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1: General Asylum, RE: I just learned about this and will be curious. . (0.00)
Posted by Rob Bertrando on 2023-09-21, 12:14:11 (71.9.19.103)
You should care about MQA, because if you buy music or audio equipment you are almost certainly paying for it! .......
2: Critic's Corner, RE: Why do you keep attacking Stereophile? (0.00)
Posted by Rob Bertrando on 2022-11-20, 07:49:28 (71.94.31.10)
It's probably too much to hope that one of the MQA shills from TAS will chime in here LOL .......
3: Critic's Corner, RE: Advanced degree??? (0.00)
Posted by Rob Bertrando on 2022-11-19, 06:50:56 (71.94.31.10)
I am paraphrasing from the notes in his book on high end audio and his abridged biography in The Absolute Sound (although I can't find the link to this any more). In any case, he presents himself as .......
4: Critic's Corner, RE: Dear Jim Austin, (0.00)
Posted by Rob Bertrando on 2022-11-17, 07:46:52 (71.94.31.10)
The Absolute Sound is/was an even worse offender in this regard, with Robert Harley (who should know better, having an advanced degree in recording engineering) still promoting MQA using inaccurate in .......
5: Tubes Asylum, RE: Your graphs are meaningless (0.00)
Posted by Rob Bertrando on 2016-03-01, 16:50:15 (71.93.70.234)
It's just silly to post graphs of (presumably) average hearing without providing a range and standard deviation, because the range is very large. There are 35 y.o. wearing hearing aids, and 70 y.o. he .......
6: Hi-Rez Highway, RE: Derek & The Dominos Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs (0.00)
Posted by Rob Bertrando on 2016-03-01, 16:32:08 (71.93.70.234)
SHM-SACD .......
7: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: DVD burning program for 2496 wav files. (0.00)
Posted by Rob Bertrando on 2014-09-22, 11:56:53 (71.93.69.143)
Cirlinca HD-Solo will burn DVD-A's. Minnetonka DiscWeilder will burn either DVD-A or DVD-V (at a fairly high price). .......
8: Tubes Asylum, RE: Best 6SN7 tubes? (0.00)
Posted by Rob Bertrando on 2014-03-08, 13:34:53 (96.38.134.3)
I'd have to agree with this opinion as well, and wish I could find a lot more than the 2 I have. Unlike the poster above, I was greatly underwhelmed by the PSVane (which I - perhaps wrongly - assume i .......
9: Tubes Asylum, RE: Mullard GZ 34 (0.00)
Posted by Rob Bertrando on 2014-01-13, 06:09:47 (96.38.134.3)
yes, the smooth plates (mentioned in my original post) were one of the things leading me to suspect Dutch origin, although I believe the Great Britain "fat base" also have smooth plates. .......
10: Tubes Asylum, RE: Yes - March 1958 made with code printed underneath octal base and ... (0.00)
Posted by Rob Bertrando on 2014-01-13, 06:07:18 (96.38.134.3)
Yes, I thought this is what I have, but mine has the "new" Mullard logo rather than Valvo. Also, the price was a bit lower than what I've seen those Valvo's going for. .......
11: Tubes Asylum, Thanks! (0.00)
Posted by Rob Bertrando on 2014-01-12, 19:57:24 (96.38.134.3)
That makes much more sense to me... .......
12: Tubes Asylum, Mullard GZ 34 (0.00)
Posted by Rob Bertrando on 2014-01-12, 17:51:55 (96.38.134.3)
I have a question for the tube experts So I got this GZ34 yesterday http://www.ebay.com/itm/1950s-Vintage-NOS-NIB-Mullard-5AR4-GZ34-F31-Dual-D-Getter-Vacuum-Tube-/121238392325?ssPageName=ADME:L:OU:US: .......
13: Cable Asylum, RE: Suggestions for XLR cable for new Oppo BDP 105? (0.00)
Posted by Rob Bertrando on 2012-12-22, 08:13:58 (108.84.137.42)
I like the Cardas Neutral Reference, although even used it's out of your price range. Why not check usedcable.com? .......
14: Music Lane, RE: Best sounding (Thelonius Monk) "Monk's Music"? (0.00)
Posted by Rob Bertrando on 2012-12-22, 08:10:14 (108.84.137.42)
What about the SACD? .......
15: General Asylum, I think just the opposite about TAS vs. Stereophile (0.00)
Posted by Rob Bertrando on 2012-03-28, 16:02:22 (108.84.137.42)
I think that ever since HP handed over the editorial reins of TAS, Stereophile has pulled steadily ahead of TAS (though they started out behind). For one thing, Stereophile has an editorial "vision", .......
16: Digital Drive, Weiss use the ESS9018 (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rob Bertrando on 2012-03-22, 20:00:29 (134.197.137.200)
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17: Digital Drive, RE: Haha BB 1798 (0.00)
Posted by Rob Bertrando on 2012-03-20, 17:35:53 (108.84.137.42)
I thought we were just talking about the chips here, not the full DAC. I do think that the ability to play 24/192 and 24/176.4 well is essential for a current DAC, though, and I suspect n the near fut .......
18: Digital Drive, RE: Are`DACs with the ESS Sabre the best DACs? (0.00)
Posted by Rob Bertrando on 2012-03-20, 13:27:46 (108.84.137.42)
See my post above re: these old chips which won't decode 24/176.4 or 24/192 files. Don't you think you should at least propose comparing to a newer BB chip design? .......
19: Digital Drive, RE: BB PCM1704 and PCM1702...nuff said. (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rob Bertrando on 2012-03-20, 13:24:02 (108.84.137.42)
OK, these are pretty old chips unable to decode 24/192 audio, and are very Ikely inferior to even newer BB products (like the 1798). So what is your point? .......
20: Digital Drive, RE: Did you know (0.00)
Posted by Rob Bertrando on 2012-03-08, 11:35:07 (134.197.137.200)
I really don't think HDTracks is the one deliberately selling the bad mixes and hoping no one will notice. They sell what they are given by the record companies, who have rarely been friends to the au .......
21: Critic's Corner, RE: Two observations on the show coverage... (0.00)
Posted by Rob Bertrando on 2012-03-08, 11:29:59 (134.197.137.200)
If you've been to a big audio show you would understand why picking a single room for best sound is difficult or impossible. Almost invariably, even among the best rooms, there isn't a single one whic .......
22: Critic's Corner, What are all these audio magazines? (0.00)
Posted by Rob Bertrando on 2012-03-07, 06:28:26 (108.84.137.42)
How many audio magazines are currently being printed and distributed in the USA? I'm aware of Stereophile and TAS. Are there others? .......
23: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: FLAC Degrades sound quality permanently (0.00)
Posted by Rob Bertrando on 2012-01-08, 21:06:31 (75.15.212.69)
http://www.AudioAsylum.com/forums/pcaudio/messages/10/101742.html .......
24: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: FLAC Degrades sound quality permanently (0.00)
Posted by Rob Bertrando on 2012-01-08, 21:04:08 (75.15.212.69)
Once again a voice of reason ... .......
25: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: FLAC Degrades sound quality permanently (0.00)
Posted by Rob Bertrando on 2012-01-08, 13:31:46 (63.201.27.16)
Very nice link. Obviously inherent in everyone's knowledge (there) is that WAV>FLAC>WAV conversion is transparent. The question is whether real-time playback of FLAC might differ from WAV, but I could .......
26: Computer Audio Asylum, did you read this study? (0.00)
Posted by Rob Bertrando on 2012-01-08, 11:17:21 (63.201.27.16)
In fact, the controversial part of this article is the claim that the "static" behavior of FLAC is broken. Whether WAV, AIFF or FLAC sounds better in real-time playback is another issue entirely. ::: .......
27: Computer Audio Asylum, which room was that? (0.00)
Posted by Rob Bertrando on 2012-01-08, 11:09:51 (63.201.27.16)
Since there are many "best sound of show" awards, can you tell us which room was yours? .......
28: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: More FUD??? (0.00)
Posted by Rob Bertrando on 2012-01-07, 10:24:19 (108.84.137.42)
Is copying the file "manipulation"? Because that's essentially what we are talking about here. .......
29: Computer Audio Asylum, What Tony said (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rob Bertrando on 2012-01-07, 10:20:46 (108.84.137.42)
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30: Critic's Corner, It's become even crazier (0.00)
Posted by Rob Bertrando on 2012-01-07, 10:19:33 (108.84.137.42)
http://www.audioasylum.com/forums/pcaudio/messages/10/101549.html .......
31: Computer Audio Asylum, I guess you missed... (0.00)
Posted by Rob Bertrando on 2012-01-06, 19:57:26 (108.84.137.42)
I guess you missed the claim in Part II about 2 identical files (but ripped at different speeds) sounding different? .......
32: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Read it first (0.00)
Posted by Rob Bertrando on 2012-01-06, 13:26:41 (108.84.137.42)
I've read the articles and sent a letter to the editor (which they might print next issue - ha hah). Unfortunately, I think it's entirely possible (as I've posted in other threads on this topic) that .......
33: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: FLAC Degrades sound quality permanently (0.00)
Posted by Rob Bertrando on 2012-01-06, 13:23:52 (108.84.137.42)
But we're not talking about playing FLAC vs. playing WAV or AIFF, we're talking about the codec activity, and I don't think there's any question that FLAC is transparent in that way (despite these aut .......
34: Computer Audio Asylum, I give zero or minus marks for trying (0.00)
Posted by Rob Bertrando on 2011-12-24, 08:27:20 (75.15.210.13)
True, I did start a topic on this in the Critics' Corner, so some of this post is redundant. Still, as an audiophile I really wish this article hadn't been published. By mixing some fairly well accept .......
35: Digital Drive, RE: I had my Behringer DEQ2496 unplugged for a few weeks, put back in and Jeez it is great with no EQ in (0.00)
Posted by Rob Bertrando on 2011-12-24, 08:05:47 (75.15.210.13)
Interesting. I currently have my Oppo 95 hooked up three ways: straight to my Pass INT-150 w/Audience Conductor balanced, Toslink to DEQ2496 then AES/EBU to NuForce DAC-9, and S/PDIF coax to DAC-9. Th .......
36: Critic's Corner, RE: "lack of credible information" (0.00)
Posted by Rob Bertrando on 2011-12-12, 13:13:44 (108.84.137.42)
I think this was already pretty well demonstrated in Parts I and II. .......
37: Critic's Corner, RE: "...this series goes beyond what I would call the "lunatic fringe"." (0.00)
Posted by Rob Bertrando on 2011-12-12, 07:53:39 (108.84.137.42)
Yes. Since I don't have all the equipment they use in their tests, I can only try to replicate parts of them. Some that I have experience with are software upsampling prior to DAC (using Izotope RX pr .......
38: Critic's Corner, TAS on computer audio? (0.00)
Posted by Rob Bertrando on 2011-12-12, 05:59:32 (108.84.137.42)
I'm a little surprised there is not more discussion here on TAS multi-part (2 of 4 published so far) article on computer audio, written by two authors not part of their regular staff and with no biogr .......
39: Hi-Rez Highway, RE: thanks nt (0.00)
Posted by Rob Bertrando on 2011-12-10, 05:26:54 (75.15.216.222)
Adding a little TV as noted makes everything so much easier, and it can be remarkably unobtrusive. .......
40: Speaker Asylum, RE: To decouple or couple (0.00)
Posted by Rob Bertrando on 2011-11-11, 17:45:34 (108.84.137.42)
I decided to try some low profile cone spikes (Daytons from Parts Express, 3/4" high) directly onto my oak floor (which is on a concrete slab with some plywood and felt between); no pennies, spike cup .......
41: Digital Drive, RE: The DAC-9 remote (0.00)
Posted by Rob Bertrando on 2011-08-26, 17:15:37 (108.84.137.42)
I don't know. I have several vry inexpensive items which have remotes that have all the functions neded for the DCA-9. Hard to believe NuForce couldn't have used one of those. .......
42: Digital Drive, RE: Does your remote control work properly? (0.00)
Posted by Rob Bertrando on 2011-08-21, 07:54:55 (71.142.151.37)
The remote is a piece of work for sure. Tiny buttons, tiny print, and more than half of it intentionally non-functional anyway. .......
43: Digital Drive, I very much like mine... (0.00)
Posted by Rob Bertrando on 2011-08-20, 19:13:56 (71.142.151.37)
I've had the NuForce DAC-9 for just over 2 months now, and have been very pleased with the sound. Not hyper-detailed, IMO, but rather very tuneful, and it seems to sound "cleaner" than my Oppo-83 SE d .......
44: General Asylum, Sounds fishy to me? (0.00)
Posted by Rob Bertrando on 2011-05-01, 13:34:45 (76.232.72.59)
Have you actually spoken to anyone at AA about this? It certainly seems inconsistent with experiences others have had with them, although perhaps the current economic crisis is affecting their usual p .......
45: Critic's Corner, RE: Reviewers: The CD is NOT dead yet. (0.00)
Posted by Rob Bertrando on 2011-04-23, 06:23:16 (108.84.137.42)
www.livedownloads.com has more than a hundred artists for sure, all with at least 16/44.1 FLAC quality (and several with 24/48), mostly live shows (professionally recorded, though) but many studio alb .......
46: Hi-Rez Highway, RE: Marantz 8260 -) Oppo BDP-83SE (0.00)
Posted by Rob Bertrando on 2011-02-27, 07:07:47 (76.232.69.226)
My Marantz 8260 started getting a little flaky reading CD-R's about a year ago, so I decided to check out the Oppo BDP-83SE. I was frankly astonished at the improvement in sound, to say nothing of the .......
47: Digital Drive, RE: The Grateful Dead HDCD discs I have looked at are FAKES! (0.00)
Posted by Rob Bertrando on 2011-01-08, 16:26:29 (76.232.64.1)
Sorry I haven't been here for a few days. The earliest GD HDCD I've checked is "Live at the Cow Palace 12/31/76", and the others are several of the more recent Road Trips releases. Undecoded, all have .......
48: DVD-Audiobahn, RE: NAXOS DVDA's (0.00)
Posted by Rob Bertrando on 2011-01-04, 20:04:58 (209.78.22.62)
How about the Beatles USB thumb drive? Porcupine Tree Atlanta 10/29/07 and String Cheese Incident 11/17/00 (Rhythm of the Road, vol. 1) , both downloads. .......
49: Digital Drive, RE: THE TRUTH ABOUT HDCD (For the 39th time) (0.00)
Posted by Rob Bertrando on 2011-01-03, 20:28:15 (76.232.71.25)
I have ripped and decoded a large number of the Grateful Dead HDCD's (including those released in the past two years), using dBPoweramp's secure rip and HDCD.exe decoding. After decoding, the audio fi .......
50: Hi-Rez Highway, why not reverse the leads on your power cord (0.00)
Posted by Rob Bertrando on 2010-08-14, 11:17:37 (76.232.70.174)
rather than the leads on the wall receptacle?? seems much safer, and then you just need to label the cord as "reversed". For many (most?) aftermarket power cords the wires in the plug assembly are eas .......
51: Rocky Road, Steppin Out (0.00)
Posted by Rob Bertrando on 2010-06-16, 16:45:11 (63.201.26.71)
Steppin Out has some of the greatest GD ever, specifically the Dark Star >> Caution from 4/8/72, so it gets the nod over Rockin' the Rhein. Almost anything from 1977 is good, apparently, judging from .......
52: General Asylum, RE: Questions for Bob Bertrando (0.00)
Posted by Rob Bertrando on 2010-05-16, 07:42:47 (76.232.73.161)
Run a search at Stereophile.com for "room acoustics" or "bass traps" or "digital room correction" and you'll get a wealth of material. Much of it is product reviews, which sometimes also contain usefu .......
53: General Asylum, RE: Focus on bass, ignore bass, or fix the whole spectrum? (0.00)
Posted by Rob Bertrando on 2010-05-11, 05:56:30 (209.78.20.109)
I've NEVER heard of ignoring the low-end in room EQ; do you have any references/links for that?? It is certainly true that it's futile to try to correct room nulls by boosting those frequencies; only .......
54: General Asylum, bass EQ only (0.00)
Posted by Rob Bertrando on 2010-05-09, 09:15:24 (134.197.137.200)
I would strongly suggest using this only for the bass ( BTW, there is also a "bypass" button (lowest right button) which presumably directly connects input to output, without the need to switch betwee .......
55: Hi-Rez Highway, Yes (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Rob Bertrando on 2010-04-24, 10:39:39 (76.232.67.149)
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56: Hi-Rez Highway, shortest version ever? (0.00)
Posted by Rob Bertrando on 2010-04-19, 06:08:02 (75.15.210.68)
I haven't heard this, but did notice that at only 81 minutes it could almost fit on a single CD. it's 20 minutes (!) shorter that the Bernstein DGG recording. .......
57: Critic's Corner, RE: The Superb April issue (0.00)
Posted by Rob Bertrando on 2010-04-17, 15:00:03 (76.232.72.32)
I'm not sure exactly what the "E" means. Is it how much music you have quick access to? How quickly you can access what music you have? How much time/trouble it takes to go from choosing something to .......
58: Rocky Road, RE: Which album exactly? There is only one...? (0.00)
Posted by Rob Bertrando on 2010-04-05, 06:56:29 (75.15.210.68)
Terrapin Flyer only appears on the album Terrapin Station (1977). It was only played live once (3/18/77), not officially released. .......
59: Tweakers' Asylum, RE: Not terribly accurate, but useful for . . . (0.00)
Posted by Rob Bertrando on 2010-03-25, 06:54:26 (76.232.66.21)
The instructions that came with mine certainly implied that use at higher frequencies was not recommended. .......
60: Music Lane, RE: What About Mono? (0.00)
Posted by Rob Bertrando on 2009-09-09, 18:02:49 (64.169.3.0)
A quote from somewhere "official" We weren’t trying to make the sound modern,” says Hicks. “We just wanted to get as much clarity as possible in there. And we were always very conscious of not trying .......
61: Rocky Road, RE: New Richard Thompson box on August 18th (0.00)
Posted by Rob Bertrando on 2009-08-06, 06:49:08 (209.78.17.118)
Nothing new here for the fan, but a nice introduction for others. .......
62: Rocky Road, RE: 2 Band SACDs coming - actually 3? (0.00)
Posted by Rob Bertrando on 2009-08-06, 06:47:23 (209.78.17.118)
"Cahoots" is also on the "coming soon" list. http://www.mofi.com/productcart/pc/viewcategories.asp?idCategory=28&pageStyle=M .......
63: Rocky Road, If all you want is the music, though (0.00)
Posted by Rob Bertrando on 2009-07-30, 12:29:30 (75.15.209.171)
It will continue to be available via "underground" file-sharing. I personally am unwilling to pay the price for the mono box in any case, since many of those CD's run only 30 minutes or so. ::: TOPIC: .......
64: Power Forum, Sorry, disregard previous message (0.00)
Posted by Rob Bertrando on 2000-06-04, 07:25:22 (63.23.42.130)
The problem has begun recurring at 60 Hz as well, so the problem is with the DAC .......
65: Power Forum, P300 frequency problems (0.00)
Posted by Rob Bertrando on 2000-06-03, 14:01:35 (63.23.42.147)
I had been using my P300 at 95 Hz since Feb '00 without problems. However, yesterday without warning, my Parasound DAC-2000 (using Ultra-Analog recievers and DAC's, and Pacific Microsonics HDCD filter .......
66: Inmate Systems, Rob Bertrando - music system (0.00)
Posted by Rob Bertrando on 2000-05-06, 21:08:00 (63.23.42.62)
Moniker: Rob Bertrando System Name: music system System Rev Date: 2000/05/06/21:08 System Rev IP: 63.23.42.62 Amp: Bryston 4B-ST Preamp: Bryston BP-20 Speakers: NHT 3.3 (full range); Velodyne HGS-15 ( .......
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