Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] 192kHz considered harmful

2012-03-09 Thread R Johnson
hich are much closer, and "brighter" and louder), but I buy the 30 Gallery seats. -- R Johnson R Johnson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36462 View this thread: http://forum

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] 192kHz considered harmful

2012-03-09 Thread R Johnson
ver, I could hear that choral passages were better articulated on the better sound track. The audio improvements were subtle. The video improvements were very evident. -- R Johnson R Johnson's Profile: http://forums.s

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] High definition digital vs red book

2010-11-01 Thread R Johnson
R Johnson;586258 Wrote: > ...They play fine with VLC and on the Touch. As I've learned to expect, > audible differences were too subtle for me to readily detect. ... I wanted mention that I finally found a nice way of doing A-B comparisons of two tracks at different "quality&quo

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] High definition digital vs red book

2010-10-31 Thread R Johnson
at both in Audacity. The spectrum plot of the high res version showed content well past the limits of 16/44.1. The low res version looked like all loud noise to Audacity. -- R Johnson R Johnson's Profile: http://forums

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] High definition digital vs red book

2010-10-29 Thread R Johnson
Ditto. Just noise here. -- R Johnson R Johnson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36462 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Need equipment recommendations

2010-10-16 Thread R Johnson
- a simple 4.0 setup gives remarkably good results. (Of course this is heresy, but...) Naturally HD sources like a Blu-ray player are very desirable. -- R Johnson R Johnson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/mem

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Best 24/96 demo tracks?

2010-09-02 Thread R Johnson
e in my mailbox one of these days with your front cover review of the Touch. -- R Johnson R Johnson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36462 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.co

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Best 24/96 demo tracks?

2010-09-02 Thread R Johnson
As I've explored the "Better-Than-CD" world, I'm coming to the conclusion that the quality improvements are really not very significant, at least for me. The FAR more significant aspect is the RECORDING itself -- performance, venue, microphone techniques,

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Best 24/96 demo tracks?

2010-09-01 Thread R Johnson
e I do: I think that these tracks are well recorded (based on listening). They are not dynamically compressed or clipped (based on Audacity inspection). -- R Johnson R Johnson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/me

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Best 24/96 demo tracks?

2010-08-31 Thread R Johnson
La Serenissima. I'll try to report tomorrow. -- R Johnson R Johnson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36462 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.c

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Best 24/96 demo tracks?

2010-08-31 Thread R Johnson
1 MP3. If that's typical, an easy choice -- I'll stick with 16/44.1 ... -- R Johnson R Johnson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36462 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.c

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Best 24/96 demo tracks?

2010-08-31 Thread R Johnson
uld download and listen to? Well that will take me a day or two. Assuming I can hear any differences. Maybe someone else will make suitable suggestions first. But I will tell you not to try tracks 6 and 7. -- R Johnson R

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Best 24/96 demo tracks?

2010-08-31 Thread R Johnson
ome tracks show frequency well beyond 19 or 22KHz. But after a smooth decline, there's often a hump in the 30s that seems most peculiar. Some other tracks appear to be filtered to 44.1 sample rates. Listening tests later...

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Best 24/96 demo tracks?

2010-08-31 Thread R Johnson
nd options. I'm downloading the 24/88.2 sampler now. I'll get their 16/44.1 version too. For $10 plus $6, a very reasonably priced experiment. -- R Johnson R Johnson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.co

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Best 24/96 demo tracks?

2010-08-31 Thread R Johnson
system for more revealing tests. -- R Johnson R Johnson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36462 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81634 ___

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Best 24/96 demo tracks?

2010-08-31 Thread R Johnson
Thanks Phil! Looks they offer a nice sampler http://www.linnrecords.com/recording-the-super-audio-collection-volume-4.aspx -- R Johnson R Johnson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36462

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Best 24/96 demo tracks?

2010-08-31 Thread R Johnson
t;Yes", is it worth extra money for the 'HD' download? How much money? I'm simply looking for sample downloads to answer those questions. I want to compare apple-HD to apple-CD not apple-HD to orange-CD. -- R Johnson ---

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Best 24/96 demo tracks?

2010-08-31 Thread R Johnson
teresting question of whether the HD track was REALLY HD. See http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74688 (a rather large thread)... I'm still looking for classical comparison samples. -- R Johnson R Johnson&#

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Excellent Touch Review

2010-08-13 Thread R Johnson
RonM;568624 Wrote: > This is on "Home Theater and High Fidelity". Originally posted in the > general discussion area. > > http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/digital-analog-converters/879-logitech-squeezebox-touch.html?showall=1 > Thanks for the link! I thought the revie