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1: Digital Drive, Re: TOS link digital output to external DAC? (0.00)
Posted by House de Kris on 2004-08-13, 13:23:48 (192.25.142.225)
Thanks for the Squeezebox tip. Looks pretty good, but does anyone know of a box similar to the AudioTron that does not require software to be loaded on the computer to operate? I recently tried out th .......
2: Digital Drive, Re: More, Moddind Masterlink ML9600 (0.00)
Posted by House de Kris on 2004-08-09, 11:05:33 (192.25.142.225)
You replaced a 3A regulator (LT1085) with a 0.5A regualtor (LT1763). How's that working for you? .......
3: Digital Drive, Re: Using Theta Casablanca as DAC for Redbook (0.00)
Posted by House de Kris on 2004-04-29, 12:22:43 (192.25.142.225)
I don't know if my gear is up to the level that your adjectives would describe, but I'll share my experience. I used to use a CAL Icon II CD player with an RGR Model 4 preamp. Is the RGR a "good" prea .......
4: Digital Drive, Re: CD Recorders (0.00)
Posted by House de Kris on 2004-03-23, 09:19:11 (192.25.142.225)
Thanks for clearing up how you will edit it. If this is the case, then any consumer CD recorder would work for you. Yes, you'll still have to use audio CDs and pay the royalty fee, but you should be a .......
5: Digital Drive, Re: Is the stereo track on DVD-V disks use 16/44.7 PCM encoding? (0.00)
Posted by House de Kris on 2004-03-04, 13:09:47 (192.25.142.225)
I found this in the DVD faq: Linear PCM is uncompressed (lossless) digital audio, the same format used on CDs and most studio masters. It can be sampled at 48 or 96 kHz with 16, 20, or 24 bits/sample. .......
6: Pro Audio Asylum, Re: Crown Tool (0.00)
Posted by House de Kris on 2004-01-27, 11:45:50 (192.25.142.225)
NAME: wrench WHERE: hardware store If that answer is not to your liking, you could always do a Google search on Dynaclear Postman. .......
7: Pro Audio Asylum, Re: Well I have definitely experienced digital results that were "Unwarm" !! (0.00)
Posted by House de Kris on 2004-01-07, 11:05:37 (192.25.142.225)
I suggest the problem may lie in your recorder. Any machine with a built-in mic and built-in speaker reminds me of my first cassette recorder. The specs on the line-in look noisey at best. Perhaps the .......
8: Digital Drive, Re: Best CD-R burner and software for best copies? (0.00)
Posted by House de Kris on 2004-01-07, 10:30:33 (192.25.142.225)
Do you experience quality problems with your current setup/gear? .......
9: Digital Drive, Re: Power Mac G5 plus DAC Question (0.00)
Posted by House de Kris on 2003-12-09, 12:17:42 (192.25.142.225)
I admit I was one who gave a "smart" remark to your first question. Since you didn't give me a good setup like before, I'll try to give a better response here. All depends on your definition of "ideal .......
10: Digital Drive, Re: Digital out on Mac G5 to a good DAC ? (0.00)
Posted by House de Kris on 2003-12-05, 16:39:13 (192.25.142.225)
No, I have never tried to hook up your G5 to a DAC. .......
11: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, Wrong Forum.... (0.00)
Posted by House de Kris on 2003-11-19, 11:39:24 (192.25.142.225)
You SET types have your own forum for pissing contests. This is a speaker forum. .......
12: Video Asylum, Re: Xilinx Spartan Chipset for DVD (0.00)
Posted by House de Kris on 2003-11-14, 13:46:25 (192.25.142.225)
Xilinx Spartan series chips are just FPGAs. Which means they do nothing on their own, until they are programmed. So the function can be just about anything. This particular unit, the XC2S200, is a 200 .......
13: Planar Speaker Asylum, Re: Interesting 'static for sale. (0.00)
Posted by House de Kris on 2003-10-06, 12:38:59 (192.25.142.225)
I've heard these speakers. Actually, the ones I heard were his original ones before he had the electrostatic elements updated. Met the seller when doing a subwoofer project and heard his main speakers .......
14: Pro Audio Asylum, Re: CD Recorder (0.00)
Posted by House de Kris on 2003-10-03, 17:30:27 (192.25.142.225)
Yes, you could use your Tascam. I have the same DAT machine and I do this trick from time to time. Just stick a tape in and hit the record button only. The motors won't start up and the digital is act .......
15: Digital Drive, Re: networked HDD storage? (0.00)
Posted by House de Kris on 2003-10-03, 17:25:46 (192.25.142.225)
There is indeed a box that will do what you ask, it's called the AudioTron from Turtle Beach. Operational use is very similar to any standard audio component, its 1U high and is rack mountable with op .......
16: Digital Drive, Hope Your Sony is Better than Mine (0.00)
Posted by House de Kris on 2003-10-01, 17:36:11 (192.25.142.225)
I had an old Sony 1-bit portable a while ago. Had a strange muting feature. It took about a millisecond to unmute, and a couple seconds to mute after a song with a small thump. On test equipment, a si .......
17: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, Re: Riddle ot the Karlson? - what do they do? (0.00)
Posted by House de Kris on 2003-08-12, 18:31:00 (192.25.142.225)
Anytime there is any topic related to Karlson, I almost always see the freddyi name somewhere in the thread. I've often wondered why freddyi is so taken by the Karlson enclosure, but in my book if som .......
18: General Asylum, Re: Line Voltage Is 95, Any Problem ??? (0.00)
Posted by House de Kris on 2003-07-17, 18:53:36 (192.25.142.225)
I agree, the original poster does have a problem. My advice is to get it checked out pronto. Over the years I watched my line voltage drop to about 100V. I finally realized I had a problem when I hear .......
19: Digital Drive, Re: Follow up . . . Gear I have. (0.00)
Posted by House de Kris on 2003-06-27, 11:32:18 (192.25.142.225)
Where is your RIAA equalization? I don't know a Mackie Micro Series 12, but I did check out the Mackie MS1202 mixer. There are no phono inputs on this thing. Without RIAA equalization, the music will .......
20: Speaker Asylum, Another One (0.00)
Posted by House de Kris on 2003-06-26, 17:54:24 (192.25.142.225)
Here's another link to an AWC clone.... .......
21: Video Asylum, Re: digital cable picture has a weird black color, why? (0.00)
Posted by House de Kris on 2003-06-24, 13:35:23 (192.25.142.225)
Welcome to the world of digital video. Doesn't sound like there is anything wrong with your connections. It does sound like your TV needs to have its contrast/brightness or picture adjusted. If this T .......
22: General Asylum, I Thought They Arrested the Prostitutes... (0.00)
Posted by House de Kris on 2003-06-18, 18:12:21 (192.25.142.225)
not the johns. It makes more sense to "destroy" the computers of the uploaders, not the downloaders. Seriously though, this whole "destroy other people's property" is a shocking proposal from a govern .......
23: General Asylum, Re: "For the serious audiophile...Only the best will do" (0.00)
Posted by House de Kris on 2003-06-17, 13:27:34 (192.25.142.225)
I agree with you Rhizomatic, that calling someone who buys an $1100 power cord 'serious' is a bit odd. I haven't heard a power cord that goes for under $1500 that I would rate any higher than 'pedestr .......
24: Digital Drive, Thanks for Opening My Eyes (0.00)
Posted by House de Kris on 2003-06-09, 18:31:46 (192.25.142.225)
As I was writing a reply describing my methodology for determining if I can hear the smallest signal contained on a CD, I actually checked what I was claiming before submitting. What do you know, I re .......
25: Digital Drive, Re: Is the Rest of the Analog in our Systems as Good as the CD Player? (0.00)
Posted by House de Kris on 2003-06-03, 13:34:43 (192.25.142.225)
This is news to me, I have yet to hear ANY system that can reproduce the smallest signal that can reside on a CD. You must play your tunes really loud. At any rate, if you could recommend components i .......
26: Digital Drive, Re: What analog? (0.00)
Posted by House de Kris on 2003-06-03, 12:32:08 (192.25.142.225)
I'm sure I over simplified and made a broad sweeping generalization that you don't fit into. To be a bit clearer, most people don't just put their CD player on a table and look at it, most will hook i .......
27: Digital Drive, Is the Rest of the Analog in our Systems as Good as the CD Player? (0.00)
Posted by House de Kris on 2003-06-02, 12:18:20 (192.25.142.225)
I've got a question that has been in the back of my mind for some time now. Essentially, what is the "resolution" of the rest of our playback systems? Or in other words, assuming that a 16-bit accurat .......
28: Video Asylum, Re: Question on recording DVDs (0.00)
Posted by House de Kris on 2003-05-29, 18:37:23 (192.25.142.225)
My understanding is that there are currently no DVD recorders that will accept anything other than two analog channels of audio. But, I also understand that a company (who's name I cannot recall) is p .......
29: Digital Drive, There's no such thing as a balanced digital output? (0.00)
Posted by House de Kris on 2003-05-29, 18:28:23 (192.25.142.225)
I must be one of the people who mistakenly thought AES/EBU was balanced. For years I thought it was 110 ohm balanced. Then this comment that states there is no such thing as balanced digital. A little .......
30: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, Re: what is the purpose of speaker dampening material? (0.00)
Posted by House de Kris on 2003-05-23, 15:49:35 (192.25.142.225)
Dampening material makes things wet. Damping material converts energy. .......
31: General Asylum, Shouldn't this be in Music - Rock Asylum? (0.00)
Posted by House de Kris on 2003-05-22, 13:05:11 (192.25.142.225)
Don't like Cheap Trick? Or, you thought American Hi-Fi was going to sound like Cheap Trick? Either way, I didn't even have to listen to their clips to know I'd probably not be interested. Line up rese .......
32: General Asylum, Re: Using a computer as a music server (0.00)
Posted by House de Kris on 2003-05-20, 17:00:48 (192.25.142.225)
After I wrote my reply last night I thought about my experiments a bit more. I believe my methodology to be a bit flawed. I had intended to compare the MP3 decoding of the AudioTron to my Pioneer DV-4 .......
33: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, Re: Under resonance principal subwoofer (0.00)
Posted by House de Kris on 2003-05-20, 15:30:27 (192.25.142.225)
As I understand it, this is how Bag End does most of their subs. Perhaps you could buy their ELF controller to get you the double integration and dynamic filtering that is required in this sort of sub .......
34: General Asylum, Re: "High speed" electronic crossovers ??? (0.00)
Posted by House de Kris on 2003-05-20, 14:24:07 (192.25.142.225)
I'd like to help. But first, in order to recommend a fast crossover, I need to know what is the minimum rise time or slew rate you would consider for your system. You can specify either rise time or s .......
35: Digital Drive, Re: External CD Burner opinions (0.00)
Posted by House de Kris on 2003-05-20, 07:47:35 (66.238.121.115)
It was written: "Stay away from the serial connection external drives if they still make them." USB and Firewire are serial connections. .......
36: General Asylum, Re: Questions on Mini Disc recording and transfer to a PC (0.00)
Posted by House de Kris on 2003-05-19, 18:04:45 (192.25.142.225)
If your MD player has an SPDIF output, and if your computer has an SPDIF input, you could transfer that way, thus avoiding the analog copy method. .......
37: General Asylum, Re: Using a computer as a music server (0.00)
Posted by House de Kris on 2003-05-19, 18:00:27 (192.25.142.225)
Yes, I have the AudioTron. Works great. Not sure why other people's answers had things about CDRs in them, but this answers the question as posted. It looks at all the discs (shares) on your network a .......
38: General Asylum, Firewall and Duct Tape... (0.00)
Posted by House de Kris on 2003-05-06, 16:53:05 (192.25.142.225)
are all you need for complete HomeLan Security. .......
39: General Asylum, OK, now what? (0.00)
Posted by House de Kris on 2003-05-06, 16:38:23 (192.25.142.225)
I've been thinking now for a few moments, and I can't get the point you are trying to make. People are downloading 400MB divx files by the boatload, so a puny 40MB file should be no problem whatsoever .......
40: Speaker Asylum, Re: Anything look ODD about these Sonab speakers? (0.00)
Posted by House de Kris on 2003-05-01, 15:04:07 (192.25.142.225)
This is a symmetric stereo pair. The tweeters are symmetrically facing the same way in the picture you show. .......
41: Speaker Asylum, Re: Who makes an electronic crossover that provides (0.00)
Posted by House de Kris on 2003-04-24, 11:39:21 (192.25.142.225)
I've got a couple DOD SR835 crossovers, they have mono sum for the low pass. Also, I have a dbx 223 with a mono sum LF output. But, the best subwoofer crossover I've got is the Sumo Delilah. Six subwo .......
42: Video Asylum, Re: Really? - Tell me more........... (0.00)
Posted by House de Kris on 2003-04-16, 07:34:46 (66.238.121.52)
Over the years I've collected three of these things. The oldest one, TVAtor Pro, requires the installation of drivers and is a real pain to use, but the quality is very good. More modern ones are just .......
43: Video Asylum, Re: Does a USB to RCA cable exist or something like it?....... (0.00)
Posted by House de Kris on 2003-04-14, 13:38:49 (192.25.142.225)
You could buy a scan converter to convert from VGA to NTSC (or PAL), so you could still use your laptop. .......
44: Video Asylum, Re: Is there such a thing??? (0.00)
Posted by House de Kris on 2003-03-27, 13:15:19 (192.25.142.225)
Sounds like a job for a computer. .......
45: General Asylum, Re: ...Galileo had the ladies crazy ... (0.00)
Posted by House de Kris on 2003-03-21, 11:17:03 (192.25.142.225)
Yes Hawkwing. "Quark, Strangeness, and Charm" .......
46: Digital Drive, Re: Burning the Audio portion of a DVD to Redbook CD - Possible? (0.00)
Posted by House de Kris on 2003-02-28, 07:47:06 (66.238.120.176)
Yes, very possible. .......
47: Video Asylum, Re: DVD software for PC (0.00)
Posted by House de Kris on 2003-01-22, 16:38:58 (192.25.142.225)
Whoa, I thought DVD resolution was 720x480. When did it change to 848x480? .......
48: Digital Drive, Re: photo mockup of industrial overbuilt CD Transport (0.00)
Posted by House de Kris on 2002-12-17, 18:00:32 (192.25.142.225)
In order for me to consider it, make it rack mountable, make it black. Now that the important specs are out of the way, I'd also add a solenoid inside to make a audible/tactile feedback whenever a but .......
49: General Asylum, Re: Cd recorder questions. (0.00)
Posted by House de Kris on 2002-12-12, 15:48:21 (192.25.144.225)
I have a Marantz CDR-630. Works great and uses data discs. Of course it is 1X, anything else doesn't make sense for an audio recorder. The disc finalize uses 2X speed. Never had a problem with it. Lik .......
50: Pro Audio Asylum, Re: Recording cd's from DJ mixer... (0.00)
Posted by House de Kris on 2002-11-20, 17:54:44 (192.25.142.225)
Not only are you assuming there are balanced outputs on the mixer, you seem to be assuming there are unbalanced inputs on the CD recorder. If your friend has a "pro" CD recorder, it most likely has ba .......
51: General Asylum, Re: Question about stacking equip. or covering the vents...Is It Bad? (0.00)
Posted by House de Kris on 2002-11-20, 17:39:49 (192.25.142.225)
Whoa, wait just a minute. Could you explain to us how this is "Another blessing brought to us by Our Digital World!"? You didn't give any details about the separation between power supply and CDP, and .......
52: Video Asylum, Re: self-destructing dvds (not a joke!) (0.00)
Posted by House de Kris on 2002-11-14, 11:24:14 (192.25.144.225)
The first thing that came to my mind was the waste of material for these play-once discs, which you addressed in the last paragraph. I suppose if I ever got a Flexplay disc (and it is well marked), th .......
53: Speaker Asylum, Re: Regular speakers or PA speakers-what's the difference? (0.00)
Posted by House de Kris on 2002-11-07, 10:55:19 (192.25.142.225)
Rider wrote: "He said "they're house filling speakers instead of room filling speakers"." This is very true. I used to have my hornloaded outdoor PA system in my music studio used for monitors. I coul .......
54: Digital Drive, Re: DAT to Mac G4 help (0.00)
Posted by House de Kris on 2002-11-05, 13:40:41 (192.25.142.225)
Your best bet is to transfer the audio in via SPDIF, assuming your friend's G4 has a digital input. Otherwise, you will have to do the D/A -> A/D route. There is only one computer DAT drive that can r .......
55: Video Asylum, Re: Making compilation VCD discs (0.00)
Posted by House de Kris on 2002-10-10, 16:01:40 (192.25.144.225)
Making VCDs will start you an a rather lengthy learning process. But, it is rewarding nonetheless. A quick overview of the steps would include: 1. copy the tracks of interest off your karaoke discs. .......
56: General Asylum, Re: 80 MHz FM on my stereo Reciever (0.00)
Posted by House de Kris on 2002-10-04, 08:19:42 (64.1.2.28)
Perhaps Japanese FM started at 80MHz a long time ago. Currently, FM tuners sold in Japan have a range from 76MHz to 90MHz. .......
57: General Asylum, Re: Hybrid System setup question (0.00)
Posted by House de Kris on 2002-10-02, 14:12:09 (192.25.142.225)
Or you could get a preamp that does a decent job of HT and 2CH. I use a Theta Casablanca, and I think it does a supurb job on 2CH. Also good at HT. Then again, this may not be high end enough for you. .......
58: Video Asylum, Re: canopus advc 100 (0.00)
Posted by House de Kris on 2002-10-02, 13:52:01 (192.25.142.225)
An alternative is the Dazzle Hollywood DV Bridge. In my case, I use my miniDV camera to do the analog to digital conversion of video. .......
59: Video Asylum, Re: Home recording trends - VCR's dying (0.00)
Posted by House de Kris on 2002-08-16, 08:39:31 (64.1.2.137)
No need to apologize John, I just wanted to make sure I wasn't making a blunder. I agree that it is getting harder to find S-VHS machines these days. The last two that I bought (one a Mitsubishi, the .......
60: Video Asylum, Re: Home recording trends - VCR's dying (0.00)
Posted by House de Kris on 2002-08-15, 19:32:39 (192.25.142.23)
John, What do you mean by "s-video is nearly dead?" I was under the impression that S-Video is a connection method between two different devices for getting a video signal from one to the other. Since .......
61: General Asylum, reversi (0.00)
Posted by House de Kris on 2002-08-15, 15:20:08 (192.25.142.23)
Analog Scott asks an interesting question. This has prompted a similar question in my mind, can an analog recorder (such as those used by major recording studios) make a copy of a redbook CD that soun .......
62: General Asylum, Re: A good question, I will try to answer. (0.00)
Posted by House de Kris on 2002-07-31, 15:18:05 (192.25.142.23)
You said, "It has bee confirmed by many AES papers, but it has carefully been ignored by CD manufacturers from 1982 onwards." You dragged CD manufacturers into it. A CD player is a source. Other sourc .......
63: General Asylum, Re: A good question, I will try to answer. (0.00)
Posted by House de Kris on 2002-07-29, 18:35:31 (192.25.142.22)
Yeah, I can remember a lot of turntables and reel-to-reel tape decks with 200kHz bandwidth. Ah the 70s, an era when we really knew how to design solid state electronics. .......
64: Tweakers' Asylum, Re: Looking for binding post that will accept 6 gauge bare wire. (0.00)
Posted by House de Kris on 2002-07-08, 17:58:47 (192.25.142.22)
I put SuperCon 100A RMS connectors on my speakers and cables when I went to a 5ga. cable (two 8ga. in parallel). These are heavy duty bananas with a contact made of a solid chunk of metal with a singl .......
65: Planar Speaker Asylum, Re: Magnepans for Center Duty (0.00)
Posted by House de Kris on 2002-06-26, 19:08:11 (192.25.142.23)
Thanks for all the replies so far. I didn't fully express how I intend to use the MMG as a center channel in the thread opener. I too had read of other's poor experiences with horizontal MMGs. My inte .......
66: Planar Speaker Asylum, Re: dbx 223 crossover with a pair of Maggies (0.00)
Posted by House de Kris on 2002-06-26, 18:32:26 (192.25.142.22)
I use a dbx 223 for my rear channels. As best as I can recall, the dial is purdy darn accurate, so I would trust using the knob to set the crossover frequency as desired without external equipment. Yo .......
67: Planar Speaker Asylum, Magnepans for Center Duty (0.00)
Posted by House de Kris on 2002-06-25, 16:56:03 (192.25.142.22)
After all these years I think I've decided I need to address the center channel in my home theater. I believe Magnepans will be a pretty decent timbre match to the rest of my system ( ). I've been thi .......
68: Video Asylum, Re: Can "pirates" easily digitize video outputs? (0.00)
Posted by House de Kris on 2002-06-17, 08:13:56 (64.1.0.235)
Yes, such ADCs exist. And as in audio, quality varies. If a bootlegger were to want to copy DVD material, they usually don't use an ADC though. In that case, they normally rip the bits to the hard dis .......
69: Inmate Systems, House de Kris - Main Room (0.00)
Posted by House de Kris on 2002-06-15, 09:36:09 (192.25.142.22)
Moniker: House de Kris System Name: Main Room System Rev Date: 2002/07/25/18:35 System Rev IP: 192.25.142.22 Amp: Bryston 4B (for tweeter) Bryston 2B-LP (for midrange) Bryston 4B (for woofer) Velodyne .......
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