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1: General Asylum, RE: Major room rebuild (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-03-22, 12:32:08 (174.72.186.110)
Adios. .......
2: General Asylum, Room acoustics is a multi-faceted subject (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-03-22, 11:52:12 (174.72.186.110)
And I do appreciate the warning! Even in consulting a number of experts there was some differences of opinion on ideal room acoustics. Thanks for the opinion on the Perlisten. They look like serious .......
3: General Asylum, RE: WE all pay attention to profiles and posts " AA has become a joke " ...Why are you here then? (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-03-22, 11:30:04 (174.72.186.110)
"WE all pay attention to profiles and posts" You speak for everybody? " AA has become a joke " ...Why are you here then?" To talk about audio. Why are you here? Why get involved in this thread? You d .......
4: General Asylum, RE: Are you one of those guys who just looks at the pictures? (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-03-22, 11:14:36 (174.72.186.110)
"Or, perhaps I should take a suggestion from your AA profile system page and reply with "None of your business.". :-)" I don't pay much attention to my profile page or anyone else's. I just thought i .......
5: Classical Court, Reminds me of MTT's feud with Hilary Hahn (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-03-22, 10:39:42 (174.72.186.110)
San Francisco was the loser. .......
6: General Asylum, Are you one of those guys who just looks at the pictures? (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-03-22, 10:24:03 (174.72.186.110)
And doesn't actually read the book? .......
7: General Asylum, RE: They 'upgraded' to Wilsons ... (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-03-22, 07:06:42 (174.72.186.110)
The Sound Labs and the Wilsons both have their issues. I would not opt for either in a room designed for multiple listeners. That's where the Toole/Olive based speaker designs really shine. Wide even .......
8: General Asylum, RE: Major room rebuild (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-03-22, 07:03:36 (174.72.186.110)
"Think twice (or at least reconsider) about that much deadening of reflections, etc." I have given it a lot of thought and consulted numerous experts including the man who created the BACCH SP. "You .......
9: General Asylum, RE: PLEASE don't neglect diffusion! (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-03-22, 05:13:23 (174.72.186.110)
I'm going with no diffusion. The optimum room for this system is no room. So it's 100% absorption. Diffusion in a multi seat room like the one in your picture that aims for a wide sweet spot makes sen .......
10: General Asylum, RE: Scott - what are the dimensions of the room? (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-03-22, 01:53:25 (174.72.186.110)
The dimensions of the room will not be as straightforward as with a normal room. The finished room boundaries will be hiding the absorbent material on the walls and hiding the open ceiling. The dimen .......
11: General Asylum, Major room rebuild (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-03-21, 18:31:05 (174.72.186.110)
I thought it might be nice to talk audio a bit I'm in the middle of rebuilding my dedicated listening room to get the best possible acoustics I can. The idea was to adjust the dimensions to make th .......
12: Critic's Corner, RE: Secret Agent Maxwell Smart's "Cone of Silence" (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-03-21, 18:08:53 (174.72.186.110)
Great show. 60s sit com at it's best. I think a cone of silence may be dropping on my head shortly. .......
13: General Asylum, Interesting because (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-03-21, 08:40:25 (174.72.186.110)
In my personal conversations with Michael Tilson Thomas, Yuja Wang, Leonidas Kavakos and Mori Kina among others they don't think one needs to have ever played an instrument to understand and appreciat .......
14: General Asylum, "Inmate 51 is done with you!!!!" (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-03-21, 07:01:25 (174.72.186.110)
Not holding my breath.... .......
15: General Asylum, I think I did miss it (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-03-20, 14:25:28 (174.72.186.110)
When you said they don't "sell" stuff like that anymore I went straight to thinking reissues. .......
16: General Asylum, RE: I have the original "Best of the Carpenters' on Vinyl (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-03-20, 10:10:16 (172.56.208.205)
Sure they do. Just not for the The Carpenters. They are way over due for some fancy vinyl reissues. .......
17: Classical Court, RE: RIP Byron Janis (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-03-19, 20:00:32 (172.56.209.107)
Gary is still with us .......
18: General Asylum, RE: I'm surprised that... (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-03-19, 19:04:30 (174.72.186.110)
You never actually asked. And what stopped you from checking yourself before spewing nonsense? What instrument do you play? Are you a professional audio engineer? Perhaps a professional acoustician? W .......
19: General Asylum, RE: such an odd dichotomy (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-03-19, 19:00:21 (174.72.186.110)
You quoted me out of context. Intellectual dishonesty on top of your unfounded sense of status. Who are you as a musician? Nobody. So I guess by your messed up logic and sense of status you don't kno .......
20: General Asylum, RE: such an odd dichotomy (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-03-19, 15:08:17 (174.72.186.110)
"On the other hand, you're not a musician," What do musicians know about audio by being a musician? Particularly that a non-musician is incapable of knowing? "not an audio engineer, not an acoustici .......
21: Classical Court, And so the race is on! (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-03-19, 13:49:51 (174.72.186.110)
Feels like football free agency .......
22: General Asylum, RE: such an odd dichotomy (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-03-19, 13:41:25 (174.72.186.110)
I *CAN* look at a waterfall plot of any system and give you a pretty good breakdown on what is wrong. I have heard numerous million dollar plus systems that had obvious problems that I am confident w .......
23: General Asylum, RE: such an odd dichotomy (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-03-18, 20:59:55 (172.56.209.210)
Do you know of anyone with such systems that have been measured or would let me measure them? I'd love to take measurements of the big systems at Axpona next month. I suspect no one would want that :: .......
24: General Asylum, RE: Yes, our measurements these days... (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-03-18, 20:36:03 (172.56.209.210)
You are disagreeing with a burning straw man. .......
25: General Asylum, RE: Yes, our measurements these days... (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-03-18, 18:50:27 (174.72.186.110)
When it comes to the nature of sound yeah pretty much. When it comes to measuring sound, no, we did not have the technology to measure sound as accurately or with the same detail as we do now. We can .......
26: General Asylum, RE: such an odd dichotomy (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-03-18, 16:55:36 (174.72.186.110)
"Please don't misunderstand - I'm not worrying about them. I'm just pointing out that the industry has come a long way since 1970, and that new measurements and techniques are an evolving aspect of sc .......
27: General Asylum, RE: Yes, our measurements these days... (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-03-18, 16:48:37 (174.72.186.110)
"What makes you think we're done with finding new things to measures and ways to do it?" "New things?" We're talking about air vibrations in our ears. What we hear is not *that* complicated. The "alle .......
28: General Asylum, As most of them should be nt (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-03-18, 14:17:43 (172.56.208.26)
Nt .......
29: General Asylum, RE: such an odd dichotomy (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-03-18, 13:22:28 (174.72.186.110)
"I do believe in measurements. Sometimes, I wonder if the right measurements are provided with reviews." With reviews? Seldom "The ASR crowd often point to measurements to decide what is better." IMO .......
30: General Asylum, RE: such an odd dichotomy (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-03-18, 13:14:42 (174.72.186.110)
Why would you worry about "traditional" measurements? I can easily take impulse and waterfall measurements in my own home. And I am just a hobbyist. .......
31: General Asylum, It's a trivial issue (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-03-18, 13:11:46 (174.72.186.110)
We're talking about what goes into which chassis. Do you want flexibility or storage convenience? It really comes down to system choices and how they come packaged I'm more worried about choosing a g .......
32: General Asylum, I can not? wanna make a bet? (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-03-18, 13:06:02 (174.72.186.110)
You see this is a reflection once again of your character. You are flat out lying here. I "cannot" cite any is a blatant lie. What is wrong with you that you feel the need to do this? Why does findin .......
33: General Asylum, If I cite some... (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-03-18, 10:53:04 (174.72.186.110)
will you shut the **** up? Make it worth my effort and I'll give you a list of some, SOME of the ones I actually own. .......
34: General Asylum, indeed you can (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-03-18, 10:41:08 (174.72.186.110)
But I'm talking about actual recordings 1985-2024 I can name a few from 2023-2024 Plenty of commerical recordings were recorded analog. Again not that it matters but...well.... facts do matter ::: TOP .......
35: General Asylum, such an odd dichotomy (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-03-18, 10:14:16 (174.72.186.110)
We can measure what we can hear. We can also make correlations between what we measure and what we hear that can work as useful tools in getting what we hear to sound better to us. And yet there is t .......
36: General Asylum, RE: Dallas Show? (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-03-18, 08:45:00 (172.56.208.130)
It was this last weekend .......
37: General Asylum, Incorrect (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-03-18, 08:44:09 (172.56.208.130)
There's been plenty of new music recorded analog since 1985. Not a big deal but facts is facts .......
38: General Asylum, RE: Remind me again... (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-03-18, 08:37:36 (172.56.209.216)
I did miss that. And agree 100% .......
39: General Asylum, RE: "10 Angry HiFi Guy Beliefs" (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-03-18, 08:29:20 (172.56.209.152)
You sound angry .......
40: General Asylum, RE: Remind me again... (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-03-18, 07:42:19 (174.72.186.110)
Digital is more accurate. So do you have musicians come to your home, sit on your stereo and play music? Is that how you "enjoy listening to music on my stereo system and not LPs, CDs, or hi-res."? :: .......
41: Classical Court, so does this mean.... (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-03-18, 02:09:09 (174.72.186.110)
That LAPhil and SFSO have to fill music director positions the same year? Could make for some interesting competition for talent .......
42: Classical Court, One of my all time favorites (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-03-18, 02:07:22 (174.72.186.110)
I actually got some autographed LPs and CDs from his personal web store not that long ago. .......
43: General Asylum, Oh yeah! a LP vs Digital debate! It's been a while. Let's make it a good one! (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-03-18, 00:23:56 (174.72.186.110)
I think I'll wait a for it to get nice and hot before stirring this pot. Let's make it an epic thread.... There is sooooo much material to rehash! .......
44: Speaker Asylum, RE: Let's all chip in $5. We can alternate homes. (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-03-17, 08:36:46 (174.72.186.110)
They aren't getting up my stairs .......
45: General Asylum, RE: good point... (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-03-16, 10:35:37 (174.72.186.110)
yes, clear to coke colored clear depending on the formula .......
46: General Asylum, RE: I always heard (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-03-16, 09:10:08 (172.56.209.254)
Black vinyl is colored vinyl .......
47: General Asylum, RE: What hall is that? nt (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-03-15, 20:25:42 (174.72.186.110)
"Reading about other concert halls, comments like "while the sound reinforcement system is not necessary when the full orchestra is performing, it is nevertheless useful for other types of music" sho .......
48: Classical Court, RE: Esa-Pekka, we hardly knew ye! (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-03-15, 06:57:13 (174.72.186.110)
For Salonen to say that publicly they must have had quite the falling out. Given Salonen's history I would say this does not look good for SFSO .......
49: General Asylum, Depends on where you go (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-03-14, 20:25:58 (174.72.186.110)
I don't go to this one .......
50: General Asylum, I think it is hilarious (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-03-14, 06:20:38 (174.72.186.110)
I think it's hilarious that anyone would read what I wrote and conclude that I "believe that a telephone renders higher audio quality than playback on a high resolution system." Quite the opposite. It .......
51: General Asylum, I get that (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-03-14, 05:45:14 (174.72.186.110)
It's the folks spending $30K on power cords that don't get it. .......
52: General Asylum, I agree that we can easily recognize people's voices on a phone (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-03-14, 05:43:18 (174.72.186.110)
I don't agree with you as to why we can. I agree with the folks at Bell Labs who brought us the technology and did the research. https://canadianaudiologist.ca/bell-labs-and-the-case-of-the-missing-f .......
53: General Asylum, RE: Why do so many audiophiles reject science? (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-03-14, 05:30:43 (174.72.186.110)
"Why do so many people overlook the awesome power of the placebo effect?" Ego. With the time, financial and emotional investment made in one's stereo system often comes an intense emotional investment .......
54: General Asylum, RE: You can have crappy experiences at live performances (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-03-14, 00:43:27 (172.56.209.244)
Depends on the concert .......
55: Classical Court, I've said it before and I will say it again. She is my hopeful for the next LAPhil music director (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-03-14, 00:00:46 (174.72.186.110)
And one of my very favorite current conductors. .......
56: Classical Court, RE: Interesting - You and JM with your links to Lebrecht's site! (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-03-13, 23:58:52 (174.72.186.110)
That's a great joke! I am using it. Not even asking permission .......
57: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: I get a greater sense of the live event (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-03-13, 23:55:15 (174.72.186.110)
He obviously hasn't heard it. And he obviously doesn't understand the principles of psychoacoustics in play here. His comments on head tracking at a concert pretty much shows he doesn't understand the .......
58: General Asylum, Why do so many audiophiles reject science? (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-03-13, 23:14:51 (174.72.186.110)
"They parrot the notion that auditory memory (of all kinds) is good for only seconds." It's not a notion. It is a well researched scientific fact that humans steer their focus when they hear sound bec .......
59: General Asylum, WTF? (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-03-13, 08:23:50 (174.72.186.110)
I am totally agreeing with you! Total agreement with anyone on AA just feels so strange. .......
60: General Asylum, RE: Watched the JJ Video..... (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-03-13, 06:24:13 (174.72.186.110)
THD can be misleading when the number is high because some harmonic distortion is hard to hear even at high levels. Not all harmonic distortion is created equal. But low THD is pretty definitive As f .......
61: General Asylum, RE: I agree and.. (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-03-13, 00:12:38 (174.72.186.110)
That's fine. Preferences are inarguable. But objective accuracy is not subjective. .......
62: General Asylum, RE: Watched the JJ Video..... (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-03-13, 00:10:52 (174.72.186.110)
>> In the case of clinical studies the comparison is between the actual thing being studied and the control group taking the placebo. >> > The context here is a singular test subject...... He's not co .......
63: General Asylum, RE: For many... (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-03-12, 23:48:17 (174.72.186.110)
"and it seems you are included" Do you see dead people? I ask because you are seein something that ain't there. "such is required for conforming to customary ways of celebrating the vinyl culture." I .......
64: General Asylum, RE: He's not mistaken :) (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-03-12, 16:24:37 (174.72.186.110)
Well that long list does approach being a ritual the mere act of cleaning records does not A ritual is a ceremony or action performed in a customary way. Your family might have a Saturday night ritua .......
65: General Asylum, RE: It worked perfectly fine.... (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-03-12, 13:53:03 (174.72.186.110)
Calling it a ritual is mischarcterizing it. .......
66: General Asylum, RE: Watched the JJ Video..... (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-03-11, 19:33:14 (174.72.186.110)
First, congratulations for actually watching the video. I think other than me you might be the only AA regular who has actually done so. IMO the lack of AA member viewership points to a broad base la .......
67: General Asylum, RE: Accuracy or performance? (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-03-11, 07:44:44 (172.56.209.131)
I can't imagine how anyone can listen to minimalist recordings from Mercury, Decca, EMI or the likes of Reference Recordings or Stockfisch and conclude they are dull. Maybe it's the opposite. Maybe b .......
68: General Asylum, RE: subjective interpretation (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-03-11, 07:39:56 (172.56.208.135)
How dare you tell me what I hear and don't hear! .......
69: General Asylum, Your point? (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-03-10, 19:47:21 (174.72.186.110)
Clearly he works with state of the art playback. As well as recording. Are you moving the goal posts to whether or not he puts a particular label on himself? Ad hominem in and of itself is a logical .......
70: General Asylum, RE: If someone tried to enter... (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-03-10, 17:03:12 (174.72.186.110)
"...a Peugeot 504 in a Formula One race, I wouldn't consider them a race car driver." Maybe it's a reading comprehension thing. Never mentioned a race car DRIVER "Guess it depends on what your defini .......
71: General Asylum, What a dumb question (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-03-10, 10:34:35 (174.72.186.110)
Would a race car designer drive a Peugeot? Would a non audiophile design a proprietary recording and playback system that John Atkinson proclaimed the best most life like sound he had ever heard? Li .......
72: General Asylum, Thanks (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-03-10, 10:26:51 (174.72.186.110)
That makes more sense of it. I will be sure to give it a read when it comes out online .......
73: General Asylum, Absolute nonsense (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-03-10, 08:09:18 (172.56.209.181)
He very much is an audiophile which makes him a unique outlier in the field of psychoacoustics. He lives with and works with state of the art audio. It's so cheap to try to dismiss him like that. It' .......
74: General Asylum, RE: Accuracy or performance? (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-03-10, 07:53:01 (172.56.208.117)
I know you are paraphrasing but I'm not sure I follow. What is the illusion? What is meant by performance? .......
75: General Asylum, It can get worse (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-03-09, 23:40:52 (174.72.186.110)
I have an all SS system. I use a variety of tube simulator DSP plugins. I like tube sound better too. With DSP plugins even more because I can tailor and dial in exactly what I want. .......
76: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: Kinda basic information, but... (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-03-06, 22:13:25 (172.58.160.172)
My goodness Roger West is up there in years. I'm really impressed he's still going at it. .......
77: General Asylum, Mahler can not live by Bach alone nt (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-03-04, 02:29:03 (172.58.111.165)
Nt .......
78: General Asylum, RE: Interesting (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-03-02, 23:03:02 (172.58.111.226)
Whether or not you call it reasonable it does not explain why you ask. I could ask you how often you go to the gym. Just as reasonable, just as personal and just as off topic. So I will ask again, wh .......
79: General Asylum, RE: "live, unamplified music ". Well that eliminates 85% off music and venues (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-02-29, 23:17:10 (172.58.109.131)
"I do not consider it a perfect reference (live unamplified acoustic music) but I can't think of a better one for subjective listening evaluation of a playback system." I don't think you need a refere .......
80: General Asylum, RE: Interesting (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-02-29, 21:31:01 (172.58.109.131)
Why are you curious about something that is so off the subject and specifically about me personally? .......
81: General Asylum, RE: Interesting (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-02-29, 21:06:06 (172.58.109.131)
"To clarify (if I may, E-stat), he's talking about a "sense of reality", which I would think means that it still sounds like a real piano, positioned where it is, not that it sounds exactly the same r .......
82: General Asylum, Interesting (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-02-29, 17:31:14 (172.58.160.66)
So if you are listening to a piano while facing it is your sense of reality that the piano is in front of you? Now if you turn around with your back to the piano is your sense of reality that the pian .......
83: General Asylum, RE: It's a good thing (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-02-29, 17:09:46 (172.58.160.66)
Shows how ignorant you are regarding my line of work as well as how willfully ignorant you are on the subject of audio. Of course you don't want to watch a lecture on accuracy in audio from one of the .......
84: General Asylum, RE: To each his own (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-02-29, 11:45:24 (172.58.111.190)
I should hope the "reality" doesn't change. There's plenty of non aural information that will maintain your mental picture of the reality of the situation. That's how the human brain works. We take ou .......
85: General Asylum, RE: I found that is impossible to contact FedEx in an effective way (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-02-28, 23:46:47 (172.58.160.56)
Yup. What was even worse for me was that I was in China. My daughter went in person to pick up the package. They would not allow her. They would not have allowed me if I had been there. They insisted .......
86: General Asylum, RE: Remastering........ (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-02-28, 22:19:54 (172.58.160.56)
Steve Wilson doesn't remaster. He does remixes .......
87: General Asylum, RE: I followed the part (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-02-28, 18:48:21 (172.58.111.200)
Get out off the damned soap box. You are wrong. If your head moves the sound changes. That makes the sound at the listener position a variable. Even if your head didn't move, which it does head trans .......
88: General Asylum, RE: I followed the part (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-02-28, 17:06:18 (172.58.111.200)
Two points. He goes even further than the fact that there is no one sound on n a concert hall. He points out that even from the same seat the sound will vary because of our head transfer function and .......
89: General Asylum, The transducer paradox (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-02-28, 16:34:25 (172.58.111.200)
Ok, not really a paradox but I thought it sounded cool. But almost a paradox With an audio signal an input vs. output comparison is an apples to apples comparison. With transducers it isn't. With bot .......
90: General Asylum, That was a remix not a remaster (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-02-28, 15:25:26 (172.58.111.200)
And the technology used will very likely become a staple in future Dolby Atmos upmixes from recordings that would otherwise not be upmixable due to the lack of seperate tracks on the original recordin .......
91: General Asylum, Based on your own reference you got it even more wrong (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-02-28, 15:03:03 (172.58.111.200)
Not only did your response ignore my context "in audio" you ignored the fact that it was presented by the AUDIO engineering society. Perhaps you innocently thought the AES would host a lecture by Jame .......
92: General Asylum, RE: "Accurate" (in audio) might mean different things, depending on the *type* of listening you do. (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-02-28, 09:44:45 (172.58.111.200)
The lecture covers that point .......
93: General Asylum, Sorry, I did not realize the link starts in the middle of the lecture (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-02-28, 09:41:50 (172.58.111.200)
I reset the link. It was meant to be a post of the lecture from last he beginning. To summarize the lecture His first point is any objective measure of accuracy requires an objective and accessible re .......
94: General Asylum, Thank you for reminding me why I hate audiophiles nt (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-02-28, 04:09:56 (172.58.111.200)
Nt .......
95: General Asylum, No kidding, but it wasn't the subject (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-02-28, 02:04:51 (172.58.111.200)
And is off point. The lecture is about accuracy in audio. A subject that I *thought* was of interest on an audiophile forum. If this were a dictionary forum I would not have posted the video since it .......
96: General Asylum, RE: Remastering by AI? (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-02-27, 20:25:50 (172.58.111.200)
You wouldn't use AI for that. You would use standard measurements of the signal with preprogrammed DSP filters I think there is a lot of misunderstanding about AI. We can look to AI for really bad mu .......
97: General Asylum, Somehow you got the question wrong even though it's clearly stated in the header (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-02-27, 19:35:17 (172.58.111.200)
It wasn't "What does "accurate" mean?" It was "what does accurate even mean IN AUDIO?" Does the encyclopedia Britannia have a definition for that specifically? Did you not understand the significan .......
98: General Asylum, RE: Time to listen again (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-02-27, 19:05:54 (172.58.111.200)
It's unfortunate you don't want to watch more of the video. JJ goes into a deep dive into the concert hall experience/live acoustic music as a reference for judging accuracy. He covers one aspect that .......
99: General Asylum, Yes! And it has cost me money. (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-02-27, 18:32:23 (172.58.111.200)
I have even considered setting up a video camera to catch them and go after FedEx for the costs. I ****ing hate FedEx .......
100: General Asylum, And they would both be making assertions that are...-...-wait for it...-...-...-...-...-...-...- (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-02-27, 18:29:10 (172.58.111.200)
Inaccurate. .......
101: General Asylum, "What does 'accurate' even mean in audio?" (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-02-27, 13:36:59 (172.58.111.200)
A video of a great in depth analysis by James D Johnston. Something here to challenge everyone's beliefs and assumptions no matter what your's happen to be. .......
102: General Asylum, General rule of room acoustics (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-02-25, 20:28:50 (172.58.109.186)
Easy to damage hard to fix. .......
103: General Asylum, RE: Room Bass Measurements (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-02-24, 14:24:35 (172.58.111.197)
The great thing about the UMIC-1 is REW recognizes it. So it's plug and play .......
104: General Asylum, RE: Room Bass Measurements (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-02-24, 05:27:18 (172.58.160.20)
That's the one I was thinking of. And the one I have .......
105: General Asylum, RE: Room Bass Measurements (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-02-23, 23:43:34 (172.58.111.182)
REW. Room EQ Wizard. Free software and a $100.00 microphone. .......
106: General Asylum, Let me just say thank you! To you and the other exhibitors (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-02-23, 17:06:20 (172.58.111.182)
The shows are fun for me as an audiophile/consumer. No doubt having to put up with crazy audiophiles and navigate the proverbial mine field of trigger topics must be exhausting. I could not do it. I' .......
107: General Asylum, RE: Trade Shows (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-02-23, 16:57:34 (172.58.111.182)
It certainly boosts consumer exposure. I don't know if they are profitable in the end or not but I love them. They are essentially Star Trek conventions for audiophiles. I hope in the end they are go .......
108: General Asylum, RE: the last remaining China audio hurdle (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-02-22, 17:05:58 (172.58.139.170)
Small mom and pop Chinese businesses are not our enemy. Chinese high end audio has near zero impact on China as a nation or the Chinese government. .......
109: Classical Court, Michael Fremer (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-02-21, 17:52:26 (172.58.139.170)
I have a bit of a love/hate relationship with him. He hates me. I constantly call him out on his bullshit and he gets pretty riled about it. With that said he was very significant in being almost the .......
110: Critic's Corner, RE: The longest recording review I have ever written, I think: 4,000 words (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-02-21, 17:38:06 (172.58.139.170)
Awesome review. One question though. Is the 2CD set from the same transfer as the hi res files you reviewed. 4,000 words, zero fat. That was one of the most informative reviews I have ever read and b .......
111: Critic's Corner, At the risk of straying too far off topic (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-02-20, 15:49:25 (172.58.142.212)
I actually never got a participation trophy. I didn't participate much in grade school. My next door neighbor played little league baseball and Pop Warner basketball. He had a shelf full of them. And .......
112: Critic's Corner, RE: "Back in the 60s every little leaguer got one for just being on the team." (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-02-19, 21:33:29 (172.58.139.232)
I grew up in LA. .......
113: Critic's Corner, RE: If there are no bad reviews, there are no great reviews either (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-02-19, 17:04:18 (172.58.111.208)
Participation trophies are nothing new. Back in the 60s every little leaguer got one for just being on the team. And why not? It's supposed to be fun .......
114: General Asylum, RE: Just don't walk by on a hot, sunny day... (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-02-17, 19:08:03 (172.58.142.206)
They actually had to change the finish because buildings next door were getting cooked .......
115: General Asylum, RE: LA Phil Celebrates Frank Gehry (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-02-17, 11:12:56 (172.58.142.206)
My favorite concert hall in the world .......
116: Critic's Corner, Im more worried about irresponsible bad reviews by unqualified reviewers (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-02-17, 02:06:55 (172.58.139.181)
I have no problem with bad reviews that are deserved. .......
117: Critic's Corner, "In the end who cares what they say if you like them?" (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-02-16, 04:19:30 (172.58.139.181)
Personally I agree with this sentiment. My concern is more about how bad reviews may affect the financial health and well being of the companies that make my gear. It's not as impactful as it was back .......
118: Classical Court, RE: OK, John - I clicked on your link (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-02-15, 18:13:26 (172.58.111.246)
Good instincts .......
119: Classical Court, RE: Milli Vanilli were in the Vanguard! (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-02-09, 12:28:37 (172.58.109.164)
But they did win Grammys. Not sure the Grammys ever fully recovered from that hit to their credibility .......
120: Classical Court, RE: Thanks, Scott - Very interesting (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-02-07, 02:34:58 (172.58.111.219)
Maybe since they are both DG artists the scope of the permission for the BPO to record with them was limited to the one specific physical media release. Purely speculation on my part .......
121: Classical Court, RE: I can only find that on YouTube (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-02-06, 19:18:17 (172.58.111.219)
It seems to be a well kept secret .......
122: Classical Court, RE: No (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-02-06, 02:38:58 (172.58.139.79)
Was that the one she did with the BPO and Simon Rattle? If so it's on the BPO private label. .......
123: Classical Court, RE: Which sucked, IMO.... (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-02-05, 16:21:33 (172.58.160.207)
I dunno if they liked it or not. Could have been a case of embarrassment reaching critical mass for not having awarded Yuja a Grammy or Grammys in the past. IMO Yuja not having a Grammy up until now w .......
124: Classical Court, No (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-02-05, 09:32:27 (172.58.160.207)
Some Grammy award winning recordings literally sell in the hundreds in classical music. The recording Yuja won for wasn't even close to her top selling recording of 2023 .......
125: General Asylum, RE: Sitting in a null (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-02-05, 05:02:41 (172.58.142.167)
Move things around. And use targeted bass traps if you can .......
126: Classical Court, It was about f@&$ing time! Yuja won a Grammy. Nt (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-02-04, 21:06:31 (172.58.142.167)
Nt .......
127: General Asylum, RE: Anthony Cordesman obituary (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-02-02, 07:38:18 (172.58.109.24)
Very sad news. He was always a fun read. His original review of the Martin Logan CLS lead me to audition them and that audition lead to a very quick purchase. Life is way too short .......
128: Classical Court, RE: A few observations... (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-02-02, 07:35:20 (172.58.109.24)
If I had to rank my all the me favorite classical guitarists Ana Vidovic is a close second just behind Xuiefei Yang. In my eyes Ana Vidovic is a classical superstar. .......
129: Classical Court, Mehta for Mars. Jupiter can go either way (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-02-01, 23:40:43 (172.58.109.161)
Boult for the rest. But Mehta's Mars is...-...-wait for it...-...-...-out of this world! .......
130: Vinyl Asylum, Just great, before you know it, they will be hunted into extinction nt (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-02-01, 09:38:23 (172.58.111.197)
Nt .......
131: Classical Court, RE: There are a lot of famous guitarists of the past (I won't mention any names). . . (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-01-31, 17:06:55 (172.58.111.145)
The egregious wealth of new talent can be daunting. The trick is to spot the truly exceptional among so many accomplished young talents. For me this young lady really stands out. At 17 she is already .......
132: Classical Court, Laurel Harned. 17 years old classical guitarist. Watch out!!! (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-01-31, 13:40:56 (172.58.111.145)
The next classical guitar super star? .......
133: General Asylum, RE: regarding )2 channel reproduction (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-01-27, 17:35:14 (172.58.139.222)
No. The BACCH pro system works for headphones .......
134: Classical Court, RE: But I keep trying (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-01-26, 16:20:06 (172.58.111.156)
My understanding is that the orchestra really likes her and respects her. But I dunno if that matters. The culture has changed since Deborah Borda left. She is missed. .......
135: Classical Court, RE: 9-year old piano prodigy Nojél Scriabina (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-01-26, 12:14:45 (172.58.111.156)
Pretty fantastic. I am also impressed by the production quality of the video. .......
136: Classical Court, RE: Brave New World (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-01-25, 02:16:19 (172.58.139.73)
As an audiophile who collects physical media I would like it to be on her agenda. But if she's not interested in recording it's certainly her prerogative. .......
137: Classical Court, RE: Brave New World (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-01-24, 20:58:10 (172.58.139.73)
Which should make it all the more easy for her to do commercial recordings. .......
138: Classical Court, RE: Chris, here is a guitarist for you, with a RECUERDOS DE LA ALHAMBRA by Francisco Tarrega for the ages (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-01-24, 17:23:08 (172.58.139.73)
She has no commercial recordings for sale. Too bad. I was ready to buy .......
139: Critic's Corner, I think you are important! (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-01-18, 21:26:37 (172.58.139.23)
Unfortunately my own lack of importance makes it unimportant what I think .......
140: Classical Court, RE: From your list, I like Hrusa and Gaffigan (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-01-17, 16:44:59 (172.58.160.106)
"nor have I ever been impressed with Herreweghe" Not even his Bach St Mathew's Passion on Harmonia Mundi? .......
141: Classical Court, RE: Mäkelä (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-01-17, 16:42:43 (172.58.160.106)
James Gaffigan is terrific. Very nice guy too .......
142: Classical Court, But I keep trying (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-01-17, 16:40:40 (172.58.160.106)
Speaking of "shes" I am very hopeful that the Dude will be replaced by a dudette. Elim Chan. .......
143: Classical Court, RE: Yuja Wang (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-01-17, 16:37:08 (172.58.160.106)
She won't play this anymore. She hates being known as the pianist with fast hands. The irony of it is that even this early in her career it is the interpretation as much as the technical prowess that .......
144: General Asylum, RE: Life is not a straight line (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-01-17, 16:31:19 (172.58.160.106)
My deepest condolences for your loss. And for your struggle. Our health care system is indeed broken. My family has felt it too. I also hope someday you can get back to playing those records again. C .......
145: General Asylum, RE: From what I just gathered (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-01-17, 13:35:12 (172.58.160.106)
I am going to Axpona. But I also don't exactly fit your profile. I am buying some "big ticket" "items" this year as I have the previous two years. With that said I go to Axpona and other shows for re .......
146: General Asylum, RE: Where do you stand? (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-01-16, 16:03:01 (172.58.160.106)
Definitely not done. I have spent by far more in the past couple years and will spend more in this year than I have at any period in the past. The new technologies and a much better personal understan .......
147: General Asylum, RE: Listening to Multiple Systems (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-01-16, 15:32:34 (172.58.160.106)
My primary system does not need any acclimation. .......
148: Critic's Corner, Easily done, but still aint gonna happen (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-01-15, 04:20:17 (172.56.232.104)
It's a matter of beliefs not difficulty. .......
149: Classical Court, RE: Thank you for those insights! (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-01-10, 15:25:23 (172.58.30.255)
Ok will do. .......
150: Classical Court, RE: The Greatest Concert Pianist You've Maybe Never Heard Of? (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-01-10, 02:03:09 (172.58.30.255)
I do tend to take issue with the idea that Yuja is in any part a product of any Star making machinery. Quite the opposite. She was discovered by an agent from Opus 3 while at Curtis at 15. Opus 3 is p .......
151: Critic's Corner, RE: JA doesn't measure distortion, but . . . (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-01-08, 22:28:26 (172.58.30.255)
What the Wilson's really need are active digital crossovers. But that ain't gonna happen .......
152: Critic's Corner, RE: Frequency response is sooooo 30 years ago (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-01-07, 22:58:48 (172.58.111.186)
100 %. That is the information that once lost is irretrievable. .......
153: Critic's Corner, RE: Frequency response is sooooo 30 years ago (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-01-07, 09:27:00 (172.58.109.115)
It's not like saying that at all. The reason frequency response is the least significant problem isn't because it stopped mattering. It's because it went from being hard to fix to trivially easy to fi .......
154: Critic's Corner, RE: Frequency response is sooooo 30 years ago (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-01-07, 00:14:14 (172.58.109.182)
So would I .......
155: Critic's Corner, RE: Wilson vs. Klipsch (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-01-06, 15:33:49 (172.58.109.182)
Didn't look like a rhetorical question to me. But I could be wrong .......
156: Critic's Corner, Frequency response is sooooo 30 years ago (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-01-06, 02:48:18 (172.58.111.153)
Easiest thing to correct with digital EQ and/or room correction DSP. Frequency extension, distortion, power handling, impulse response. These are the critical measurements. .......
157: General Asylum, RE: Should All Dacs Not Cost More Than $100? (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-01-05, 02:06:36 (172.58.30.232)
"See, you just proved my point. No need for listening if the specs are presented accurately. Just look at the graphs and spec sheet." For many aspects of audio that is true. If you are looking for acc .......
158: General Asylum, RE: Should All Dacs Not Cost More Than $100? (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-01-04, 10:02:40 (172.58.27.112)
"See, you just proved my point. No need for listening if the specs are presented accurately. Just look at the graphs and spec sheet." For many aspects of audio that is true. If you are looking for acc .......
159: General Asylum, RE: Sorry, asking the wrong person.... (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-01-01, 21:03:11 (172.58.109.74)
Ethan is the person to ask .......
160: General Asylum, RE: So what new component will you be getting in 2024? (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-01-01, 17:21:07 (172.58.109.74)
First new "component" will be the added room correction DSP from Theoretica to go with my BACCH DSP Second new "component" is a rebuild of my listening room with a massive wide band bass trap in the c .......
161: General Asylum, RE: But that's my point (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-01-01, 12:20:12 (172.58.109.74)
The emotional and financial belief that everything makes a difference is powerful. It's tied to many audiophiles' self identity and sense of status as "skilled and experienced" listeners. It's not th .......
162: General Asylum, RE: Should All Dacs Not Cost More Than $100? (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2024-01-01, 05:24:40 (172.58.109.74)
Not quite what he said. What he said was specific measurements, what ch may or may not be properly represented by manufacturers specs, will tell us everything we need to know about the accuracy "fidel .......
163: General Asylum, RE: Should All Dacs Not Cost More Than $100? (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-12-31, 22:30:04 (172.58.109.15)
He has done a multitude of well designed controlled listening tests. And yes I know that he does do a lot of measuring and correlating between measurements and controlled listening tests. To assert ot .......
164: General Asylum, RE: Should All Dacs Not Cost More Than $100? (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-12-31, 22:24:44 (172.58.109.15)
The pro gear also has a lot of added features beyond the DACs. My RME Fireface UCX II has all kinds of features and connectivity. It facilitates my active digital crossover. It takes analog and digita .......
165: General Asylum, RE: Should All Dacs Not Cost More Than $100? (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-12-31, 16:19:18 (172.58.30.194)
You would be wrong about that too. .......
166: General Asylum, RE: Should All Dacs Not Cost More Than $100? (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-12-31, 16:17:06 (172.58.30.194)
His point is that any competently designed and built DAC is audibly transparent and some of those actually do come in under $100.00. I doubt he would take issue with the prices of most pro digital int .......
167: Vinyl Asylum, RE: What would happen if effective mass and compliance are mismatched? (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-12-29, 15:25:36 (172.58.30.246)
The result could be resonances that are aggravated by energy from other resonant frequencies. That energy could end up leading to mid tracking or acoustic feedback. .......
168: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Thanks too (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-12-28, 23:57:07 (172.58.142.140)
Steve is pretty hands off in the moderating department of his forum. I'm banned. Steve and I are friends. Casual friends but still friends. I had him over on MADTV as a guest once to watch us shoot a .......
169: Classical Court, RE: How about you :) (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-12-28, 22:54:17 (172.58.109.216)
Between those two? I bring balance .......
170: Classical Court, RE: Yuja looks great! (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-12-25, 16:11:54 (172.58.27.164)
Not much .......
171: Classical Court, RE: Ms. CfL and I had two thumbs down on the movie itself (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-12-25, 01:20:12 (172.58.27.164)
Yuja got a thank you in the credits. I got her personal review of the movie. Bradley Cooper's conducting is terrible. Me hanging with Yuja and Ziyi Zhang in Shanghai .......
172: Classical Court, RE: But so many recordings overbalance the soloist in concertos (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-12-23, 14:46:03 (172.58.30.230)
My preferred balance usually comes from at least 10 rows back. My preferred experience of the soloist usually comes from the first 5 rows. That is my dilemma with live concertos. A dilemma that conce .......
173: Classical Court, Yes! (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-12-22, 21:28:50 (172.58.27.72)
To hell with the absolute sound. It's about the music. I normally get as comfortably close to the soloist as I can at any concerto at the expense of the sound of the orchestra. It's a compromise as is .......
174: General Asylum, RE: I'm holding out for the $100,000 steam-powered turntable simulator. (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-12-22, 13:34:16 (172.58.27.72)
The plugins I am referring to that I use all came in for a few hundred bucks. Money very well spent imo .......
175: General Asylum, RE: If you want a specific type of sonic coloration I'm pretty sure... (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-12-22, 10:28:23 (172.58.27.72)
"... that same sonic coloration can be digitized (or faked) pretty well. Why then should we mess around with vinyl or reel-to-reel tape ? Because it's fun to "mess around" - and when you're involved .......
176: General Asylum, RE: Just not at the top (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-12-21, 11:35:28 (172.58.160.106)
Even if I agreed it would seem irrelevant since the wide spread use of hi res. No need to brick wall filter. CDs are just down sampled and vinyl is cut from the hi res files. And the vinyl coloration .......
177: General Asylum, RE: To each his own (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-12-21, 08:47:43 (172.58.27.232)
Red book CD has greater resolution than vinyl. Not that it matters. None of our systems have anywhere near the resolution of either. Although you can hear the noise floor of vinyl with many stereo sys .......
178: General Asylum, RE: The point (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-12-21, 01:30:37 (172.58.27.232)
"Some recordings I have sound nearly identical to the digital counterpart. Others bear little resemblance. In many cases the vinyl sounds better, usually vintage recordings. A well mastered purely dig .......
179: General Asylum, The point (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-12-20, 21:22:05 (172.58.27.232)
Vinyl can add euphonic colorations and specific vinyl playback gear can add other unique euphonic colorations. End result digital on vinyl can sound subjectively better. .......
180: General Asylum, It's so simple yet so difficult (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-12-20, 21:19:44 (172.58.27.232)
Digital done right is transparent, vinyl done well adds euphonic colorations. Either one can sound terrible or fantastic. So other than euphonic colorations it ain't the medium. .......
181: General Asylum, RE: "Aja" album mastering discussion - Chad Kassem, Donald Fagan - et.al. (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-12-18, 20:57:06 (172.58.27.112)
I watched about 20 minutes. Does it get interesting at any point? It does answer the question about the copy tape being EQed .......
182: General Asylum, Natural...-..lized? Beethoven must be all tube all analog! (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-12-04, 16:05:15 (172.58.27.108)
Where as Phillip Glass is all digital solid state. ;-) .......
183: General Asylum, Beethoven isn't American? (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-12-03, 14:50:01 (172.58.109.47)
He needs to roll over and tell Tchaikovsky the news! Sorry...-.. .......
184: Digital Drive, RE: Found an interesting article (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-12-01, 19:40:36 (172.58.30.238)
Sorry but this article is complete BS. Gotta love the fake graphs. .......
185: Vinyl Asylum, There is a certain irony here (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-11-30, 17:19:30 (172.58.111.144)
That Chinese controls on the internet prevented me from reading the content of your post praising Chinese products. .......
186: Vinyl Asylum, Just a follow up (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-11-30, 12:58:49 (172.58.111.144)
I'm working in China. Internet is always dicey here. On my laptop the content of your response was incomplete. I see now on my iPhone that you did address my question. All apologies for my other post .......
187: Vinyl Asylum, Sorry if I used a naughty word that hurt your delicate sensibilities (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-11-30, 12:26:35 (172.58.111.144)
MY use of the word was quite simply slang for selling. And the question remains unanswered .......
188: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Sounds a lot like a sales pitch (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-11-28, 12:11:37 (172.58.139.94)
What does your old turntable have to do with what looks like a sales pitch and your current affiliations or lack there of with digital products you continually pimp in the vinyl forum? If your credibi .......
189: Vinyl Asylum, Sounds a lot like a sales pitch (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-11-27, 05:06:35 (172.58.109.124)
But certainly it isn't. Otherwise you would disclose any affiliations. Right? .......
190: Vinyl Asylum, Then I would definitely buy it. Nt (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-11-27, 01:55:45 (172.58.109.124)
Nt .......
191: General Asylum, RE: Colouration vs neutrality at discomfort volume threshold (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-11-26, 07:46:32 (172.58.111.138)
Ultimately target curves are a matter of personal preference. Probably even more so when actual pain thresholds are in play .......
192: Vinyl Asylum, If they dropped a zero off the price...-. (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-11-26, 03:56:47 (172.58.111.138)
I would still think it's too much money but I would buy it. At $6K no way .......
193: Classical Court, Eliminate the repeats? (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-11-17, 22:21:47 (172.58.27.168)
With a Glass composition what's left after you eliminate the repeats? .......
194: General Asylum, RE: FWIW (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-11-16, 20:04:27 (172.58.111.149)
I'm more concerned about preserving me at this point. My music collection will almost certainly out live me .......
195: General Asylum, RE: FWIW (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-11-16, 14:50:46 (172.58.111.149)
Which makes perfect sense. But nothing is impervious to failure. My daughter lost a substantial amount of her digital artwork do to three coincidental failures of two hard drives and the cloud back up .......
196: General Asylum, RE: Now you're being ridiculous ....................... (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-11-16, 14:47:16 (172.58.111.149)
This whole thread was ridiculous from the start. By the way, bank vaults don't prevent any digital storage device from failing on its own. Old dude s keeping it real. No storage system is fail safe. : .......
197: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: Room treatment? (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-11-15, 14:35:04 (172.58.109.171)
I'd have to hear it and do an in ear measurement to get some idea what's doing. First and foremost if you are digging it. That's great! Increasing the separation between the speakers does reduce the c .......
198: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: Room treatment? (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-11-14, 10:02:49 (172.58.27.147)
I do think reducing room sound helps reduce the conflict between the spatial cues of the listening room and the recording. But there is nothing conventional room treatment can do to reduce the direct .......
199: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: new filter (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-11-14, 02:52:03 (172.58.109.244)
Don't know. I'm in China working .......
200: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: Still enjoying it. (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-11-13, 19:59:01 (172.58.139.108)
It's not terribly speaker dependent. But it is room reflection sensitive. The directionality of any flat panel planar will offer the advantage of reduced side wall, ceiling and floor reflections. ::: .......
201: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: Capital Audio Fest Nov 10-12, 2023 (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-11-10, 17:48:45 (172.58.160.38)
Room correction with head tracking using custom filters from in ear measurements. .......
202: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: Capital Audio Fest Nov 10-12, 2023 (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-11-10, 11:54:09 (172.58.160.38)
I'm sure it will be there. It is IMO the single biggest improvement in home audio since the invention of stereo. And it just got significantly better with the new room correction filter. .......
203: General Asylum, RE: Mine always have been archived... (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-11-09, 18:30:54 (172.58.139.2)
Not really a matter of pride. But my physical media is about as safe as one can reasonably expect. Where I live there's no real risk of fire or floods. Good luck trying to steal my collection. It woul .......
204: Classical Court, I will add this (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-11-05, 16:36:51 (174.72.186.110)
I have had a number of conversations about concert halls and hall sound with Yuja. Yuja is very very conscious of hall sound and about tailoring her interpretations to work harmoniously with the piano .......
205: Classical Court, RE: Have you heard the Knussen/Cleveland Orchestra version? (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-11-05, 16:31:46 (174.72.186.110)
Maybe it's just not fair. Ravel is arguably the greatest orchestrator in the history of classical music. DG asked Yuja to record Pictures at an Exhibition and she said no. She saw no point to the pian .......
206: Classical Court, RE: Have you heard the Stokowski "Pictures" orchestration??? (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-11-05, 04:15:22 (174.72.186.110)
I have it. I don't like it. Feels like he just took the Ravel and jazzed it up for a cruise line Broadway review. In my opinion.... .......
207: General Asylum, what looks best doesn't always sound best (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-11-04, 07:41:36 (70.158.100.6)
True symmetry with subwoofers and/or bass drivers often are not ideal as they can double up on the excitement of standing waves. .......
208: General Asylum, RE: System visual symmetry (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-11-02, 11:52:21 (50.168.146.82)
Looks terrific. Love those speakers. .......
209: Classical Court, OK I'm gonna get a little blunt here (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-11-01, 19:16:53 (50.168.146.82)
>>> Kholodenko is good pianist. I would favorably compare him to Yuja Wang and Lang Lang. >>> If you are talking about musical interpretation those differences are largely personal and subjective. If .......
210: Classical Court, RE: "Beatrice Rana is nothing special in technique" (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-11-01, 18:51:21 (50.168.146.82)
They all have something musical to say. You may not connect to what some have to say musically. The differences in technical excellence is objective in nature and easy to see. The competitors are all .......
211: Classical Court, RE: So true. (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-11-01, 18:48:50 (50.168.146.82)
excellent technique is pretty common among top soloists. But exceptional technique is still the exception. .......
212: General Asylum, RE: Perfection isn't attainable but (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-11-01, 18:33:59 (50.168.146.82)
The metrics don't fail. Audiophiles fail to understand what metrics matter how to measure them and how to interpret them. It is impossible to reliably and meaningfully compare long term aural memories .......
213: General Asylum, RE: Too literal translation (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-11-01, 18:22:19 (50.168.146.82)
90-95% of that is spatial cues. Traditional two channel recording and playback get that very wrong for numerous reasons. It's a gap that can not be bridged without binaural recordings and cross talk .......
214: Classical Court, RE: It was political, I believe. (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-11-01, 11:13:32 (172.58.208.36)
Had nothing to do with it. Kholodenko was imo clearly the better pianist in that competition. IMO Rana has upped her game since then. Even so I think Kholodenko is still the better of the two ::: TOPI .......
215: Classical Court, RE: Yeah - but if she's so good, how come she only got the SILVER medal? (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-11-01, 11:09:53 (172.58.208.36)
She deserved it. She was second best in that competition. .......
216: Classical Court, RE: Yuja is great. (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-11-01, 11:08:44 (172.58.208.36)
Beatrice Rana is nothing special in technique. I do like her interpretations. .......
217: General Asylum, "The absolute sound" (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-11-01, 08:36:47 (12.129.159.196)
HP was a terrific writer although he was often over the top with his self indulgence. His philosophy on audio was IMO extremely misguided and as such he lead an entire generation of audiophiles down .......
218: Digital Drive, RE: Least expensive "all to DSD" dac? (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-10-31, 08:39:16 (174.72.186.110)
So are you saying the DSD 64 sound better than the actual CDs from which they were upsampled? .......
219: General Asylum, RE: A question (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-10-31, 08:06:16 (174.72.186.110)
For me the stereo is in service to the music. But I have no problem with audiophiles who are gear heads first. I don't buy into made up rules about what a "true audiophile" is or any B.S. relating to .......
220: Classical Court, RE: "I soooooo hope LAPhil picks her to take over for the Dude" (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-10-28, 18:07:28 (174.72.186.110)
I am hoping! .......
221: General Asylum, RE: Your missing the big flick (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-10-27, 21:16:12 (174.72.186.110)
"I've owned the RME ADI-2. Nice DAC, BUT, the Chord Hugo series just sound better." Did you draw this conclusion under blind level matched conditions with a result that demonstrates statistical signif .......
222: Classical Court, RE: Looks like I still have my moderator powers intact (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-10-27, 18:48:34 (174.72.186.110)
Let's be fair, they are pictures of great musicians who often happen to be attractive women. .......
223: General Asylum, RE: Taylor Swift now a declared billionairess . . . (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-10-27, 16:44:25 (174.72.186.110)
She earned it. I'm not a fan but clearly she is doing something right. Many things right. And by all accounts she's a good person. Nice to see a good person do well .......
224: General Asylum, RE: Wait, wait .... I want to enter your contest ..... (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-10-25, 19:29:51 (174.72.186.110)
you lose. badly maybe last place .......
225: General Asylum, RE: The Chord DAC's are more transparent than off the shelf DACs. (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-10-25, 10:44:05 (174.72.186.110)
"off the shelf DAC' is pretty vague. The DACs in my RME Babyface Pro interface, RME UCX II Fireface interface and the M2TECH Joplin are utterly audibly transparent. As were the DACs in my old Tascam .......
226: General Asylum, RE: Fair points. (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-10-25, 10:12:01 (174.72.186.110)
>>>You missed what I was trying to get at regarding turning up the volume up a few db. Let me attempt to be just a bit more clear :-) In real world listening, the volume level can be and often is adju .......
227: General Asylum, RE: Sounds like BS dogma to me.. (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-10-25, 09:51:26 (174.72.186.110)
In that case I would bet it could be heard at -80 db or there abouts .......
228: General Asylum, RE: Sounds like BS dogma to me.. (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-10-25, 06:57:58 (174.72.186.110)
The tube simulator DSP I was testing doesn't isolate distortion like that. The "triode" distortion is heavy on 2nd order but also adds other harmonics at lower levels. and the Pentode was heavy on 3rd .......
229: General Asylum, RE: Fair points. (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-10-24, 17:25:37 (174.72.186.110)
>>> The response is overlooking two issues: 1) The DAC/Magic wire setup cannot be separated. It would have to be evaluated as a unit, so the power amp would be evaluated as well. What is being compare .......
230: General Asylum, RE: Fair points. (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-10-24, 15:41:52 (174.72.186.110)
"For example, how in the world would you test deltas between a stand alone DAC and the DAC integrated into say a Devialet Expert Pro with speakers supported by Speaker Active Matching support for the .......
231: General Asylum, RE: Sounds like BS dogma to me.. (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-10-24, 15:34:53 (174.72.186.110)
"Having said all that, I'm not so sure that the 'X' part of ABX is necessary or even helpful. It can be mentally taxing enough to simply identify a difference between 'A' versus 'B', without also havi .......
232: General Asylum, RE: Now heres ugly (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-10-24, 13:32:26 (174.72.186.110)
you win .......
233: General Asylum, RE: What's wrong with this statement? (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-10-24, 13:31:42 (174.72.186.110)
Judging by the picture of the amp and the common usage of the 6N1P-EV tube I'm going go with they misidentified the actual output tube. .......
234: General Asylum, "As you noted before" (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-10-24, 10:28:05 (174.72.186.110)
Yeah. You definitely have a point. I just like to hold out hope and continue to offer the other side of the story for those audiophiles who may not know much about how we perceive and remember sound. .......
235: General Asylum, RE: Sounds like BS dogma to me.. (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-10-24, 10:09:40 (174.72.186.110)
>>>ABX is not the be all/end all some claim it to be.>>> No one is claiming it's any sort of end all be all. It is a specific type of bias controlled test designed to test for audible differences. No .......
236: General Asylum, RE: You are assuming a lot (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-10-23, 12:28:29 (174.72.186.110)
>>> What I am saying is that the likelihood of obtaining optimum transfer of the audio signal is improved if all the components required on on the same reference level. >>> This isn't a matter of "lik .......
237: General Asylum, Wrong. I am not assuming anything (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-10-23, 11:39:02 (174.72.186.110)
Your claim, your burden of evidence. There is already a large body of evidence that strongly suggests cables are audibly transparent unless deliberately or incompetently designed and built to act as .......
238: General Asylum, No, you are trying to add unnecessary conditions to try to sabotage ABX (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-10-23, 11:35:04 (174.72.186.110)
>>> You don't like it because it happens to be valid.>>> No, it's not valid at all. It is a total red herring. >>> The listening room IS perhaps the single largest variable in a listening session.>>> .......
239: General Asylum, The math is simple (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-10-23, 11:24:05 (174.72.186.110)
No audible difference = no audible difference = no advantage. So again, how does this make an audible difference? Where is the evidence that supports the assertion that it does? .......
240: General Asylum, RE: You can't be serious? (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-10-23, 10:49:34 (24.234.240.184)
I read it. Ad copy boasting about how short the signal path is. That's nice. It doesn't address any of my questions. If you can't explain and provide evidence for the benefits of shorter signal paths .......
241: General Asylum, RE: You can't be serious? (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-10-23, 10:22:27 (24.234.240.184)
How does a cable "lose signal" and internal wiring not? How does a cable change the transfer function and internal wiring not? .......
242: General Asylum, RE: The case for integrated audio solutions. (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-10-23, 09:45:43 (174.72.186.110)
What differentiates the cables and the internal wiring of these all in one components? .......
243: General Asylum, RE: Or the subjects? (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-10-23, 08:55:36 (174.72.186.110)
You are imposing unnecessary conditions to come up with these problems. >>> It's quite possible that one set of listeners would not any difference in a DBT/ABX, whilst a different set of listeners DO .......
244: General Asylum, quantum physics is interesting. But it does not support mysticism (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-10-22, 11:19:28 (76.90.42.46)
"In contrast to the mysticism of the early 20th century, today quantum mysticism typically refers to its New Age incarnation that claims to combine ancient mysticism with quantum mechanics. It is pseu .......
245: General Asylum, RE: Methinks you're on a fool's errand... (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-10-22, 10:54:28 (76.90.42.46)
"I recently bought a quality (not insanely high priced) subwoofer cable RCA and it is obvious compared to my cheap generic one" If the difference is "obvious" why would it disappear in an ABX DBT? ::: .......
246: General Asylum, RE: Methinks you're on a fool's errand... (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-10-22, 10:52:49 (76.90.42.46)
I understand your point. But having lived on the other side of this debate for years I do believe that some folks are able to rise above the tribalism and apply logic to the facts. The key is exposure .......
247: General Asylum, RE: The Big GOTCHA that folks seem to ignore with ABX, etc. (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-10-22, 08:09:05 (76.90.42.46)
This is just yet another attempt to rationalize undesired results. Of course any poorly designed test will give us corrupted data. Ironically this is the inherent problem with sighted tests. Those ar .......
248: General Asylum, RE: Return to his original comments (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-10-19, 16:02:27 (174.72.186.110)
The claim appears to be somewhat extraordinary. Objective evidence would go a long way in supporting it. Unsupported testimony does not. I have no reason to think people who claim to be abducted by al .......
249: General Asylum, so there are measurements supporting the assertion? (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-10-19, 15:32:39 (174.72.186.110)
Do you have them? Have you measured the distortion of an amp alone and then configured to an ABX box and another amp? If not is there anywhere we can find Van Alstine's measurements? .......
250: Digital Drive, Just for clarification (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-10-19, 07:59:43 (174.72.186.110)
Which of the following do you consider to be a facts about the actual audio gear? >>> First you quote the ignoramous Amir who is shocked that the Musetec-Amanero board requires a driver and is not pl .......
251: Digital Drive, RE: A book I enjoyed reading... (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-10-19, 07:41:42 (174.72.186.110)
It is interesting how the brain works. Built for speed more than accuracy. It's amazing how much our brain fills in the gaps based on previous stimuli just to expedite things. I will check out that bo .......
252: Digital Drive, RE: It doesn't bother me all that much (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-10-18, 21:59:33 (174.72.186.110)
No, they just aren't there. If they were you could have simply posted them. Instead you claim I am purposely blind. Once again zero substance .......
253: Classical Court, RE: That does it... (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-10-18, 21:33:30 (174.72.186.110)
I hope I don't let you down. But I am confident that won't be the case .......
254: Digital Drive, RE: It doesn't bother me all that much (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-10-18, 21:31:52 (174.72.186.110)
"I spent two paragraphs discussing the Amir "Amanero" paragraph reproduced by Abe. My assertions are backed up there by facts. I would say there is substance there. Did you read it? Seems you may not .......
255: General Asylum, RE: It probably helps to look at what Van Alstine actually said (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-10-18, 20:55:16 (174.72.186.110)
I figured as much but I just thought it would be fair to both Frank Van Alstine and Estat to do as Estat suggested and ask Frank. Which I did. He didn't really offer any answers. Just a PDF to the ma .......
256: General Asylum, RE: I did (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-10-18, 20:50:57 (174.72.186.110)
OK cool, I wasn't sure if you had seen that. I don't see how it's possible either with tube or SS amps. It struck me as a desperate attempt to rationalize a lot of undesirable listening test results. .......
257: Digital Drive, It doesn't bother me all that much (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-10-18, 20:44:24 (174.72.186.110)
But it is the tactic typically used by someone who has no substance to offer. And I am bothered by something. I am a bit bothered by assertions of fact by audiophiles with no substance to back them up .......
258: Digital Drive, RE: How did that work out for Caesar? (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-10-18, 20:33:04 (174.72.186.110)
And you assume you are a reliable listener. See what happens when you make assumptions? Same thing that happened to Caesar when he thought he could rely on his buddies. Not Cid. But to the point. No .......
259: Digital Drive, RE: How did that work out for Caesar? (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-10-18, 20:03:51 (174.72.186.110)
Are you familiar with the reference and it's meaning? .......
260: Digital Drive, You may want to consider laying off the caffeine. (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-10-18, 20:02:45 (174.72.186.110)
You seem really wound up. I can't decipher your rant other than you are terribly upset with Amir and Abe by association. If you can get past "Amir is a fool" and "Abe is ignorant" and....I don't kno .......
261: Digital Drive, How did that work out for Caesar? (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-10-18, 19:25:03 (174.72.186.110)
Not well I think. .......
262: General Asylum, It probably helps to look at what Van Alstine actually said (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-10-18, 19:09:27 (174.72.186.110)
"As I have explained many times, the problem with "scientific" A-B amp testing is that the amplifiers are connected to a common source and then into a speaker switcher, which can switch either amplifi .......
263: General Asylum, RE: Why ask me? (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-10-18, 18:59:24 (174.72.186.110)
I'd love to see the measurements. Were they somewhere in one of the posts and I missed them? .......
264: Digital Drive, LOL I did ask.... (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-10-18, 16:28:28 (174.72.186.110)
but I also asked what makes them reliable. So? What makes your opinions reliable? I did ask that too. .......
265: Digital Drive, RE: Oh NO! (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-10-18, 16:26:09 (174.72.186.110)
shit happens ;-) .......
266: Digital Drive, "if a number of reliable folks tell you that the DAC sounds great" (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-10-18, 13:39:46 (174.72.186.110)
Who are the "reliable folks"? And what makes them reliable? .......
267: Digital Drive, RE: What attack? Who attacked? (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-10-18, 13:37:35 (174.72.186.110)
So Abe asks who attacked whom and you answer by attacking him and Amir. I guess that works in some really twisted way. Providing an answer to the question by being the answer to the question. ::: TOPI .......
268: General Asylum, And he responded (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-10-18, 08:43:53 (174.72.186.110)
I sent the following to him by email... "As I have explained many times, the problem with "scientific" A-B amp testing is that the amplifiers are connected to a common source and then into a speaker s .......
269: General Asylum, I asked him (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-10-18, 08:17:52 (174.72.186.110)
I'll post his answer if he sends one .......
270: Classical Court, RE: Alas - my schedule just won't allow it (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-10-18, 01:28:03 (174.72.186.110)
Oct 26th at 10:00 AM they are selling tickets for a rehearsal. Might be more revealing than the actual concert .......
271: Classical Court, Why don't you just go see her? (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-10-18, 00:42:26 (174.72.186.110)
Better than Dolby Atmos. She's with the SFSO at Davies Hall Oct 26,27 and 28 .......
272: General Asylum, RE: Just gotta make sure (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-10-17, 17:51:49 (174.72.186.110)
"Frank Van Alstine noted this years ago about comparing amplifiers with an ABX box here. All the box did was combine the feedback loops of both amps!" How does an ABX box read the internal feedback of .......
273: Classical Court, Is the Elgar considered romantic? (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-10-17, 11:56:49 (174.72.186.110)
Certainly not by it's time period. I honestly have never pondered the question before. It is a great concerto .......
274: Classical Court, Elim Chan (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-10-17, 11:53:49 (174.72.186.110)
Just saw her live with Igor Levit at Disney Hall. first Igor Levit. Played Gershwin's concerto in F. He's awesome. Also he directly engaged the audience more than any other soloist I have ever seen. .......
275: General Asylum, RE: Blind test and quantum physics (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-10-13, 16:04:29 (172.56.121.57)
There is no "doctrine" it's merely acknowledgement and respect for verifiable evidence and scientific research. Now if you are really committed to dismissing scientific research and verifiable evidenc .......
276: General Asylum, RE: Blind test and quantum physics (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-10-12, 09:23:19 (24.43.34.146)
Some blind testing involves not knowing what the samples are. BUT...ABX and ABChr the people taking the test do know what A and B are and can reference them as often and as long as they need. ::: TOPI .......
277: General Asylum, RE: Robert Harley dismisses open baffle speakers (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-10-12, 07:45:22 (24.43.34.146)
It also helps a lot that the drivers are cones. .......
278: General Asylum, Depends on your status (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-10-11, 11:43:35 (174.72.186.110)
The science in Star Trek is pretty much garbage. At least it was on Voyager, DS9 and TNG. I think it was during season 3 that Kate Mulgrew asked me if I thought it was a good idea for her to learn mo .......
279: General Asylum, RE: Blind test and quantum physics (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-10-11, 11:03:51 (174.72.186.110)
"Here's the thing. Seems obvious to me that discovering that the objectivists, the live reference types and the all analog brigade offer little to one's purpose is no victory." If by "objectivist" yo .......
280: General Asylum, RE: Quantum mechanics, Newtonian dynamics and human psychology (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-10-11, 09:07:31 (174.72.186.110)
"The robin's eye and QM show a biological connection to the external world and an invisible external world at that, i.e the Earth's magnetic field, possibly." When you or anyone else starts seeing th .......
281: General Asylum, RE: +1 (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-10-11, 08:07:58 (174.72.186.110)
Voyager. And I did give the writers a fair amount of criticism when it came to the science part of their science fiction. They didn't care. .......
282: General Asylum, RE: Quantum mechanics, Newtonian dynamics and human psychology (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-10-10, 17:46:49 (174.72.186.110)
"Nothing to celebrate if you can't see the fancy cable connected up. The carrier charge of the cable takes on quantum observation rules, when it is seen, it sees you, it bonds, becomes empowering on t .......
283: General Asylum, RE: Quantum mechanics, Newtonian dynamics and human psychology (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-10-10, 11:10:55 (174.72.186.110)
100% agreed. I would add though that this is not merely "psychology." It's biology. You can't will away how humans hear and process sound. We did not evolve to be human tape recorders with 100% accur .......
284: General Asylum, Blind tests are merely reality checks (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-10-10, 09:54:05 (174.72.186.110)
Here's what happens in sighted auditions. "This is a wonderful interconnect. It sounded at all times as close to perfectly neutral as I've ever heard in our system. Yet it was always effortlessly musi .......
285: General Asylum, RE: Digital active crossovers (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-10-08, 17:25:25 (174.72.186.110)
I've never really shopped for one. My first digital crossover came with my Sanders 10Es. My second digital crossover came with my BACCH4Mac SP That they offer to owners of Sanders 10Es so that all the .......
286: General Asylum, RE: Break-in for new speakers (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-10-08, 15:32:55 (174.72.186.110)
I would love to get the takes of various speaker manufacturers. I would think this would affect their designs and testing .......
287: General Asylum, RE: I think it has more to do with music preference (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-10-08, 12:57:30 (174.72.186.110)
The lowest note on a Steinway D is 27.5 hz. Maximum SPL is close to 105 db. Lowest note on a large pipe organ 16 hz. Maximum SPL 130+ db. ( of course this is well above normal and no stereo can be ex .......
288: General Asylum, RE: Ok, Ok.... (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-10-08, 10:46:31 (174.72.186.110)
I don't know that there is a simple answer. We also have to consider the room. And we have to consider the quality of the subwoofer. The optimum frequencies for each driver comes into play. I would s .......
289: General Asylum, "enough" ultimately is subjective (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-10-08, 10:12:33 (174.72.186.110)
The formula for figuring out dipole bass attenuation tells us that for even the biggest dipole diaphragms the roll off is starting at around 160 hz. By the time you get down to 40 hz you are looking a .......
290: General Asylum, RE: "My best recollection is that it was close in size to those dimensions, though" (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-10-07, 19:54:03 (174.72.186.110)
Golden ratios are certainly a good call in rectangular rooms for avoiding multiple room modes. It does get complicated though as no room has perfectly flat or perfectly rigid boundaries. Which is a go .......
291: General Asylum, RE: Robert Harley dismisses open baffle speakers (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-10-07, 19:48:03 (174.72.186.110)
"I suppose we should take this to the planar speaker asylum :>)," I think as long as this thread about Robert Harley is allowed to stay here we're fine discussing this here as well. It is directly re .......
292: General Asylum, RE: "My best recollection is that it was close in size to those dimensions, though" (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-10-07, 15:16:22 (174.72.186.110)
IMO his speakers, particularly the latest iterations are world class. But that room certainly has to have a reverb decay time of no less than 1/2 a second or more. I won't argue preferences. If someo .......
293: Classical Court, RE: Interesting...I read sser2's comment differently?... (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-10-07, 13:56:31 (174.72.186.110)
"I interpreted the "standard" comment not to mean limited or restricted but, rather, more commonplace in our listening experience." What exactly is "common place" in the world of modern pianos and con .......
294: General Asylum, RE: and this is what fools believe and get sucked into, so +1 /nt (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-10-07, 10:29:04 (174.72.186.110)
There is a certain irony in "fake" "high end" audio cables. How much do the fake ones cost? .......
295: Classical Court, quick rant, very quick (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-10-06, 23:27:34 (174.72.186.110)
The "standard" sound of modern concert pianos? Modern concert pianos have far far far more variety of sound and personality than those toy pianos. Honestly, forte pianos sound literally broken in per .......
296: General Asylum, RE: One of my goals is a wide, tall listening window. Can DSP help with that ? (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-10-06, 21:42:22 (174.72.186.110)
I'm really out of my area of focus here with that goal. But It's going to be more about radiation patterns than anything else. That goal will probably be best served by designs that follow the Toole/O .......
297: General Asylum, RE: Robert Harley dismisses open baffle speakers (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-10-06, 21:31:15 (174.72.186.110)
They just can't generate enough SPLs because of the cancelation you get from the front and back wave at wavelengths longer than the drivers themselves. .......
298: General Asylum, RE: Robert Harley dismisses open baffle speakers (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-10-06, 17:16:23 (174.72.186.110)
Dipole planar speakers have big issues in the bass. Cone drivers not nearly as much .......
299: General Asylum, RE: Shag? (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-10-06, 16:41:42 (174.72.186.110)
I'm not one to pay attention to fashion trends. Hard floors and audio are vinegar and baking soda. .......
300: General Asylum, RE: I'd rather minimize the use of room treatments and DSP not maximize them. (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-10-06, 16:38:53 (174.72.186.110)
"I'd rather minimize the use of room treatments and DSP not maximize them." All the more reason to have a smaller room rather than a larger room. Bigger rooms, bigger problems, bigger needs for room t .......
301: General Asylum, RE: Glad to hear it. (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-10-06, 08:37:10 (76.87.50.238)
I don't subscribe to the long held beliefs in high end audio about rooms and speakers. The last thing I would want for *any* speaker system is a bigger room. Bigger rooms mean bigger problems. Open b .......
302: General Asylum, RE: Shag? (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-10-05, 18:24:05 (76.87.50.238)
Nope. House was built in 2016. Pretty sure shag went extinct sometime in the early 80s. Although if there were any city in the U.S. where you might find it, Las Vegas would be the likely candidate :: .......
303: General Asylum, RE: It's an amazingly ridiculous demo (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-10-05, 16:28:23 (76.87.50.238)
fortunately the house has padded carpeting .......
304: General Asylum, RE: "Idiocracy incarnate" (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-10-05, 16:27:35 (76.87.50.238)
You may be giving me too much credit. Idiocracy was a movie. Every day it looks more and more like a documentary rather than a comedy about the future. Funny movie if you haven't seen it .......
305: General Asylum, RE: Yes, It's an amazingly ridiculous demo, but (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-10-05, 15:48:28 (76.87.50.238)
hmmm. works when I click on it. .......
306: General Asylum, RE: Yes, It's an amazingly ridiculous demo, but (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-10-05, 15:47:25 (76.87.50.238)
I use nothing but Mogami. They are audibly transparent, well made, reliable, practical and reasonably priced. If any cable sounds different than a Mogami it's coloring the sound. .......
307: General Asylum, RE: Yes, It's an amazingly ridiculous demo, but (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-10-05, 10:24:37 (174.72.186.110)
Cables pretty much don't matter unless they are incompetently or deliberately built to color the sound. I agree though that this video is not evidence of that fact. The video is however a great examp .......
308: Classical Court, We are exactly of the same mind with Arrau and Moravec (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-10-05, 07:12:50 (174.72.186.110)
Before Yuja hit the scene Moravec was by far my all time favorite pianist. He's still a strong strong second. I've never been terribly impressed by Arrau. I completely agree with your take on this pa .......
309: General Asylum, It's an amazingly ridiculous demo (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-10-05, 07:02:27 (174.72.186.110)
I watched this one last night with my jaw sitting on the floor. Bad enough that it was recorded using an Iphone. But it was hand held. The microphone on the Iphone wasn't even in the same position. Ho .......
310: Digital Drive, RE: Using Tascam DA-3000 as a Source... (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-10-04, 17:06:26 (174.72.186.110)
It's a great component. I wish I had not sold mine. Transparent and extremely easy to use .......
311: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: Enormous Harmonic Distortion with Magnepan (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-10-03, 17:47:09 (172.58.36.175)
I certainly appreciate any audiophile who wants minimal harmonic distortion in their speakers. But if you are going to have it anywhere the bass is the best place .......
312: General Asylum, A follow up on Krimuss (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-10-03, 13:01:43 (174.72.186.110)
This was one of the answers I got on the question of "mold release." "I've seen this question come up, and I know the Kirmuss Audio guy has pushed this idea for a long time. The short answer is no, w .......
313: General Asylum, Clannad's farewell tour. If you live or are in L.A. Thursday... (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-10-02, 15:32:55 (174.72.186.110)
This tour has not been properly advertised. As such there are a lot of good seats still available. This is it folks. Their very last concerts ever. .......
314: Classical Court, Maybe this is a hard piece to play well (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-09-29, 18:47:24 (174.72.186.110)
I think Sergei Babayan is a great pianist but he fails to create any sense of a smooth spinning wheel. It's very jagged, uneven and dare I say it...unmusical to my ears. .......
315: Classical Court, RE: Strangely enough, I felt as if I were hearing that more with. . . (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-09-29, 17:13:32 (174.72.186.110)
I thought I was hearing plenty from both. The two differences being that Kissen did it at the expense of the steady spinning wheel effect of the accompaniment and his phrasing lacked the drama and the .......
316: General Asylum, RE: We could definitely use some objective third party testing (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-09-29, 14:41:10 (174.72.186.110)
I talked to techs/supervisors via email from four different pressing plants. The "mold release" is integrated into the vinyl. When you consider that the high frequencies of a vinyl record at low level .......
317: General Asylum, RE: Aren't audio reviewers third party testers? (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-09-28, 20:24:55 (70.93.249.158)
I don't know of any audio reviewers who have the means or methodologies to objectively measure the effectiveness of any record cleaning system. And this is something that is quite objective in nature. .......
318: General Asylum, RE: We could definitely use some objective third party testing (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-09-28, 20:21:18 (70.93.249.158)
I'm not going to say his product is a sham but I think he is completely full of it when he talks about removing "mold release." There is no mold release on the surface of vinyl records. The "mold rele .......
319: Classical Court, RE: Well, first of all, if I were choosing the hardest piece by Liszt. . . (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-09-28, 20:13:44 (70.93.249.158)
Your ears are much better trained than mine but I feel like I am hearing unmistakable phrasing that is independent of the accompaniment with Yuja's performance. .......
320: Classical Court, An unlikely piece to ad to the mix? You tell me (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-09-28, 10:09:12 (174.72.186.110)
The Liszt transcription of Shubert's Gretchen am Spinnrade. A pianist friend of mine was of the opinion that this piece is far more technically difficult to play than it sounds and is nearly impossibl .......
321: General Asylum, We could definitely use some objective third party testing (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-09-28, 09:24:47 (174.72.186.110)
It's pretty hard to separate fact from fiction with record cleaning. I share your skepticism of ultra sonic cleaners. I have used industrial ultra sonic cleaners for my air brushes for years. They ar .......
322: Vinyl Asylum, RE: what did you get? nt (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-09-27, 19:44:18 (174.72.186.110)
Nice! Philips is IMO an under appreciated label in audiophile circles .......
323: Vinyl Asylum, what did you get? nt (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-09-27, 16:56:59 (174.72.186.110)
nt .......
324: General Asylum, RE: My engineering-spideysense tells me that ... (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-09-27, 12:57:17 (174.72.186.110)
which cleaner do you use? I made my own brew years ago and am still using the same batch. I wasn't aware of these "expiration dates." My formula is just a mix of distilled water, gritless soap with n .......
325: General Asylum, Once again trying to make it about me (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-09-27, 12:40:13 (174.72.186.110)
I understand gain matching. I'm not driving any car off any cliff. I don't even use antiquated gear like preamps. That's for audiophiles stuck in the last century who have no clue what the state of t .......
326: Classical Court, RE: I've heard Khatia live in this Stravinsky Petrouchka set myself (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-09-27, 12:14:53 (174.72.186.110)
I also quite like the Pollini. Interesting thing about Khatia. In a lot of ways she is a bit of a throw back to earlier generations that offered very original, often daring performances with all sort .......
327: General Asylum, RE: Reminds me of how stupid it is (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-09-27, 11:40:49 (174.72.186.110)
A discussion on preamp clipping in the link. .......
328: Classical Court, RE: Petrouchka (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-09-27, 09:38:06 (174.72.186.110)
My introduction to this piece was through Yuja. She makes it look easy but that's clearly not fair to other pianists. She was justa kid when this video was recorded. And with all due respect to one o .......
329: Classical Court, RE: "Do you think [Scarbo] is actually technically more difficult than Islamey?" (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-09-27, 08:51:12 (174.72.186.110)
I didn't know that Petrouchka even belonged in the conversation. Is it just technical difficulty or is it a combination of technical difficulty and making these pieces work musically as well? ::: TOPI .......
330: General Asylum, RE: You clearly want to make this about me rather than about audio. (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-09-27, 08:09:30 (174.72.186.110)
That's three times now your posts have been about me personally. I don't think you were trying to help. I think you were just being obnoxious and trying to start a pissing contest. Why would I *need* .......
331: General Asylum, It looks like fun? (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-09-26, 22:32:12 (174.72.186.110)
As much as cleaning records is a PIA this looks like next level PIA. It also looks like an accident waiting to happen. Bad enough getting regular record cleaning fluids on the label and on the table a .......
332: General Asylum, RE: Relating to guitar overdrive sounds when driven into clipping (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-09-26, 21:52:03 (174.72.186.110)
No. I am NOT misunderstanding the context. Why are you trying so hard to make this about me? I have no dog in this fight. As far as I am concerned there is no point in using any tube gear in audio an .......
333: General Asylum, RE: Relating to guitar overdrive sounds when driven into clipping (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-09-26, 19:55:51 (174.72.186.110)
"What matters is that in a Hi-Fi preamp there is no reason to design it in a way that it could ever be overdriven." Perhaps you should take that up with "The Valve Wizard" since it was a quote from hi .......
334: General Asylum, RE: Relating to guitar overdrive sounds when driven into clipping (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-09-26, 19:13:15 (174.72.186.110)
No. This was the quote from the link that talks about the MU-follower "The mu-follower will clip hard when overdriven, producing a rich spectrum of both odd and even harmonics." As someone who doesn .......
335: General Asylum, RE: Relating to guitar overdrive sounds when driven into clipping (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-09-26, 14:46:21 (174.72.186.110)
Not if they are clipping. .......
336: Classical Court, RE: "Man, he's gonna get your ass - (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-09-26, 13:34:33 (174.72.186.110)
It's an awesome piece. Do you think it is actually technically more difficult than Islamey? .......
337: General Asylum, RE: I'm not complaining - knock yourself out! [nt] ;-) (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-09-25, 10:03:38 (174.72.186.110)
I didn't see it as a complaint. But the all too common "ritual" comment I think simply doesn't fit. Cleaning records is first and foremost a utilitarian exercise. That some audiophiles get a ritualist .......
338: General Asylum, RE: Yes - after watching that video, even though I haven't played vinyl since the 80's. . . (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-09-24, 18:37:35 (172.56.208.220)
Sometimes excellence requires a lot of work. Rituals are ceremonies that have no actual physical effect. Cleaning records does. .......
339: Classical Court, RE: Yo Yo Ma (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-09-24, 13:01:03 (174.72.186.110)
An acquaintance of mine, a wonderful jazz singer from Vietnam is named Dong Lan. That's a tough name to work with. But she is a fantastic singer! Never judge a book by it's title. Is that how it goes? .......
340: General Asylum, Great video (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-09-24, 12:48:28 (174.72.186.110)
Looks like a solid record cleaning system. well done .......
341: Classical Court, Yo Yo Ma (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-09-23, 07:25:07 (174.72.186.110)
Would he have been less popular had he been named Yo Ma Ma? .......
342: Vinyl Asylum, RE: That changes it to around $22.00, not too shabby in today's money. BTW, I used $7.50 as a median price.)MT( (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-09-22, 13:19:48 (174.72.186.110)
most of them were $5.00. Only a few were $10.00 .......
343: Vinyl Asylum, Try 1986-1987 (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-09-21, 22:59:25 (174.72.186.110)
That was when those sales were. It was cheap. The records retailed for $15.00-$17.00 at that time .......
344: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Listening to Musique de la Grèce Antique...what a trip (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-09-21, 10:59:25 (174.72.186.110)
Harmonia Mundi has so many great records like this in their catalog. I was very lucky back in the day they used to do big sales at their actual location in Santa Monica. LPs were sold for $5-10 an alb .......
345: Vinyl Asylum, Michael Fremer (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-09-20, 09:01:41 (174.72.186.110)
The guy who can always hear digital steps in any vinyl record and gave two of his highest reviews to records cut from digital files before that fact was revealed. Sure it makes a difference. He can h .......
346: Classical Court, RE: Another problematical new DG recording from LA? (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-09-20, 08:17:49 (174.72.186.110)
The begining of a pattern I fear. But I have to wonder if these recordings could be salvaged with remixes. The best thing about multi miked recordings. They are much more fixable. .......
347: Digital Drive, RE: Digital and analog question (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-09-20, 07:53:24 (174.72.186.110)
But that would require DSP in the transport. That would be by design not by design flaw. .......
348: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: Apogee stage (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-09-19, 12:17:47 (174.72.186.110)
Apogee made some terrific speakers in their day. But IMO this was not one of them. .......
349: Digital Drive, RE: It sounds like a good reason to get rid of your transport all together... (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-09-18, 13:02:44 (174.72.186.110)
*That* sounds like a good reason to do what *you* did. But *that* isn't the issue raised in the OP. .......
350: Digital Drive, RE: It sounds like a good reason to get rid of your transport all together... (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-09-18, 12:27:25 (174.72.186.110)
Were you also hearing rolled off highs from your transport? Is it really a good reason to get a new transport or a good reason to do some careful time synchronized level matched listening tests? ::: .......
351: Digital Drive, RE: I've been promoted from pseudo-skeptic to pathological skeptic. Do I get a certificate? (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-09-18, 11:42:05 (174.72.186.110)
"I think there is more pathology in conflating fuse direction with CD transport operation." This is only an issue if the audiophile has failed to cryogenically treat both the CD transport and the fuse .......
352: Digital Drive, RE: You can't measure everything we can hear (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-09-17, 19:59:04 (174.72.186.110)
Hopefully it was clear that my post was a joke. But what is this hobby about? It's about audio.... But it's about what each individual wants it to be for themselves as audiophiles. If it's audio in s .......
353: Digital Drive, You can't measure everything we can hear (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-09-17, 17:49:09 (174.72.186.110)
And if you believe that I have some magic clocks and $40K power cords to sell you. Amazing improvements that defy any and all measurements. Power cords are responsible for at least 54.58% of the perfo .......
354: Digital Drive, Digital and analog question (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-09-17, 13:22:10 (172.56.85.212)
With an analog audio signal it is extremely easy to create a simple low pass filter to roll high frequencies. So simple that it actually can be done by accident. But in the digital domain, not even ta .......
355: Digital Drive, Digital and analog question (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-09-17, 11:34:53 (172.56.184.249)
With an analog audio signal it is extremely easy to create a simple low pass filter to roll high frequencies. So simple that it actually can be done by accident. But in the digital domain, not even ta .......
356: Digital Drive, RE: Transport question . . . (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-09-16, 21:26:48 (173.197.77.59)
I'd love to know how a transport can roll the highs too. .......
357: General Asylum, RE: I'd call that "Nay-Saying"! (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-09-16, 15:10:13 (139.104.3.48)
I am a member of the Knights who say "Nay!! nay, nay!!!" .......
358: General Asylum, RE: Will two systems give you 10x the power ? (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-09-09, 12:56:06 (174.72.186.110)
Or we can use EQ. Boost the midrange from 500hz-3Khz by 7-8 db and roll off the bass starting from about 8hz down by 8 or so db down at 20 hz and with full frequency content you pretty much get double .......
359: General Asylum, Ah... (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-09-09, 10:58:39 (174.72.186.110)
Thanks for the clarification I tend to think of those as swarm bass arrays. I was already familiar with that idea. So as to swarm bass arrays or distributed bass arrays... They also do not "break up" .......
360: General Asylum, RE: Perceptual loudness however is spectral content dependent (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-09-09, 08:25:07 (174.72.186.110)
It is a moving target. The sensitivity curve varies with the SPL. So what that means is *the difference* in perceptual loudness between my earlier example of 80 hz at 80 db and 3khz at 80 db will be d .......
361: General Asylum, It's complicated (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-09-08, 16:58:50 (174.72.186.110)
"perceived loudness" is really complicated. SPLs are easy to measure. How amplifier power affects SPLs is easy to calculate. Perceptual loudness however is spectral content dependent. 80 db SPL at 80 .......
362: General Asylum, RE: OK, now try this on. (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-09-08, 16:38:23 (174.72.186.110)
"To my understanding you don't set up the speakers as you describe. For it to work properly, the subs have to be placed asymmetrically. So its not absorbing the bass at the wall behind the listener. A .......
363: Classical Court, RE: queue? (The spelling and grammar Nazi strikes again!) [nt] ;-) (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-09-08, 13:46:14 (174.72.186.110)
If spelling Nazis are present I may as well be French. .......
364: General Asylum, RE: My advice is to read up on it. (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-09-08, 13:41:58 (174.72.186.110)
I did read up on it. And it could be we are getting hung up over the term "break up." the idea is pretty easy to understand. You have front and back bass arrays. the front array creates a kind of a fl .......
365: General Asylum, RE: You can break up standing waves using a DBA (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-09-08, 12:39:14 (174.72.186.110)
yeah, dyslexia strikes again. Constantly reversing the M and the N. Thanks for the correction. I really do need to get this properly memorized. .......
366: General Asylum, A very interesting presentation from Trinnov that addresses DBAs (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-09-08, 08:24:49 (174.72.186.110)
The Trinnov system is sort of taking that idea but adding a great deal more control .......
367: Classical Court, second that. Welcome! nt (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-09-07, 19:32:30 (174.72.186.110)
nt .......
368: Classical Court, RE: Hurwitz Doesn't Like the Set, Either... (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-09-07, 19:31:21 (174.72.186.110)
Yep, that's Mori .......
369: Classical Court, RE: Hurwitz Doesn't Like the Set, Either... (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-09-07, 18:48:37 (174.72.186.110)
As much as I am a piano fan I am certainly no expert. I have been very lucky to become friends with Mori who is an expert on a true genius level. One of his "tricks" if the pianist is down with it is .......
370: Classical Court, RE: After a brief listen I don't like the recording quality (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-09-07, 18:39:17 (174.72.186.110)
I would have to download it off of my computer and load it into my music library on my system. Something I do plan to do actually. But it will be a while. The cue is long on doing things like that. :: .......
371: General Asylum, RE: You can break up standing waves using a DBA (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-09-07, 18:37:31 (174.72.186.110)
"This statement is false." Based on what actual factual information? "Try it and see." Trying DBAs will not inform me that room nodes can be broken up without changing room boundaries. I don't doubt .......
372: General Asylum, I will definitely do some more research on the DBA system but... (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-09-07, 15:36:25 (174.72.186.110)
"A Distributed Bass Array works by breaking up standing waves in the room." You can't break up standing waves, or more accurately room nodes other than by changing the dimensions of the room. Whateve .......
373: Classical Court, RE: Hurwitz Doesn't Like the Set, Either... (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-09-07, 15:12:30 (174.72.186.110)
"Well I really can't agree here." It is OK to disagree "Her new recording has the same balance as you might get from bootleg recordings, i.e. the "right" one from an audience perspective." And there .......
374: Classical Court, RE: Are you referring to ALL the concertos, or just certain ones? (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-09-07, 15:01:29 (174.72.186.110)
This much I can tell you. that was recorded by the previous house recording engineer for L.A. Phil. They got a new one just a few years ago. The general consensus was that the new guy was a huge step .......
375: Classical Court, RE: After a brief listen I don't like the recording quality (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-09-07, 14:55:41 (174.72.186.110)
I suspect we are listening to the same recordings. It definitely was not the "usual set up." These concerts were unmistakably miked differently and recorded differently. I do agree that the piano tone .......
376: General Asylum, " Essentially, your understanding as you stated above is backwards." (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-09-07, 12:35:10 (174.72.186.110)
That is certainly possible. My understanding on how bass traps work is that they absorb bass so as to reduce reverberation. How do DBAs do it? My understanding is that they disperse the energy throu .......
377: Classical Court, RE: "The piano completely dominated over the orchestra" (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-09-07, 12:30:18 (174.72.186.110)
I certainly don't want to start a scandal but she trusted the engineer based on his rep and on his confidence. .......
378: Classical Court, RE: Hurwitz Doesn't Like the Set, Either... (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-09-07, 11:34:44 (174.72.186.110)
"The piano completely dominated over the orchestra, and the balance is not that dissimilar to what we get in the new recording. I'm afraid decades of engineering preferences especially in the digital .......
379: General Asylum, RE: FWIW Dept.: If you want to fix bass in a room (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-09-07, 11:28:41 (174.72.186.110)
"A DBA will do about 95% of what is needed. DSP and bass traps do the remaining 5% in most cases." I'd like to see some compelling evidence for that. As far as I can tell at this point DBA is a large .......
380: Digital Drive, RE: Insinuations of "Inferiority"........ (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-09-07, 10:04:07 (174.72.186.110)
>>> Mel's original post: "For those who believe only in the 1s and 0s, including the folks at ASR, nothing will convice them for it simply cannot be. The problem, of course, is that many of us have he .......
381: General Asylum, Not easily (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-09-06, 16:34:09 (174.72.186.110)
It's going to require a custom active crossover that will possibly require a different audio interface than the RME Babyface that is stock with the BACCH4Mac. The BACCH filters have to be the last one .......
382: Digital Drive, RE: This Isn't Constructive....... (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-09-06, 15:46:34 (174.72.186.110)
"Someone claiming to hear differences is *not* "misrepresentation of facts"..... It is merely his/her perception....... It should never even be construed as "facts"....." Really depends what exactly t .......
383: Classical Court, WHAT? They BOTH died at the same time?! (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-09-06, 14:58:56 (174.72.186.110)
What a coincidental tragedy. all apologies to those triggered by death related jokes. .......
384: General Asylum, I do want to thank you Freo-1 (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-09-06, 14:56:11 (174.72.186.110)
for sparking a discussion on AA that is actually interesting and about things that actually work. Such threads are becoming like unicorns on this forum .......
385: General Asylum, RE: If you want to fix bass problems, you'll want to start with a DBA (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-09-06, 14:53:03 (174.72.186.110)
Trinnov has something in the works that is a combo of subwoofer arrays and very advanced DSP to in effect create a flat single horizontal waveform for the bass that will dodge room nodes to a large de .......
386: Digital Drive, RE: This Isn't Constructive....... (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-09-06, 03:09:46 (174.72.186.110)
"A DBT tests a product involving a control (placebo) group of people and a test (actual product) group of people, and gather the collective opinions of both groups...... Each individual in both group .......
387: General Asylum, RE: It does more than phase correction (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-09-05, 08:41:08 (174.72.186.110)
"Stating that it just does phase correction is an over simplification." I did state it as much as I asked if it did more than that. So along with the phase alignment it also allows some EQ and has a s .......
388: Classical Court, After a brief listen I don't like the recording quality (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-09-04, 21:08:42 (174.72.186.110)
I will reserve final judgement when I listen to the vinyl. But the piano is huge and the orchestra is small and way off in the distance. I feel like the violins are barely there. And I can hear shifts .......
389: General Asylum, *that* would be interesting! But based on the TAS review it does not seem to be (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-09-04, 14:25:26 (174.72.186.110)
I actually have active bass traps from PSI in Switzerland that operate on that principle. Very effective in the deep bass regions. but you have to spend a lot of time positioning them and measuring th .......
390: General Asylum, RE: Speaker Active Matching (SAM) A truly remarkable step forward. (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-09-04, 14:22:14 (174.72.186.110)
After reading the review this seems to be pretty much just phase correction for the low pass filter of a speaker's crossover. Am I missing something? And that is what it is then what does it offer ove .......
391: General Asylum, Hybrids are cone speakers in effect (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-09-04, 14:14:07 (174.72.186.110)
The bass drivers are cones. Dipole planar bass is a very very different animal. .......
392: General Asylum, RE: I did specifically choose hyperbole to mean exaggeration not false (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-09-04, 13:49:57 (174.72.186.110)
"But the manufacturer and reviewer are trying to add some differentiator mystery with their text and rightfully so to protect their technical approach" I certainly hope this is not true for a number o .......
393: Digital Drive, we can test for sure (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-09-04, 12:32:13 (174.72.186.110)
but we can not convince Mel that the results reflect true audibility. That was where Mel and I agree.........sort of? For different reasons for sure. .......
394: General Asylum, RE: Sounds like you didn't read the review. Not hyperbole. Bloody works. (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-09-04, 11:47:23 (174.72.186.110)
I don't trust reviewers. .......
395: General Asylum, Looks interesting (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-09-04, 11:45:47 (174.72.186.110)
unfortunately not available for my speakers .......
396: Digital Drive, RE: What a Load of BS. Yes, A Full Load! (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-09-03, 21:52:10 (174.72.186.110)
>> Yes, my "aural perception is some sort of infallible truth detector." And you can't prove otherwise.>> While I do not share your confidence in your or any other human being's infallible reliability .......
397: Classical Court, RE: Somebody should invent a digital "box"... (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-09-03, 14:37:33 (174.72.186.110)
It's not going to be an issue on physical media .......
398: Digital Drive, I guess it's time to ruffle some feathers (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-09-03, 10:11:24 (174.72.186.110)
"For those who believe only in the 1s and 0s, including the folks at ASR, nothing will convice them for it simply cannot be." That's B.S. I am easily convinced by one thing. Objective verifiable evid .......
399: Classical Court, Yes I do know (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-09-03, 08:31:38 (174.72.186.110)
But that is private. Sorry for the tease....:-) But I will mention that to the best of my knowledge they have only met in person twice. Once a few years back when they were both in San Francisco and m .......
400: Classical Court, RE: Somebody should invent a digital "box"... (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-09-03, 08:28:34 (174.72.186.110)
That's not good. .......
401: Vinyl Asylum, RE: A Discussion About What Level Of Analog To Stop At Given Room Effects (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-09-03, 00:05:12 (174.72.186.110)
Bigger rooms make for bigger problems and require bigger solutions. The bigger the room the more bass to trap, the more reflections to absorb. .......
402: Vinyl Asylum, RE: A Discussion About What Level Of Analog To Stop At Given Room Effects (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-09-03, 00:02:13 (174.72.186.110)
adjust the room to the speakers. Put your turntables on real isolation devices. The room isn't an issue for them other than suspended floors. .......
403: Digital Drive, RE: Don't get me wrong... (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-09-02, 17:02:18 (174.72.186.110)
Your point and position make perfect sense. Anyone who spends most of a life time as a music lover at what is arguably near fanatical level (not a criticism I am right there with you) is bound to accu .......
404: Digital Drive, RE: I don't think I ever had one, but now to try to bring this back on point (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-09-02, 13:45:52 (174.72.186.110)
" "With labels like Telarc and Windham Hill, they have gaps in the catalog." I see you like that audiophile 'special effects' stuff ;-)" I confess, I missed the humor part. .......
405: Digital Drive, I don't think I ever had one, but now to try to bring this back on point (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-09-02, 10:48:55 (174.72.186.110)
Estat's initial point was that streaming services like Qobuz will likely have gaps in their catalog and music lovers with diverse and eclectic tastes will not be able to fully rely on Qobuz for 100% c .......
406: Digital Drive, I wouldn't know (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-09-02, 10:03:57 (174.72.186.110)
I use other sources for my test signals. But Estat seemed to find it very useful in his setup .......
407: Classical Court, I've heard Yuja sing (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-09-01, 19:47:39 (174.72.186.110)
not good. .......
408: Digital Drive, RE: Far... (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-09-01, 10:15:14 (174.72.186.110)
I have no idea. I don't have Qobuz. But a complete set of test files for audio would seem to be a great addition to any streaming service. The Stereophile test CD is OK but there is room for improveme .......
409: Digital Drive, RE: Far... (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-08-31, 21:09:46 (174.72.186.110)
He says he has eclectic taste. If there are gaps in the Telarc and Windham Hill catalogs on Qobuz I would suspect there would be many other missing titles for anyone with eclectic taste in music. ::: .......
410: Digital Drive, RE: My latest scheme to rip 1000 CDs (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-08-31, 21:05:25 (174.72.186.110)
Why would you assume the mastering and transfers match between any and all variations of any given recording on CD/SACD/DVD-A or BluRay Audio and Qubuz? .......
411: Digital Drive, RE: Plain incompentence with the Raspberry Pi ? (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-08-30, 14:19:50 (174.72.186.110)
Mac Minis are transparent. Ultimately they are as good as the signal processing that is programmed into them but they have no sound of their own. .......
412: Classical Court, I'm a fan of Yo Yo Ma.... (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-08-29, 18:56:09 (174.72.186.110)
as an ambassador for classical music. But as an elite soloist not so much. I did get to see the non public side of his personality when he face timed Yuja and friends in San Francisco. He has a wicke .......
413: Classical Court, Let's put it this way... (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-08-28, 18:25:32 (174.72.186.110)
Classical musicians don't strike fear in the hearts of others with their street fighting skills. Definitely not 80 year old conductors. .......
414: Digital Drive, RE: And you read... (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-08-28, 12:38:52 (174.72.186.110)
It's also ironic given his choice in amplification. Very pretty chassis. Beyond that "not much of anything else." You can get two watts of transparent power for a lot less money if you are willing to .......
415: Digital Drive, RE: Measureable and audible distortion..... (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-08-25, 10:58:24 (174.72.186.110)
>> - You also seem to prefer the sound of your 15+ year old Don Allen modified Philips CDC935 CD changer where the main mod is the vacuum tube output stage. These mods imply to me that you prefer the .......
416: Digital Drive, RE: " Measurable and audible distortion" (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-08-25, 10:49:34 (174.72.186.110)
"I'd have to dig it up from past research but there was a jitter spectrum chart specifically comparing TOSLINK Optical vs async USB for hifi audio - not some unrelated research paper. TOSLINK Optical .......
417: Digital Drive, RE: The Toslink standard itself (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-08-24, 19:16:09 (174.72.186.110)
But none of that are actual objective measurements. Audibility doesn't just depend on the listener. It also depends on the actual distortion added to the audio signal. Since I don't trust anecdotal e .......
418: Classical Court, RE: John Elliot Gardiner doesn't pull his punches... (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-08-24, 13:12:32 (174.72.186.110)
I heard some stories about things he said the LSO members that were pretty horrifying. Something to the effect that one individual was making the sound of a dick slapping a face. .......
419: Digital Drive, " Measurable and audible distortion" (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-08-24, 08:47:08 (174.72.186.110)
"- It's not a pre-conceived notion that the measurable jitter distortion is factually much higher in the ancient TOSLINK Optical interface vs async USB when coupled to modern DACs." Are there any actu .......
420: General Asylum, RE: Ironically the ideal of perfection has been such a point of debate (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-08-23, 12:56:43 (172.56.209.241)
A few? It's virtually every commercial classical recording since magnetic tape. .......
421: General Asylum, That is true, but (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-08-23, 09:29:59 (174.72.186.110)
I can't think of any such recordings that present a near unrealistic level of perfection in the performance. I'm talking strictly classical .......
422: Classical Court, Thank you for proving my point ;-) (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-08-22, 16:46:48 (174.72.186.110)
too easy. Had to do it .......
423: Classical Court, RE: I'm not a psychiatrist (can I even spell it correctly).. (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-08-21, 19:50:51 (174.72.186.110)
I'm not a psychiatrist either. I only go by what people actually say one these forums. I don't try to psychoanalyze them. I showed you what Rod said. I took it at face value. He singled me out. He di .......
424: Classical Court, RE: Pentatone issued a couple of those recordings in quad on SACD's (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-08-21, 18:36:04 (174.72.186.110)
That would be nice but it does not appear to be on the agenda. I'm not even sure they could. These LPs were quite literally mixed on the fly while they were cut from the 4 track analog tapes. Hopefull .......
425: General Asylum, Ironically the ideal of perfection has been such a point of debate (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-08-21, 17:41:24 (174.72.186.110)
in Classical music. Often times technical perfection is criticized in classical music as a sign of inadequate passion in the performance. The conflict has often been attributed to recordings that are .......
426: Classical Court, RE: Name one person who has actually been 'banned' from AA... (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-08-21, 17:00:06 (174.72.186.110)
How would I know? I don't keep records of AA membership. Here is what Rod said. "I asked you to just agree to to disagree. Banning is my only other option in the future." Is he full of shit? And by .......
427: Classical Court, RE: I check the General forum almost daily (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-08-21, 15:55:19 (174.72.186.110)
I know you don't buy any vinyl. But DG also has some cool CD releases with autograph cards. They are not neglecting any of their markets. It's such a fresh turnaround. DG was really dropping the ball .......
428: Classical Court, "I'm not suggesting you go anywhere. YOU are the one doing that." (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-08-21, 15:52:19 (174.72.186.110)
that was Rod. I was simply acknowledging what he said. I have only walked away from the Usenet audio forums and that was because they stopped being about audio. If you buy any of the DG LPs I'd love .......
429: Classical Court, Ya think? (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-08-21, 15:12:15 (174.72.186.110)
But Goober was perfectly fine in that thread...yeah not personal at all... Did you find anything useful in my post about the latest DG LPs? .......
430: Classical Court, RE: Pentatone issued a couple of those recordings in quad on SACD's (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-08-21, 13:34:32 (174.72.186.110)
These stereo mixdowns are really special. As for my "problematic posts" they are on the general forum. Clearly Rod has a problem with them. Or more precisely, with me personally. What happens happens .......
431: Classical Court, A post that may belong here or in the vinyl section. I dunno... (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-08-21, 13:06:16 (174.72.186.110)
Classical vinyl!! Not sure if these have been discussed before or if even I have posted about them before. So at the risk of being redundant....there's some great stuff coming out of DG these days. An .......
432: Classical Court, RE: DAAOTD (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-08-21, 07:43:36 (174.72.186.110)
"enthusiasm and excitement for Dolby Atmos, so thanks for your patience!" Not at all. Even as a user of an alternative system to Dolby Atmos. It's actual information. Something that makes many audioph .......
433: General Asylum, RE: Laugh! In response to my response to the OP (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-08-21, 07:24:09 (174.72.186.110)
OK so first off you aren't going to man up and own any of the bull**** you attributed to me. I guess that shouldn't surprise me. So let's go over your original claim and why it is simply factually wro .......
434: General Asylum, One one more point of irony for ya Goob... (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-08-21, 00:03:22 (174.72.186.110)
That $400.00 amp....If you are a DIYer here ya go.... .......
435: General Asylum, RE: It's time to agree to disagree, Scott.... (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-08-20, 23:51:08 (174.72.186.110)
"How about you reveal that $400 amp" Where did I say anything about a $400.00 amp? Please cite a quote of me saying anything about a $400.00 amp. This is what I actually did say directly to you. I lov .......
436: General Asylum, Hey Rod M. Do I have permission to answer Goober's questions? (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-08-20, 22:18:22 (174.72.186.110)
Or is this a one sided shut down on your part? .......
437: General Asylum, RE: It's time to agree to disagree, Scott.... (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-08-20, 22:16:58 (174.72.186.110)
Why would you aim that at me and not Goober? .......
438: General Asylum, I think I can explain this apparent conflict (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-08-20, 19:37:29 (174.72.186.110)
Back in the day when folks like JGH and Harry Pearson at The Absolute Sound were editors of subjective audio review magazines. The prevailing belief among the reviewers at these two journals was that .......
439: General Asylum, RE: "transparent" versus "colored"? (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-08-20, 19:07:50 (174.72.186.110)
>> You don't need any "system compromises" to enjoy euphonic colorations. Or whatever you would rather call distortions that subjectively sound better.>> > At every price point there will be performan .......
440: General Asylum, RE: "transparent" versus "colored"? (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-08-20, 13:26:41 (174.72.186.110)
>> Can you think of a better, less demeaning term to apply to distortions that make something sound subjectively better? A rose by any other name is still a rose" (yep, I'm quoting Shakespeare) >> > A .......
441: General Asylum, RE: "transparent" versus "colored"? (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-08-20, 11:15:30 (174.72.186.110)
"When it comes to studio recordings or lessor quality live recordings transparency doesn't make sense to me as there is no live performance to judge transparency. A less colored system might be more .......
442: General Asylum, RE: That approach (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-08-19, 14:21:05 (174.72.186.110)
It shouldn't put any wrench into it. There are no mysteries to the nature of transfer functions of audio components and cables. It's not that big a deal to measure cables under a dummy load. It's been .......
443: General Asylum, RE: The speaker plays the largest role here (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-08-19, 11:11:34 (174.72.186.110)
"It can be argued that all speakers sound "coloured" compared to the actual recording." You can't compare a speaker to a recording. A recording is a stored electrical signal. It has no sound without s .......
444: General Asylum, RE: I think so (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-08-19, 00:44:21 (174.72.186.110)
"Yea sure and quantifying and prioritizing measurements is an objective endeavor or a subjective one?" The measurements are objective. The preferences are subjective. We figure out what we like, we me .......
445: General Asylum, RE: "transparent" versus "colored"? (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-08-19, 00:15:28 (174.72.186.110)
"Where would one measure the signal coming IN to actual source component (CDP or TT) so that measurement could be compared to the signal OUT (of the CDP or TT)?" The output of those components using t .......
446: General Asylum, RE: "transparent" versus "colored"? (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-08-18, 20:34:54 (174.72.186.110)
there is no such thing as neutral on the recording end of it. To make an analogy. You can take a photo using a 20mm lens a 50mm lens or a 100mm lens. All are different. But none of them are any more o .......
447: General Asylum, RE: "transparent" versus "colored"? (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-08-18, 20:05:56 (174.72.186.110)
"But I guess my question was: does the consumers gear color it or is it transparent and how do we know." Mastering engineers and recording engineers have to monitor their work using speakers or headph .......
448: General Asylum, RE: I think so (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-08-18, 20:03:37 (174.72.186.110)
IMO accuracy is a good starting point and measurements provide a good map. If one ends on accuracy and it makes them happy so be it. If one ends on euphonic colorations and that makes them happy so be .......
449: General Asylum, RE: "transparent" versus "colored"? (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-08-18, 19:57:28 (174.72.186.110)
of course but that is sound production not sound recording and playback. Concert halls should never never never be conflated with listening rooms. They serve nearly opposite functions .......
450: General Asylum, RE: "transparent" versus "colored"? (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-08-18, 19:41:46 (174.72.186.110)
"If the definition of "transparent" is that "transparent" is the sound of the recording as it sounded when it was mastered (nothing added by the consumer's playback gear)," That's not the definition o .......
451: General Asylum, "you have to spend a lot of money to get high levels of distortion from amplifiers :)" (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-08-18, 11:48:31 (174.72.186.110)
That made me laugh. "Since I got back into vinyl a couple of years ago and knowing the levels of distortion present in that process my gut feeling is that low distortion reproduction is actually blan .......
452: General Asylum, There is no simple answer (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-08-18, 11:39:25 (174.72.186.110)
Different distortions have different levels where they become audible. Harmonic distortion is certainly VERY frequency dependent. The further the distortion is from the fundamental the less the funda .......
453: General Asylum, depends (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-08-17, 03:43:54 (174.72.186.110)
On the individual design. .......
454: General Asylum, RE: My raw AC power vs regenerated AC power chart - pic (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-08-16, 09:40:18 (174.72.186.110)
Amplifiers aside, these things can easily be tested as they apply to any line level component. You can do null tests with matching components with and without all the powerline tweaks. .......
455: General Asylum, RE: My raw AC power vs regenerated AC power chart - pic (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-08-16, 08:44:28 (174.72.186.110)
The measurement that would matter would be from the DC output of the internal power supply of any given component. In some ways these $10K power cords and other tweaks are kind of an insult to the mak .......
456: General Asylum, RE: How about a dedicated line or lines (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-08-15, 18:45:47 (174.72.186.110)
My opinion of power issues in audio from the power grid to the components is that any properly designed audio component will have more than sufficient filtering in the internal power supply/ DC conver .......
457: General Asylum, It's not about me (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-08-15, 17:24:31 (174.72.186.110)
I was just asking *you* how *you* drew *your* conclusions. That's all. Sorry if there is some sense of shame or other reasons you wouldn't want to share that information. .......
458: General Asylum, I don't trust anything I can't see with my own eyes (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-08-15, 17:14:20 (174.72.186.110)
I don't think atoms are real .......
459: General Asylum, Listening. How much time between A and B when you make comparisons? (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-08-15, 16:59:37 (174.72.186.110)
I am assuming that since we are talking about anything and everything between the Circuit breaker box and the receptacles on your components we are talking at least 10 minutes between samples? Have yo .......
460: General Asylum, RE: And why are you all bothering with so much low fi power? Here's REAL high end power (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-08-15, 14:12:28 (174.72.186.110)
Wouldn't it be fun to have someone go under cover and expose the inner workings of this bullshit? I'm sure many folks selling snake oil in audio actually believe their own bullshit. I am very very ver .......
461: General Asylum, "Modern homes are littered with myriad digital devices using switch mode power supplies." (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-08-15, 13:45:50 (174.72.186.110)
OK, that is true. But from there how does one conclude that these devices are creating audible distortions in the stereo system through the AC power lines from the building's circuit breaker box all .......
462: General Asylum, It's both shocking and enLIGHTeNING. Think about it... (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-08-15, 12:02:10 (174.72.186.110)
How much worse would the quality of the AC power be if those poor electrons had to travel miles? They would be exhausted. I can't imagine tired electrons sounding good at all to any "critical listener .......
463: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: dbx venu360 dsp crossover (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-08-15, 11:53:18 (174.72.186.110)
What do you think would be a better option? I think the DBX might be overkill in a way since it offers so many more features than are used in this configuration but the room measurements and the para .......
464: Classical Court, RE: A stray 2007 reissue now remastered in Dolby Atmos: Harnoncourt's Haydn (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-08-15, 09:26:19 (174.72.186.110)
"I changed my tune on Harnoncourt (no pun intended) about 15 years ago when I discovered what a great conductor he could be when extricated from that godawful Concentus Musicus Wien HIP orchestra." I .......
465: General Asylum, And why are you all bothering with so much low fi power? Here's REAL high end power (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-08-15, 08:51:32 (174.72.186.110)
Anything less is a joke. SRX AC Cable MSRP $10,000 / 6ft. $1,000 per addl. foot Galileo PowerCell SX Beyond 11. Global MSRP $27,995 and is limited to 50 units world-wide (with included 6ft SRX Power C .......
466: General Asylum, If it's good enough for Synergistic Research it should be good enough for you! (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-08-15, 08:32:57 (174.72.186.110)
The Purple Duplex has an entirely new mechanical and material formulation selected during Double-Blind Testing, where we compared different duplex designs, choosing the one that sounded best. We then .......
467: Classical Court, RE: Shall we bring John Williams into the conversation (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-08-14, 11:18:44 (174.72.186.110)
These two guys are a hoot. Love their channel .......
468: Classical Court, RE: I always admired Steve Allen.... (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-08-14, 11:14:16 (174.72.186.110)
Steve Allen was in many ways a likable guy and multi-talented but IMO he thought he knew more about music than he actual did. His dismissal of Rock music was evidence to that effect. He did write a lo .......
469: General Asylum, RE: So, I'll leave it with this (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-08-14, 11:02:22 (174.72.186.110)
"As previously stated, I'll stick with what experience has taught me with tubes." That works for you. It doesn't work for me. I want something more reliable than personal sighted auditions as a refere .......
470: General Asylum, OK so you don't understand the subject of sound quality (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-08-14, 10:24:19 (174.72.186.110)
If you don't want to argue then don't jump into discussions while failing to understand the actual discussions. If you keep doing so you will keep running into arguments. Haven't you figured that much .......
471: General Asylum, RE: Nope. (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-08-14, 10:22:00 (174.72.186.110)
"You're jumping to extremes." Extremes better illustrate the mechanisms in play with casual auditions that ignore the very real psychoacoustic effects of such auditions. "Major difference between tub .......
472: General Asylum, No I am not confusing anything (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-08-14, 10:06:15 (174.72.186.110)
This is about sound quality. Do understand what sound quality is and how it is determined? here is a hint, it has nothing to do with Watches, Automobiles, Guns, Shoes, Windows or Telescopes The sound .......
473: General Asylum, RE: Disagree (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-08-14, 07:52:28 (174.72.186.110)
I simply do not share your faith and the faith of others in anecdotal evidence. It is the basis upon which $40K power cords and magic rocks are sold. .......
474: General Asylum, RE: Nonsense. Snake oil disguised as science (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-08-13, 20:48:03 (174.72.186.110)
On the contrary, I suspect that *most* differences in the sound of tube gear is based on circuit design. MOST not all. and this is what I *suspect* But audible distortion from tube equipment is real. .......
475: Classical Court, RE: Does this sound plausible??? (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-08-13, 19:01:07 (174.72.186.110)
Sounds very plausible. But the funniest ripoff of all time in Bob Marley ripping off the Banana Splits theme song with Buffalo Soldiers .......
476: General Asylum, RE: Nonsense. Snake oil disguised as science (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-08-13, 18:24:33 (174.72.186.110)
"I know for a fact that different manufactures of a given tube type DO sound different." I don't doubt that. I don't think anyone actually disputes that either. But with tubes we can measure huge diff .......
477: General Asylum, a follow up (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-08-13, 17:17:25 (174.72.186.110)
I did check some of the details on their gear. They do indeed offer upgrades to the "Cary Audio uses the highest quality components available within the audio circuit, resulting in extraordinary sound .......
478: General Asylum, It wasn't rhetorical question (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-08-13, 17:04:59 (174.72.186.110)
But I did offer one possible answer to it. As did you. Just because we can't expect to verify any of our speculative answers doesn't make the question rhetorical. And I'll take it a step further and .......
479: General Asylum, RE: Porsche (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-08-13, 16:47:17 (174.72.186.110)
Does Porsche claim that their stock brakes are as good as brakes can get? Cary clearly claims they use the best components available in their stock items. Here is the quote from their website. "Cary A .......
480: General Asylum, I don't ask (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-08-13, 15:36:51 (174.72.186.110)
because I don't expect a candid answer. Every audio company ultimately lives and dies by sales. Very few are willing to risk alienating a large customer base by expressing opinions that may not be pop .......
481: General Asylum, RE: Nonsense. Snake oil disguised as science (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-08-13, 15:10:53 (174.72.186.110)
"From working on tube amps for a long time, I can report capacitators, tubes, resistors (non inductive) can make a difference regarding sound." That falls into the category of anecdotal evidence. Anec .......
482: General Asylum, RE: Nonsense. Snake oil disguised as science (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-08-13, 14:10:56 (174.72.186.110)
Or maybe they don't think any of those things make a difference but want to please their customers who do. From their own webpage "Cary Audio uses the highest quality components available within the a .......
483: General Asylum, "opinion as *fact*" (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-08-13, 10:42:32 (174.72.186.110)
Unfortunately a lot of audiophiles fail to distinguish between opinion stated as fact and fact stated as fact as well as fact stated as opinion. Facts don't care how we feel about them. .......
484: General Asylum, RE: Nonsense. Snake oil disguised as science (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-08-13, 10:35:28 (174.72.186.110)
Why do you suppose they wouldn't make the wiring stock if they thought it sounded better? .......
485: General Asylum, RE: I have a pretty good handle on how the industry works (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-08-11, 22:32:10 (76.90.42.46)
whether or not anyone gives upon audio is on them. What is the alternative though? Hearing one side and not being made aware of the fact that it is one side of a hotly debated topic? Which side shoul .......
486: General Asylum, RE: I have a pretty good handle on how the industry works (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-08-11, 21:30:27 (76.90.42.46)
The divergence of opinions are pretty universal throughout audio. It's probably something a newbe *should* be exposed to. Now that I think about it that topic might be the first thing any newbe needs .......
487: General Asylum, a little bit creepy though nt. (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-08-11, 02:13:33 (76.90.42.46)
nt .......
488: General Asylum, RE: I just noticed you made some changes to your system listing. (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-08-10, 19:46:15 (172.56.120.245)
Yeah, I deleted it. Where did you get that old listing? .......
489: General Asylum, RE: Nobody said anything about scams? (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-08-10, 17:04:53 (76.90.42.46)
"I doubt that I have ever owned a transparent system." Nobody has. Transparency definitely ends at the speaker terminals. "But on hearing the differences: The most significant example of a sonic chan .......
490: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Plangent (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-08-10, 15:45:06 (172.56.120.119)
If only the audiophile reissue labels would use it. Plangent process represents the state of the art it analog tape transfer sound quality. IMO it should be used exclusively in transferring analog tap .......
491: General Asylum, The thiught of being a newbe trying to navigate the mine field of misinformation...- (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-08-10, 15:11:32 (172.56.120.127)
Turns my stomach. I have no idea what sort of advice you get from a dealer these days but if YouTube is any indicator I'd advise any newbe to ignore everything a dealer says. But I really don't know w .......
492: General Asylum, RE: Nobody said anything about scams? (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-08-10, 14:04:32 (172.56.121.159)
That is what I mean by transparent. No audible change to the signal other than gain. I actually very much like some colorations. I love the sound of tubes and vinyl. I get my tube color from tube simu .......
493: General Asylum, RE: Another perspective... (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-08-10, 13:56:44 (172.56.121.231)
The ATCs are tri-amped with an active crossover. The additional cost is not exactly exuberant for all of that. .......
494: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: Read the offer again (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-08-10, 10:49:07 (172.56.121.55)
Ah, I missed the pair of Magtechs. The dbx unit is included with the speakers. Personally I opted for a less expensive higher powered amp for the bass but that is a much more reasonable price. State o .......
495: General Asylum, RE: Another perspective... (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-08-10, 09:06:24 (172.56.121.39)
Which active loudspeaker manufacturers are you referring to? .......
496: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: Sanders complete system (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-08-09, 21:40:30 (172.56.121.5)
I'd just buy new. They are 20K new not 27K and new they come with a 30 day trial. Full refund if you are not satisfied .......
497: General Asylum, RE: Nobody said anything about scams? (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-08-09, 20:16:01 (216.4.95.179)
"OP typed: "The purveyors of this "matching in cost" baloney should be branded as the shucksters they are."" I thought he was referring to reviewers. But even if he were referring to manufacturers I w .......
498: General Asylum, RE: Scams aren't a matter of price points. Scams are a matter of honest vs dishonest representation of the product (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-08-09, 16:20:05 (172.56.121.66)
What made you think that? No one said anything about scams until you brought it up. .......
499: General Asylum, Yes, good is subjective (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-08-09, 15:58:01 (66.78.232.73)
"Seriously???" Quite seriously "I thought that you and OP were saying that people who thought that electronics beyond a certain price point sounded better than cheaper electronics were mistaken? But n .......
500: General Asylum, RE: The quality of electronics in the signal path can and often does matter (0.00)
Posted by Analog Scott on 2023-08-08, 20:04:40 (216.4.95.179)
"Systems considered highly transparent and accurate have a similar limited ability to provide a good listening experience over a broad diversity of recordings" "good" is subjective. My system is far f .......
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