Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Oh wise and kind audiophiles or The curse of the vile mp3

2010-04-16 Thread Thavmasio
me as flac or wav files on my PC in terms of bass. Cheers! -- Thavmasio Thavmasio's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15496 View this thread: http://forum

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Oh wise and kind audiophiles or The curse of the vile mp3

2010-04-16 Thread Thavmasio
ot thinking of doing that before. Once again many, many thanks to all of you for taking the time and trouble to answer my plea for help. I have learned a lot of new things from you on the way. This is the best forum EVER! -- Thavmasio -

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Oh wise and kind audiophiles or The curse of the vile mp3

2010-04-15 Thread Thavmasio
Or shorter, anything but a pickup on the phono input would sound like > crap Right. I won't be plugging anything into phono sockets then! I remember those big old black groovy CDs; I have a pile in the loft - eBay beckons, I think! Thanks for going to the trouble to explain all

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Oh wise and kind audiophiles or The curse of the vile mp3

2010-04-15 Thread Thavmasio
hatever is burnt on the CD, so it seems reasonable to assume that the problem must lie further back in the chain, as you suggest. Perhaps I should try a different sound card? Anyone got any suggestions? (I won't bla

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Oh wise and kind audiophiles or The curse of the vile mp3

2010-04-15 Thread Thavmasio
han a normal CD. Do you have any ideas why this might be? -- Thavmasio Thavmasio's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15496 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.co

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Oh wise and kind audiophiles or The curse of the vile mp3

2010-04-15 Thread Thavmasio
CD and then take it downstairs to play through my CD player as I don't have my SB3 set up yet. I wanted to get rid of this bass problem before setting up the SB3 if possible. -- Thavmasio ---

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Oh wise and kind audiophiles or The curse of the vile mp3

2010-04-15 Thread Thavmasio
Mnyb;534347 Wrote: > which input not the phono I hope ? This sounds like another potential pitfall awaiting me – any chance of you elaborating or pointing me towards a source of info, please? -- Thavmasio Thavmasi

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Oh wise and kind audiophiles or The curse of the vile mp3

2010-04-15 Thread Thavmasio
rchased by download from Amazon and all the tracks by Chokt recorded from their MySpace website audio stream onto hard disk on one of my PCs. Hope all that helps! -- Thavmasio Thavmasio's Profile: http://forums.slim

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Oh wise and kind audiophiles or The curse of the vile mp3

2010-04-15 Thread Thavmasio
rchased by download from Amazon and all the tracks by Chokt recorded from their MySpace website audio stream onto hard disk on one of my PCs. Hope all that helps! -- Thavmasio Thavmasio's Profile: http://forums.slim

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Oh wise and kind audiophiles or The curse of the vile mp3

2010-04-13 Thread Thavmasio
where? -- Thavmasio Thavmasio's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15496 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77262 ___ audiophiles ma

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Oh wise and kind audiophiles or The curse of the vile mp3

2010-04-13 Thread Thavmasio
Its a NAD C370 - I lean towards the heavier side of music and it provides ample power and bass! -- Thavmasio Thavmasio's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15496 View this thread:

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Oh wise and kind audiophiles or The curse of the vile mp3

2010-04-13 Thread Thavmasio
technical skills and knowledge are limited. So. My question is, how do I get rid of this over-heavy bass? Can it somehow be filtered out as it is downloaded from legitimate streaming audio sources or from downloads purchased from Amazon? Any clues, anyone?.. Please? -- Thavmasio