Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Our Music Listening... in 10 years.

2017-02-07 Thread garym
ralphpnj wrote: > Gary i have a few quick questions about Roon: > > 1) How long does Roon take to scan one's music library as compared to > LMS? > > 2) How much larger is Roon's database as compared to LMS? > > and 3) How responsive is Roon as compared to LMS? 1. with 95,094 tracks, from scra

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Our Music Listening... in 10 years.

2017-02-07 Thread garym
d6jg wrote: > On the integration front I can see the benefit of Roon but I'd only ever > want it via an iPad app - preferably built in to iPeng - I don't want to > have to have a PC on to access the data. The ipad app for Roon works nicely and shows all this info and is easy to navigate. the iph

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Is 24bit/44.1kHz high resolution or marketing BS?

2017-02-07 Thread d6jg
arnyk wrote: > Yes. Vinyl has dynamic range equivalent to only about 12 bits > resolution and frequency response that while extended at low levels > beyond 20 KHz, has so much inherent distortion above 12 KHz that it > actually sounds better with less frequency response than 44 KHz sampling > pr

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Is 24bit/44.1kHz high resolution or marketing BS?

2017-02-07 Thread Julf
d6jg wrote: > This is interesting to me as I have been considering upgrading the ADC > that I use for ripping Vinyl from the current 16/48 Behringer that I use > at the moment to something capable of 24/xx. > There is a massive price jump from 16/48 to anything capable of 24/xx. > Are you all sa

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Is 24bit/44.1kHz high resolution or marketing BS?

2017-02-07 Thread arnyk
d6jg wrote: > This is interesting to me as I have been considering upgrading the ADC > that I use for ripping Vinyl from the current 16/48 Behringer that I use > at the moment to something capable of 24/xx. > There is a massive price jump from 16/48 to anything capable of 24/xx. > Are you all sa

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Is 24bit/44.1kHz high resolution or marketing BS?

2017-02-07 Thread d6jg
This is interesting to me as I have been considering upgrading the ADC that I use for ripping Vinyl from the current 16/48 Behringer that I use at the moment to something capable of 24/xx. There is a massive price jump from 16/48 to anything capable of 24/xx. Are you all saying that it would (as

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Is 24bit/44.1kHz high resolution or marketing BS?

2017-02-07 Thread drmatt
I have a couple of 24/44k files from warp records. I was disappointed they were only 44k as they were advertised only as "24 bit flac". But for these particular recordings they were essentially free with the CD so I figured why not. I've not numerically analysed them to see if there's anything oth