Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Differences between vinyl pressings

2013-04-21 Thread Martin N
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[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Humor in latest TAS

2013-04-21 Thread EricBergan
So I'm sure many of you fondly remember the series of articles in The Absolute Sound stating, among other things, that the brand of CD-R made an audible difference. So there is a letter to the editor in the latest edition, where the writer states that he had been skeptical of the findings. But

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Humor in latest TAS

2013-04-21 Thread garym
EricBergan wrote: So I'm sure many of you fondly remember the series of articles in The Absolute Sound stating, among other things, that the brand of CD-R made an audible difference. So there is a letter to the editor in the latest edition, where the writer states that he had been skeptical

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Magico S1

2013-04-21 Thread banned for life
Mnyb wrote: Loudspeakers are always riddled with compromises even the most expensive ones the art is actually tuning 1000's of compromises against each other and as always I dont think the most expensive audiphile exotica is the answer ;) in this world the price is an intergral part of the

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Humor in latest TAS

2013-04-21 Thread Archimago
Oi. Speaking of those TAS computer audio articles from early 2012, does anyone subscribe and know if there were many nasty letters to the editor on all that craziness (or would they not even print critical letters)?

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Humor in latest TAS

2013-04-21 Thread EricBergan
Archimago wrote: Oi. Speaking of those TAS computer audio articles from early 2012, does anyone subscribe and know if there were many nasty letters to the editor on all that craziness (or would they not even print critical letters)? I do subscribe. I do seem to remember one letter asking

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Humor in latest TAS

2013-04-21 Thread EricBergan
Of course, anyone want to take bets on whether he used different player apps for the .flac, and .wav? EricBergan's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4746 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Humor in latest TAS

2013-04-21 Thread Archimago
EricBergan wrote: What I'm really seeing is that neither TAS nor Stereophile really have a truly digital-savvy editor, so no one challenges what the authors, or letter writers, submit. I mean, let's face it, publishing a letter that basically says that in a rigorous test, sonic character