Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Question on equipment

2015-07-26 Thread Mnyb
Archimago wrote: ]interesting article about the importance of how the question is framed. According to that article, the number of truly committed literal young-earth creationists as in the earth being 10,000 years is about 10%. Organic foods of course is an unfortunate misnomer. :( My

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Internet Blind Test: Linear vs. Minimum Digital Filters...

2015-07-26 Thread arnyk
Mnyb wrote: So the typical oversampling DAC with a filter thats not your ca 1986 brickwall filter does it roughly rigth ? There was a sea change in DAC filters around Y2K and linear phase filters became far more common. Of course the only rule is that there are no rules. ;-) Some modern

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Question on equipment

2015-07-26 Thread ralphpnj
bonze wrote: I thought all audiophiles loved jazz and the more obscure the better, preferably on the original vinyl. Well I am and have been a jazz fan for over 40 years and I do have plenty of jazz on vinyl however most of the jazz on vinyl that I own is not original vinyl since by the time

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Question on equipment

2015-07-26 Thread cliveb
Archimago wrote: Here's an 'interesting article about the importance of how the question is framed' (http://ncse.com/blog/2013/11/just-how-many-young-earth-creationists-are-there-us-0015164). According to that article, the number of truly committed literal young-earth creationists as in the

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Question on equipment

2015-07-26 Thread arnyk
cliveb wrote: So I skim-read the linked article to discover that 10% of *ALL* Americans believe in a young Earth!!! 10% ain't bad given how many think that the race problem was solved by the Civil War. Almost as worrying is that only 12% believe in non-theistic evolution. Being

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] I need a new turntable. Suggestions.

2015-07-26 Thread d6jg
Budget is £350/$500 - I guess that's low end for most of you but ..., Ideally I want an S shaped tone arm with a removable headshell - I have half a dozen ADC head shells with cartridges that I like to swap around. I do not need USB etc. I have scoured the hi fi forums and the likes of Project

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Question on equipment

2015-07-26 Thread Mnyb
Archimago wrote: We just want enough of a presence that newcomers to hi-fi audio can be at home with folks who don't embarrass their rational sensibilities and allow their interest to grow. +1000 I think that’s it , the hobby has gotten so weird that it scares away people . Think about

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Question on equipment

2015-07-26 Thread Archimago
cliveb wrote: OK, we're going a bit off-topic here. I wasn't sure exactly what you were saying. (I thought perhaps you meant that only 10% of creationists believed in the young Earth, and assuming that creationists are themselves a small minority, things aren't too bad) So I skim-read

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] I need a new turntable. Suggestions.

2015-07-26 Thread Archimago
d6jg wrote: Budget is £350/$500 - I guess that's low end for most of you but ..., Ideally I want an S shaped tone arm with a removable headshell - I have half a dozen ADC head shells with cartridges that I like to swap around. I do not need USB etc. I have scoured the hi fi forums and the

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Question on equipment

2015-07-26 Thread Archimago
Mnyb wrote: +1000 I think that’s it , the hobby has gotten so weird that it scares away people . Think about some very music interested person goes to a hifi store then starts to be feed all the BS about magical cables and then see the price tags , they probably back out slowly and then

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] I need a new turntable. Suggestions.

2015-07-26 Thread d6jg
Archimago wrote: Curious what turntable were you using before to have gathered the shells and cartridges??? I have absolutely no regrets with my used Technics SL-1200M3D (got for about $350US last year locally):