Nonreality;338652 Wrote:
So what do you hear when you get noise from AC. I do run filters but
didn't notice any sound difference but my plasma display improved
enough to be noticeable. It got rid of the occasional blocks that
happen on screen changes. Any sound quality that I may have
Archimago;401139 Wrote:
Here's something to try - take that 24/192 file and downconvert it
(using a good program like Adobe Audition or SSRC dbPowerAmp) to
16/44.
Guy, what he said. Whatever your personal tastes, you're listening to
different masters but doing what Archimago said will solve
Mnyb;401146 Wrote:
Ok I have an outlier opinion here, i think the linn masters I sampled
sound not so good at all ? they (imho) are nothing special.
One item Barb Jungr - Walking In The Sun is rubbish, the sound is bad
I see some flat tops in audacity ? But the production and artistic
Phil Leigh;400984 Wrote:
It's Linn - and they wouldn't do that!
Sorry - I should have figured that out.
For some reason I misread Carol Kidd as Carol King, and from there
it was downhill - I assumed she had to be on some big mainstream label,
hence my shock that the CD layer wasn't mangled.
Hi,
That exactly what I'll do. My amp has both balanced and unbalanced
inputs and I'll of course prefer the balanced ones. I'll need analog
XLR attenuator, do you have any model/brand to recommend (I don't want
to build it myself).
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cliveb;401191 Wrote:
Sorry - I should have figured that out.
But it just goes to show that properly mastered 44.1/16 can sound
fabulous. I've always felt that way, and that all the hi-res formats
are just a cynical way of separating punters from their dosh.
How cynical! For me, it is
Im wondering about these 24/96 studio masters at Linn also. People tell
there are better sounding 16/44.1 out there of different labels, not
worth these 24/96 downloads.
One thing that comes to my mind. I see on most Linn offers the dsd logo
somewhere. May it be they record most of their stuff on
darrenyeats;401177 Wrote:
Guy, what he said. Whatever your personal tastes, you're listening to
different masters but doing what Archimago said will solve that.
Phil, you may be right about Audacity and 24-bit rendering (I haven't
checked). But if I zoom into ANY waveform, even horribly
JezA;401242 Wrote:
How cynical! For me, it is the low-resolution formats that are cynical
ways of separating punters from their dosh - I'm pretty sure that apple
make vastly more money selling lo-bit crap to the millions than Linn
will ever do selling hi-res recordings. In any case, if you
Wombat;401257 Wrote:
Im wondering about these 24/96 studio masters at Linn also. People tell
there are better sounding 16/44.1 out there of different labels, not
worth these 24/96 downloads.
One thing that comes to my mind. I see on most Linn offers the dsd logo
somewhere. May it be they
I'm not suggesting that lower resolution sources can't sound great;
indeed, I'm sure that Louis Armstrong sounded fantastic on a shellac
disc going at 78rpm, and in some ways current popular music has adapted
itself to the limitations of the rubbish media and devices through which
is is
JezA;401304 Wrote:
I'm not suggesting that lower resolution sources can't sound great;
indeed, I'm sure that Louis Armstrong sounded fantastic on a shellac
disc going at 78rpm, and in some ways current popular music has adapted
itself to the limitations of the rubbish media and devices
Phil Leigh wrote:
Yes - I suggest you keep the money in your wallet :)
Unless your stock supply is faulty there is no point in changing it for
a plugplay replacement to achieve better sound quality IMO.
thanks Phil :)
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cdmackay;401327 Wrote:
Phil Leigh wrote:
Yes - I suggest you keep the money in your wallet :)
Unless your stock supply is faulty there is no point in changing it
for
a plugplay replacement to achieve better sound quality IMO.
thanks Phil :)
Juat my opinion - but these are hard times!
Phil Leigh wrote:
They HAVE to convert to PCM so we can actually use them
since Sony in its infinite wisdom decided that ripping to DSD is
prohibited.
It was part of their infinite wisdom from the start. A major rationale
for DSD was to have something that could not be ripped. They had enough
Phil Leigh;401317 Wrote:
Maybe one day Sony will wake up and smell the coffee - and then again,
maybe pigs will fly.
Pigs already are flying, and with a lot of money.
I will try to do the conversion suggested, first I must get a spidf
cable... Im very curious, and as usual skeptical,
Phil Leigh;401317 Wrote:
Linn DO use DSD to record for some titles (probably all recent/new ones
are in DSD). They HAVE to convert to PCM so we can actually use
I read the statement on their site as implying the opposite; that they
record in PCM and convert to DSD for the dual layer
I think what Clive, Phil and myself are saying is that we'd much rather
listen to well recorded music at 16/44 than poorly recorded music at
hi-rez.
The original recording - what they do to it in the studio in terms of
compression, effects, processing etc - is what makes the biggest
difference
What a great opportunity for Logitech to send Mr Leigh a brand spanking
new TP so he can run his Audio DiffMaker tests on it as it burns
in...
Steve.
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SteveEast;401359 Wrote:
What a great opportunity for Logitech to send Mr Leigh a brand spanking
new TP so he can run his Audio DiffMaker tests on it as it burns
in...
Steve.
I 2nd that and I bet Phil would 3rd it :=)
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darrenyeats;401347 Wrote:
I think what Clive, Phil and myself are saying is that we'd much rather
listen to well recorded music at 16/44 than poorly recorded music at
hi-rez.
Darren
What Clive actually said, and what I reacted to, was that all the
hi-res formats are just a cynical way
JezA;401410 Wrote:
As it happens, I've the same speakers as Clive and I hear a huge
difference between the hi-res and the red-book layers of the dual layer
cds from Linn or the LSO, and find it wonderful to have such great
experiences available for so little money.
With this Dual-Layer
Wombat;401420 Wrote:
With this Dual-Layer CDs you mean SACDs? And how do you play them? If
so, there we go again: How they convert the dsd to PCM?
There often comes up the question how they treat that process and if
they mangle it by design.
.
Yes, I mean (hybrid) SACDs. I play them on a
JezA;401432 Wrote:
Yes, I mean (hybrid) SACDs. I play them on a CD/SACD player that can
play both layers.
What evidence do you have for your accusation that either the cd layer
or the cd player is deliberately mangled by design? Give me an
example of a single recording or machine of
JezA;401432 Wrote:
Yes, I mean (hybrid) SACDs. I play them on a CD/SACD player that can
play both layers.
What evidence do you have for your accusation that either the cd layer
or the cd player is deliberately mangled by design? Give me an
example of a single recording or machine of
sxr71;401173 Wrote:
Yeah but people buy $5000 power cables and useless crap like that which
couldn't make 5% of the difference of regenerated power. I saw an
online UPS for $399. I'll bet anything it will make more of a
difference than any snake-oil impregnated power cable you can find.
Thanks iPhone and Phil, I had somehow overlooked the isolated
transformer part of the previous post. :)
That RGPC Sub-Station looks like a nice item...
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tomjtx;401407 Wrote:
I 2nd that and I bet Phil would 3rd it :=)
Please
actually, that gives me a great idea... I need to order some new
interconnects... :)
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You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it
ain't what you'd call minimal...
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