Welcome to the party . . .

Posted by Martin419 (A) on June 26, 2004 at 17:40:42

In Reply to: sounds like i missed out on a great pillow fight :-) posted by Christine Tham on June 26, 2004 at 16:43:28:

Hi Christine, I inquired in 'good faith', whether or not Racer had a definitive and up-to-date MLP client list to back up his assertion. I was genuinely interested and intrigued, as I am sure others here were too.

Indeed, I assumed that Racer must have a definitive source regarding his refuting of Wilkes (re. the issue of Philips Electronics' license of MLP compression). As you know, the issue of Philipsâ€™ exclusive loyalty to SACD (or otherwise) has been an subject of contention on the AA in recent weeks, and that examining this latest statement from Wilkes, with the help of Racer, could shed some useful light on the matter for readers here.

b.t.w. The fact that Wilkes (who seems like a sincere & reputable chap, as far as I can tell) mentions the issue of Philips in the way he has, to me, signals that something has indeed happened, aside from the fact that the company -- as you state -- already produces universal transports.

However, Racer (who conveniently dismisses the credibility of Wilkes in a few words), instead of kindly sharing his claimed information with all of us here on this forum, would rather engage in a both stupid pissing contest and a pointless game of internet â€˜hide-and-seekâ€™.

As for the thread in general (the one which I linked to), it also shows how newcomers to hirez have indeed lapped-up the DSD misleading marketing hype with all that nonsense of the â€˜high sample rateâ€™ of one-bit SACD and using that big-number to compare directly with that of multi-bit PCM. And then it is amusing to see how that same poster has subsequently realised the error of his ways.

FWIW, The other aspect I found interesting was the mention of the internal 32bit mixing & DSP resolution of the system which Wilkes uses. This shows that what I have repeatedly said was theoretically possible with hirez LPCM, is indeed being put into practice.

Finally, like you, I did find the detailed description of his system components for hirez & surround-sound production quite fascinating.

cheers, Martin.

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Topic - Very interesting thread . . . - Martin419 03:26:03 06/25/04 (20)

sounds like i missed out on a great pillow fight :-) - Christine Tham 16:43:28 06/26/04 (3)

Welcome to the party . . . - Martin419 06/26/0417:40:42 06/26/04 (2)

32-bit (floating point) is available to anyone ... - Christine Tham 22:42:24 06/26/04 (1)

Re: 32-bit (floating point) is available to anyone ... - Martin419 01:17:16 06/27/04 (0)

AND . . . ." Philips have become DVD-A/MLP licensees." :-) n.t. - Martin419 04:44:27 06/25/04 (13)

Philips is not on the official licensee list despite what some guy on the Internet claims (nt) - racerguy 10:09:25 06/25/04 (12)

So you have the latest update of Bob Stuart's list then? {n.t.} - Martin419 17:02:37 06/25/04 (11)

So you think Meridian licenses MLP - you're wrong, as usual (nt) - racerguy 17:26:02 06/25/04 (10)

You're pedantic, as usual. OK., have you got "Dolby Lab's" latest updated list then?. . . - Martin419 02:34:29 06/26/04 (9)

How can you ever hope to succeed... - racerguy 06:25:54 06/26/04 (8)

Error?? . . . - Martin419 07:07:49 06/26/04 (7)

Yes, "error." Actually, "errors." - racerguy 07:19:54 06/26/04 (6)

So you have no MLP licensee list Racerguy. {n.t.} - Martin419 07:29:39 06/26/04 (5)

It's on the web right where anyone with a brain can find it - racerguy 10:33:15 06/26/04 (4)

Well, where is it? - Eric LeRouge 11:30:00 06/26/04 (3)

Re: Well, where is it? - racerguy 13:57:14 06/26/04 (2)

You took a long time to think of that one 'racer'. Your Formula One motorbike must have a flat tire. {n.t.} - Martin419 14:21:11 06/26/04 (1)

Dear Alwayswrong - Formula 1 is car racing (nt) - racerguy 14:35:02 06/26/04 (0)

Ah! I have the same setup as Wilkes! - Eric LeRouge 04:04:57 06/25/04 (1)

Re: Ah! I have the same setup as Wilkes! - Neil Wilkes 02:00:05 06/29/04 (0)

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Welcome to the party . . . - Martin419 06/26/0417:40:42 06/26/04 (2)

32-bit (floating point) is available to anyone ... - Christine Tham 22:42:24 06/26/04 (1)

Re: 32-bit (floating point) is available to anyone ... - Martin419 01:17:16 06/27/04 (0)

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