Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Remastered Music, to buy or not to buy (Dumb question)

2014-11-05 Thread dafiend
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Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Enormous file sizes

2014-10-15 Thread dafiend
Julf wrote: > Because bigger is better, just like with sample rate? :) I think you meant ;) not :) dafiend's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=60637 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/sh

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] MEASUREMENTS: iPhone 4 and 6...

2014-10-15 Thread dafiend
ralphpnj wrote: > > And this begs the question of what audible improvement does one get when > using a mega-buck audiophile DAC versus a low cost (a few hundred > dollars) run of the mill DAC. None at all. Transparent is transparent.

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Enormous file sizes

2014-10-09 Thread dafiend
Mnyb wrote: > is there such a thing as a 24bit mp3 ? No. There's also no such thing as 16 bit MP3. Internally, MP3s use 32-bit float. With a WAV, the bit depth tells you something about the number of values a sample in the time domain can take. If understand correctly, MP3s store audio as sample

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] What Would You Replace a Transporter With?

2014-09-07 Thread dafiend
netchord wrote: > perhaps, but there might be other things in the case that do. Unlikely. You can get bit-perfect streamers for as little as 50 €. And digital audio conversion is basically a solved problem. By definition, all transparent devices sound the same. And you can buy transparent DACs fo