Who knew one doesn't have to spend 10s of thousands on audio equipment,
just turn off the lights
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Mycenius wrote:
> Without doubt the vast majority of the world's music recordings are
> recorded and engineered ineptly or incompetently. And quite a few
> "highly regarded" sound engineers are pretty woeful, or at best
> extremely mediocre.
\
Seems a bit cynical and rather doubtful. Yes recordi
trott3r wrote:
> Hello,
>
> The mastering matters more than the resolution.
> Something put through a loudness wars mixing has its dynamics compressed
> and sounds more tiring to the ears and flat.
>
> dr.loudness-wars.info has a database with the DR ratio recorded by
> users.
> I use it to dec
Mike Sargent wrote:
> It may be better quality than CD, but odds are that you can't hear the
> difference. No one can. CD was designed to exceed the limits of human
> hearing and in the last 40 years we haven't evolved bat-like hearing
> (despite what people desperate to sell you the same music
So at Sample Rate: 44.1 kHzit is still better. That's good to know
Thanks
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I bought an album off of the Canadian site Stony Plains which I
downloaded as FLAC. When I look at the track details it shows a fairly
large file size and 24 bit audio. Is this a better quality than
standard CD?
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My chip tastes better (;0)
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Good synopsis
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> Which brings into consideration an earlier PWB product the
> PWB
>
> CCU safety pins i.e. specially treated safety pins for
> attaching to
>
> curtains, carpets and upholstery. The CCU treated safety
> pins are
>
> available in different sizes, wi
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bonze wrote:
> Surely the use of one of these cables in the southern hemisphere must
> also necessitate the use of an "opposite" cable in the northern
> hemisphere?
> Otherwise he's putting the Earth out of balance.
>
> For example, for every cable shipped to Australia there should be a
> cable
ralphpnj wrote:
> True but was Einstein an audiophile?
Of course he was
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pablolie wrote:
> is that because of "in your head" spatial resolution? that annoys me
> when i focus on it, but it's easy to forget. earphone comfort is very
> important to me. the Shure SRH1540s are absolutely stellar when it comes
> to long term comfort. they have become my fav headphone of al
pablolie wrote:
> http://tapeop.com/interviews/100/the-future/
>
> makes for a good read.
>
> i have to admit i find myself using headphones more often than ever
> before.
>
> i cringe at the thought that finally my trusted 2.0 audio system will
> become obsolete. :-D
Personally I dislike w
garym wrote:
> An oldy but goody (I'd forgotten it until I saw it mentioned on
> hydrogenaud.io). A checklist that covers almost 100% of the discussions
> that go on around here:
>
> http://www.m-ideas.com/sullivan/audio/woo.htm
Very Useful
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cliveb wrote:
> Here in the UK it seems to be getting windier with each passing year. If
> a wind farm would indeed reduce the wind as you suggest, then I'd be
> very happy to have a big one built upwind of my local golf course :-)
http://www.cnbc.com/2015/09/01/financial-times-us-clean-energy-
What are the environmental costs of solar panel production. Take a look
at this article about China a leading producer of
panelshttps://www.adbusters.org/magazine/121/revolution-or-collapse.html
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utgg wrote:
> I agree that changing to electric cars is a pretty stupid thing to do if
> we keep generating the electricity with fossil fuels. I think the
> article was about a lot more than that...
There is no free lunch. there are environmental costs for solar panels
and wind energy. You need
ralphpnj wrote:
>
>
> Presently in the US the percentage of electricity that is generated from
> fossil fuels is 67% (http://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.cfm?id=427&t=3)
> and regardless of how many STORAGE batteries and electric cars there are
> this percentage will not change all that much.
>
Mnyb wrote:
> But you are aware that similar products for audio do exist .
>
> Small crystals in bags you tape onto the cables for example .
>
> The nice pet rocks that shakti sells .
>
> Mystical ornaments or "things" you just place in the room that enhances
> things .
>
> When I loose all f
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Just my misguided sense of humour.
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:cool:
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> ::'Is anybody sick of the recent spate of threads?'
> (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?103842-Is-anybody-sick-of-the-recent-spate-of-threads/page9)::
Certainly sick of this one
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kidstypike wrote:
> Link is showing "Page not found" now, they must've sold out ;) ;)
Damn I needed a new ethernet cable for my $35 RPI
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I am of the school that the newer technologies mask the true sound. We
should be listening to music off of 5 1/4" Floppies. Sure you may have
to change the disks more frequently than a 16 TB NAS but the cound is
rich and full of colour, less amiguity
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The article is very informative
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pablolie wrote:
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>
> Typically I say, let people do what they do and feed their own
> psycho-acoustic preferences. If it makes them happy, let 'em stack up
> 100ks worth of equipment and some voodoo unobtanium-enriched
> super-conductor cabling and hey, it's no beef of mine. People ought to
>
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http://www.soundstage.com/revequip/magnan_signature_silver_bronze.htm
are the key to excellent sound for my golden ears
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pretty blue cable though
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CSOS - Cumpulsive Stereo Obsesssiveness Syndrome, perhaps
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http://www.needledoctor.com/Audioquest-Wild-Wood-Speaker-Cable_3?sc=7&category=1223
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I subscribe to the view that Occam's Razor provides the best solution.
This article demonstrates this perfectly in my view
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For those who haven't spent enough on their
audio...http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/moslive/article-2121827/Dalby-D7-preamplifier-Not-just-gold-discs.html
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Yet My Golden Ears require at least 24/196 to listen to Muskrat Love
The Captain and Tennille (1976)
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