission lines and more... (4.26)
Posted by Kal Rubinson on 2015-02-01, 18:35:14 (100.2.160.50)
I completely agree with you about the changes wrought by Theile/Small. After years of building TLs, I jumped on an article in "Audio" which offered a clear and logical series of equations for reflex d .......
6: Jennifer Crock wrote a review of..... (4.25)
Posted by Rick W on 2008-04-04, 15:10:40 (69.203.74.114)
the EAR 834p when PF was still in print. In the review she disclosed that she was selling the EAR (can't remember if she had a store, or what). She said the decision to carry it was made because she h .......
7: RE: It is true that the amount and degree... (4.07)
Posted by Srajan Ebaen on 2008-02-21, 11:20:34 (81.4.165.30)
In my defense, I can say I've been there and done that for 3+ years (audio retail) to appreciate how hard it can be, especially nowadays that B&Ms are expected to compete with Internet sellers to do t .......
8: RE: Reviewer(s) Average Age ??? (4.04)
Posted by geezerrocket on 2011-10-18, 08:48:55 (206.188.244.30)
RGA, I agree with most everything you stated. Manufacturers selling $50,000 amps will naturally market it to the boomers. But, how about the $750 to $2000 amps, speakers, servers etc. For the record, .......
9: Re: Women reviewers YES. Sue Kraft NO (3.97)
Posted by kbuzz on 2005-04-17, 20:42:43 (69.86.48.108)
Well for the record i think most eduated audiophiles would agree that women hear different or arguably better then men. With that in mind i thinks it great idea to have a women reviewer he write thier .......
10: Re: Upsampling? Interpolation? (3.88)
Posted by Jacques on 2005-09-28, 03:25:32 (81.56.144.181)
When upsampling, you don't add any information. You just add samples. Why would you do that? Figure the analog outputs of the DAC before filtering, without and with upsampling. The unfiltered analog o .......
11: RE: John Potis passes away (3.63)
Posted by jamesgarvin on 2008-12-23, 11:03:49 (74.215.224.21)
Unfortunately, this is bad news in during what should be a happy time. I first corresponded with John during the course of my audition, and ultimate purchase, of the Gallo Reference 3.1. He was very f .......
12: Totally agree re: 2L of course. (3.60)
Posted by John Marks on 2009-09-29, 07:58:30 (72.82.0.44)
A chum of mine, in his youth, was something like the #3 Floating Replacement Organist--at the Vatican. He said that the 2L chant disc I recommended last Christmas is the best recorded chant he has eve .......
13: Just finished reading Anthony H. Cordesman... (3.28)
Posted by TeddiJackEddie on 2010-12-11, 06:34:29 (74.111.123.213)
He started his latest review by discussing the teenage daughter of a friend of his. She yard-sale shopped a NAD amp, an old Thorens turntable, and a pair of Electro-Voice speakers for under $300! She .......
14: RE: Compare measurements of the Croft to the Lamm ML3 (3.10)
Posted by rick_m on 2013-10-04, 06:19:02 (96.25.74.167)
"That is an interesting point but it brings up an important difference with audio electronics from other industries that DON'T rely on human perception (particularly auditory perception) as the final .......
15: I firmly stand behind every single post in this thread and my PF articles (2.76)
Posted by Teresa on 2012-09-05, 21:41:50 (24.205.98.160)
JoshT said: "Ms Goodwin may be a lovely person, and some of her writings may be "nice" or entertaining, but her expressed views on this very thread, linked below, are enough for me not to take her ser .......
16: RE: Reviewer(s) Average Age ??? (2.66)
Posted by josh358 on 2011-10-23, 13:16:00 (64.252.118.104)
Yeah, homes typically are better than showrooms, for planars, anyway. At least, that's what everyone says who's taken them home, this comes up all the time, and that's my observation, and I know from .......
Found 57 records in Digital Drive.
1: Re: updates/reports on Altmann Attraction DAC? (8.12)
Posted by juanitox on 2006-07-17, 23:12:05 (80.118.154.178)
hi koscsof.. what a good system you have.. the only thing you could experiment is too change the honest vut not thunderous Maudio SPDIF converter.. give a try at the redwine audio select , empiri .......
2: RE: Need recommendations for digital music player/server (8.12)
Posted by John Elison on 2013-05-25, 12:14:23 (98.23.49.43)
I bought a PC music server at Rocky Mountain Audio Fest last year for $699 and I love it. It was assembled and customized for music serving by Richard Hollis of Hollis Audio Labs (HAL) and I use an ex .......
3: RE: "Wyred 4 Sound MS-2" (7.55)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2015-11-10, 12:17:28 (76.220.25.80)
What is the I2S output jack? HDMI? Can't tell by the picture. If so, buy a PS Audio DirectStream DAC and you're golden. Or an Audio-GD Master 7 and order it with either RJ45 or HDMI. .......
4: RE: Is the I2S output on the Wyred 4 Sound MS-2 compatible with the I2S input on the PS Audio Directstream DAC??? (6.57)
Posted by Joe Appierto on 2015-11-14, 05:01:48 (69.248.136.213)
Jay, If you don't have any luck here or with W4S, you might want to try the DirectStream forum at PS Audio. .......
5: RE: Dr. Diamond vs high rez not better than CD (6.44)
Posted by Dave Pogue on 2012-07-05, 10:43:34 (68.55.22.7)
Yes, I'd say it was pretty weird. Amazingly, some of the audio mags took it seriously, or seemed to. The claim was Ms. Reilly's; Diamond supported it. Whether he ever recanted or apologized, I don't k .......
6: RE: I feel like aficionado outa' water... Help!!! (6.38)
Posted by PAR on 2015-12-15, 17:09:27 (80.176.73.121)
The control app on your Android Galaxy will not give you gapless playback or any other form of replay. The control app just does that; it controls what is going on on the server/reply software which i .......
7: Why? (6.14)
Posted by fmak on 2011-09-07, 23:15:42 (46.208.111.142)
because they are paid for it to define clearly what their software do. MS has been fine $800 by the EU for non disclosure and restrictive trade practices. I hope more get hit. Are you a software prov .......
8: Even more info on jitter (6.13)
Posted by Jon Rsich on 2001-03-07, 20:30:48 (209.215.72.251)
See: http://www.digido.com/jitteressay.html AND http://www.digido.com/wegetletters.html#anchor2484124 http://www.axon.nl/axon/axon_comp.nsf/whitepapers/whitepapers/$file/jitter.pdf http://www.galstar. .......
9: RE: Music Servers vs computers (5.88)
Posted by fmak on 2008-05-24, 05:09:57 (87.228.167.29)
I agree; although in my case I still experiment with PC audio. There are a few in this forum who seem not to be able to stand others having different views. One failure of PC audio is hirez where ther .......
10: RE: Is digital killing the audiophile hobby? (5.85)
Posted by John Elison on 2013-08-05, 18:46:24 (98.19.148.126)
> IMHO the complexity of digital music playback is a huge stumbling block to attracting new enthusiasts and allowing existing ones entry. I'm 65-years old and I just got into computer audio less tha .......
11: Re: Cary Audio Design 306/200 CD Player/Recorder (5.84)
Posted by AbeCollins on 2002-11-21, 11:52:44 (12.253.68.93)
Off topic FYI. MS Outlook is more prone to virus problems infecting your system vs Netscape Messenger. You still need to be cautious but me and my friends have had less problems with Netscape vs Outlo .......
12: RE: PS Audio NuWave vs Wyred4Sound DAC2 - Pictures & Initial Impressions (5.82)
Posted by Seadog on 2012-12-03, 02:36:54 (174.106.1.80)
Abe, I am sure that you are aware that John E. went the HAL (Hollis Audio Labs) MS-1 route. The news is that Analogue Bob has also gone the same direction but for the DAC. Bob ordered that Channel Is .......
13: Waste Would Be An Understatement...... (5.81)
Posted by Todd Krieger on 2007-06-05, 21:09:32 (75.215.41.34)
This in essence would compound the disadvantages of ASRC (added HF noise from jitter transformation) along with a low enough sample rate to where the DAC running at 48 kHz would apply an *additional* .......
14: Is the I2S output on the Wyred 4 Sound MS-2 compatible with the I2S input on the PS Audio Directstream DAC??? (5.59)
Posted by Jay Buridan on 2015-11-13, 20:27:43 (75.39.16.143)
Per Jesus R's spreadsheet, the pin-outs are identical except for pins 17 & 18. Please advise... Thanks in advance, Jay .......
15: RE: "Wyred 4 Sound MS-2" (5.58)
Posted by ahendler on 2015-11-10, 21:18:50 (108.249.169.177)
King Wa of Audio-GD says the HDMI I2S signal is not compatible with the RJ45 input on the Master 7. Different signal levels. I would have to convert my RJ45 input to a HDMI input on the Master 7. Not .......
16: Re: HDCD and music store ignorance (5.57)
Posted by bondmanp on 2003-02-18, 11:58:28 (12.33.123.19)
Although it sort of makes sense, I have a problem accepting that MS wanted HDCD technology for MP3s. Besides, isn't WMA, the Microsoft encoding scheme, considered to sound better than MP3? Users of M .......
17: RE: MS-DOS FAT (5.43)
Posted by AbeCollins on 2015-02-04, 07:59:46 (50.183.218.111)
EDIT: I had another thought. Not being familiar with your SSD or the USB port on the Oppo raises a couple more questions: - What SSD is it? What type of enclosure is the SSD housed in and is there a U .......
18: Re: Excellent... (5.41)
Posted by RGA on 2003-12-07, 20:17:04 (66.183.237.21)
Thank You. See I'm glad I kept an open mind and there is what I have long not seen...actual measured differences in the audible spectrum. If I can find a DAC that will allow a few cd players to be con .......
19: I feel like aficionado outa' water... Help!!! (5.38)
Posted by Jay Buridan on 2015-12-12, 16:48:10 (75.39.16.143)
I'm just getting into music servers and DACs. After doing a month of research, I recently bought a Wyred 4 Sound MS-2 server, PS Audio DirectStream DAC and Acronova Nimbie NB21 rip robot. My CD collec .......
20: Resoulution Audio Opus 21 and Ayre CX-7 (5.29)
Posted by BadgerDMS on 2004-04-15, 10:08:20 (198.12.16.4)
Hi, I was wondering if there where inmates who have spent some time with the Resolution Audio CDP. My rig consists of Merlin VSM-Ms, Joule Electra VZN-160s, a Joule Electra LA-150 and Cardas cabling t .......
21: Does anyone know what is Microsoft doing with HDCD for the audio market ? (5.12)
Posted by bobbeanbags on 2001-04-11, 14:24:22 (209.6.19.90)
I know that alot of inmates think HDCD is nothing special. I personally believe that the HDCD discs I have sound much better compared to the average Redbook CD (on my tweeked Rotel 971HDCD player). Co .......
22: old thread re Digital Room Correction (5.03)
Posted by Werner on 2001-01-23, 00:25:40 (195.207.78.49)
The SigTech does remove discrete room reflections, if they occur in a small window of a few ms after the direct sound. Even so, a reflection very high in amplitude can require a non-realisable term in .......
23: Re: audio change by evolution not revolution (4.86)
Posted by audiovibe on 2000-09-11, 20:54:31 (12.73.129.41)
We will probably see interesting challenges to the accepted ways of processing our sound systems. The audio reproduction is in its infancy and we have seen various other technologies evolve rather rap .......
24: Re: Foobar (4.85)
Posted by fmak on 2004-09-25, 15:53:50 (195.92.67.79)
You need to read the review of this all in home entertainment system. For 2000 you get something that doesn't sound top class because of the sound card and player software. Win XP on this crashes and .......
25: Re: Tube like CD plyaers (4.79)
Posted by digepix on 2006-12-21, 14:21:32 (72.225.201.206)
Audiopath, I'm a music lover with MS and I'm no longer very mobile as well. I was investigating the newest digital players as best I was able to. With a cd player I would still have to get up after at .......
26: Re: Yep, and.... (4.70)
Posted by Heidi2000 on 2004-10-20, 13:06:46 (129.33.168.34)
Pete, That was interesting to know, thanks. I still fail to understand that given the notion, a bit is a bit, how can the bits be altered by jitters etc. For example, if I copy a MS Windows operating .......
27: Re: M-Audio Audiophile USB Break in? And other questions.... (4.67)
Posted by mourip on 2004-10-14, 10:45:01 (151.200.86.4)
Hi Rich, I just embarked upon the same PC-audio road with the purchase of the M-Audio Audiophile USB. I am using FOOBAR with Directsound S/PDIF output via M-Audio into my DAC. So far I am very happy a .......
28: RE: Digital dilemna (4.62)
Posted by digepix on 2008-05-30, 10:54:17 (74.73.55.77)
Personally I wouldn't spend $600 on an outdated cd combo like the Proceed. I'm not sure what transport mechanism it has but it's either discontinued or expensive to replace. So you have a cd player th .......
29: Re: Cool Copy First Impressions (4.58)
Posted by Jon Risch on 2006-03-25, 10:52:57 (70.157.16.50)
It is not just one's and zero's, and anybody who says that either just doesn't know what they are talking about, or is deliberately oversimplifying things. Jitter can be burned into a CD master, makin .......
30: Re: Foobar and ASIO (4.56)
Posted by mourip on 2004-10-09, 17:02:37 (141.156.141.21)
Thanks for the link. I downloaded and tried both the dll version and the .exe of ASIO but I get an error when I try to access a CD track: INFO (CORE) : startup time: 344 ms INFO (CORE) : opening file .......
31: Hum Sound (4.56)
Posted by MS on 2002-02-05, 10:02:42 (196.3.48.10)
Hi All, I have an annoying problem that I would like you guys to help me out. A. Problem: the hum sound. (It is almost like the sound that you'd get when you connect your audio rca to your video rca .......
32: Re: Looking at your system... (4.42)
Posted by rhyno on 2005-07-18, 13:31:56 (134.163.253.127)
wilsons are overpriced (when new). that said, there is no comparison b/w my WP6s and the soundlab U2s / Merlin VSM-Ms i used to own. if i had to rank them, it'd go like this: 1) WP6s - when properly s .......
33: sort of update and kudos to Cary Audio (4.39)
Posted by Bruce from DC on 2018-02-16, 10:35:24 (24.145.117.29)
So, I was perusing audiogon and found a couple of ads that illustrate my point precisely. There's a Cary CD-306 CD/SACD player, which was very favorably reviewed in its time, advertised for $2,200 (ne .......
34: Slim Shony Revisited 4 U Andrew... (4.33)
Posted by Steven R. Rochlin on 2000-10-28, 06:15:55 (208.0.183.172)
"[Eminem] May I have your attention please? May I have your attention please? Will the real standard in high resolution audio please stand up? I repeat, will the real WG4 approved standard in high res .......
35: Help with CD Recorder please (4.26)
Posted by digitaldunce on 2002-05-16, 09:39:12 (24.148.83.75)
Greetings, It's finally time to stop making cassette recordings on my Nak and start getting digital. I seek inmate's input on a solid CD Recorder. Some of my considerations: 1. Dual well or single? 2. .......
36: RE: Audio Relativism - a hoary monster best avoided...... (4.18)
Posted by digepix on 2008-11-14, 08:09:34 (74.73.53.65)
Spindrifter- I read your response and I agree that for some playing vinyl makes a whole lot of sense. I guess I only hear about the expensive reissues talked about online. As for checking out older vi .......
37: Begging the question. (4.18)
Posted by Al Sekela on 2006-05-29, 13:06:10 (71.131.192.67)
Your assumption of greater accuracy in the 'analytical' component is false. Such systems (for this is actually a system-level problem) typically suffer from RF noise pollution. Poor control of tweeter .......
38: RE: Ayre qb 9 Thesycon driver (4.16)
Posted by fmak on 2012-06-27, 23:27:43 (93.109.212.163)
Have a look at W7 USB issues: ''6.1.7601 USB Driver Update Fix This simple utility fixes a Windows 7 and 2008 R2 SP1 update bug originally reported by "Enigma256". Update: It looks like Microsoft has .......
39: Re: Is it time to go to a hard-drive based transport and a great DAC? (3.92)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2006-10-15, 14:34:21 (67.101.41.224)
I really don't know anything about the windows media player. It simply isn't anything high end that I would use for audio. With Foobar being free, I say give it a try. www.foobar2000.org. It is comple .......
40: RE: 25 years of CD player progress (3.85)
Posted by AbeCollins on 2012-07-18, 09:43:58 (76.25.70.1)
" This versitility was key because I really don't want to mess with servers as the only way to play digital sources. I have worked in IT for close to 40 years and I just don't want to mess with that s .......
41: Would that be one of those "glass half empty" observations? (3.78)
Posted by Charles Hansen on 2003-03-20, 09:22:16 (206.168.112.133)
It sure seems that some "inmates" enjoy dwelling on the negative. Such is life here at the Audio Asylum... -- "All three units were defective" -- I suppose that depends on your definition of "defectiv .......
42: Computer Audio - Pot Luck if you get HiRez! (3.61)
Posted by fmak on 2004-09-04, 11:34:24 (195.92.67.75)
I am been having some difficulty in getting 2496 audio played thru' my computer and nobody other than a forum member offered useful advice. Media Player 9, Power DVD, Win DVD Platinum, all claimed to .......
43: Timing is everything (3.60)
Posted by pburant on 2004-10-20, 13:33:50 (12.110.146.33)
With the MS Windows bits, your compouter can retry time after time to read all the bits until it reads them all. It must get them all in the right order, but this is all independent of time. With a CD .......
44: A summary of all the issues raised so far (3.58)
Posted by Charles Hansen on 2007-05-01, 17:31:16 (209.97.232.21)
> As others have noted, your comparison was not a fair one as you used different cables for each connection. That being said, AES/EBU often sounds better because it is balanced. This *can* be an adva .......
45: The "REAL" Slim Shony? (3.48)
Posted by Steven R. Rochlin on 2000-10-07, 07:06:14 (208.28.193.160)
David, EVENTUALLY we MIGHT see folks like Theta, Krell and others coming out with SACD/DVD-Aido units. i first broke the news worlwide about the (WCES 2000 show report in January) about the Accuphase .......
46: RE: How gauche of me! I apologize for the "indirect" insult! ;-) (3.41)
Posted by PAR on 2020-04-07, 22:00:25 (88.97.21.18)
" I'm still not understanding what you mean when you talk about "the need to avoid sending data via the mixer" - I've never knowingly run into that on the Mac. " You will find huge numbers of emails a .......
47: Re: Help me serve up some music! (3.26)
Posted by Lynn on 2004-10-11, 22:54:50 (24.251.225.13)
Hi, Using a lossless compression program you will not sacrifice quality. In fact, with a good sound card, you will eliminate some of the problems with CD transports. You can expect using APE or FLAC, .......
48: Some more input (2.89)
Posted by Jon Risch on 2005-07-17, 19:55:04 (70.152.75.116)
There are some very involved and technically defined issues going on here. I tried to put things into a framework where perhaps you could see the analogy, by talking about a similar claim that a parti .......
49: Taddeo Digital Antidote II, Active (2.88)
Posted by Spirit84 on 2009-11-07, 21:33:23 (99.237.228.254)
Good evening: I do not post on AA very often, but I was sitting at home tonight thinking about something that has been bothering me for a while now. I was hoping that some of the technically astute wh .......
50: Re: Just curious... (2.66)
Posted by olpot on 2002-09-11, 17:49:55 (202.2.56.50)
As I mentioned I only spent short time audiotioning the Fog, which did not allow me to draw an ultimate conclusion. Hence I did not put my remarks forward as a fully fledged review. Consequently my se .......
51: RE: Misue of (a faulty) theory (2.61)
Posted by Thorsten on 2013-10-19, 10:07:54 (193.150.8.91)
Tony, > It is a misuse of (a faulty) theory to argue that DSD64 is > inferior to 44/16 PCM. It is an observation based on objectively observable facts that can be verified empirically. > Theory is use .......
52: REVIEW: Slim Devices Squeezebox 3 DAC Processors (2.09)
Posted by mls-stl on 2006-08-04, 20:22:13 (70.242.159.179)
Model: Squeezebox 3 Category: DAC Processors Suggested Retail Price: $299 Description: DAC meets Airport Express Manufacturer URL: Slim Devices Model Picture: View Review by mls-s .......
53: Re: Interesting - anyone know what the specific changes are? (1.84)
Posted by John Siau on 2006-09-21, 09:26:19 (66.218.9.136)
An inside look at the Benchmark DAC1 - from the designer: All versions of the DAC1 use the following IC's: AES Receiver: AK4114 (AKM) - selected for its ability to accurately recover data in the prese .......
54: Benchmark DAC 1 comments from the Director of Engineering (1.61)
Posted by John C. - Aussie on 2006-09-21, 17:06:56 (124.177.14.83)
Only recently this went up as a reply to my query about what changes have been made to the DAC1. It is buried below (and so could easily be missed) but thought it to be of interest to many so I've tak .......
55: REVIEW: Shanling CD-T100 CD Player/Recorder (1.60)
Posted by Tobias on 2002-07-18, 09:50:48 (142.169.170.96)
Model: CD-T100 Category: CD Player/Recorder Suggested Retail Price: $1350 Description: Tube based CDP Manufacturer URL: Shanling Model Picture: View Review by Tobias ( A ) on Jul .......
56: Wadia 270/27ix versus Wadia 861 (long) (1.28)
Posted by Leisure7 on 2003-06-16, 10:32:15 (66.123.170.83)
ONE BOX OR SEPARATES FOR CD PLAYBACK? A field report on the Wadia 270/27ix V3.0 combination compared to the Wadia 861 one-box player. Summary and conclusions The 270/27ix combination, as linked by two .......
57: REVIEW: Beresford TC-7520SE Caiman DAC Processors (1.00)
Posted by magiccarpetride on 2011-01-10, 15:54:52 (207.219.52.100)
Model: TC-7520SE Caiman Category: DAC Processors Suggested Retail Price: $279.00 Description: WM8716-64x oversampling DAC chip, LM4562NA - Recording Studio specification audio operational am .......
Found 9 records in DVD-Audiobahn.
1: Damn, you're right. That explains why I still have no response (4.93)
Posted by Eric LeRouge on 2004-08-30, 04:17:33 (217.128.34.200)
*********************************************************** Dear Ms Adjani, I think there has been a miscommunication. I think I know what the problem is. You like SACD, and you think I only listen to .......
2: Emmylou Harris comes to dvd-audio with "Producer's Cut" (4.93)
Posted by HiFi Connasewer on 2003-01-21, 23:20:35 (207.218.215.62)
I read about this months ago on the MIXonline.com site and I will buy it when it comes out. Ms. Harris' music is REAL country and sometimes, like on her Wrecking ball album (I have the CD) I don't kno .......
3: My God you argue so much baloney! (3.94)
Posted by Dave555 on 2005-05-08, 15:40:26 (128.241.43.222)
The question had to do with different discs causing different lights to light up on a player. Is the disc DVD-A or not. If not whet is it? Aha! Its a DVD Video disc with audio only content. Is that ha .......
4: Re: A few words (3.90)
Posted by Alex Striganov on 2004-08-22, 10:44:28 (68.111.86.48)
You are completely wrong, Dave. The article is in the process of correction: It was corrected already the information concerning Chris Johnson, as it is a different person that the guru of SFI. - requ .......
5: Re: WinDVD 4.0 and DVD-Audio Disks (3.83)
Posted by John Kotches on 2003-11-07, 07:43:31 (66.72.46.201)
At this point, there is the CL solution (HW+Software) and the InterVideo solution (Software). M-Audio has multi-channel 96K capable cards that might work with the InterVideo software, but I have not t .......
6: dolby's truth (3.75)
Posted by Joe Murphy Jr on 2006-09-12, 21:29:24 (70.157.31.69)
Dolby TrueHD can encode at the higher resolution, but currently they are doing 16/48 (the masters are downsampled). Below is a post from Stacey Spears (he works in the MS video division and does VC-1 .......
7: Hybrid DVD-A disks next? (2.68)
Posted by Sky on 2003-12-08, 12:25:36 (170.148.10.42)
Saw this in today's NYT. Could one use the same technology for hybrid DVD-A/CDs? A New Use for a CD's Flip Side By CHRIS NELSON Published: December 8, 2003 The days of buying concert videos and their .......
8: Re: If multichannel mixes of the Beatles catalogue were released on DVD-A... (2.62)
Posted by Bobo U2 on 2006-06-25, 14:10:35 (4.236.141.52)
Long article but it sounds interesting "Beatles in Vegas Against Long Odds By ALLAN KOZINN IT'S the Beatles! Live in Las Vegas! This week, and for the foreseeable future! Well, O.K., it's not actually .......
9: New Beatle surrond mixes (0.72)
Posted by Bobo U2 on 2006-06-25, 14:17:21 (4.236.141.52)
I posted this in that Beatle thread that was about a month old but I think it needs its own thread. This sounds very interesting, a trip to vegas sounds more likely for me.... "Beatles in Vegas Agains .......
Found 40 records in Hi-Rez Highway.
1: Re: All form and no substance (8.35)
Posted by prad on 2005-04-11, 00:01:52 (203.118.32.143)
well, many stuff including british labels r made in china now. although i recall wilson audio n ayre saying they would not have their products manufactured in china, but u never know. maybe sony's qua .......
2: No, thank you for asking... (8.35)
Posted by sgb on 2002-04-09, 19:57:18 (68.11.223.29)
I am refering to the Fantasy K2 releases specifically (as was Jazz Inmate, I presume). These are XRCDs without the XRCD moniker, as they were produced for Fantasy by JVC. I hope that this explanation .......
3: Indeed, Frank I. ! (8.35)
Posted by spindrifter on 2010-06-23, 04:54:57 (119.12.211.39)
Ms Wilson has the good taste and know-how to assemble a professional crew around her whenever she records, notwithstanding record label RBCD release limitations. On Blue Note her recordings/releases s .......
4: Well I don't know if this is right for this forum, but I do agree... (8.22)
Posted by Michi on 2002-08-12, 20:14:11 (66.188.127.175)
The Mpeg-4 "extreme compression route" that MS and Warner look to be taking could be very bad for the future of HD video media. This is coming from someone who has done a LOT of work with Mpeg-4 and s .......
5: ...the last 5 feet... (7.59)
Posted by mrowlands on 2007-01-10, 16:19:10 (68.187.99.195)
Just how far do you think the electrons or the magnetic field travels in 8 ms? If you think the average audio power supply is unaffected by a change of impedance on the input, perhaps it is YOU who ar .......
6: Eric I agree with your disagreement with that list, those all not SACDs that show off the true (7.28)
Posted by Teresa on 2003-07-04, 17:04:37 (65.178.64.146)
capabilities of SACD. Instead I would play these seven: 1) ORFF: Carmina Burana / Runnicles, Atlanta Symhony (Telarc pure DSD MS SACD-60575) 2) SCARY MUSIC / Erich Kunzel, Cincinnati Pops (Telarc pure .......
7: Re: Balderdash! (7.22)
Posted by Somebody on 2002-10-22, 16:52:53 (67.117.82.5)
Virtual people never age - as long her program can run on MS Windows 2102 ZP Special Edition, she'll look just the same as she does today (and maybe with even improved audio/video synchronization) :) .......
8: Re: Recording 24/192 (7.08)
Posted by pjb on 2003-12-16, 15:06:19 (212.159.101.8)
I use a lighting stand to mount the microphones about 6 feet behind the conductor and about 12 feet up. Schoeps CMC6 MK4 (cardioid) and CMC6 MK8 (figure of 8), to record MS. I use a Mackie 1202 VLZ PR .......
9: Re: Ted, I guess I can't quite agree... (6.92)
Posted by Frank on 2002-11-11, 04:30:59 (204.139.45.88)
Look at the latest MS Mediaplayer software. It already has multichannel hires replay capability for 24b96ks. Al what's needed next is a DVD Audio player and the software to enable the hires mlp playba .......
10: Re: Celine Dion - Decade of song SACD defective ... ? (6.48)
Posted by kbuzz on 2005-05-13, 12:23:41 (206.96.38.138)
it could be that the "good taste" and "minimum talent quality" chipsets in your player are just rejecting ms. dions (talent) did verify your cdp is working with a stiesand disc? just kidding...but i c .......
11: RE: Basically (6.45)
Posted by MC-SACDs on 2009-05-22, 11:30:49 (135.245.8.5)
“The end organs for receiving light and sound in the human are very different from each other” I do not even try to address this for individual. I just illustrated my point in general. “Their sensitiv .......
12: Re: Why DVD-Audio is failing (6.43)
Posted by Feirstein on 2002-04-01, 09:19:23 (216.153.228.219)
You are right. I made a "fool" of myself. It's my wife's type of music so I guess I mixed up the singer. The Sony Music recording I was focused on is Ms. King's Tapestry. And to the best of my underst .......
13: Critics were disappointed by the album and the sound quality of the SACD. (6.36)
Posted by DVDAphile on 2002-04-18, 13:52:05 (195.93.64.176)
German audiophile magazine AUDIO made comments about the way too spherical ambience sound and pathetical singing of Ms. Dion's SACD. Bryan Ferry's new album is a brand new German release (April 15, 20 .......
14: Re: indirectly? Bawhahahahahw (6.23)
Posted by navman on 2005-02-26, 14:21:39 (24.119.82.93)
I have both solid state and tubed equipment. For Tubed: Cary SLP 88 preamp Conosonce Basie Preamp Bottlehead Foreplay preamp McIntosh MC40's Scott Nixon TubeDac World Audio Design HD80 So please dont .......
15: Excellent Review, Better Than The Pro's (6.16)
Posted by Vic D on 2003-08-12, 07:58:48 (64.164.102.114)
Thank you Ms. Tham for taking the time to produce such a detailed and semingly unbiased review. I've noticed all your comments hear at the asylum to be straight forward and backed by personal experien .......
16: Re: MP3 versus SACD, I am worried. (6.00)
Posted by Steven R. Rochlin on 2001-01-02, 10:07:51 (204.97.23.226)
Albert, Once broadband hits we can expect more content. The problem right now is CONTENT and not delivery. Some people have cable modems and DSL or T1, yet it is CONTENT that is catering to that bandw .......
17: Klara Wurtz a review!! (5.90)
Posted by jazz1 on 2009-06-26, 03:41:28 (198.54.202.234)
These are performances that eclipse all others. I have literally revelled in them. The praise Ms Wurtz has received from the press in various parts of the world has been laudatory and well deserved. I .......
18: Re: Anyone familiar with the Hahn performances? (5.57)
Posted by Dr. Audio on 2001-11-19, 13:47:17 (12.44.144.90)
I don't have her CD but I heard Ms. Hahn a couple of months ago in concert with the Dallas Symphony playing Prokofiev's concerto No. 2. Based on that performance, I'll be snapping up the SACD as soon .......
19: RE: Why respond with such empty and brazenfaced comments ? (5.03)
Posted by newyorkp7 on 2007-10-26, 06:04:32 (68.164.38.93)
One time, an extremely perceptive, hopelessly music- loving audio designer with extra fine taste in music (Hello, Arthur Loesch) used Volume 6 of the Ellington Private Tapes to demonstrate one of his .......
20: I use MS Office 97 and make my own templates with my own fields as Music Collector is geared towards Pop/Rock (4.98)
Posted by Teresa on 2006-03-05, 02:38:21 (172.184.164.195)
I use MS Access for my Music Collection with a separate table for each format, here a sample listing from my SACD table: Recording Title Recording Label Price ADAMS: Fearful Symmetries; Chairman Danc .......
21: Latest news!!! Sony, Philips, Microsoft, Toshiba and Warner have joined forces to announce a new format! (4.31)
Posted by Christine Tham on 2003-10-31, 17:03:26 (203.45.126.202)
As we all know, both SACD and DVD-Audio have been abject failures and have not gained any significant market share, resulting in huge financial losses for the various companies. Therefore, the key bac .......
22: Re: not sure where you're coming from (4.23)
Posted by Myles B. Astor on 2000-12-31, 12:11:08 (208.59.247.8)
Joe, Dear Bill, Thanks for the compliment ;-) Now for the other topic. I've said this before--and it pertains to your statement: my fear (and I think this goes for the other industry members on AA --a .......
23: I'm moving to HDTV (4.20)
Posted by Tommart on 2006-03-18, 05:10:09 (68.100.61.209)
I will probably keep my Sony 9000ES DVD-SACD player for as long as it keeps running. However, I've haven't bought a non-hybid SA-CD in years--just in case. If someone builds a decent HD / SACD player, .......
24: maybe not what you want to hear but... (4.10)
Posted by NonA. on 2005-05-11, 09:01:06 (128.173.184.60)
I share similar views of “pragmaticism”, empiricism, integrity (being honest about what i *think* i hear), audio perfectionist bent as you do. The amps in this regard do represent a link but not *nec .......
25: RE: How to compare streamer specs? (4.09)
Posted by raueda1 on 2022-03-03, 09:45:01 (65.130.170.33)
Thanks for the remarks. Yes, I've come around to believing the same thing. I don't think that any manufactured good having measurable attribute(s) is sold without citing that attribute(s). Horsepower .......
26: Easy go to Circuitcity.com and them ... (3.96)
Posted by Teresa on 2005-04-21, 21:17:51 (172.197.52.120)
Go to the right find: Music. movies and games click Classical drop down box. DO NOT Click SACD/DVD-Audio Discs at bottom of page as it will take you to a popular SACD/DVD-Audio search. Instead click o .......
27: Re: There CAN be (almost) pure DSD editing (3.73)
Posted by Kent2003 on 2003-09-19, 16:09:51 (141.154.146.99)
It's an honor to hear from you, Michael. Thank you for taking the time out from grammy-quality projects to talk with somebody as clueless as I am about this subject! But can you explain a bit more why .......
28: Jack R, Jim Treanor, Jazz I et al: you miss my point. (3.61)
Posted by sgb on 2001-12-21, 05:35:24 (24.21.227.213)
And that is that in careful listening it becomes evident that no matter how good the recording is, it is NOT what it could be if it were a transfer from analog to DSD, and not what it is: a 12-year-ol .......
29: List them on eBay ... John Pizzarelli, Kisses in the Rain SACD was also one of my Telarc boo-boo's, (3.55)
Posted by Teresa on 2002-08-25, 13:53:44 (198.81.16.183)
I sold it on eBay, the other 2 Telarc SACD's I regret buying are the 2 Mormon Tabernacle Choir SACDs, excellent Sonics but not my cup of tea. I also sold them on eBay. Other SACDs I thought had excell .......
30: Marantz never again. (2.91)
Posted by PeterCapo on 2009-11-06, 10:48:03 (68.160.180.37)
Another SA8260 nightmare. I bought one a while back and it always exhibited intermittent reading problems that has been well known. I tried calling Marantz about it a couple of times, but they denied .......
31: I found this interesting................ (2.88)
Posted by Joe M on 2003-12-09, 11:30:13 (66.217.204.70)
On how the Hi-Rez format may survive.............. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ December 8, 2003 A New Use for a CD's .......
32: WOW you are NOT an SACD listener and yet you have 65 posts on the Hi-Rez Highway. I am flabbergasted. (2.84)
Posted by Teresa on 2008-11-09, 16:34:55 (75.14.221.129)
What could you possible find of interest on the Hi-Rez Highway? My assumption has always been that except for a couple of trolls all of the posters own equipment that can play the DSD layer of their .......
33: Re: perspective/thoughts (2.84)
Posted by jcarr on 2001-04-07, 12:53:57 (203.216.49.44)
Simon, Yes, the TF020N is the Caddock grade that I ended up using for my Sony, although I also tried out the TN, MK, MG, MS and so on. I don't know of anything that can directly replace the RMGs witho .......
34: Re: From my listening to date, SACD stereo discs... (2.75)
Posted by Martin419 on 2004-06-22, 03:53:46 (62.173.114.126)
Jim, I've just been reading the online manuals & reviews of the ICBM, and it sounds tempting. But can you honestly say that given my situation (i.e. predominantly DVD-As and Redbooks for music) that I .......
35: Just got this news from 2L - SACD + BlueRay music only disc! (2.71)
Posted by Allen Wright on 2008-05-22, 12:44:40 (87.245.74.35)
2L News from 2L May 2008 G til norsk versjon TrondheimSolistene DIVERTIMENTI Blu-ray + SACD TrondheimSolistene DIVERTIMENTI The divertimento as a musical genre dates back to the nineteenth centur .......
36: REVIEW: Marantz SA-14 CD Player/Recorder (2.33)
Posted by sgb on 2002-08-13, 07:58:54 (68.11.220.211)
Model: SA-14 Category: CD Player/Recorder Suggested Retail Price: unknown Description: Single disc stereo-only SACD/CD player Manufacturer URL: Marantz Manufacturer URL: Marantz Re .......
37: REVIEW: Schiit Audio Modi Multibit DAC Processors (2.32)
Posted by EdAInWestOC on 2016-09-21, 12:31:35 (73.129.54.230)
Model: Modi Multibit Category: DAC Processors Suggested Retail Price: $249.00 Description: Small Desktop USB DAC with Schiit's Multibit architecture Manufacturer URL: Schiit Audio Model P .......
38: Re: Water Lily Russian Recordings and turning the other cheek.... (2.00)
Posted by Chris from Lafayette on 2005-07-26, 01:00:36 (24.4.156.89)
Looks as if Kavi posted this message twice. (I'm losing track of all his postings.) So I'll respond twice. His comments are in quotation marks. “For someone who talks so much about recordings you seem .......
39: Re: Water Lily Russian Recordings and turning the other cheek.... (1.73)
Posted by Chris from Lafayette on 2005-07-26, 00:51:32 (24.4.156.89)
So I get home a little late from work (busy day!). . . and here’s yet another post from Kavi waiting for me. I guess I have to slog through these things. (Excerpts from his post(s) are in quotation ma .......
40: My SACD/DVD player is in the shop so I bought a turntable - the Music Hall MMF-1 (1.72)
Posted by Teresa on 2003-02-27, 19:59:43 (198.81.26.200)
And it arrived yesterday. For the next 3 weeks or longer I'll be listening to Vinyl LPs only as I can't play any SACDs or DVDs until my Sony DVD-S9000ES is fixed. I was at Recycled looking at some of .......
Found 6 records in Films/DVD Asylum.
1: Whoa! The audio on Firefox and Opera has stopped . . . (10.71)
Posted by Billy Wonka on 2013-10-05, 08:38:24 (108.81.116.219)
and only works on IE! Microsoft is up to something. There is no reason for those two browsers to stop producing audio at the same time. I can play music but not watch vids for YouTube--just MS. ::: TO .......
2: We watched it earlier tonight (10.71)
Posted by Chris from Lafayette on 2019-01-04, 00:22:21 (77.111.246.146)
We have the video from our Mac Mini hooked up to the pre-pro via HDMI (and from there to our "not smart" TV, also via HDMI) and the audio hooked up through a MCh DAC. We found it pretty entertaining t .......
3: The studio found additional audio as well as unused film footage.... (8.49)
Posted by TWB on 2019-01-03, 18:55:07 (76.95.93.34)
A number of years ago.... I thought Ms. Garland was really good in it... Certainly better than Grace Kelly was in The Country Girl (Kelly won the Oscar that year)..... .......
4: RE: Early Hitchcock, "The Jamaica Inn." Ah, the Master already in (7.98)
Posted by Awe-d-o-file on 2008-03-09, 14:04:34 (74.32.106.100)
My player finally read the disc. I enjoyed it a lot. I really liked the Butler too. Ms O'Hara looked great too. My "print" was 4X3 and lousy. The audio was bad and had a buzz through a lot of it. Stil .......
5: Well, don't let the basturds get you down... (7.19)
Posted by musetap on 2021-10-23, 16:06:08 (108.78.253.140)
As the great (well...effective) actor Kris Kristofferson advised Ms. O'Connor. There's always some detritus around these boards, it still being populated by humans and not replicants ( I don't think t .......
6: New Benji (6.60)
Posted by RBP on 2003-10-26, 11:12:00 (67.42.142.187)
The new Benji was picked up in a shelter in Pass Christian, Ms. in December last year. The new Benji is actually a Female Dog and is gorgous!. Their was a nationwide seach for the new Bengi and of the .......
Found 1 records in Headphone Heights.
1: REVIEW: AudioQuest NightHawk Headphones (1.38)
Posted by yage on 2015-08-28, 07:38:18 (108.56.66.214)
Model: NightHawk Category: Headphones Suggested Retail Price: $599 Description: A decent entry into hi-fi headphones Manufacturer URL: AudioQuest Model Picture: View Review by yage o .......
Found 56 records in Inmate Central.
1: Re: piccie// Hey SUB- PLEASE explain the how where who and what of this COOOOL picture!!! Is that (9.51)
Posted by Godfather on 2005-06-25, 22:10:09 (68.237.98.142)
Paul Klipsch or some early audio reviewer?? Hey!! Wait a minute- IS THAT SUE KRAFT in DRAG???? SO TELL ME MS.KRAFT- IT AIN"T TRUE, IS IT????? Ciao, Godfather/Greg POSTUS SCRIPTUM: I don't think Ms K .......
2: A good room acoustics reference site... (9.51)
Posted by ElbowGeek on 2006-09-19, 04:11:07 (216.249.38.166)
For those of us here who are sellers/resellers of fine audio equipment and services, the following site gives a quite exhaustive but approachable study of room acoustics. I'm burying my head in it now .......
3: Strangely, he's also the guy who wrote or said (8.83)
Posted by Timbo in Oz on 2009-02-17, 22:12:59 (121.127.215.96)
something like 'no-one's ever going to need more than 640k of RAM' ! LOL. There is more than a little irony here because MS's inefficient / overwritten Operating Systems and Ms Office code being the r .......
4: MS products pollute audio forums? (8.80)
Posted by AbeCollins on 2013-08-23, 09:38:47 (76.25.70.1)
. .......
5: Tah, its ICON is there on my desktop. (8.70)
Posted by Timbo in Oz on 2005-02-26, 12:26:13 (202.147.81.232)
I am using Outlook Express for email, so why should I have to set MS Outlook for e-mail just to use it for a calendar/scheduler? AND, IF I restart after setting Email Programs to MS Outlook - will I s .......
6: Inmates don't use MS products for Computer Audio? Hmm. -nt (8.53)
Posted by AbeCollins on 2013-08-23, 08:15:10 (76.25.70.1)
. .......
7: SO TELL ME MS. KRAFT- When do we see YOUR video? If Fremer can play "movie star" with the vinyl rig , I bet .......... (8.45)
Posted by Godfather on 2006-04-07, 17:33:05 (72.80.5.214)
Ms. Kraft would entrance us by carressing and hugging the B&Ws into position!!! Hey guys... how about Ms. Kraft either: 1. "Wrassles" dem' speakers into position scantily clad in "Daisy Dukes" (eat ye .......
8: So tell me..I'd love to take my Husqvarna 250 Enduro on those trails!1 Hey, Ms. Kraft- ya' wanna go?? You can ride the.. (8.26)
Posted by Godfather on 2003-11-25, 11:29:49 (66.156.231.85)
Kawasaki "girlie bikes"- your choice KDX 200 or KE 100. I really want to go and find teh guy holding the red Norton tank with the rest of the basket case Commando 750 scattered about!! I don't see the .......
9: So tell me..Ms. Kraft DOES deserve D'head status. She posts like a viper, shames me to death, drives a GREAT car and.. (8.23)
Posted by Godfather on 2003-11-22, 09:48:54 (66.156.231.85)
really knows the audio stuff, as well as putting Ribmeister General in his apology mode. Ms. K has my vote!! Ya' know, it's so warm, fuzzy and happy here in Central that it's like the good ol' famil .......
10: Yep, MS, as the maker of Windows 8, has absolutely NOTHING to do with Computer Audio... (8.22)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2013-08-23, 09:32:37 (76.220.25.80)
And that would be because anyone with any sense has moved on to Apple as their computer of choice when it come to reproducing music? Just asking. .......
11: highly recommended inetrview of Suzanne Vega (7.80)
Posted by Timbo in Oz on 2008-09-10, 17:23:08 (121.127.208.207)
Ms Throsby interviews just about each weekday, except for repeats, breaks and holidays. Each guest has musical items that they select! I think Ms T. is very good at it! Warmest Timbo in Oz The Skyp .......
12: Ms. CfL says that's not true! (7.52)
Posted by Chris from Lafayette on 2019-03-29, 08:50:32 (77.111.246.249)
Take audio for instance. All she wants is a volume control, whereas men want to talk about things like 24/96 vs. vinyl, cable differences, stereo vs. MCh. . . And besides, she says that our particular .......
13: Did someone mention Ms. Burke? (7.50)
Posted by subcoolman on 2004-08-25, 20:30:05 (66.41.141.86)
A specially-chosen piccie in honor of the upcoming Bourbon tasting event. Jim audio apprentice. .......
14: IF YOU LOOK LUSTFULLY at a PORSCHE- here's a TEUTONIC ORGASM !!! HEY MS KRAFT- take a look!! ENJOY EVERYBODY !! (7.38)
Posted by Godfather on 2005-09-20, 20:47:12 (68.237.121.228)
Leave it to the huns to make GREAT CARS, & motorcycles & guns & optics & cameras & audio & BIER & airplanes & tools & ANY & EVERYTHING they do!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sea Cliff Lawn Guyland New Yawk- home .......
15: So far so good.... (7.36)
Posted by subcoolman on 2005-08-09, 17:34:30 (66.41.139.238)
I have XP, MS Office Suite, Adobe, Norton, Mozilla, etc, etc. all installed, and they all seem to be doing just fine, but I'm not moving anything over from the external HD this time until I am absolut .......
16: I love it when . . . (7.10)
Posted by psgary on 2005-03-09, 20:02:48 (4.60.31.37)
my equipment compliments one another: "You're sounding very bright today, Mr. Rotel." "Why thank you, Ms. Trente. And might I add that your treble has never been lovelier?" Sorry, Grover. Couldn't res .......
17: "Just Do It" (7.08)
Posted by subcoolman on 2004-08-27, 10:59:01 (66.41.141.86)
Quit pussy-footin' around and get in there! C'mon in, the water's fine! What the hey, as long you have it you may as well use it! I took the plunge sans life-preserver, and I think back and wish VA wo .......
18: MS Outlook? why can't I open mine, did I do something at INSTALL?! (7.05)
Posted by Timbo in Oz on 2005-02-25, 18:07:27 (202.147.83.224)
help!!! I wanna scheduler, so I stop forgetting things. Warmest Timbo in Oz The Skyptical Mensurer and Audio Scrounger 'Still not saluting.' Read about and view system at: http://www.theanalogdept.com .......
19: TIMBO you knave- which would you pick FW190 or ME109 if you had to go against the P51D ???? (6.96)
Posted by Godfather on 2003-07-13, 11:20:51 (67.34.15.70)
I,ve read way too much about how antiquated the 109 was despite Willie Ms best efforts!! I really freak out over the front/rear engine fighter or recce plane Adolf's boys had !!!! "Whadda yuz know .......
20: Usually pretty indifferent about breakfast here (6.94)
Posted by Chris from Lafayette on 2021-01-30, 13:50:44 (77.111.246.39)
Usually I'm taking my 60+ supplements in the morning with iced tea (on an empty stomach, which often leaves me susceptible to Niacin flush). If I do eat something for breakfast, it's normally somethin .......
21: Re: Very interesting accent, Did you say muff...err..mop...outside... (6.93)
Posted by Ed McM on 2004-02-13, 12:01:15 (205.200.49.133)
Neil neglected to mention that the price of admission to this infamous board might also be a yoyo. And dedication to Saint Linda. The Patron Saint of Audio Asylum......Forgive me Ms. Piggy. ::: TOPIC: .......
22: SO TELL ME MS. KRAFT !!! Could this be the start of your fondness for fur .................... (6.74)
Posted by Godfather on 2006-06-26, 19:09:45 (71.125.236.58)
Ain't she cute???? Sea Cliff Lawn Guyland New Yawk- home of TAS & HP. Most of my money was spent on fast motorcycles, expensive audio equipment, loose, slutty women and strong spirits........the res .......
23: speaking of searching here at AA (6.59)
Posted by Timbo in Oz on 2005-02-19, 15:58:14 (203.24.160.213)
can we add a * to the end of a word like dog, like dog*, so we get both dog dogs, dogging, dogged, etc? If not the search facility is very limited. Even MS windows explorer can do that. Warmest Timbo .......
24: A lump of rock strapped to a stick - called Windows 98SE (6.49)
Posted by Timbo in Oz on 2005-02-26, 13:01:19 (202.147.81.232)
geez I'm cheap! eh? so I reset e-mail programs to MS OUTllok reboot and I'll STill have me OE icon and IT WILL still work? Hmmm. Warmest Timbo in Oz The Skyptical Mensurer and Audio Scrounger 'Still n .......
25: Ok, deal... (6.44)
Posted by Audiopolous on 2002-10-21, 19:27:29 (68.1.174.181)
I am sorry I always get emotional this time of month (no offense to the women ms. Piggy, it' sreally is an attempt to lighten things up...) I guess it is difficult to express the passion I have for th .......
26: Ok- HELP! I give up! (6.39)
Posted by subcoolman on 2004-11-15, 11:31:44 (66.41.141.86)
I've got some pix I would like to share with my fellow Centraliens, but the damn files are too large. How exactly can I change the pixel size so a large picture doesn't take up two screens, or so that .......
27: Re: lawnmowers...SO TELL ME MS. KRAFT !! How about takin' dat John Deere and doin' a few minor modifications............ (6.34)
Posted by Godfather on 2006-06-26, 08:16:06 (71.125.237.202)
and then- RACEDAY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sea Cliff Lawn Guyland New Yawk- home of TAS & HP. Most of my money was spent on fast motorcycles, expensive audio equipment, loose, slutty women and strong spirit .......
28: Not bad - Here's what I ordered for comparison (6.31)
Posted by revjac on 2009-08-27, 07:38:07 (208.99.142.15)
I don't exactly know what some of these specs mean but, here's what we are putting together and what's written on the work order, Intel Core2 Duo processor E7500 2.93GHz w/ 3mb Motherboard - Dual DDR .......
29: SO TELL ME MS. KRAFT !!! If I bought THIS pickup, wouldja' go fer' a ride with me???? (6.16)
Posted by Godfather on 2005-12-02, 09:50:19 (71.125.224.96)
Here it is Audio Fox!!!!! I'll even let ya' choose the weapons fer' the rifle rack!! Yer' choice- AR15, M14, AR10, H&K 91, Rem 700 .223 HB, Mossberg 12 gauge, AK-47, Mauser FR8??? I know yer' partial .......
30: So tell me... did you have to TOTALLY RUIN my blind date story Ms. Kraft?? Even worse than the sweet little ball o' wool (5.98)
Posted by Godfather on 2003-11-21, 21:34:46 (66.156.231.85)
I fell in love with, is THAT'S A JAP BIKE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OOOOOHHHH,THE HORROR OF IT ALL!!!!! I'M RUINED, RUINED!!!! I CAN NEVER GO BAAAAAACK TO DAYTONA BIKE WEEK AGAIN !!!! Ciao, God .......
31: I bought a subscription just because of Harry and Sue. (5.94)
Posted by revjac on 2006-04-01, 09:04:59 (209.89.123.54)
I finally broke down and bought a subscription to TAS. Janita had bought the last two editions for me and I decided that it was easier (and much less expensive) to subscribe rather than have her pay s .......
32: BECAUSE they are code-cutters, see NOT analysts! (5.86)
Posted by Timbo in Oz on 2007-08-16, 18:44:33 (203.129.42.105)
NOT systems analysts with a care for user interfaces. I dun keep telling you fellas how much the world needs to nail Microshaft, OR how much you - still - need trained systems analysts who are also ex .......
33: So tell me Ms Kraft !!! Can bird flu be transferred to humans? I'm very worried.................. (5.69)
Posted by Godfather on 2005-11-16, 22:37:23 (68.237.18.56)
I had some "adult fun" with these two biker chicks at Biketoberfest and since then, I have fever, blurred vision and cluck quite often. I also pick at seds on the ground and lost the urge to fly. .......
34: really dumb user interface question, I was nurgling away at the order responses appear (5.54)
Posted by Timbo in Oz on 2005-02-07, 20:37:29 (202.147.83.85)
why noy have the replies in 'the right order', is it possible for the threads to have their replies in order of their ocurrence in the dear old time space continuum? no, only down to a time-zone. so y .......
35: on how little memory 'anyone will ever need'!? WHY?! (5.50)
Posted by Timbo in Oz on 2006-01-27, 22:43:22 (203.129.47.171)
Bush is the master of getting away with the poorest short-term and long-term memory, ever, in a president. His random access memory capacity is truly, and perfectly, merely and only, that. Now, I was .......
36: RE: "I assume you used Photoshop or some such graphic s/w" (5.30)
Posted by DevillEars on 2007-12-31, 08:22:32 (198.54.202.226)
Actually, just Powerpoint to assemble the "objects" and draw the lines, then "Group" every object, right-click on the object, and "Save as Picture" using Enhanced Metafile format. Next, right-click on .......
37: Would that be a P88? (5.20)
Posted by Timbo in Oz on 2004-05-04, 18:20:56 (202.147.80.58)
yes? well, I have installed quite a few of the Brother's original P77s and P88s, but have not seen any of the newer work form the Guys at Tivoli in Melbourne, Victoria. A Paroc is a parabolic long con .......
38: RE: "Take this (MS Office) and shove it!"-But Wait, there's more!!!!! (5.07)
Posted by Batman on 2007-08-16, 12:56:41 (128.147.38.10)
Why do they insist on changing the location of virtually every command in the entire package? But it's worse, they've also introduced new file formats for Word, Excel and PPoint. Now the option exist .......
39: Funny how marriage can constrain one's choices! ;-) (5.04)
Posted by Chris from Lafayette on 2021-02-26, 12:17:38 (77.111.245.10)
About 20 years ago, I was about ready to plunk down my cash on a pair of Maggies as my main FR and FL speakers, and I made the mistake of phoning Ms. CfL to have her come down to the store to get the .......
40: A dumb question and a recommendation (5.00)
Posted by Batman on 2004-04-14, 05:21:30 (151.201.115.232)
I've been using Firefox and I do like it a lot. One thing I've never understood is what's in this for the Mozilla folks. Will this open source project ultimately lead to a commercial product? Also I d .......
41: To Norton or not to Norton...That is the question (4.87)
Posted by subcoolman on 2005-08-11, 05:21:49 (65.117.46.238)
I have wiped my HDD to DOD specs (which is very thorough), installed XP, updated it, installed MS Office and updated, installed Firefox, Adobe, AdAware, etc, and updated them. All seemed fine last nig .......
42: Dammit! (4.81)
Posted by subcoolman on 2005-08-07, 21:42:27 (66.41.139.238)
Ok, my whole friggin' day has been in vain, and if I had a gun next to me I'd make ol' "davec" shiver in his soiled panties. Somehow I ended-up with two "Windows Installer" programs running, and whene .......
43: S'nap out of it Marine Kendall!!!! THIS MINNUT! ..... geeeze man yer wuz beginnin ter wurry me'nsoxie, (4.78)
Posted by Timbo in Oz on 2008-06-05, 21:59:40 (203.129.61.39)
Youse'azbinhangin' wiv CJ way too MUCH, see! gets yer brain all addled, it does, or it futzes with your sense of proportion ....... ahemmm ...... ;-)! You and YVOSWMBO, have mail! When wuz you in the .......
44: Okay, apologies ahead of time for an audio post, but . . . (4.65)
Posted by psgary on 2004-12-20, 10:59:00 (4.60.26.63)
there wasn't much help over in Amps/Preamps, so I'll have to ask you guys. (Pismire note to Ms. Kraft, et al: guys is now a generic term for humans.) The remote control of my Reference Line Preeminenc .......
45: 'Drop yr pencil box, and cop Barbies box'! (4.53)
Posted by Timbo in Oz on 2004-05-21, 20:20:21 (202.147.80.180)
This is an ancient game. We had a girl at school called Karen Humphries, whose nickname was BARBIE, who often 'went without', AND was a stunner AND was also a rabid feminist, for the early 1960's. Fro .......
46: listening to this right now (4.05)
Posted by Timbo in Oz on 2007-03-13, 19:28:43 (203.129.59.71)
1.05pm AFTERNOONS With Tim Sexton ABC Recording Huntington Estate Music Festival, 2006 In association with Musica Viva Australia Bach Solo Cello Suite No 2 in D minor, BWV1008 - Jian Wang, vc 20'09 Br .......
47: happy to help, Jim, But DO remember that the controversy (4.05)
Posted by Timbo in Oz on 2006-09-14, 17:08:12 (203.129.44.223)
over CITR was in a time when no one was willing to state publicly, in case mommy / and granny listened that we don't all, stay able, into old age, to find sex OR its appearance in literature, dirty, d .......
48: I just HATE these 'frilly' shows! (3.82)
Posted by Timbo in Oz on 2004-03-06, 14:53:24 (202.147.82.176)
Men don't live in domestic houses apparently! I just hate "Shabby Chic" and all those remake shows with 'a woman?!' doing up this room or that. They did stop running MS's show here though. The other s .......
49: I am assuming you are talking about a CDR made from a vinyl original. (3.65)
Posted by Poindexter on 2010-03-06, 19:24:37 (72.234.207.113)
No. A seeming paradox in the digital world is that a rip/burn of a commercial CD can actually sound better than the original. I have experienced this. It is said that this is because of lower jitter a .......
50: We get a long weekend!!!!! It is raining on and off since last night (3.61)
Posted by Timbo in Oz on 2007-03-16, 15:27:32 (203.129.59.71)
The Gutters? I hear y'all ask. One or two minor alignment issues but they are all running corrrectly! No pooling at all! Yeah, I have been up on the roof, and it is GREAT. minor/test issues are all k .......
51: kin ah makes a suggestion (2.76)
Posted by Timbo in Oz on 2005-09-01, 15:44:14 (203.129.42.46)
Aha ms with you on the not killing them, though a local cull can sometimes become a BlindingGotBObvious I would try the laxative spray for now, but after you pick what fruit is udamaged and ripe. OR m .......
52: Asking for inmate input on multi-media computer (very long and somewhat involved)... (2.70)
Posted by gbeard on 2003-02-02, 08:40:02 (12.222.64.116)
Hi Inmates! I am thinking about building a multi-media computer. I have limited knowledge about such things so I am asking for opinions on the following items. Please add any other information that yo .......
53: s' arvo's Jazz on Classic FM! (2.59)
Posted by Timbo in Oz on 2005-07-15, 21:32:25 (203.129.38.132)
5.00pm JAZZTRACK With Mal Stanley Theme:Doug de Vries Blues on the table - Doug de Vries(Free Range) DdV 601 1' C Brown Joy Spring - Dick Hyman & Randy Sandke (Now and Again) Arbors arcd 19310 4'36 M .......
54: A Timbo update? Thursday 26th June. (2.52)
Posted by Timbo in Oz on 2014-06-25, 20:07:12 (121.127.209.42)
There is an illustration of how we work together and rub along, fairly gritty it is. I've been way too busy of late! Sunday I had a concert to record which was patchy and difficult team wise ........ .......
55: RE: Seriously?! (2.32)
Posted by emailtim on 2022-05-08, 15:05:53 (23.242.178.78)
Anything in specific ? I have written software for head end and embedded devices for cable, satellite and broadcast TV for a couple of decades including STB code and some of Pioneer's plasma CableCard .......
56: ABC Classic FM today (2.28)
Posted by Timbo in Oz on 2003-12-24, 17:11:09 (202.147.80.239)
And remember folks it's all free. Music Details for Thursday 25 December 2003 * Go to the Calendar for December 2003 * Composers Index for this month * Index of Archived Music Details * Musi .......
Found 29 records in Inmate Systems.
1: George Ms's MAIN (4.06)
Posted by George Ms on 2002-08-28, 05:55:34 (194.30.220.164)
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2: mdfoy - Mike and Lynne's (4.06)
Posted by mdfoy on 2011-10-11, 09:36:40 (68.80.105.196)
Moniker: mdfoy System Name: Mike and Lynne's Amp: Odyssey Khartago mono+ Preamp: Response Audio Purity One Speakers: Salk HT1 CDP: NorthStar M192 DAC NorthStar M192 Transport Cables: MS Audio PC - Tra .......
3: acanuckkhan - VPIville (3.49)
Posted by acanuckkhan on 2017-06-20, 17:02:22 (76.68.117.52)
Moniker: acanuckkhan System Name: VPIville Amp: SONY TA 88 Preamp: SONY TA 88 Speakers: Mission MS 50 CDP: Accuphase DP 80L Transport Accuphase DC 81 DAC Table: VPI HW 19 MK IV with Stax arm and Ortof .......
4: Robert C. Schult - The Lab...What my wife doesn't touch lest she die (2.84)
Posted by Robert C. Schult on 2002-08-11, 01:42:36 (12.247.208.141)
Moniker: Robert C. Schult System Name: The Lab...What my wife doesn't touch lest she die System Rev Date: 2003/04/13/01:04 System Rev IP: 12.247.208.141 Amp: Well, if I told you this stuff I would hav .......
5: imfos - Audio (2.83)
Posted by imfos on 2011-06-19, 04:08:57 (95.94.16.209)
Moniker: imfos System Name: Audio Amp: Jadis Orchestra with mods Preamp: None Speakers: DIY Open Baffle with Dayton AMT2-4, Visaton B200, Eminence Alfa 15-A CDP: Sony CDP XA5ES, Atoll DR100SE2 / Atoll .......
6: Michel vA - Main system (2.57)
Posted by Michel vA on 2019-05-07, 11:12:34 (163.158.153.190)
Moniker: Michel vA System Name: Main system Amp: Mark Levinson No.23 Preamp: Mark Levinson No.26 Speakers: Snell A2 (highly modified) CDP: Audio Research CD1 Table: Goldmund Studio / T3B Other Sources .......
7: Opus 33 1/3 - Downsized (2.44)
Posted by Opus 33 1/3 on 2018-03-27, 12:27:12 (74.214.41.13)
Moniker: Opus 33 1/3 System Name: Downsized Amp: Yaqin MS-34C EL34 SET Integrated amplifier. Preamp: None Speakers: Tekton Design Mini Lores. CDP: Tascam CD-Cassette deck/Notebook PC playing 24/96 FLA .......
8: Doubleblind's ARCam (2.24)
Posted by Doubleblind on 2006-09-06, 11:01:03 (24.64.223.203)
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9: Sean McDermott's Loft Man Cave (2.18)
Posted by Sean McDermott on 2014-04-26, 06:46:08 (108.209.18.215)
Sean McDermott 's Loft Man Cave System
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Last Update: April 26, 2014 at 06:46:08
Amplifier: Yaquin MC-10L
Preamplifier (or None if Integrated): None
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10: Old Guy - One and only (2.13)
Posted by Old Guy on 2001-07-23, 23:01:00 (64.74.45.142)
Moniker: Old Guy System Name: One and only System Rev Date: 2006/08/01/12:37 System Rev IP: 64.74.45.142 Amp: David Berning ZH270 w/NOS input tubes + cryoed output tubes (fully modified) Preamp: TacT .......
11: CarloJ - Bedroom Audio-Video (2.06)
Posted by CarloJ on 2005-11-08, 22:31:37 (210.213.152.65)
Moniker: CarloJ System Name: Bedroom Audio-Video System Rev Date: 2005/11/08/22:33 System Rev IP: 210.213.152.65 Amp: NAD C320BEE 50WPC integrated DENON AVR1802 Preamp: NONE Speakers: WHARFEDALE DIAMO .......
12: sgb - super natural (2.03)
Posted by sgb on 2002-06-18, 14:24:25 (174.64.25.33)
Moniker: sgb System Name: super natural Amp: Quicksilver Audio MS-190 Preamp: Quicksilver Speakers: Rosinante Evolution Signatures Pair of Velodyne ULD-12 subwoofers CDP: The Redmond CD player; Maran .......
13: theromium - Retirement (1.98)
Posted by theromium on 2020-03-21, 12:43:22 (72.111.53.136)
Moniker: theromium System Name: Retirement Amp: Alan Eaton 45 SET Amp (1.5w/ch) ECL-86 / 6GW8 Tube SET Amp. (2 w/ch) Topping TP60 Preamp: Backert Labs Rhumba 1.3 Speakers: Klipsch Forte (on loan) CDP .......
14: ColinR - Quad and KEF (1.95)
Posted by ColinR on 2001-10-24, 16:00:39 (217.43.23.45)
Moniker: ColinR System Name: Quad and KEF Amp: Pair Quad 606-2's, Quad 606, four Quad 405-2's, pair Quad 410-2 monoblocks, Quad 520f, Quad 520M. Pair of Crown DC 300A's from Abbey Road rebuilt to mkI .......
15: texascrude - Dan's at home stereo (1.92)
Posted by texascrude on 2001-02-01, 11:16:00 (209.53.105.38)
Moniker: texascrude System Name: Dan's at home stereo System Rev Date: 2006/10/20/08:59 System Rev IP: 209.53.105.38 Amp: Mimetism 15.2 integrated Preamp: none Speakers: Equation Model 15 REL R205 Sub .......
16: consttraveler - Better Than Prozac (1.81)
Posted by consttraveler on 2002-12-12, 09:29:39 (64.136.27.21)
Moniker: consttraveler System Name: Better Than Prozac System Rev Date: 2003/05/08/13:27 System Rev IP: 64.136.27.21 Amp: Sunfire Cinema Grand using the front mains only. Preamp: Mark Levinson 380S Sp .......
17: goblin141 - The collection (1.78)
Posted by goblin141 on 2005-11-25, 08:17:22 (70.211.66.86)
Moniker: goblin141 System Name: The collection Amp: 1.Hafler XL 280 SS Amp 2. Wyred4Sound 200S Preamp: YS Audio Symphonies +R Speakers: Norman Labs Model 7 Infinity 2000A CDP: Adcom Revox 225 Table: .......
18: Nico - Level 3 Audio Note (1.78)
Posted by Nico on 2001-06-07, 15:34:00 (71.247.243.149)
Moniker: Nico System Name: Level 3 Audio Note System Rev Date: 2007/05/15/12:16 System Rev IP: 71.247.243.149 Amp: Audio Note Meishu Phono Signature integrated with WE 300b Preamp: None Speakers: Audi .......
19: scs1941@sbcglobal.net's Life's Dream (1.70)
Posted by scs1941@sbcglobal.net on 2013-12-31, 23:53:18 (70.252.88.104)
scs1941@sbcglobal.net 's Life's Dream System
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Last Update: December 31, 2013 at 23:53:18
Amplifier: Counterpoint NP220 w/Complete Platinum Upgrades done by Alta V .......
20: Spiral Architect's Godzilla!! (1.69)
Posted by Spiral Architect on 2003-08-17, 09:12:08 (61.11.57.26)
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21: Jay-Mac - Almost there... (1.65)
Posted by Jay-Mac on 2003-04-15, 08:42:53 (209.215.136.196)
Moniker: Jay-Mac System Name: Almost there... System Rev Date: 2004/07/23/07:20 System Rev IP: 209.215.136.196 Amp: Edge Electronics NL12 Preamp: Meridian G68 ADV Speakers: Dali Euphonia MS-5 and a (s .......
22: DewDude - Digital Thermionic Bliss *Historical* (1.55)
Posted by DewDude on 2017-02-17, 22:06:50 (71.255.236.28)
Moniker: DewDude System Name: Digital Thermionic Bliss *Historical* Amp: Motorola HS-619 monoblocks (6V6 PP Output - 12AU7 driver/phase splitter & tone stages. No 6AU6 1st AF) Preamp: Yaqin MS-12B .......
23: marcus of markdom - The Hogg (1.52)
Posted by marcus of markdom on 1999-11-10, 08:15:00 (12.20.58.68)
Moniker: marcus of markdom System Name: The Hogg System Rev Date: 2002/05/22/20:07 System Rev IP: 12.20.58.68 Amp: Mark Levinson No 27 Solid State 100W/Ch (Fronts) Sim Audio Celeste W4070 (Rears) Deno .......
24: dvb-projekt - Home Rig (1.48)
Posted by dvb-projekt on 2008-10-13, 04:41:00 (62.156.166.99)
Moniker: dvb-projekt System Name: Home Rig Amp: audionet AMP 5 - High-End 5-channel power amplifier Preamp: audionet MAP I - High-End A/V preamplifier Speakers: Avantgarde Acoustic DUO Omega CDP: Yama .......
25: bartinmi's Bart's Audio 2-Channel (1.33)
Posted by bartinmi on 2007-01-10, 12:20:11 (65.164.110.194)
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26: theaudiohiffle - Recording/Mixing Space (1.22)
Posted by theaudiohiffle on 2003-08-29, 19:12:35 (71.233.207.162)
Moniker: theaudiohiffle System Name: Recording/Mixing Space System Rev Date: 2007/03/15/19:30 System Rev IP: 71.233.207.162 Amp: None - would eventually like to add a 5.1 nearfield system. Currently f .......
27: MrCat - SME SPL, Chord Electronics & Duevel Bella Lunas (1.18)
Posted by MrCat on 2007-06-09, 08:58:06 (82.6.61.17)
Moniker: MrCat System Name: SME SPL, Chord Electronics & Duevel Bella Lunas Amp: SPL Performer S800 Power Preamp: SPL Elector Atoll ST300 Signature Speakers: Duevel Bella Lunas with Duevel Isolati .......
28: phgimd@wanadoo.fr - Music, music, music... I love music (1.17)
Posted by phgimd@wanadoo.fr on 2004-11-04, 06:53:30 (195.135.2.175)
Moniker: phgimd@wanadoo.fr System Name: Music, music, music... I love music Amp: Atoll AM200 SE Stereo amplifier, Linn LK140 Stereo amplifier, Kora Explorer 90SI used as well as an hybrid power amplif .......
29: EdAInWestOC - The main one (1.12)
Posted by EdAInWestOC on 2003-12-29, 17:31:06 (73.201.255.145)
Moniker: EdAInWestOC System Name: The main one Amp: Parasound A21 Preamp: Rogue RP-9 Speakers: Magnepan MMC2 Sensitivity: 86dB/500Hz/2.83v Magnepan DW-M (planar woofer) REL T9/i Focal Clea .......
Found 1 records in Isolation Ward.
1: RE: pretty simple (6.06)
Posted by groove on 2008-02-05, 09:48:11 (144.226.173.68)
Stop invoking the name of people like Einstein and Pasteur as a valid argument. It's a crutch and a pretty weak one at that. My point was that audiophiles tend to get so deep into this hobby that we .......
Found 22 records in Music Lane.
1: 43 promoted to the second round (7.63)
Posted by Chris from Lafayette on 2015-10-07, 13:03:05 (73.222.105.47)
That's a huge number of folks still in it IMHO. South Korea and Canada made especially good showings as far as I could tell. Here's the actual list (copied from RMCR, which was itself copied from the .......
2: Re: Suzanne Ciani rules! :) (7.63)
Posted by Brian Cheney on 2000-07-10, 22:19:28 (205.188.200.22)
I see from the mailing list that Ms. Suzanne Ciani is a member of our SF section of the Audio Engineering Society. It is rare an artist joins the AES, which is exclusively technical. Big B (AES SF Sec .......
3: That's a great updatr on the situation.. (6.29)
Posted by PAR on 2017-06-20, 14:01:38 (88.97.21.18)
..I continue to be unable to get their homepage to load into MS Edge on my dedicated music computer. I am in dialogue with them over this but so far no solution. That no gapless issue rules it out as .......
4: Re: New MFSL vinyl (6.05)
Posted by Tutordennis on 2004-06-26, 10:41:48 (209.204.144.119)
This album is a good test. If you don't like it, you are probably either not interested at all in her style of music, or overly fixated on sound. The original release is brillianly written, thematical .......
5: Peggy Lee - the other Frank Sinatra (5.90)
Posted by PorkPieHat on 2005-07-31, 07:34:11 (24.156.105.25)
No doubt feminists will bridle at this comparison but it is just a way to let people know how good this girl really was (and no, I don't think Peggy would object to the G word). I am providing a link .......
6: Re: be objective! (5.41)
Posted by Adriel on 2002-04-13, 13:53:45 (209.102.125.204)
"Sounds like a marketing exercise for Mapleshade." It is not. The music listening section will be about 5% of my presentation. I'm doing this for a grade, not as some sort of marketing scheme. "If you .......
7: Re: Help me with Diana Krall?!?!?!?! Please. (5.39)
Posted by chris.redmond2@bushinternet.com on 2001-12-25, 13:47:51 (212.159.142.30)
I particularly like: `All For You (A dedication to the Nat King Cole Trio)` - Impulse IMP 11642. `Love Scenes` - Impulse IMP 12342. `When I Look In Your Eyes` - Verve 050 304-2. As for commercial .......
8: Re: loge de: Audio Engineers of the World, or, For Ramesh (4.93)
Posted by Ramesh on 2006-06-13, 18:20:14 (202.74.215.170)
Ms Viswanathan-- great fun, look it up on the nytimes.com books section! There's also a bit on gladwell.com Bruckner 7-- Always been happy with the performances of all three Karajans. However, late la .......
9: early music on ABC FM -) tonight (4.62)
Posted by Timbo in Oz on 2005-07-06, 18:24:23 (203.129.49.17)
8.00pm IN PERFORMANCE With Damien Beaumont 2004 Schwetzingen Festival Il Giardino Armonico Roberta Invernizzi,s Lucia Cirillo,ms Fulivo Bettini,br Christian Senn,br Luca Pianca,lute and director Merul .......
10: Re: Gustav Mahler Symphony No.4 in G (4.31)
Posted by Pat D on 2001-11-04, 18:48:16 (156.34.220.45)
Lorin Maazel and the VPO did a very fine recording on CBS WDMK-44908, with Kathleen Battle doing the soprano solo. The recording quality is excellent, and this is one of the recordings Andrew Marshall .......
11: New arrivals from the wonder that is mdt.co.uk (4.03)
Posted by srl1 on 2016-09-28, 15:23:49 (67.233.157.7)
Another great shipment from the folks at mdt.co.uk. Here are the highlights: This is my favorite CD of at least the last six months. JFi and DM-S make a fantastic team and bring great beauty, passi .......
12: the virulently anti American ABC* does it again! (3.97)
Posted by Timbo in Oz on 2007-08-22, 18:42:47 (203.129.42.105)
11.05am JUST CLASSICS With Damien Beaumont Music selected by Felix Hayman This week we profile the sublime voice of Lorraine Hunt-Lieberson. Highlights include: Bach Prelude and fugue Nos 3 and 4 in .......
13: aargh - - compression (3.37)
Posted by daseman on 2012-09-27, 14:50:20 (38.100.231.18)
I apologize in advance if the compression topic has been discussed ad nauseum, but I haven't posted in a long time and thought the following text of an email I just sent to a friend would be of intere .......
14: Re: Music for Dummies on the attack at WHYY (2.95)
Posted by Soundmind on 2004-11-27, 15:57:53 (24.225.139.141)
I'm a little surprised that you chose to respond to a previous posting on an entirely different subject here. Nevertheless, I am a jazz lover although my interest in it is not as great as it is in wha .......
15: Oh Man!! What a week!! New "Union" CD, too. (2.54)
Posted by Mike M on 1999-11-03, 17:29:54 (205.188.199.53)
Understanding full well the dangers of raving about a release before even hearing it, I must still exclaim my joy and excitement tonight, and marvel at the wonderful new musical surprises that seem to .......
16: RE: My faves of 2016 - what are yours? (2.44)
Posted by srl1 on 2016-12-29, 07:55:30 (67.233.157.7)
I'm starting off with video discs. Here is my personal "find" better known as a snap buying choice that worked out very well. This set seems like a labor of love for the late Rafael Fruhbeck de Burg .......
17: Iffens anyone is awake UP there, try this for your Friday Night cooking time listening, on line (2.43)
Posted by Timbo in Oz on 2010-09-03, 13:52:46 (121.127.215.57)
it's on in about 2 hrs time from this posting's timing, Saturday morning over here. Abbotts programs are always educative, I find. 9.05am KEYS TO MUSIC With Graham Abbott ABC Recording The Aria Graham .......
18: Au contraire -- as usual (2.37)
Posted by Amphissa on 2009-03-09, 13:57:56 (158.93.6.11)
I guess I always get to the party late and then have a different perspective from others. I own more than 100 recordings of the Rachy 3, and yes I've listened to all of them. Some I just set aside and .......
19: Thoughts on the Saturday Patricia Barber concert...long... (2.19)
Posted by Steve Parry on 2006-05-01, 22:06:55 (71.129.81.190)
I was fortunate enough to attend the last of the five Patricia Barber concerts at the Mondavi Center this past weekend. For whatever reason, we were lucky enough to get two tickets at a front row tabl .......
20: RE: Au contraire -- as usual (2.04)
Posted by Todd Krieger on 2009-03-10, 13:35:01 (72.222.168.148)
"Argerich/Chailly - It is treading in dangerous territory to say anything critical of Ms Argerich, and I admire her talent immensely." I admire Argerich's talent for what it is, but most times I hear .......
21: Wow - Interesting Post! (1.72)
Posted by Chris from Lafayette on 2009-03-10, 00:08:48 (67.188.253.246)
Great overview, but I can’t resist getting my own comments in too! Argerich/Chailly - It is treading in dangerous territory to say anything critical of Ms Argerich, and I admire her talent imme .......
22: MANY THANKS FOR THIS! (1.66)
Posted by SE on 2003-10-31, 05:12:41 (24.125.0.106)
I've seen other sites try to consolidate things before, but this one is the best. My favorite so far is Filodiffusione (Italian station found under Europe). Crystal clear signal in @32K stereo WITH NO .......
Found 27 records in Classical Court.
1: You're going to become the Ms. Madrigal of Audio Asylum! nt (7.02)
Posted by jdaniel@jps.net on 2020-04-07, 18:51:17 (73.116.103.52)
, .......
2: You saw our previous discussions here? (7.02)
Posted by Chris from Lafayette on 2023-03-28, 01:33:26 (188.214.152.232)
The last one (linked below) was a little over two weeks ago. I'm kind of a fan of the piece. Ms. CfL. . . not so much! There are a couple of other naysayers among the inmates here. ;-) .......
3: RE: Second that! Such emotion! (6.85)
Posted by Sibelius on 2021-08-12, 15:17:21 (24.6.59.190)
Somehow, and I have absolutely no recollection how I did it, I stripped the audio and have it separately in my iTunes library. But without the video I can't watch Ms. Persson, and that's a loss. ::: T .......
4: RE: Fascinating! You're right! Ms. CfL is monopolizing the audio system right now (6.63)
Posted by ecl876 on 2018-09-13, 16:40:01 (184.60.214.45)
You guys are crazy! What ever happened to the days when we used to just sit back in our easy chairs and LISTEN TO MUSIC? .......
5: The King Of Instruments (6.45)
Posted by Noman on 2024-01-18, 07:39:27 (97.82.221.142)
The Human Voice New on Apple Classical today, Beverly D'Angelo 'enargeia' Each track has brief opening commentary by Ms. D'Angelo which, BTW, presents one of the best tests of faithful audio reproduct .......
6: You do have a point - Ms. CfL has only intermittent success. . . (5.98)
Posted by Chris from Lafayette on 2019-05-16, 17:48:58 (77.111.246.116)
. . . in operating the whole shebang! Some of the difficulties have involved forgetting to turn on the DAC, forgetting to switch from Core Audio to ASIO (or vice versa!), forgetting to switch to the a .......
7: Thanks, Pete! I would not have considered Vitus or Alluxity (5.59)
Posted by Chris from Lafayette on 2019-06-30, 15:05:42 (77.111.246.56)
However, it looks like the latter does not have a distributor in the US. A couple of other brands which have popped up in my internet search of local dealer stocks are GamuT (Denmark) and B.M.C. (Germ .......
8: New Ozawa/Argerich/Beethoven Blu-Ray (5.31)
Posted by srl1 on 2017-09-22, 10:24:31 (71.220.162.28)
Just received an enjoyable Blu-Ray disc from EuroArts. The primary pieces are Beethoven's Symphony No. 2 and Symphony No. 7 performed by the Saito Kinen Orchestra with Seiji Ozawa conducting. But the .......
9: Yes - I agree that tuning one's ears can be important (5.13)
Posted by Chris from Lafayette on 2023-09-24, 12:46:06 (156.146.45.133)
I'm glad you like the recording now. I still have only made it through the first movement of the Third and the first movement of the Second. (My listening of the Second was interrupted when Ms. CfL re .......
10: Richter also has Book I from Moscow (live - on the Russian Revelation label) (4.68)
Posted by Chris from Lafayette on 2020-05-18, 00:43:54 (77.111.246.33)
Pretty interesting, but not nearly recorded so well as the 1973 Innsbruck recordings. Did you get your Innsbruck recordings on a DVD-Audio (24/48) like I did? (I thought that was kind of a weird way t .......
11: Appreciate your response, PAR, but we have no wish to time travel back to the 50's ;-) (4.68)
Posted by Chris from Lafayette on 2021-08-15, 16:16:18 (77.111.245.13)
It just seemed to us that Mirga was dressed more for a rehearsal than for an actual concert. (I still think she could get some pointers from Yuja - those miniskirts seem like they'd help you stay pret .......
12: Wow - can I get in on this C. Kleiber hate-fest too? (4.41)
Posted by Chris from Lafayette on 2020-12-31, 15:13:37 (77.111.245.11)
Actually, I agree with just about every point you made - "the recording is a mess: distant, diffuse, bass-shy" AND (you could also have mentioned) two-dimensional. DG's Tonmeisters at that time didn't .......
13: That's a spirited response on your end too! ;-) (4.28)
Posted by Chris from Lafayette on 2019-06-30, 09:24:57 (77.111.246.22)
And I'm so glad you didn't take my comments personally (as some around here, who shall remain nameless, have done in the past - LOL!). I STILL have not quite finished the bathroom floor I've been putt .......
14: RE: 4'10" worth of penny thoughts on recent purchases, releases (4.19)
Posted by Chris from Lafayette on 2020-06-08, 11:38:28 (77.111.246.10)
Some thoughts: Vanska/Minnesota Mahler 7: it's not available on eClassical yet (or wasn't when I checked a few minutes ago). I'll have to get it of course, even though I've already got a few of the re .......
15: New recording of the symphony which Ms. CfL used to rate higher than any Mahler symphony (3.83)
Posted by Chris from Lafayette on 2019-03-16, 22:49:51 (77.111.246.84)
That would of course be the Symphony No. 3 in B minor, "Ilya Murometz", by Rheinhold Gliere. It's also my first recorded encounter with the Beogradskaya filharmonia (the Belgrade Philharmonic), conduc .......
16: I have the Gergiev Rach 2nd Symphony on disc. . . (3.81)
Posted by Chris from Lafayette on 2020-12-24, 01:23:29 (77.111.245.14)
. . . as part of the set of all the Rachmaninoff Symphonies he did with the LSO - the set consists of 3 SACD's and one blu-ray audio. (I believe that in this case the master was DSD, so the SACD's are .......
17: RE: SF Symphony Pre-Release (Actual release is next month) (3.55)
Posted by Chris from Lafayette on 2023-08-26, 01:33:23 (156.146.45.133)
For whatever reason, I've never heard the Bronfman/Salonen set of the Bartok concertos on Sony, but, regarding Aimard, I have his Teldec recording of Messiaen's Vingt Regards Sur L'Enfant-Jesus - the .......
18: That's a great overview of so many of the best known recordings (3.32)
Posted by Chris from Lafayette on 2023-06-16, 17:13:26 (146.70.142.23)
You're lucky that your wife shares your enthusiasm for Scheherazade - the best I can get from Ms. CfL (who is more a partisan of the Germanic mainstream repertoire) is, "Rimsky-Korsakov's music is OK .......
19: Interesting indeed (3.15)
Posted by Chris from Lafayette on 2018-11-04, 01:18:27 (77.111.246.32)
In the past, I shared your doubts about some of the much earlier HDTT remasters of the Command Classics recordings - some seemed too tilted up towards the mid-high frequencies (perhaps with a bit of s .......
20: I've been away for a few days and am just now seeing this discussion (2.99)
Posted by Chris from Lafayette on 2019-10-30, 09:35:30 (77.111.246.65)
We weren't so lucky this time around with the PG&E power shut-offs, although our danger was an actual fire, not just the electricity shut-off. We got a text message from the Lafayette Police on Sunday .......
21: Fascinating! You're right! Ms. CfL is monopolizing the audio system right now (2.98)
Posted by Chris from Lafayette on 2018-09-10, 21:07:31 (77.111.247.5)
So I can't play the file back to see what the DAC says. But I did open one of the tracks (Venus from The Planets) with Audacity, and I get the same thing: it showed a 96K sampling rate. Now the intere .......
22: DAAOTD - "Vers la flamme" (Severin von Ekardstein) (2.89)
Posted by Chris from Lafayette on 2023-10-12, 14:13:30 (107.186.85.5)
This album was released less than a week ago and still doesn't appear to be available from Amazon yet (although it's available from Presto). It appears on the Avi label, which, per Apple Music, is lic .......
23: More catching up with loose ends: Berlioz, Lortie's Chopin G-minor Ballade (2.32)
Posted by Chris from Lafayette on 2019-04-07, 11:03:28 (77.111.246.81)
I've always loved the SQ of most recordings on the 2L label. Despite dispensing some crumbs in praise of DSD to the fanatics on that side of the digital divide, chief engineer and producer Morten Lind .......
24: California Audio Show - entr'acte (2.21)
Posted by Chris from Lafayette on 2019-07-30, 19:06:40 (77.111.246.75)
The actual first thing I did at the show (before I entered any of the demo rooms) was to pay a visit to the Reference Recordings table, where Marcia was once again showing the RR releases in various f .......
25: Just before EOY - My favorite recordings of 2018 (New releases) (2.15)
Posted by Chris from Lafayette on 2018-12-30, 20:14:00 (77.111.246.155)
I've got 14 selected (all audio, no video) - and, once again this year, the babes are not well represented. Sad! Lots of Beethoven on the list this year for some reason - mainly reissues though. New R .......
26: Part deux - much less organized (1.84)
Posted by Chris from Lafayette on 2023-03-09, 18:36:15 (103.14.26.89)
Ms. CfL and I had an experience similar to the Bosendorfer guy you knew (who only got his piano played a couple of times a year). We were in a similar situation because someone at the Stanford Music D .......
27: RE: Speaking of Gergiev (1.44)
Posted by Chris from Lafayette on 2018-10-22, 15:29:58 (77.111.247.237)
Sorry I missed the concert yesterday - I'd forgotten they were here. I see that they're doing Mahler's Fifth tonight - I hope the performance doesn't end in fisticuffs as per jdaniel's post from earli .......
Found 1 records in Jazz Alley.
1: RE: Avoid like the plague: Anne Bisson (7.96)
Posted by defdum&blind on 2017-11-12, 20:01:55 (64.228.215.20)
Someone had asked me if Anne Bisson's recording which I was holding in my hand was jazz. I said that it was not jazz. Ms. Bisson who had just sold this LP to me at her table at a Toronto audio show ag .......
Found 6 records in Rocky Road.
1: she was pleasantly pulchritudinous in those days, wasn't she? (7.23)
Posted by mhardy6647 on 2017-04-11, 13:00:13 (71.192.138.56)
Thanks for sharing that -- what a remarkable artifact! Where the heck did that come from? Good quality audio and video-- too good for TV of its era. Large(r) format (35 mm??) movie film? I am sure y'a .......
2: Hey TJE (7.23)
Posted by J on 2004-10-02, 07:59:46 (66.65.59.119)
Glad you like it, I'm still digging it too. I have a standalone burner that's been a permanent part of my (non-audiophile-standard) rig since my wife bought it for me as an anniversary present 5 years .......
3: Brenda Russell, "Piano In The Dark" (6.66)
Posted by Luminator on 2018-02-26, 21:55:45 (162.205.183.92)
30 years ago, we began to hear Brenda Russell's haunting "Piano In The Dark." To me (junior), this was where the seniors mentally began to check out, leaving the rest of us behind. That hurt me. You s .......
4: RE: It is 96/24 (DVD-A) & sounds great! (5.77)
Posted by cfraser on 2011-04-05, 20:15:17 (184.175.2.109)
^ Nice! And thanks too. I've already ordered the BD though, for now. My main concern was getting some digital output to feed my analog system DAC/pre, and you typically can't do that from a BD (least .......
5: A review lifted from elsewhare (5.58)
Posted by LWR on 2006-08-29, 09:21:24 (198.144.206.5)
From:**ap@b... Date:* Sat*Oct*13,*2001* 2:17 am Subject:* A Beatle MFSL Comparison In my never-ending quest to listen to the world's greatest band in the absolute finest sound quality available, I wou .......
6: The show summed up (3.82)
Posted by LWR on 2014-09-18, 11:28:48 (74.42.180.126)
Jason Isbell picks up Artist, Album and Song of the Year Awards Show Propelled by Performances from Loretta Lynn, Jackson Browne, Taj Mahal, Flaco Jimenez, Robert Plant, Cassandra Wilson, Marty Stua .......
Found 2 records in OTL Asylum.
1: RE: Save money on Speaker wire Direct Drive- Bevridge (5.21)
Posted by AJ on 2016-05-01, 09:05:41 (24.141.69.24)
Hi Lew, No, the amp in my equipment rack is the Wyetech Topaz 150lb behemoth SET. This is actually what I used to drive the line sources before the Direct Drive amp arrived. It is quite special. The p .......
2: Update (5.21)
Posted by Henry on 2002-07-30, 00:21:58 (0)
T: 56h Ben Webster, “Soulville�: This is a Ben Webster I haven’t previously heard on my system. I’m not referring to the CD (which I have listened to many times). I am referring to the expres .......
Found 1 records in Pro Audio Asylum.
1: Strange sound when burning this file (3.74)
Posted by stix66 on 2004-02-22, 17:16:54 (64.203.63.81)
I'm using Sonar recording audio and Sony Sound Forge for editing. When I Export my project to .wav,mp3,ect.. the play back quality on my computer with MS media player is great. When I burn the same fi .......
Found 24 records in Propeller Head Plaza.
1: Early reflections: 5 ms time window for sound source localisation? (9.56)
Posted by KlausR. on 2010-07-05, 22:20:52 (83.80.191.138)
The loudspeaker placement method as proposed by Audio Physic (http://www.audiophysic.de/aufstellung/index_e.html) is based on the idea that source localisation is happening within the first 5 ms, afte .......
2: RE: Echo threshold (9.56)
Posted by KlausR. on 2010-07-20, 08:41:52 (92.135.250.254)
>5 milliseconds is the point at which fusion between the original source and its reflection no longer occurs in a significant number of listeners. On their German site Audio Physic specifically refer .......
3: Article on Alcatel-Lucent lawsuit against MS mentions former AA personality (7.60)
Posted by andy_c on 2007-02-26, 09:16:11 (67.176.62.39)
I just finished reading an article about Alcatel-Lucent having won a $1.52 billion lawsuit against MS . Besides the huge monetary award, another item in the article caught my eye. Here's the quote: " .......
4: It's CONSISTENT, not superior! (6.92)
Posted by KlausR. on 2006-04-13, 02:49:21 (145.64.134.241)
If DBT participants yielded results that resemble random guessing, what's the use of DBT? Training helps to increase listeners' acuity and consistency. In psychoacoustic research the test subjects are .......
5: Well, yahbut... (5.66)
Posted by Charles Hansen on 2003-08-02, 11:57:30 (207.174.191.131)
I still don't see any examples of feedback in living organisms extending to frequencies above a few tens of Hz. Think about a cat attacking a bird. In mid-spring he will have to adjust his attack as t .......
6: RE: Early reflections: 5 ms time window for sound source localisation? (4.77)
Posted by Tony Lauck on 2010-07-08, 09:11:19 (65.19.76.104)
"I consider the message that there is no principle need for reflection treatment as really good news, since such treatment in domestic living rooms have extremely low WAF and will therefore in most c .......
7: You make your point. (long) (4.39)
Posted by cheap-Jack on 2007-02-13, 08:56:49 (69.156.196.162)
Hi. That is exactly what I said in my post above. I've acquired quite a few reference CDs with stereo sound tracks recorded by same mics & digital recorders, most of them mastered in 16/44.1 & a coupl .......
8: A bundle of weak arguments (4.35)
Posted by Jim Austin on 2006-05-28, 16:59:24 (70.16.65.66)
>>But the real issue, I think, is why you care whether people delude themselves. Is it your responsibility to save them? Who appointed you? If you are out to stop hype to increase sales, lots of luck .......
9: Ethics and advertising. EE behavior facing it. (4.05)
Posted by Jacques on 2006-09-15, 01:54:38 (81.56.144.181)
I would like all high-end equipment and accessories marketeeers being looked after by drugs advertized and designed the way they do with their products. Would be so funny. Heal all cancers thanks to q .......
10: I too have hung out with wine, beer and coffee people. Never once... (3.97)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2006-03-19, 11:32:19 (208.58.2.83)
...during the (delightful) examination of these beverages was the source masked -- with this exception: Occasionally we would do that trick just for the hell of it. I was once treated to a group of wi .......
11: It's Possible But... (3.86)
Posted by thetubeguy1954 on 2007-06-28, 10:56:24 (70.46.7.90)
C-J, I will in fact, be trying the basic 3 driver model first to see if I like how it sounds. Then "IF" I do like it I'll save up, buy the additional drivers and build the Estrella. I want such a l .......
12: Real JJ again, more lies, or is it utter incomprehension? (3.81)
Posted by thetubeguy1954 on 2006-05-31, 12:19:29 (216.53.159.98)
Real JJ PLEASE tell me you aren't so inept as to not understand that even in your own words you are agreeing that someone who states: "One can neither agree nor disagree with something that is unclear .......
13: Hi Dan.. (3.67)
Posted by jneutron on 2003-08-28, 05:19:47 (24.190.112.47)
What I was wondering was.. For an amplifier, is it possible that even with a high bandwidth, it is capable of having transient delays in the 10 to 20 uSec range? The particular scenario I speak of is .......
14: RE: *You* are quoting Geddes? (3.22)
Posted by morricab on 2008-05-28, 02:53:47 (160.62.4.10)
"Married to a Dr in psychoacoustics who views you as an "audio tarot" chemist?" Oh and you know this how? Divination? Consultation with your crystal ball? I don't think Ms. Lee has an opinion on me on .......
15: RE: Early reflections: 5 ms time window for sound source localisation? (3.05)
Posted by tomservo on 2010-07-09, 15:17:29 (24.13.232.33)
“The room is the most important component in an audio playback system. One can not have a high end system without a suitable room, which means either: (1) a dedicated room that is optimized for sound .......
16: Re: A correction on one point (2.67)
Posted by tomservo on 2006-12-12, 07:12:46 (204.87.188.80)
Hi Bill Ah, I see what you ask. By “expected” I mean that the slope of the phase reaches 90 degrees times the order, for example, a 2nd order Butterworth filter reaches 180 degrees shift and has a mag .......
17: How do you explain the audibility of sound effects based on making comb filters? (2.28)
Posted by morricab on 2007-12-06, 01:43:06 (196.3.50.254)
For example: "Flanging is a time-based audio effect that occurs when two identical signals are mixed together, but with one signal time-delayed by a small and gradually changing amount, usually smalle .......
18: Your post was moved. See references in this post (2.25)
Posted by Jon Risch on 2017-10-15, 20:41:55 (98.95.7.158)
This is the forum for discussion of then scientific aspects of audio cables and their sound. Per Dusters post, we don't allow cable bashing in the Cable Asylum. I copy my annotated cable bibliography .......
19: Wrong Universe, wrong answer (2.00)
Posted by Jacques on 2005-03-27, 04:04:51 (81.56.144.181)
>Actually the reason why cable noise can be such a problem with guitar >cables isn't because of the high input impedance, but rather the high > output impedance of the pickups. Wrong. It comes from BO .......
20: Re: Intelligent Chip: Back to Basics (LONG...) (1.83)
Posted by Jacques on 2005-05-08, 16:01:32 (81.56.144.181)
back to basics: excellent ! ;-) I really wonder (1) how people with some MS degree in physics or engineering who heard a difference on chip- blackarted CDs never ask themselves whether their auditory .......
21: Re: Rear-firing tweeters : gimmick or real improvement ? (1.80)
Posted by Soundmind on 2006-11-14, 06:07:31 (24.149.197.165)
In some ways my method is similar but there are some important differences too. It starts with the same basic conclusions and assumptions but its method is different. For one thing, the impulse method .......
22: RE: Early reflections: 5 ms time window for sound source localisation? (1.57)
Posted by tomservo on 2010-07-08, 09:20:02 (24.13.232.33)
Hi “Not universally! Floyd Toole doesn’t, and I don’t. I had a look at the relevant scientific literature” I am not sure Floyd actually designs speakers anymore and add to that how strongly home audio .......
23: RE: Audio Cable Bibliography (1.47)
Posted by Jon Risch on 2012-05-07, 21:45:21 (98.95.13.5)
Annotated Cable Bibliography Hardcopy Books & magazines Duncan, Ben & Harrison, Andrew; The Great Cable Test (part 1), Hi-Fi News and Record Review, July 1999, p.30-33, Vol. 44, #7 Duncan, Ben & Harri .......
24: RE: If Wires Have Unique Sonic Characteristics Why Aren't They Revealed In LCR Measurements? (1.16)
Posted by Jon Risch on 2010-01-17, 22:35:16 (65.12.32.59)
RE a) Typical LCR meter type measurements do not provide anything but the gross fundamental portion of the L, the R or the C. They do not cover the more subtle aspects of the L, C or R at all. As an e .......
Found 3 records in Radio Road.
1: RE: Is it possible for radio transmitions to become as good as lossless? nt (3.78)
Posted by BFitz on 2012-10-07, 06:18:51 (72.226.49.229)
Wrong, wrong, wrong, on the 50Hz low end limit. If you want the history, and comments on what is used today, read this post - http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/FMtuners/message/72673 by Dave. O, who .......
2: That's actually called a 'random' antenna - more on my 'array' (3.78)
Posted by Timbo in Oz on 2012-11-19, 10:50:13 (180.200.153.82)
Because it's not long enough. Lambda at 1khz roughly in the middle of the AM band is about 300 metres. Which is a long wire antenna When and IF you do get a random - a good copper coated earth post ba .......
3: Christmas day on ABC Classic FM (2.81)
Posted by Timbo in Oz on 2007-12-24, 12:27:10 (203.129.56.91)
Note the live concerts! * 9.05am MORNINGS With Timothy Sexton ABC Recording The Song Company Slava Grigoryan, guitar Roland Peelman, conductor *"A Spanish Christmas" Slava Grigoryan's charisma and vir .......
Found 124 records in Speaker Asylum.
1: Audio Physic speaker placement method question (9.51)
Posted by KlausR. on 2010-07-06, 01:30:26 (83.80.191.138)
I posted this over on Prop Head, but maybe not everyone is reading Prop Head, so I'm posting this also here. The loudspeaker placement method as proposed by Audio Physic (http://www.audiophysic.de/auf .......
2: None of the Above........ (9.51)
Posted by claud on 2004-01-06, 05:31:51 (149.168.130.40)
What you need is Merlin TSM-Ms if you want bookshelfs. If you research, you will find very happy owners---straight 5s on Audio Review, even for the larger VSM-M. These are tube friendly speakers. I ju .......
3: RE: Audio Physic speaker placement method question (9.06)
Posted by KlausR. on 2010-07-08, 02:51:22 (83.80.191.138)
>BUT... in stereo reproduction the arrival times are much more critical. With regard to reflections, there appear to exist three time windows: 1. 2. > 1 ms 3. > 80 ms: echo threshold for slow music Fo .......
4: RE: Excellent point (8.87)
Posted by Inmate51 on 2016-10-28, 22:47:49 (47.188.98.98)
Golly, to read what you guys write, a person would think that Earl Geddes and Floyd Toole were the only two guys who ever researched this stuff. :) I've been reading research papers on psychoacoustics .......
5: RE: Moderators? (8.70)
Posted by Bob Neill on 2010-06-10, 11:44:47 (24.91.29.79)
Actually, we did this comparison at an audio show a couple of years ago. A reviewer preferred the Skylans, as Noel will likely remember. But we all essentially agreed on what it was we heard, which wa .......
6: RE: Pioneer, Wilson, MBL : A matter of dispersion; (7.92)
Posted by Duke on 2008-02-20, 18:06:27 (208.98.184.21)
Hi Klaus, Thanks for taking the time to reply. My referencing 10 milliseconds is not based on the Haas effect. One of my sources is the late Richard C. Heyser, but I no longer have access to back issu .......
7: rather than sell the VSMs (7.59)
Posted by rhyno on 2002-06-28, 15:59:59 (64.123.207.229)
why not pick up some used entec subs? i saw some LF40s for sale on audiogon recently. i have integrated LF20s with my vsm-ms perfectly. the lf40s are stacked lf20s, and would give you both the bass an .......
8: A Pair Of Mordaunt Short MS 880 Followed Me Home (7.45)
Posted by Mister Pig on 2008-08-16, 09:07:12 (72.87.10.11)
Many years ago I owned a pair of Mordaunt Short MS 30's, and I always regretted selling them. Have been on the lookout for the larger MS speakers, but they don't come up for sale often. Last time I .......
9: Re: Poll: What is yoiur speaker ownership history? (7.28)
Posted by Jesse on 2005-07-14, 17:56:25 (65.138.22.33)
1.A stereo system a record club included when 12 albums were purchased. 2. DIY speakers made by a friend. 3. Small Panasonic stereo 4. Synthesis LM 300 5. Epos 11 6. Morduant Short MS 35 7. Spendor SP .......
10: Re: Favorite amp for Merlin TSM-M (7.26)
Posted by Rich Brkich on 2004-02-26, 20:28:02 (24.92.252.147)
Todd, Please note that you are violating rules for members of the trade by putting the TR Audio link in your signature line.... please correct this before making further postings. Now, as to the quest .......
11: Dali Euphonia MS4 Speakers (7.08)
Posted by Jay-Mac on 2003-09-26, 15:09:39 (209.215.136.196)
I have the new Dali Euphonia MS-5, powered by a pair of SimAudio W-6 monoblocks, a Meridian 598/568.2mm (soon to be traded in on the new G98/G68 combo), Cardas Golden Reference XLR and bi-wire speaker .......
12: RE: Pioneer, Wilson, MBL : A matter of dispersion; (7.07)
Posted by KlausR. on 2008-02-21, 03:46:18 (145.64.134.223)
The 10 ms are probably from what studio control rooms implement, a more common value there being 15 ms/15 dB for the reflection free zone. >One of my sources is the late Richard C. Heyser, but I no lo .......
13: Re: Pro-ac 2.5 or Dunlavy IV (6.87)
Posted by JerryS on 2002-11-07, 20:27:02 (12.254.90.73)
Based on my experience with a different Dunlavy model, your room may be too small to adequately support the IV. See the Reviews page on my site below for more. There are many other fine speakers that .......
14: Vandy's (6.50)
Posted by ctsooner on 2016-02-15, 01:35:40 (32.208.57.190)
Just for fun. I have MS and could never have the energy to make a living at woodworking. I just do it when I am able to. Oh, I also forgot that I use an Empirical Audio short block on my USB cable int .......
15: About the Vadim kit and the Solo206 horn loudspeaker (6.44)
Posted by gaetan on 2007-05-15, 14:57:02 (206.172.127.159)
Hello About the Vadim kit and the Solo206 horn loudspeaker. http://www.e-speakers.com/pdf/vadim-infopack.pdf http://www.humblehomemadehifi.com/Solo206.html The Vadim or the Solo206 horn loudspeaker ar .......
16: Re: Well, I really love my Merlin TSM-Ms... (6.31)
Posted by Cut-Throat on 2003-09-05, 17:07:43 (64.12.96.10)
Off topic - Did I see a review by yourself on another audio forum of a 3 channel AVA amp? Cut-Throat .......
17: Precedence effect (6.30)
Posted by KlausR. on 2007-07-20, 06:45:32 (83.84.181.88)
Reflections are merged with the direct sound and hence not perceived as coming from a different source. The reflection may have a sound pressure level of 10 dB greater than the direct sound (Haas JAES .......
18: RE: If your staying with the stock radio (6.25)
Posted by DKL on 2015-11-09, 08:00:31 (97.103.27.196)
Processors make a huge difference. I also owned a JBL MS-8 before my current Arc Audio PS8, and it too made a night and day difference in terms of imaging and sub integration. Dynamat is a must... ::: .......
19: Joseph Audio RM50si (6.23)
Posted by Michael on 1999-03-17, 07:26:05 (209.181.130.101)
Nice to hear from a fellow JA owner. I have onwed these great speakers for about 8 months. I listen to them every chance I get. I don't know why but everytime I listen to the speakers I have this unco .......
20: Monitor Audio's surround speakers (6.22)
Posted by Michael Soo on 1999-10-07, 16:11:30 (192.9.25.21)
I just purchased a Monitor Audio's surround speakers. I thought that there is supposed to be a switch behind the speakers that can be flipped from bipole to dipole and the other way round. Apparently .......
21: RE: Audio Physic speaker placement method question (6.18)
Posted by KlausR. on 2010-07-12, 03:02:14 (83.80.191.138)
>My take on this suggests that further study is going to more clearly establish the lines of demarcation (time wise) between where localization leaves off and where perceptions of sound field envelopm .......
22: Bob, help me out here, Please (6.01)
Posted by claud on 2004-01-07, 06:31:18 (149.168.130.40)
Are you saying that if I don't like my Merlins, I might be a Spendor lover? I have bought my Merlin TSM-Ms unheard since there is no Merlin dealer in the wilds of North Carolina. They do have a rabid .......
23: RE: Audio Physic method (6.00)
Posted by KlausR. on 2007-07-15, 02:06:37 (83.84.181.88)
From the Immedia webpage: "This spatial information is determined by the brain in the first 800s of the transient because this is the maximum time delay between the two ears" and "So, the first step .......
24: RE: Audio Physic speaker placement method question (5.92)
Posted by villastrangiato on 2010-07-11, 08:32:06 (24.91.208.153)
Well, we have had Helmut Haas' data since 1949 to at least rule out the impact of reflections in the 10 to 20 ms range. And basic anatomy suggests that our brains have to be able to resolve time diffe .......
25: Re: Merlin VSM-M & Audio Research VS55. FYI (5.90)
Posted by Bobbypalkovic on 2002-11-10, 07:55:24 (24.169.117.173)
Dear Christophe, I have heard the VT 100 on the Merlins. It is an excellent amplifier but in my humble opinion the ZH270 in more to my liking. I own one and David Berning is getting a pair of VSM Ms. .......
26: Re: Mordaunt-Short MS 908 speakers (5.84)
Posted by himat on 2003-05-01, 06:14:52 (213.177.156.249)
Hi Greg, Here in europe they are rated very good and indeed they are. Heard them many times in a friend's system with Cambridge Audio and Arcam and they are really good i think with a soft amplifier. .......
27: RE: Please advise, 400USD speakers with good bass (5.84)
Posted by jazzwave@gmail.com on 2009-08-12, 00:06:19 (138.32.236.2)
Just browsing and found: Bookshelf Epos M5 or M12.2 Quad 12L2 or 11L2 Dali Lector 1/2 Floorstander MS avant 914 Monitor Audio Bronze B4 Mission M73i Wharfedale 9.4 Which one do you prefer? or .......
28: In my system,will Merlin VSM-Ms really beat my beloved Proac 2.5s? (5.77)
Posted by digitaldunce on 2002-08-24, 12:11:29 (24.148.83.105)
(OK, Bobby P., follow the thread but kindly sit this one out....;-) My sytem: Audio Aero Capitole mkI - direct to a David Berning ZH-270 - to Proac Response 2.5s - via all Cardas Golden Ref TG Audio P .......
29: Re: DELEMA: ACI Audio Concepts Jaguar 2000 or Merlin VSM SE? (5.74)
Posted by bobbypalkovic on 2003-02-11, 16:15:25 (24.169.6.58)
Sorry for intruding but perhaps you could mention what electronics and wires you are using. The SEs are not as full sounding or as relaxed as the Ms so you would need to be some what careful with syst .......
30: Re: Von Schweikert VR1s - what cable do you like to use? (5.73)
Posted by claud on 2005-03-02, 13:06:41 (65.81.86.222)
Right now my office system VR-1s are in my main system filling in for my Merlin TSM-Ms that are enroute to Merlin for the magic mod. Speaker wire is TG Audio SLVR. Their regular wire is Analysis Plus .......
31: Upgrade for Behringer MS-16 monitor speakers? (5.69)
Posted by Rudy2 on 2004-11-12, 11:13:14 (63.24.15.1)
This is sort of a fringe question I guess as it applies more to audio recording rather than audiophile sound. I just bought a pair of Behringer MS-16 "personal monitors" which is sort of a humorous de .......
32: Re: In my system,will Merlin VSM-Ms really beat my beloved Proac 2.5s? (5.61)
Posted by mingus on 2002-08-24, 19:07:17 (151.201.149.165)
I would check out Tg Audio cables for your setup. I am not sure where to start, IC's vs HSR Speaker cable. Maybe email Bob, or others will chime in that have similar setups as yourself; as to start wi .......
33: RE: Not true?… (5.59)
Posted by David Aiken on 2007-07-19, 17:35:56 (58.179.100.183)
Well, I gave a reference to the Toole paper referred to in Everest's book. Doing a very quick and dirty summary, the graph reproduced by Everest shows detrimental effects—spreading and shifting of ima .......
34: I know folks like McIntosh + SF (5.54)
Posted by Rick58 on 2013-11-08, 15:01:42 (108.71.238.74)
Not from personal experience, but many folks at the McIntosh forums (AudioKarma, Audio Aficianado (see link)) really like the SF speakers. Possibly someone there could also comment on McIntosh with th .......
35: RE: simply try the experiment yourself (5.52)
Posted by KlausR. on 2007-09-28, 01:24:32 (145.64.134.244)
I'm reluctant simply because that experiment won't tell me whether or not the floor reflection is an offender. The experiment will tell me that there is a difference, which is exactly what I would exp .......
36: Cost of Merlin TSM-M to MM upgrade? (5.52)
Posted by claud on 2005-01-16, 07:01:34 (65.87.173.173)
Anyone here have their TSM-Ms upgraded to MM? What did it cost less shipping? I got a cost about 6 month ago from Bobby, but misplaced it. I sent him an Email on 12/24/04, and am still waiting. Must b .......
37: Re: Proac 2.5 with Cary SLI-80 amp (5.51)
Posted by digitaldunce on 2002-01-14, 13:10:05 (24.148.60.79)
John, I know how you feel. I have a pair of 2.5s and always seem to be looking over my shoulder. Fow what it's worth, I just home aauditioned a paair of Verlin VSM-Ms and preferred the Proacs. Two wee .......
38: RE: Audio Physic method (5.49)
Posted by David Aiken on 2007-07-17, 19:48:26 (211.27.170.183)
Well, my copy of Everest's Master Handbook reproduces a graph from a 1989 paper by Olive and Toole, "The Detection of Reflections in Typical Rooms", J. Audio Eng. Sco., 37, 7/8 (July/Aug 1989) 539-553 .......
39: HELP! (5.49)
Posted by Kclone on 2003-11-24, 14:19:34 (12.216.108.92)
I just broke a bannana plug clean off into the terminal hole on the back of my Dali Euphonia MS 4 speakers. It was a PS Audio Statement speaker cable. The cable was pretty thick and did not bend very .......
40: Some points (5.46)
Posted by KlausR. on 2007-08-15, 00:02:19 (62.147.20.191)
Hi Klaus, I'm on vacation in France and I happen to have, for a couple of days, the laptop PC of my brother-in-law with internet connection, so just some quick comments: in concert halls all listener .......
41: Ms. Crock = articulate incompetent (no measurements - just theories - appeal to authority logical fallacy) (5.44)
Posted by Richard BassNut Greene on 2007-10-18, 10:04:39 (66.51.146.3)
Actually not very articulate, but I'm trying to be kind today. Isn't it interesting that no two subwoofer "experts" agree on anything, except perhaps wanting to sell you four subwoofers instead of one .......
42: Summing localisation and Haas Effect (5.37)
Posted by KlausR. on 2010-07-06, 22:03:01 (83.80.191.138)
I'm afraid that Duke got this completely wrong. When a sound (lead) is followed by a repetition or reflection (lag), with zero delay, a single image is perceived midway between the two sources: summi .......
43: Agree (5.36)
Posted by DKL on 2007-06-26, 12:09:09 (70.119.120.73)
and would suggest looking for a pair of used Merlin VSM-Ms or Tyler Acoustics Linbrooks. I've owned both, and neither will disappoint. Tylers may be a better "rock" speaker, but the Merlins (IMO) are .......
44: RE: RM7si Mk.II & Joseph Audio RM-7XL (5.33)
Posted by Godzilla. on 2008-05-09, 08:12:37 (69.117.39.245)
Jeff seems like a heck of a nice guy. I met him very briefly in NYC many years ago when he was starting his speaker business. His biggest concern was sound quality. I am happy his business has legs an .......
45: Re: Anyone out there own a pair of Merlin 4b's (5.25)
Posted by Rich Brkich on 2004-02-24, 08:19:14 (24.92.252.147)
I have an old friend who had a pair of 4b more than 15 years ago and a few years later I had a pair of EXL4s which I sold to one of my first customers when I became a retailer. He still has them (in h .......
46: SDAT SB-E639D speakers.....WOW! (5.20)
Posted by Soundideas on 2005-07-23, 14:02:34 (63.21.134.26)
I just want everybody to know about these great speakers. These SDAT SB-E639D speakers beat out some really good Mordaunt Short MS-908 speakers! You can get these SDAT speakers for only $250.00 a pai .......
47: Changed My Merlin TSM-M Jumpers (5.20)
Posted by claud on 2004-09-06, 16:50:21 (65.87.173.173)
I have been using my stock Merlin jumpers on my TSM-Ms since I got them with my TG Audio SLVR speaker cables. A week ago I switched out the stock jumpers for TG's jumpers. Bob Crump / TG Audio breaks .......
48: RE: Mini Pots /Subwoofer (5.16)
Posted by Jonesy on 2021-01-24, 14:27:01 (24.76.171.131)
When I look for hard to find replacement parts I use Google Search by "Images". Have you tried that? For example, in Google Search type in "50k audio taper mini pcb mount". Then select "Images". I'm n .......
49: Re: QUESTIONS ABOUT MY NEW MERLINS (5.11)
Posted by larseattle on 2005-01-12, 18:27:55 (24.18.249.78)
I had a pair of TSM Ms that I eventially sold after 7-8 mos. I found them a bit bright, no sibilance or tizziness such as described in your post but just not a speaker I could settle in with for an ev .......
50: RE: Used Speakers With "No Right" To Be So Good ? (5.02)
Posted by EL Cheapo on 2010-09-12, 08:41:36 (98.155.11.32)
I recently picked up a pair of KEF 102's and Klipsch KG4 for $70 per pair. The KEFs mate perfectly with the panny receiver in the bedroom. The KEFs are incredible speakers. Probably one of my best ev .......
51: I use cascade 1st-orders as well (5.01)
Posted by Mart on 1999-09-21, 22:02:23 (155.218.171.242)
but mine are have a completely different design philosphy. My studies revealed than other cascaded 1st-oder designs never seemed to result in flat resonse which eventually showed the bypass resistor a .......
52: RE: sources can make a lot of difference to any speaker. (4.97)
Posted by DKL on 2008-07-05, 07:10:46 (70.119.109.151)
I grant you that replacing one brand of lamp cord with another may not produce any significant results when listening to a pair of Radio Shack Minimus 7s driven by an Optimus receiver. But switch from .......
53: MerlinTSM-MM amp power maximum ? (4.96)
Posted by claud on 2005-11-22, 05:27:44 (65.81.86.222)
I am going to have a meeting of my local audio club in January. My speakers are the "magic mod" TSM-Ms. Since all the rave lately has been digital amps, I think I will have a comparison of Neuforce Re .......
54: Re: Decca Volt (4.93)
Posted by ColinR on 2004-08-11, 12:10:35 (217.137.180.11)
O.K. a classic if you like a slightly recessed midrange. Good on light ochestral, chamber, female voice they won't shake the earth but you will be smitten by the clarity of the ribbons.The Volt 10" un .......
55: Re: Epos ES-11 (4.63)
Posted by Pete Fleming on 2001-01-28, 15:05:21 (203.101.17.56)
Not sure about the comment regarding them not being suitable for rock/pop, other than the fact that their very low frequency performance, as you'd expect of any speaker this size, is quite limited. Fo .......
56: you knew this was coming---but most deservedly. (4.61)
Posted by rhyno on 2001-09-20, 19:50:32 (64.123.204.9)
my vote goes to merlin vsm-ms. why: 1) incredible at low to moderate listening volumes--perfect coherence & tonally neutral, while being FAST AS HELL. 2) small footprint & not terribly heavy as per ot .......
57: Re: In my system,will Merlin VSM-Ms really beat my beloved Proac 2.5s? (4.60)
Posted by Tubegroover on 2002-08-24, 20:31:20 (152.163.204.82)
I certainly not going to comment on your query, who knows for sure? What I am going to say is this, I have the Merlin/Berning combo and since that merging I have not had one inkling to find something .......
58: RE: Someone do me a favour and answer this please (4.54)
Posted by KlausR. on 2007-10-30, 01:30:10 (83.84.178.82)
In order to answer that question one has to know which technical parameters of loudspeakers are important. The sound field in acoustically small rooms (i.e. room dimensions smaller than the wavelength .......
59: Re: "I compared the settings and the difference to my ears is extremely subtle" (4.49)
Posted by KlausR. on 2006-05-14, 06:33:20 (83.84.176.185)
Hi Guiseppe, of course, it's only my personal impression and it's not more worth than that but as far as I know my speakers (Klein + Hummel O500C; www.klein-hummel.com) are the only commercially avail .......
60: Re: Advanced Audio in Cary (4.47)
Posted by jimmyjames on 2005-10-03, 03:26:45 (24.211.151.204)
I think the F50 has been replaced with the 52. Not sure which one Tom has/had on the floor. I was smitten with them as well. He is really high on the MS Performance right now. Speaker of the month. He .......
61: Center Speaker HELP !!! (4.47)
Posted by Michael Soo on 1999-10-14, 11:30:23 (192.9.25.21)
I own B&W Matrix 803 for my front and monitor audio surrounds. My current center speaker sucks so bad and I need to change it immediately. However, the matching center for my 803 is the HTM which is .......
62: Re: QUESTIONS ABOUT MY NEW MERLINS (4.46)
Posted by Ian Mackenzie on 2005-01-12, 10:39:25 (67.184.177.70)
My VSM-MXs arrive tomorrow. I also owned VSM-Ms for 2 years. When I first tried the Merlins (home demo)in my old house in Chicago, I experienced similar results mainly because the room was so damn big .......
63: I listened to AP Tempo III's and MS Hotrods Saturday... (4.45)
Posted by Paul Lewis on 2002-03-11, 06:16:20 (207.17.47.142)
I went to a local shop and listened to the Audio Physics Tempo III's and the Meadowlark Shearwater Hotrods. I thought both sound excellent but I really enjoyed the articulation of the Hot Rods over th .......
64: RE: time difference between direct sound and reflection (4.39)
Posted by KlausR. on 2007-07-17, 06:37:30 (83.84.181.88)
Now that's a different issue altogether, which has to be considered separatedly. What you are thinking of here is what is called the precedence effect. Here's what perception scientists say about the .......
65: RE: Putting the cart before the horse? (4.36)
Posted by eyedrop on 2015-12-23, 08:35:10 (184.155.83.162)
I've had a pair of klipsch rb5, velodynce df-661 (amazing), beolab penta, behringer 2031A, Alesis monitors, and pioneer sp-bs22-lr (great for price). Ive been using a velodyne f-1500 sub but it has de .......
66: A reasonable explanation for placing speakers in the middle of the room (4.21)
Posted by David Aiken on 2003-04-09, 23:21:33 (210.50.61.147)
Since you asked for a reasonable explanation, here's one grounded in fact based on the work of Olive and Toole on the impact of reflected sound on imaging. Reflections don't pose a problem below their .......
67: VMPS RM30 Speakers (4.11)
Posted by Jim Willis on 2006-12-03, 14:17:46 (68.110.226.229)
I bought a pair of RM30Ms about 2-3 months ago. I agree with pretty much everything you've said. I had been considering a variety of new speakers, from Quads to Audio Physic to yet another pair of ma .......
68: Vandy's (4.10)
Posted by ctsooner on 2016-02-27, 17:46:35 (32.208.57.190)
Audio lib, have you spent much time with any of the Vandy like of carbon fiber tweeters from the 7 to the Treo's? I've known some who didn't love them, but have never called them dull or boring at all .......
69: Re: Superb speakers that I will miss.....here's more (4.02)
Posted by DKL on 2005-10-29, 22:55:14 (65.33.117.116)
I think your friends are pulling one over on you, regarding the Tyler Acoustics line. I've owned dozens of speaker systems since the late 70's and the only speakers I've owned that were as good or bet .......
70: But it's still a closer approximation (4.02)
Posted by Duke on 2016-10-26, 10:58:42 (67.210.155.40)
Dave: It isn't the speakers that need fixing. It's the room. Duke: They need to work together. Having heard what a professionally treated room can sound like, I readily agree that the room can make a .......
71: Audio Physic speaker placement method - some comments (3.98)
Posted by Klaus on 2002-06-11, 04:54:16 (212.211.87.17)
The method is presented on Immedia's website (www.immediasound.com). The text of the site itself contains several points that ask for some comments : 1. "constructing speakers with room interface in m .......
72: RE: Two different methods I like... (3.96)
Posted by clio09 on 2010-01-21, 21:36:33 (68.117.145.124)
The Master Set placement method gives me both a 3-D sound stage combined with a tonal balance that I was previously unable to attain with short wall placement. No images in front of the speakers, but .......
73: RE: Audio Physic method (3.96)
Posted by KlausR. on 2007-07-17, 01:44:26 (83.84.181.88)
JAES 2006, Toole : "Loudspeakers and rooms for sound reproduction - a scientific review" This paper reviews the results of 76 papers on the issue. On the effects of reflections, the following is said .......
74: Lush midrange, but also detail too..... (3.82)
Posted by Sordidman on 2003-01-06, 10:59:55 (63.198.207.196)
Yeah, I agree...... It's interesting, - I do regard these speakers as being good speakers. I also think, - although they're way out of my affordable consideration, - that the Signature 800s don't nece .......
75: RE: ...can easily be undone by their choice in amplifier. (3.81)
Posted by KlausR. on 2010-09-21, 09:57:57 (83.80.182.225)
>>The transformer of my K+H is 1200 VA >Is that in the specs? That's what the designer told me. >>The heat sink is shown here >I only large enough for about a 10 watt Class A amp. This is not a big h .......
76: REVIEW: Merlin Music Inc. VSM-M Speakers (3.81)
Posted by DKL on 2004-10-01, 20:57:11 (68.205.83.229)
Model: VSM-M Category: Speakers Suggested Retail Price: $7050 Description: VSM-Millenniums Manufacturer URL: Merlin Music Inc. Manufacturer URL: Merlin Music Inc. Review by DKL on .......
77: Excellent...... (3.78)
Posted by Ian Mackenzie on 2004-02-10, 06:44:37 (216.80.125.175)
Matt- You have tons of options. Can we assume here that your total budget (inc. new cdp) is around $6000? First, I guess, if you really like the Krell/Arcam/B&W set-up, then cool, you're done. However .......
78: RE: Audio Physic method (3.70)
Posted by David Aiken on 2007-07-15, 13:48:19 (58.179.75.231)
I think the main early reflection issue is the finding by Olive and Toole that the difference in strength of the direct sound and reflections affected the perception of spaciousness. If the level of t .......
79: Yes and No (3.69)
Posted by klausDK on 2007-07-12, 12:22:07 (80.167.217.178)
Hi RGA I am planning tel get new speakers in not to far a future. One of my lifelong friends like the look of my Sonus Faber Guarneri Hommage so much that he has offered to buy them. So I will in the .......
80: Suggestions for pairing with Denon AVR-3310 (3.69)
Posted by jss on 2012-04-01, 11:31:43 (199.83.221.60)
I love seeing the suggestions on here, there's an impressive amount of experience and exposure on here. Thought I would seek the same for my setup. BTW, I listen mostly to Prog Rock (Gentle Giant, Tul .......
81: and perhaps more than you think… (3.50)
Posted by David Aiken on 2011-08-22, 13:21:07 (121.223.0.160)
My final paragraph said: "Perhaps not everyone is equally sensitive to this particular delay, and the size of it will vary from setup to setup depending on speaker and sub placement, but I suspect tha .......
82: REVIEW: Merlin VSM-M (Millenium) (3.49)
Posted by the rhyno on 2000-08-22, 20:14:41 (32.101.245.209)
so, i'm the 2nd kid on the block (as per bobby) to get the VSM-Ms. i think it important to say right off that i never heard the VSM-SEs, but here's my take on the Milleniums. bobby sent these to me ev .......
83: REVIEW: Magneplanar 1.6QR Speakers Review by Rich Monk at Audio Asylum (3.34)
Posted by Rich Monk on 1999-09-27, 14:28:41 (140.140.58.51)
The Magenpan 1.6 QRs have top to bottom cohesiveness, with no impression of individual drivers. Midrage and treble seemingly very accurate. Female vocals reproduced very realistically. On Diana Krall' .......
84: Re: Farfiled / nearfield listening position (3.27)
Posted by David Aiken on 2003-09-08, 13:37:44 (210.50.56.50)
First, the scientific definition. The border between near and far field is the point where the level of the reverberant field equals the level of the direct sound reaching your ears in a straight line .......
85: RE: "in my book we should have no very early reflections (less than maybe 6 milliseconds), then we should have (3.13)
Posted by David Aiken on 2009-02-05, 21:24:16 (124.177.143.238)
"Yes you are right we cannot have loads of early reflections for the very reasons you are giving. But we can certainly take measures to assure that those we have are not removed by damping and we can .......
86: Re: Interesting combination......well worth further thought ... (3.04)
Posted by Ian Mackenzie on 2005-01-19, 05:06:22 (67.184.177.70)
BB- Using Naim Naca5 cables and DIN interconnects throughout system - even with the BAM that has a DIN>RCA cable from the tape loop of my 282 pre. I have a pair of Audience Au24 speaker cables coming .......
87: Re: Example please? (3.01)
Posted by dlr on 2007-02-24, 07:33:56 (71.124.145.159)
Example of what? Responses to numbers: 1. All driver diaphragms resonate. All have a fundamental, the Fs. All exhibit some form of breakup at higher frequencies. All have limits to displacement. None .......
88: Similar to my experience (3.01)
Posted by Dave_K on 2018-01-19, 12:42:26 (71.232.142.235)
I'm in NH, close to the Boston area where we have a lot of young engineers. On my current project, we have about 10 engineers who are within their first year out of school. They are all balancing rent .......
89: RE: Update with better graph and other phases (2.94)
Posted by David Aiken on 2009-01-13, 19:37:30 (124.185.38.175)
Well, The 270 phase 15 curve is slightly worse overall than your earlier 270 phase 17 curve. The new curve is =/- a little more than 4 dB each way but the previous curve was roughly the same in the pe .......
90: Re: Decware Radial Speakers (2.85)
Posted by PaulDB on 2002-02-24, 18:32:56 (63.75.126.90)
I owned the Radials RL-1s and recently got them upgraded to RL-2s. Both RL-1 and RL-2 are available at different prices. Although they share the same bass signature, the RL-2s have a better tweeter, a .......
91: Wendy Carlos... etc. (long) (2.79)
Posted by John Marks on 2021-12-14, 05:26:26 (100.40.114.211)
When I was a student at Brown University, one of my work-study jobs was as the early-morning janitor at a girls' dorm that has since been torn down. A basement room had been converted to an Electronic .......
92: REVIEW: Axiom Audio M22ti Speakers (2.70)
Posted by jonbee on 2003-04-07, 13:49:02 (12.228.10.1)
Model: M22ti Category: Speakers Suggested Retail Price: $400 Description: Bookshelf 2-way w/ 2 5.25 Manufacturer URL: Axiom Audio Model Picture: View Review by jonbee ( A ) on Ap .......
93: Reaction Audio Gamma 18 subwoofer - after one day (2.68)
Posted by sbrians on 2015-12-29, 09:14:49 (99.46.90.131)
I could find almost no information on this brand or model on the internet, so I will add my impressions here. The company started in 2014 in MS in the US. They are offering no-frills high value hand-b .......
94: RE: reverberant energy (2.54)
Posted by KlausR. on 2008-03-09, 01:49:26 (83.84.178.82)
>My recollection is that Toole said typical reflections in a small room were not really detrimental; Toole says the following: “The inevitable conclusion is that, in natural listening, room reflection .......
95: Two AES papers adressing this topic (2.53)
Posted by KlausR. on 2009-02-02, 03:57:20 (145.64.134.223)
Linkwitz, "Room reflections misunderstood", AES preprint 7192 "It was thought that a listening comparison between an omnidirectional, or monopolar, source and a dipolar, small acoustic source in a nor .......
96: REVIEW: Merlin Music Inc. TSM-MMe Speakers (2.51)
Posted by jonbee on 2011-09-18, 17:19:29 (24.19.134.241)
Model: TSM-MMe Category: Speakers Suggested Retail Price: $2800.00 Description: 2 way sealed box monitor Manufacturer URL: Merlin Music Inc. Model Picture: View Review by jonbee on S .......
97: RE:tweeter and midrange tilted to minimize floor reflections (2.50)
Posted by KlausR. on 2007-09-22, 01:47:43 (83.84.178.82)
The average floor reflection comes with a delay of 1.8 ms, which results in a 555 Hz comb-filter (555 Hz = between-teeth-bandwidth). Comb filters are audible when the between-teeth-bandwidth is simila .......
98: Some auditioning report (2.48)
Posted by volumezero on 2004-07-11, 06:02:38 (203.195.105.33)
Hi just wanted to report that I auditioned 4 speakers this weekend. Their repsective setup (best as I can remember) were as follows: 1) Proac 1 SC CD = Arcam CD93 int. amp = Arcam A90 wires = sp .......
99: RE: one pro's opinion (2.48)
Posted by DKL on 2008-01-31, 13:33:50 (70.119.109.151)
Bob, I think only you can confirm your experience. I also think the "transparency thing" is what Merlins (and what all good speakers) are about. Colorful language aside, transparency, to me, is simply .......
100: REVIEW: Merlin Music Inc. VSM-M Speakers Review by Kenreau at Audio Asylum (2.47)
Posted by Kenreau on 2001-01-17, 00:06:27 (206.253.218.74)
Fwiw, I thought I would share my impressions of the new Merlin VSM-Millennium speakers. Bottom line is, add me to the long list (and growing) of positive reviews and recommendations. In a word, I thin .......
101: Re: The Great poison - nice trip - I had the plywood Speaker lab and 'Real thing' (2.45)
Posted by freddyi on 2000-10-21, 23:31:24 (63.21.19.49)
Thst is very nice that Paul created soemthing 'new' so recently - amazing man from what I've heard and read plus he would answer some of my banl questions - I'm half his age and falling apart. I had t .......
102: spendor splendor revisited (2.35)
Posted by James@mozcom.com on 2001-08-07, 19:40:30 (208.142.142.17)
After giving these spendors a thorough and extensive run-in, I thought it would be good to give it a few more observations. More so now I think since after my first listening impressions have progress .......
103: REVIEW: Monitor Audio GR10 Speakers (2.30)
Posted by jonbee on 2005-02-18, 19:30:39 (24.19.41.189)
Model: GR10 Category: Speakers Suggested Retail Price: $1500 Description: two way stand mount monitor Manufacturer URL: Monitor Audio Model Picture: View Review by jonbee ( A ) o .......
104: REVIEW: nOrh nOrh 4.0 Speakers Review by Tyson at Audio Asylum (2.27)
Posted by Tyson on 2001-02-23, 20:16:40 (199.182.91.93)
k, here is the report of my comparison between the Dynaudio Contour 1.3 Mk II and the nOrh marble 4.0 (and the marble 7.0 too). Got them home the other night & immediately switched them in to my main .......
105: REVIEW: Aerial Acoustics 5 Speakers (2.17)
Posted by jonbee on 2004-05-05, 00:03:03 (24.19.55.0)
Model: 5 Category: Speakers Suggested Retail Price: $2200 Description: 2 way stand mount Manufacturer URL: Aerial Acoustics Model Picture: View Review by jonbee ( A ) on May 05, .......
106: REVIEW: Thiel Audio CS 3.7 Speakers (1.92)
Posted by Bob Stern on 2007-09-18, 00:15:08 (67.188.157.193)
Model: CS 3.7 Category: Speakers Suggested Retail Price: $9900 Description: 3-way floor-standing Manufacturer URL: Thiel Audio Model Picture: View Review by Bob Stern on September 18 .......
107: Re: Can you provide more info? (1.91)
Posted by DKL on 2006-01-28, 21:08:43 (65.33.117.116)
Arip, I believe you can create a long-term, musically satisfying system for under $9,000, especially if you are willing to buy used gear (check out Audiogon.com if you haven't already, as it is the be .......
108: REVIEW: BC Acoustique Gange Speakers (1.87)
Posted by Joaquin Mejia on 2005-01-09, 16:28:13 (80.103.239.182)
Model: Gange Category: Speakers Suggested Retail Price: 3000 € Description: 3 way floorstander, sealed box Manufacturer URL: BC Acoustique Manufacturer URL: BC Acoustique Review by .......
109: Re: Kinda long, but here ya go... (1.86)
Posted by Pete Whitley on 2002-11-06, 17:33:34 (216.130.156.53)
Hi Sean, I'm sorry the Swallow's didn't blow you away like I'm sure you were hoping after dropping a large. Before you buy another monitor let me give a full listen to the new Green Mountiain Europa' .......
110: Why omnidirectionality is the only truly neutral dispersion characteristic. (1.86)
Posted by klausDK on 2009-01-21, 05:21:10 (83.89.73.154)
This posting is outrageously long, sorry but I couldn’t squeeze it down in sizes, as it is almost as much a mental exercise for me in trying to describe why I feel that a truly omni directional disper .......
111: REVIEW: Vienna Acoustics Mahler Speakers Review by Chris Wynn at Audio Asylum (1.83)
Posted by Chris Wynn on 2001-02-05, 14:34:07 (216.50.36.67)
When I auditioned Vienna Acoustics flagship Mahler speaker, I randomly chose a set of arias sung by Jessye Norman as my first test disc and was unprepared for her startling holographic materialization .......
112: RE: Phase Response Effects. . . what? (1.82)
Posted by RoyJ on 2016-01-29, 18:39:41 (75.70.136.223)
Hi Guys, I wish to correct the most common misunderstandings about phase shift and time delays for you. Here are what the mathematics show: To get any kind of handle on a speaker's phase shift or time .......
113: REVIEW: Merlin Music Inc. VSM-MXe Speakers (1.69)
Posted by DKL on 2008-03-21, 20:38:55 (70.119.109.151)
Model: VSM-MXe Category: Speakers Suggested Retail Price: $10,500 Description: Two-way floorstanding speaker system Manufacturer URL: Merlin Music Inc. Model Picture: View Review by D .......
114: RE: Testing the audibility of reflections (1.60)
Posted by KlausR. on 2008-03-05, 01:49:29 (83.84.178.82)
>Several schools of thought exist as to the audibility and/or desirability of reflections in the home listening room. Audibility: in view of absolute thresholds and reflection levels as measured (Deva .......
115: Correct timbre at the press of a button. (1.59)
Posted by klausDK on 2008-08-04, 07:22:01 (80.163.9.232)
I have for quiet a while been looking for new speakers to replace my good old Sonus Faber Guarneri Hommage. I have a buyer on hand, so the only thing missing is finding a new superior speaker system. .......
116: REVIEW: Air Tight MSM-1 Bonsai Speakers (1.58)
Posted by Tobias on 2012-01-22, 09:05:03 (68.68.13.213)
Model: MSM-1 Bonsai Category: Speakers Suggested Retail Price: $1500 Description: Monitor Manufacturer URL: Air Tight Model Picture: View Review by Tobias on January 22, 2012 at 09:0 .......
117: REVIEW: Merlin Music Inc. VSM-M Speakers (1.43)
Posted by rhyno on 2001-12-10, 21:41:53 (65.64.244.128)
Model: VSM-M
Category: Speakers
Suggested Retail Price: $7050
Description: VSM-Millenniums Manufacturer URL: Merlin Music Inc. Manufacturer URL: Merlin Music Inc.
Review by rhyn .......
118: REVIEW: Dynaudio CONFIDENCE 5 Speakers (1.41)
Posted by BHAGWAN72 on 2002-01-30, 19:43:35 (203.94.232.96)
Model: CONFIDENCE 5
Category: Speakers
Suggested Retail Price: $ 10,000/-
Description: 3 WAY SEALED BOX ISOBARRIC DESIGN Manufacturer URL: Dynaudio Model Picture: View
Review by .......
119: Green Mountain Audio and speaker building (1.37)
Posted by RoyJ on 2003-06-12, 04:21:39 (216.229.35.72)
I do not see the need for the degeneracy and attacks seen on this thread, but some cannot help themselves. Pissed about something unrelated probably. KCpep- most everyone here has given you some good .......
120: REVIEW: Dynaudio CONFIDENCE 5 Speakers (1.31)
Posted by BHAGWAN72 on 2002-08-04, 02:17:04 (203.94.232.5)
Model: CONFIDENCE 5 Category: Speakers Suggested Retail Price: $ 10,000/- Description: 3 WAY SEALED BOX ISOBARRIC DESIGN Manufacturer URL: Dynaudio Model Picture: View Review by Bh .......
121: REVIEW: MB Quart Alexxa AS-B1 Speakers (1.31)
Posted by NeuGeo on 2009-08-06, 17:06:30 (71.246.111.187)
Model: Alexxa AS-B1 Category: Speakers Suggested Retail Price: $1100. Description: near-field monitor Manufacturer URL: MB Quart Model Picture: View Review by NeuGeo on August 06, 20 .......
122: REVIEW: Mark & Daniel Ruby Speakers (1.17)
Posted by GrassrootsDude on 2008-07-29, 18:17:42 (70.76.138.97)
Model: Ruby Category: Speakers Suggested Retail Price: $1800.00 Description: 2 Way Ribbon Monitor Manufacturer URL: Mark & Daniel Model Picture: View Review by GrassrootsDude on July .......
123: Is it unethical for a so-called objective reviewer to be an usher pusher? (1.12)
Posted by chocolate_lover9999@yahoo.com on 2004-08-01, 22:32:16 (198.81.26.7)
robert hart (audiotweakers.com) noticed the recent 'floorstanders' thread that i started and sent me an email about my need to check out his review at bvaudio.com of the usher floorstanders based on h .......
124: More "research" for you (0.74)
Posted by John Ashman on 2004-11-19, 14:50:28 (70.57.131.22)
Keep researching - "luck" has nothing to do with it. Xd is based on good science. From THE PERFECT VISION - Best Sound: NHT Xd DSP Loudspeaker This $5500 Subwoofer Satellite system would probably be .......
Found 23 records in High Efficiency Speaker Asylum.
1: altec 416z t/s measurements (7.94)
Posted by les winter on 2009-11-21, 09:23:03 (71.0.111.201)
I yanked the Altec 416Z drivers out of my valencia's and measured the t/s parameters using the WT3 Woofer Tester from Dayton Audio. The two measured relatively closely, but I didn't get the results I .......
2: Re: if amar bose went to oklahoma state............. (7.94)
Posted by Bruce Edgar on 2002-04-09, 19:32:14 (66.75.177.221)
When I was finishing up a MSEE at OSU, I met a fellow grad student working on a PhD who had worked on his MS under Bose at MIT. He told me about Bose's inventions in audio way back in '65. ::: TOPIC:: .......
3: Re: audio lineaire loudspeakers (6.88)
Posted by RBP on 2004-08-31, 00:17:27 (68.228.25.63)
If would be helpful if you not only provide a link to them but tell us what else other than being lovely built makes them to your personal suiting, and what system you heard them on. They could be fan .......
4: That's only if you pay the licensing fee and (6.56)
Posted by Brian Walsh on 2002-06-06, 19:21:31 (64.81.150.121)
agree to listen only to MS-approved music (with subliminal messages and advertising?)...all the while realizing by your use (not ownership) of their tweeters, they have assimilated and now OWN your en .......
5: Re: HornResp Help? (6.49)
Posted by Jeff on 2004-01-28, 17:22:17 (208.188.193.163)
There is a hyperbolic optimiser built into McBean's Hornresp version 6.30. Go to the Tools drop down menu and choose Hypex Designer (or use cntrl+H). Or you can download MlUtil on Melhuish's site but .......
6: I think there is a misunderstanding (6.29)
Posted by EGeddes on 2006-01-16, 12:52:00 (69.209.130.237)
Regarding the Haas effect, or the precidence effect as it is also called, has to do with image location and the fact that as far as the location of a source is concerned, the first arrival dominates i .......
7: Re: Are there comression drivers than can go down to 200-300? (5.82)
Posted by yoshi on 2004-07-07, 13:22:18 (68.118.233.202)
Beside Ale, there are some more from Japan (all prices are for one, not for a pair): Eltus G594EP:200~15,000Hz 400,000 yen Eltus G594Mk ll:200~15,000Hz 750,000 yen Goto SG-555TT:100~6,000Hz 230,000 ye .......
8: Ms. Butt - whats a good speaker for her ? (5.69)
Posted by freddyi on 2003-04-16, 07:39:54 (63.188.128.169)
Dame Clara Butt http://www.firstworldwar.com/audio/index.htm - (first selection) check out MP3 of Elgar's "Land of Hope & Glory" - lower notes are stronger than many tenor Fullrange type? .......
9: RE: Anyone else know the Dr Edgar ? (5.24)
Posted by ftrv2014@mailfence.com on 2022-04-12, 18:13:56 (174.83.137.100)
I met Bruce in 1998 or so at his shop which was inside the Image Dynamics building, I consider him one of the most humble and kind people I have or ever will have met. I was there many times helping I .......
10: Re: Bass horn alignment question (4.57)
Posted by wgeiger on 2001-12-18, 21:01:17 (24.4.252.168)
ELSO, As you point out, the use of time delay between signals feeding the components of a Klipsch corner horn is of nominal value. At best, the differences may be characterized as subtle. However if t .......
11: Re: Bass horn alignment question (4.43)
Posted by Elso Kwak on 2001-12-18, 12:29:25 (195.85.130.112)
Hi WHG, Paul Klipsch wrote a article in the Journal of the Audio Engineering Society back in 1972: Delay Effects in Loudspeakers. Maybe a reprint is available through the AES. Paul Klipsch states a ti .......
12: Honest quesion. Is there a set amp/high efficiency speaker combo that would beat my Merlin TCM-Ms? (4.41)
Posted by rasmussen on 2002-07-24, 07:22:41 (63.150.103.138)
This is an honest question, am looking for general comments on high efficiency speakers. My frame of reference: > I recently set up a new audio system, the Merlin speakers, and Arcam 23 fmj CDP and Au .......
13: BIG difference between crossing at 60Hz and 200Hz... (4.22)
Posted by eso on 2007-06-05, 22:50:09 (66.214.20.129)
200HZ is squarely in the midbass region and approaching the realm of highest sensitivity to group delay. 60Hz, where my basshorns cross is another matter. Here's some reading for you: "Note that the v .......
14: Re: Birch lurch. (3.78)
Posted by Tim Moorman on 2002-09-20, 00:59:07 (64.12.96.10)
Paul, 1)The craft couldn't fly out of its own shadow, but I must acknowledge the attempt, birch or spruce, as grand. Maybe too much style and too little solid design content. Such an extravagance. 2)P .......
15: Re: Voigt pipes and large magnet drivers (Lowther PM2As) (3.35)
Posted by riki on 2002-07-02, 15:44:26 (24.174.66.110)
Thanks to both of you for responding. Certainly I understand about how larger/stronger magnetic flux has the potential for over-damping, and of course why the larger Alnico drivers would thus benefit .......
16: Re: Step Function Instead, why? (3.32)
Posted by Jon Risch on 2006-01-18, 18:48:27 (68.19.134.220)
"I had found that there was usually a combination of Frequency and axial position where one could find a square wave. Move the position, take away a boundary reflection or change the frequency and it .......
17: Re: Step Function Instead, why? (3.03)
Posted by Jon Risch on 2006-01-29, 20:18:05 (68.19.136.111)
[ I have a concern so far as what you can actually see with a 1 Hz square wave. Etc., ...... ] It's not being USED as a 1 Hz Square Wave, but rather, as a handy source for a time duration limited Step .......
18: REVIEW: Decware RL-2 Speakers (3.03)
Posted by PaulDB on 2002-02-25, 11:57:00 (204.160.183.18)
Model: RL-2
Category: Speakers
Suggested Retail Price: $1,500
Description: Combination of point-source and omni-directional sound. Featuring the 8 inch hand-built radial driver in a 2-wa .......
19: Delay, how sensitive are we? and mini arrays (very long) (2.51)
Posted by Norman Bates on 2006-03-21, 21:35:11 (205.175.225.5)
Hello, everyone !!!!!!!!!! How sensitive are we to audio delay? Speed of sound being 1129ft/sec at 70 degrees at sea level. So 1’ of offset is about 1’/1129’ = .88mS delay. Now with a 24db/octave LR a .......
20: Long Reply (1.71)
Posted by Jon Risch on 2005-12-15, 21:33:54 (68.19.134.220)
Tom, First, 8213 is an RG-6 type cable, not an RG-213. RG numbers do not fully define a coaxial cable, there can be a significant variation in the materials for any given RG number (See: http://www.Au .......
21: Re: still more Crossover Filters, Frequency and Position (1.65)
Posted by tomservo on 2002-10-13, 09:01:01 (204.87.188.226)
Hi Wayne you wrote: Phase is maximum at the asymptote, minimum in the pass band. and I replied: >> Say what??? >> The phase shift is nearly zero well above or well below the >> crossover a .......
22: Re: Measurement for DIY? or at all? (1.19)
Posted by tomservo on 2002-10-04, 13:46:00 (204.87.188.226)
Hi Tom! I replied to your post several days ago, sending to the address from an earlier E-Mail I received from you. But perhaps the address has changed, so I'll reply here, in public. I had h .......
23: Re: Horn stuff and a post back for Tom (1.04)
Posted by tomservo on 2002-07-07, 21:07:05 (204.87.188.226)
Hello again Tom! You wrote: >> Similarly When I have asked you at what point the explanation does >> not make sense, you do not reply. Again, my points of contention were as follows: 1. .......
Found 43 records in Planar Speaker Asylum.
1: The 10 ms delay (8.52)
Posted by M3 lover on 2018-03-07, 10:26:13 (108.216.110.30)
Thanks for clarifying BDP24, I was about to suggest the 10 ms is a minimum, not necessarily THE ideal. For anyone unfamiliar with this concept, I believe it came out of studies by Bell Labs. It was de .......
2: thanks Gary in MS...from Mark in MN... (8.52)
Posted by Mark Man on 2015-06-15, 16:59:10 (107.4.171.8)
As you know about our two seasons here in MN...Winter and Road Construction...with mosquitos big enough to screw turkeys... Yeah, the guys at Audio Perfection were just wonderful on Saturday...Mark th .......
3: Summary article on importance of transients over pitch (7.99)
Posted by Satie on 2014-09-16, 05:18:23 (71.67.188.239)
Really good survey of research on transients in audio and their significance to audio reproduction. The main point is that we process sound in stages where the location and then size of a sound sourc .......
4: RE: Power ...? (7.39)
Posted by Satie on 2010-02-28, 17:07:59 (75.179.179.173)
Peak vs. RMS The issue is that the Maggies take alot of extended peak current and much more peak current to sound dynamic. The 200 ms peak power needs to be in the 200-300 watts and 30-40 amps and 20 .......
5: RE: Windows 10 and JRiver MC18 (I think 18) (7.22)
Posted by EmailTim on 2015-08-26, 22:33:20 (23.242.179.95)
Never made the switch to 8 and was wondering if you noticed a 7-10 delta with JRMC. I read where the latency has gone down in each rev between 7, 8 and 10, but don't know if that makes an audible diff .......
6: yes, in a few days (7.04)
Posted by Mart on 2000-12-04, 00:47:05 (155.218.183.240)
as if things weren't enough of a bite in the ass. My email went 128 encrypted which doesn't mesh with the MS code I had downloaded. I'll let you know. ....just my 2 Mart Audio .......
7: RE: MiniDSP (6.91)
Posted by triamp on 2015-11-13, 16:05:38 (98.253.102.51)
While the MiniSHARC offers some steeper crossovers than the IIR products, I think the main benefit would come from the phase correction that can be implemented in the FIR filters supported by the Mini .......
8: RE: thanks Gary in MS...from Mark in MN... (6.32)
Posted by CountZero on 2015-06-16, 14:42:35 (152.3.124.127)
I'm glad to hear Audio Perfection is still they way I remember it - they set me up with 3.6Rs, a wadia 861, and a Rel Strata III sub way back in the day. After moving to North Carolina 8 years ago, on .......
9: RE: Magneplanar-most overrated speaker ever? (5.61)
Posted by BillMilosz on 2007-12-02, 04:15:25 (71.194.195.244)
Sorry WPKAE is part of his email address, I meant Wayne Picquet of QUADS UNLIMITED. FYI to the guy who said he had his Quads for years etc - my ESL-57's are 9 feet out from the back wall, but they st .......
10: Actually I've been thinking about getting my SMGa's modded (5.29)
Posted by MaggieLover on 2007-02-05, 20:00:14 (69.115.147.101)
I may very well give you some business with them in the near future. My whole point in my initial response to this thread was to reinforce the idea of rigidity and decoupling of speakers. This is a we .......
11: RE: Choosing between two rooms for 20.7 (5.26)
Posted by josh358 on 2019-07-05, 14:53:24 (32.212.90.185)
I don't think the asymmetry in the upstair room would be much of a problem -- dipoles don't radiate all that much to the sides. But in my experience, fireplace mantles are a killer, they just won't im .......
12: Umm... (5.17)
Posted by Frosty on 2002-09-01, 11:15:48 (205.138.21.158)
"As long as the rear wall (behind you) has some sort of sound absorption, the side wall reflections won't matter because...the listening position is near field. I sit roughly 7 feet (84 inches) away .......
13: My personal apologies to the board (5.07)
Posted by Mart on 2006-05-20, 07:42:04 (24.29.73.141)
I kept my exchange of PCs quiet purposely to avoid someone taking advantage during my day absence from moderation abilities. Wouldn't you know that Murphy's Law prevailed once again. OTOH, the cool as .......
14: RE: The 10 ms delay (4.93)
Posted by josh358 on 2018-03-09, 18:22:01 (32.212.76.154)
The real kitchen is on the main floor, but the kitchen in the drawing is on the second floor along with the office, at the rear of the house. At some point this house was divided into four apartments, .......
15: RE: How to get maximum slam from Maggies? (4.77)
Posted by Satie on 2011-01-15, 21:00:21 (75.179.191.203)
Since you are not willing/able to go for a bigger maggie, and your speakers are already braced, this leaves only power. Contrary to many opinions offered here, power makes the Maggie bass go. You need .......
16: RE: I've been enjoying my wood frames for a few years now. (4.65)
Posted by Satie on 2015-04-12, 08:47:08 (71.67.188.239)
I will counter that the standard measurement suite is insufficient to differentiate between psychoacoustically significant changes. On the other hand, things that are apparently big on the measurement .......
17: HAL Monoliths planer tweeter and midrange with OB bass at AXPONA 2019 (4.64)
Posted by TitaniumTroy on 2019-04-30, 18:53:04 (108.245.106.95)
Not sure why they call them Monoliths as they are not really huge, I listened to this room thought it sounded descent. The room was pretty full, and I was getting kind of burned out by this time of da .......
18: RE: The 10 ms delay (4.56)
Posted by josh358 on 2018-03-09, 11:49:55 (32.212.76.154)
There's a small room behind it that they added on in the late 19th century. It's really one big room that had that small room built inside it. Here it is from the large opening to the hall: And a c .......
19: RE: Nothings changed on my page here or at home. (4.48)
Posted by neolith on 2008-01-25, 22:32:41 (67.172.199.48)
Grant, I didn't see this (my post) and your answer until sometime after I posted it. In fact I saw your post by email reply before I ever saw it on the forum. Anyway, I run on Windows XP and generally .......
20: RE: Nice find JBen...here is one of my Favorites... (4.47)
Posted by JBen on 2015-02-21, 16:23:14 (69.65.69.236)
Just got home and here I am listening to the damn soundtrack again. Some fifty years ago someone put...an almost magical thing together. It is not unique for those times. I have other recordings, some .......
21: RE: What should I listen for (Maggie 1c vs. 3.6 mod'ed) (4.47)
Posted by Satie on 2009-07-13, 09:32:08 (75.179.179.173)
I would first reiterate AndyR's recommendations I should point out also that your room is just large enough to hold a Tympani on the long wall, and stacked (mid tweet in front of bass) in the positio .......
22: Glad to read your enthusiasm about switching amps... (4.35)
Posted by Al Sekela on 2008-03-27, 10:30:37 (71.141.233.34)
but I recommend caution and a good break-in period before making categorical statements. Here is why: RF noise at a lower level manifests as enhanced 'detail' and 'clarity' when the speakers are capab .......
23: DEQX approach (4.33)
Posted by BillMilosz on 2008-01-25, 01:43:49 (71.194.195.244)
The DEQX digital three-way crossover / correction system measures amplitude (frequecny response) phase response, group delay, step response and impulse response. The correction algorithm applied then .......
24: RE: MAGNAPAN'S CONTINUED PRODUCT SUPPORT (4.11)
Posted by rbw@power800voicemail.com on 2010-03-05, 05:59:13 (98.233.148.169)
Josh358,Good morning, You are right about Magnapan. They certainly do support their products and are friendly people to deal with, especially Ms. Karen. You are also right about the Infinity example. .......
25: RE: Can MG 3.6 woofer panels be damaged by "slapping?" (4.01)
Posted by BillMilosz on 2007-07-20, 02:47:36 (71.194.195.244)
There is definitely some EQ being added by the DEQX as frequency drops...the DEQX measures the response of the speakers and then calculates a reverse curve to apply... results are the speakers are + / .......
26: Re: What lead to the 1.6QR purchase (3.95)
Posted by MichaelS on 2002-04-05, 09:22:43 (165.247.220.158)
My tale is similar to that of others. I had a pair of Spica TC-50s that I really enjoyed. They image very well and made me an imaging freak. Over the years, I enjoyed going to various high-end parlors .......
27: RE: Just knew it! (3.87)
Posted by BillMilosz on 2007-12-08, 04:06:49 (71.194.195.244)
My room is also small. Have 3.6's (tri-amped plus subs) outside tweeter placement also worked best for me. Center fill is good either way - outie or innie - but I get more "space" with outside placeme .......
28: Re: What's the rest of your system? (3.86)
Posted by bob53 on 2004-07-19, 15:39:28 (129.176.151.126)
Joeb: Here are my systems: 2 channel system: Sonic Frontiers SFCD-1, Line 1, Anthem Amp2 SE HT system: SFCD-1 Lexicon MC-8 Sherbourn 7/2100 (soon to be Lexicon LX-7) Interestingly these Gallo's were u .......
29: RE: infinite baffle subwoofer (3.79)
Posted by josh358 on 2013-05-08, 16:08:02 (107.211.82.25)
No, you always want the output of the sub to be in phase with the output of the mains. That means that if the sub is further away, the mains should be delayed by about 1 ms per foot of path length dif .......
30: RE: t works just as advertised but doesn't sound very good. Funny. nt (3.58)
Posted by BillMilosz on 2007-12-15, 06:05:58 (71.194.195.244)
I have both a DEQX and a couple of Behringer DCX2496's - I use the Behringers for various things, and the DEQX with my MG 3.6's. I have used the Behringer on the woofer panel- splitting the LF output .......
31: RE: Tweeter difference problem with 3.3Rs and more (3.56)
Posted by Davy on 2010-09-09, 20:50:35 (92.40.202.235)
Hi Satie, Quick Update. Yes the Ittok VTF dial was way off. I checked with an Ortofon tracking gauge. I was using the Denon at about 1g not 1.2g. That's why there was obvious mistracking!!. With it at .......
32: Sorry, Bill ... a coupla things you said are plain wrong! :-)) ... (3.46)
Posted by andyr on 2008-02-11, 02:50:18 (121.219.55.153)
Firstly, you say: "MOST of the amplifier power in a system with crossover filters in the speaker ends up being used to heat the crossover". If this were true then the crossover would become hot. Durin .......
33: RE: Mmmm "it already is phase-coherent resulting from the drivers all being on the same physical plane." ... (3.46)
Posted by Satie on 2015-04-03, 07:09:25 (71.67.188.239)
I don't think there is a vertical component to the output of a line source as far as near field listening is concerned. Meaning that the contribution of the output from the top of the driver and the b .......
34: RE: Peter Gunn's comment on active Xovers (3.32)
Posted by BillMilosz on 2008-02-11, 01:23:00 (98.206.43.107)
"The only real difference is one does it before the amp, the other after....." ummm.... there are a great many more differences that are quite real. Among the more salient differences are the followin .......
35: RE: startin' over from scratch... (3.23)
Posted by Satie on 2011-02-05, 14:35:49 (75.179.191.203)
Well the KSA 200s should be a good start it should give you near 1 Kw of 20 ms peaks into the 4ohm so there is room for improvement. Classe CAM350 or the KSA 300S would do better. But this is still a .......
36: Thoughts on Quad ESL vs. MG 3.6 sound (3.16)
Posted by BillMilosz on 2007-09-08, 02:45:19 (71.194.195.244)
I have a pair of Quad ESL-57's (with PK's re-done tweeter panels) and I have a set of MG 3.6's. Obviously very different speakers, different sound, each does things well. The mids from the Quad are su .......
37: RE: It wasn't my fault either and I DID blow a channel! (2.99)
Posted by josh358 on 2018-03-04, 21:15:47 (196.52.2.110)
Except the Beveridge had the gap in front facing into the room rather than against the wall, and it was narrow enough to be an acoustic lens. It would have behaved like an ideal line source, radiating .......
38: Re amp and crossover (2.60)
Posted by Satie on 2009-11-20, 00:44:35 (75.179.179.173)
Well, the idea I had with the higher bass low pass filter is to stop the contribution of the crossover to the dip at 100 Hz. By lifting the crossover point from 110 or so stock to 150 Hz, you get less .......
39: RE:Good luck (2.58)
Posted by Davy on 2010-08-10, 13:15:10 (86.166.117.22)
Cheers Satie, I already tried the Arcadia with the 606 and something sounds slightly wrong, - don't know what it is. It sounds a bit too thin. I've tried it too on my Nad 208 power amp many times as w .......
40: Software Issues - ramblings (2.55)
Posted by EmailTim on 2006-12-10, 22:49:16 (75.82.162.203)
Hi Bart, I am running on a 2006 Dell Precision Mobile Workstation M90. It is configured with XP Pro (1st problem =), 4GB memory, 2.16GHz dual-core Centrino, USB2, Gigabit ethernet, 802.11 A/B/G WiFi, .......
41: RE: Rear Wave Attenuators for Magnepan (2.49)
Posted by BillMilosz on 2008-03-14, 04:06:56 (98.206.43.107)
Some people think that using the rear radiation of a dipole speaker to spray sound all over the back wall of their room gives an effect they like. Bose sold a speaker called the 901 that worked on thi .......
42: REVIEW: Magnestand Magnestand (Maggies) 1.6 Speakers (2.39)
Posted by Music Man Bob on 2011-05-21, 13:12:59 (98.231.226.123)
Model: Magnestand (Maggies) 1.6 Category: Speakers Suggested Retail Price: $2300 (roughly) Description: Beautifully Built Wooden Frames with newly designed xover network Manufacturer URL: .......
43: Christmas Came Early! (2.27)
Posted by mlharges on 2007-11-18, 13:40:56 (76.104.189.8)
So there I was, minding my own business and enjoying what passes for a pleasant fall day in Seattle. Outside, the rain fell softly and inside a cat lay curled up on my lap, acting as a book rest for m .......
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