Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Intona USB thing

2017-05-10 Thread ftlight
Golden Earring wrote: > I have never encountered any discs cut from inside to out, although I > agree that many orchestral composers could not resist a grand finale. > And why not? They hadn't even dreamt of the possibility of recorded > sound, they were writing for live concert audiences. When

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] External DAC on Transporter: best output option

2017-05-10 Thread drmatt
You should really give up teaching... Sent from my ONEPLUS A3003 using Tapatalk -- Hardware: 3x Touch, 1x Radio, 2x Receivers, 1 HP Microserver NAS with Debian+LMS 7.9.0 Music: ~1300 CDs, as 450 GB of 16/44k FLACs. No less than 3x 24/44k albums.. ---

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] External DAC on Transporter: best output option

2017-05-10 Thread arnyk
drmatt wrote: > How does speech recognition ability in hearing damaged patients when > using amplification translate to audio "quality" discernment in hifi > terms? > > For the former I could draw the same conclusions about speech > recognition ability when talking with a Glaswegian. > If you

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Intona USB thing

2017-05-10 Thread Golden Earring
Hi Arny! Hope you slept well. Thank you for another very full & informative answer - I'm learning something new everyday on this forum, which is something I value. Dave :) Golden Earring's Profile: http://forums.slimdevi

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Intona USB thing

2017-05-10 Thread arnyk
Golden Earring wrote: > Hi Arny! > > I1. Is it your position that all reasonably well-implemented DAC's will > be *-audibly-* indistinguishable from one another (& themselves from > 16bit/44.1kHz PCM upwards), unless the unit has been specifically > designed to modify the sound in some way (whic

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Intona USB thing

2017-05-10 Thread Julf
Golden Earring wrote: > I have never encountered any discs cut from inside to out Long ago the band of the student union at my university did one with the groove going from inside out. If you started at the outer end, the needle got stuck in the secret backwards-recorded message "you are playing

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Intona USB thing

2017-05-10 Thread Golden Earring
cliveb wrote: > Analogue records: distortion is greater towards the centre of the disc, > because the constant angular rotation speed means that there is less > linear space to contain the cut waveform. So it makes sense to start the > cut towards the outer edge, so the minimum amount of the cut

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Intona USB thing

2017-05-10 Thread cliveb
Golden Earring wrote: > > 2. Why do CD's, DVD's & Blu-Ray discs play from the inner available > radius outwards, when LP's (& 78's) work from the outside available > radius inwards? I presume that there is some engineering/practical > benefit from this inversion? While I don't know for sure, the

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] External DAC on Transporter: best output option

2017-05-10 Thread Golden Earring
drmatt wrote: > How does speech recognition ability in hearing damaged patients when > using amplification translate to audio "quality" discernment in hifi > terms? > > For the former I could draw the same conclusions about speech > recognition ability when talking with a Glaswegian. > > How is

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Intona USB thing

2017-05-10 Thread Golden Earring
Hi Arny! I shall be delighted to follow up your recommended reading list, which on the basis of my experience of your pearls of wisdom so far I expect to be both apposite and educational, but also somewhat of a heavy read. I would not wish to make any premature comments until I have had time to r

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] External DAC on Transporter: best output option

2017-05-10 Thread drmatt
How does speech recognition ability in hearing damaged patients when using amplification translate to audio "quality" discernment in hifi terms? For the former I could draw the same conclusions about speech recognition ability when talking with a Glaswegian. How is this mechanism related to the

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] External DAC on Transporter: best output option

2017-05-10 Thread Golden Earring
arnyk wrote: > I don't see a problem with perceptual acclimatization, except confusing > it with some kind of mysterious hardware changes that we can't measure. > It is part of how humans work. Enjoy! Thanks for your reassurance. I hope you will have had a good sleep by the time you read this!