Soulkeeper;693008 Wrote:
FYI, I only refer to what others have quoted; he's on my ignore list
too.
Unfortunately, the Ignore List doesn't work for email options.
Could people stop feeding the troll, please? It's simple enough,
surely.
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On 10 Feb 2012, at 22:42, TheOctavist wrote:
mr phil...
here are two of my earliest recordings, as an apprentice rec/balance
engineer in germany.the haydn..
http://www.theresia-aranowski.de/hoerbeispiele.html
just blumlein. akg 426. dav(drsigned by ex decca engineer mick
On 11 Feb 2012, at 12:22, TheOctavist wrote:
ah, i meant the two haydn excerpts. :)
the others on her page werent recorded by me.!
I do have this recording in 24/88.2.
If I can get permission from them, ill gladly send out a DVDA or two..
or a DATA disc with the files to do with
about some
forum members than we did get spam. At some point enough is enough.
That point came at least a month ago. This is long overdue.
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I tried Welsh. The tenors and basses sing lovely but the orchestra sounds like
a piano and the higher registers disappear altogether.
On 6 Feb 2012, at 11:25, adamdea wrote:
superbonham;688947 Wrote:
... using Russian/cyrillic keyboard (borrowed from a friend) and Konkani
On 6 Feb 2012, at 17:28, erland wrote:
superbonham;688941 Wrote:
I was unhappy with the somewhat narrow and nasal sound of my
squezzeboxes for a long time. Inspired by this thread I changed the
language setting of my music server from German to English and - to my
utter surprise - the
On 6 Feb 2012, at 18:59, magiccarpetride wrote:
Has anyone ever heard chest thumps coming out of non-amplified
instruments?
Yes: tuba especially multiple tubas; bass drum, especially orchestral (bigger
diameter than rock bass drums, although these latter shift a fair bit of air
too);
On 2 Feb 2012, at 15:36, cliveb wrote:
cunobelinus;688073 Wrote:
You can transfer a 45 minute LP in 15 minutes? That's a neat trick.
Surely TheLastMan means that it takes an extra 15 mins on top of the
time to do the actual recording.
Clearly, in which case by setting his figure of 15
On 2 Feb 2012, at 18:33, TheLastMan wrote:
cunobelinus;688073 Wrote:
Automatic track division tends to be very dodgy indeed with classical -
the bulk of my music. I'll try VinylStudio again and see if it works
now, but it certainly didn't last time.
You are right, track breaks tend
On 3 Feb 2012, at 12:22, cliveb wrote:
Well, just because the music is well-recorded classical does not alter
the fact that vinyl LPs have a maximum dynamic range around the 60dB
mark - perhaps 70dB for a pristine audiophile pressing with a
following wind.
Modern soundcards routinely
On 3 Feb 2012, at 21:33, darrell wrote:
magiccarpetride;688453 Wrote:
To you, whose mind appears to be of a dogmatic, a priori bend, exploring
things and turning every stone on the path may look like playing
games... You are the official guardian of the official way of thinking,
the
On 3 Feb 2012, at 21:14, Phil Leigh wrote:
magiccarpetride;688443 Wrote:
Surprising to whom? Piano players?
I think he means people like SBGK whose systems roll off at well above
that...
Much more likely that than piano players, don't you think? They'd all know, and
most soloists
On 2 Feb 2012, at 03:13, Jeff Flowerday wrote:
My current floor standing speakers are +-3db to 40hz but will extend
down to 33hz as per specifications. Who knows how much roll off.
You could check the roll off, if you wanted to, using this:
http://www.realtraps.com/test-cd.htm
and a
On 2 Feb 2012, at 10:52, TheLastMan wrote:
You can make it shorter if you are prepared to use simpler software that
finds track breaks and tag information automatically.
Audacity and Amadeus Pro are about as simple as it gets! I suspect that you
mean more complex software that makes the
On 2 Feb 2012, at 14:49, pski wrote:
the zerostat gun.
By always I mean even before CD's. The zerostat de-statics TV's and
monitors as well.
Probably my father's coolest gadget (circa 1968?) applied liberally before
placement on the Garrard 301. I'm looking at the very one right now.
On 2 Feb 2012, at 15:43, pski wrote:
cunobelinus;688016 Wrote:
You could check the roll off, if you wanted to, using this:
http://www.realtraps.com/test-cd.htm
and a Radioshack SPL. Only a rough guide but might be interesting
nevertheless.
A bit of missing in the link: Where do
On 2 Feb 2012, at 23:48, pski wrote:
TiredLegs;688202 Wrote:
Also, the fact that your speakers are specified to 40 Hz does not mean
that they have zero output below that frequency, it just means that the
output below that frequency is reduced below whatever threshold they use
in their
On 3 Feb 2012, at 00:35, cunobeli...@mac.com wrote:
On 2 Feb 2012, at 23:48, pski wrote:
TiredLegs;688202 Wrote:
Also, the fact that your speakers are specified to 40 Hz does not mean
that they have zero output below that frequency, it just means that the
output below that frequency
On 1 Feb 2012, at 13:48, maggior wrote:
Cubase 5 is the most counter intuitive software I've
ever used. Unless I can find something it will do that I can't do in
Audition, I don't think I'll be using it.
My feeling precisely. A copy (of the Lite version, I think) came with my
Fairport Convention: Liege and Leaf. The vinyl sound is awful (a set of jigs
and reels, for instance, sounds as though played in Das Boot (or should that be
im Boot?), possibly behind some blankets, and recorded somewhere slightly
outside it); the CD is at best no better; the digital downloads
On 11 Nov 2011, at 14:30, RadioClash wrote:
Did you guys really have to wake up that sleeping monster, Phil Leigh?
It was so peaceful.
Yes, but so much less fun.
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get one right this minute, if I were you. Get a black one, in memoriam.
On 3 Oct 2011, at 16:08, Phil Leigh wrote:
cunobelinus;661039 Wrote:
... But what's all this about USB ports? I've got tons of them. If you
want them, you've merely bought the wrong device!
i meant on my
On 3 Oct 2011, at 20:01, TheLastMan wrote:
cunobelinus;661039 Wrote:
As for dbpoweramp and Foobar - I've got them on the VM, but they're so
incredibly cumbersome (not least given the iPods) that I avoid them
whenever possible.
?!?
I cannot imagine a music file player more simple
On 4 Oct 2011, at 16:40, TheLastMan wrote:
cunobelinus;661218 Wrote:
QC?Quality control. Accuraterip just gives me confirmation that my rip is
as good as it can be.
Most of the music I rip needs to be re-tagged anyway. No extant software
or database seems up to listing classical
On 3 Oct 2011, at 11:09, TheLastMan wrote:
.
Sure, Apple lossless is a solution for some, but only those who are
ignorant of the alternatives.
OK, if you like. A rather more thoughtful view might be that ALAC is also for
those who have thoroughly explored and experimented with, the
As I said at the start, the discussion about lossless digital formats is
unutterably tedious. I'll add that I don't see why any member of the forum
should, when the mindless trolls come out, be expected to justify with a CV and
covering letter the statement that there are lossless alternatives
On 3 Oct 2011, at 15:33, pski wrote:
Phil Leigh;660986 Wrote:
Yes, well, Apple not supporting FLAC is just as dumb as them not
supporting Flash or not having USB ports. I know perfectly well WHY
they do it - but it's still dumb.
I say this as an enthusiastic iPad2 owner, but not
.
It doesn't entirely surprise me, given the rest of what you say, especially the
hanging and crashing (which it used not to do many aeons ago, unless the rosy
specs are on again).
Thanks. Now I know what to avoid with it.
On 3 Oct 2011, at 16:08, pippin wrote:
cunobelinus;661038 Wrote:
I would
Quite. Apple lossless is for many one of only two pragmatic lossless options,
the other being AIFF. That's not to say there's anything wrong with FLAC or
that in a perfect world FLAC would not be the better solution. But strangely
enough, in this particular dimension there are some people who
Who said it was? (And I, for one, really couldn't care less whether it's open
source or not anyway, so more than enough said).
Just pointing out that there's no excuse for going lossy even if one uses a
Mac and iTunes.
On 30 Sep 2011, at 22:47, ralphpnj wrote:
cunobelinus;660613 Wrote
On 1 Oct 2011, at 13:05, Phil Leigh wrote:
People should care about this for their music, photos and other works
that they own/hold a copyright or licence for.
Well, I don't. The risk is too small, the ability to convert to open source too
easy, and the whole argument just utterly,
Whereas I have always known that only the more intelligent Americans have a
sense of humour and refrain from foolishly insulting people of whom they know
nothing.
On 1 Oct 2011, at 19:51, ralphpnj wrote:
cunobelinus;660745 Wrote:
On 1 Oct 2011, at 13:05, Phil Leigh wrote:
People
ALAC does, though, and that's not lossy either.
On 29 Sep 2011, at 19:54, ralphpnj wrote:
Curt962;660475 Wrote:
A decidedly Mid-Fi approach Ralph. ;)
First of all there is nothing mid-fi about a Mac Airbook streaming via
USB the sound of a Pandora radio stream.
All kidding aside, why
Perfect reproduction, Pat - I can hear it from here - of the sound a nail makes
when whacked squarely on the head. And not just in communicating. Of, course,
it might merely indicate an unhealthy preoccupation with, and corresponding
self-referential delusions concerning, the life and works of
and then adjust the roll-off so that the sub is active no higher than 120Hz
at the absolute maximum. My REL Strata 5 is set to start rolling off at 28Hz
with LS3/5As - not noted for their massive bass response - and at only 22 with
my Quad 989s. The REL pre-set roll off is steep, and with
Flac won't work with iTunes, or iPods.
Although neither would appear to be of any importance to the OP, those are,
nevertheless, two reasons for those who want to use their libraries with an
iPod as well as SB.
On 6 Feb 2010, at 03:29, Daverz wrote:
Aiff is an uncompressed format that can
You don't happen to recall the address of that bar, do you?
On 4 Feb 2010, at 08:48, cliveb wrote:
Works with Laphroaig, too. ;)
+1 Lagavulin
+1 Highland Park, the older the better.
You are all philistines - Talisker is the greatest malt.
PS. I once ordered Lagavulin at a bar in LA
Only you can answer that, of course, but I hope this may help:
Squeezeboxes don't allow FF and RW in ALAC. They do allow it for .wav, .aiff,
and .flac. ALAC is therefore not as flexible for SB as .aiff (or the others),
although of course it is great for iTunes and iPods, and for keeping storage
Speakers with three or four driver units (actual loudspeakers) mounted in each
cabinet.
Just to be slightly mischievous for a moment, I'd point out that 3 or 4 way
drivers at this price can be pretty wonderful, but if you want mind-blowingly
wonderful you might need to spend a lot more; and
Do you have a TP with which to try the same trick?
On 2 Dec 2009, at 16:56, Phil Leigh wrote:
Looking at the spectrum plots of the difference files, it seems that
actually the big differences are in the lower frequencies. For the SB3
DAC the correlation above 280Hz is not bad, whereas it
That'd be fun, too.
On 2 Dec 2009, at 17:46, Phil Leigh wrote:
cunobelinus;491666 Wrote:
Do you have a TP with which to try the same trick?
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Sadly...no. But I do have a Touch!
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You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl
I'm afraid I can't answer the specific question, but I can say that your use of
SC is very close (very close indeed) to mine, but that I've had no problems
whatever with 7.3.3 under Snow Leopard.
I too use iTunes and AIFF for all SB music, with ALAC for files used with
large iPods (Mk 4 80Gb)
Only real advantage of FLAC over ALAC is that you can FF and RW files encoded
in it on the Squeezebox. Big disadvantage is that you can't use iTunes (for
tagging/organising) and iPod with it. If you want FF and RW AND be able to use
iTunes to to tag files you have to resort to AIFF which like
This is getting to look very much like arguing for ego rather than truth,
otherwise known as trolling. If it were not, there would be no need to start
reaching for such patently - and ludicrously - false analogies and .
Does it really need to be said that the closer one is to a musician, the
Call it speculation, call it hypothesis. Whatever one calls such an exercise,
it is not the nomenclature that predicts its value. If speculation (or
hypothesis) is inadequately grounded in known fact, inadequately observed or
poorly thought through, then, yes, it will be worthless; but if not,
Hmm. Wasn't there some chap who started a Tiny Garage Audiophile company that
was taken over by Logitech and seemed to know a bit about the Transporter -
used to post a lot here about it, I seem to remember - who's now not working
for Logitech any more? Did he ever say what he was going to do
Ach, ye'll never get two sheep in the back of a Maserati.
(Local Hero, Bill Forsyth, 1983)
On 12 Nov 2009, at 15:04, Pat Farrell wrote:
radish wrote:
cunobeli...@mac.com;484490 Wrote:
Did he ever say what he was going to do next? I wonder if he still has
the garage.
Yeah, he uses it to
and you don't need extra cabling of any sort to run ethernet, so
there may be some who can't use it, but probably not that many. I run
my SB2 and SB Classic via ethernet over mains using 200 Mbps
Homeplugs. It works wonderfully, no drop outs or rebuffering,
absolutely no problems. It
Only if you give her the money.
On 9 Oct 2009, at 17:26, ashmore wrote:
D'you think the wife will buy it? ;)
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There was a long thread a couple of years ago which concluded - I
believe Sean confirmed it though I couldn't now swear to that - that
reducing the volume of the SB's digital outputs below about 90 per
cent also significantly degraded audio quality. It starts throwing
other bits away, I
It can disprove, though, or reveal an absence of disproof, (as in
that WS quotation) or illuminate a parallel or a correspondence or a
similarity. Wit's a serious business, and proof isn't everything, (as
that Voltaire bloke would have realised if he'd read a bit more John
Donne), but then
Thank you. One minor problem for me with this solution is summed up
in this word: Mac..
I think, though, that iTunes may have a drag-and-drop facility. Only
one way to find out whether it works: I'd better get scanning!
On 29 Sep 2006, at 16:04, gharris999 wrote:
[EMAIL
WHAT? That's horrible! It shows how long it is since I went
into HMV, I suppose. That upstairs section used to be a wonderful
oasis of civilised, self-indulgent, expenditure - a place where it
was a pleasure to open one's credit card. That was before Amazon came
along,
Well, leaving aside the un-Intelness of my Macs, I'm tempted to
observe merely: pretty easy for you, maybe, but for me - well, I
might as well waggle my ears and hope to fly!
On 29 Sep 2006, at 18:12, gharris999 wrote:
The sources for the modified MetaFlac are available at the
Gharris999, how do you do this embedding trick, again? (Sorry if I
missed the explanation first time). The light stuff has been
relatively easy, but dozens of my classical CD covers have failed to
come up (or, at least, come up accurately) on the iTunes (and CDPedia/
Amazon) searches, and
Whatwhatwhatwhatwhat? I didn't know about AllMusic. Thank you very
much for that one, Pat. I'm off to have a look in a minute.
On 28 Sep 2006, at 14:56, Pat Farrell wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Right, Amazon only has mass market stuff.
A lot of 'classical' CDs are lucky to sell as many
This sounds like the makings of a very good thing, to me. And quite a
prospect..
On 28 Sep 2006, at 17:20, Pat Farrell wrote:
There has been a Sql database in the SlimServer 6.* servers.
Starting in 6.5, it is MySql, either one automagically installed or
a pre-existing one of your
Is that a quote from The Hall of the Mountain King? (Musical
joke..take no notice. I'll be better in a minute. Well, I shall
if somebody gets it.)
On 22 Sep 2006, at 17:08, joncourage wrote:
Just to get on your nerves.
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You took the words right out of my keyboard.
(Except that it's fibre not finer needles. Don't ask me why - I'm
not that old - but it's here in black and white in front of me in The
Songs of Michael Flanders and Donald Swann, Elm Tree Books and St
George's Press, 1977 price £6.50, also
Thanks, Ceejay, yes, I couldn't remember which one it was in without digging up the box (which is currently at the very bottom of the "just digitised" pile somewhere in the deepest innermost recesses of my den) or else firing up, and taking an eternity to search through on, the Squeezebox, of
Crucial phrase is to those in the trade! The information is
extremely easy to find - just common knowledge, in fact - to those
who still are, but I'm not sure that it is easy at all for those who
are not. Perhaps it's not so surprising that audiophiles in the
latter group seem to know so
Eh? What's that you're saying? Speak up a bit lad, and stop mumbling.
And what's worse - I say WHAT'S WORSE - is you can't get proper steel
needles any more either..
On 19 Sep 2006, at 14:39, Michaelwagner wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED];137366 Wrote:
I can now find out what software is as
I have to agree with this, at least on my own account, the more so since I once (a long time ago) did know, at least, what was state of the art in broadcasting studios in the UK. Then, though I was involved in the business. I don't now find the information is that easy to acquire. Neither record
Both very good ideas. It hadn't occurred to me that EAC might work
under Virtual PC, which I have (but hate using because is it soo
slow on the ageing eMac on which I run Slimserver). I do also have a
cheap laptop PC so I could use that and then upload on the network,
in extremis
Thanks, Skunk. Just so, I imagine - CDs handled with the same care
lavished on vinyl. I've been lucky enough to wreck only a couple so
far (one discovered tonight, alas, although I've no idea how I've
managed to ruin it), although one or two also arrived that way as
part of multi-disc sets
Hmm. Thank you for this, Nikhil. If that is the case, since I've
never had any problems with iTunes provided its error correction is
on, I think I might be sticking with it. I am quite curious to know,
though, what is thought to be sub par about it.
On 1 Sep 2006, at 21:19, Nikhil wrote:
Slightly off topic, I suppose, but this does raise the question of what ripping software is available for Mac, then, that is up to par? EAC appears to be PC only. (My experience of ripping using iTunes, incidentally, is generally pretty good).On 1 Sep 2006, at 19:03, michel wrote:Sorry to say -
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