Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Interesting reseach paper

2015-12-03 Thread dsdreamer
arnyk wrote: > I find your summary to be entertaining and useful because it promotes > alternative thought. > > I find the paper to be both entertaining and useful because may make > people aware of what may be a dominant trend in contemporary life. > > We can still be friends, right? ;-) Good

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Interesting reseach paper

2015-12-03 Thread dsdreamer
ralphpnj wrote: > Spoken little a true academic! > > (Lots of headache inducing big words and long sentences with little real > meaning. However the paper and your response does bring to mind those > infamous words that many students live by: Lots of bullshit, piled high > and deep!) -That the

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Interesting reseach paper

2015-12-03 Thread dsdreamer
ralphpnj wrote: > I could not agree more since attempting to read the entire paper just > gave me a terrible headache. So while the paper may or may not be an > example of pseudo-profound bullshit, it is most definitely a very fine > example of pseudo-academic bullshit. Just because a long, deta

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Triode's USB 24/192 plug in - sound quality impressions

2012-06-10 Thread dsdreamer
Even though AudioEngine's FAQ says the opposite is true, when connecting their D1 DAC to a Touch it does so in ASYNCH mode as witnessed by the fact that you can watch the instantaneous sample rate cycle flip back and forth between too much and too little. I can tell you that this DAC performs sign

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Digital transport/TT 3.0 explanation revisited, please

2012-04-03 Thread dsdreamer
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Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Rega DAC - Has anyone auditioned one yet?

2011-07-12 Thread dsdreamer
, but which seems to have been achieved here. I recommend you get one by any means possible! -- dsdreamer -- "Dreamer, easy in the chair that really fits you..." dsdreamer'

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Favorite audiophile nonsense phrase

2011-07-12 Thread dsdreamer
is fond of saying of speakers he likes that, "Pitch certainty was superb." I could understand if he was reviewing turntables, but... speakers? -- dsdreamer -- "Dreamer, easy in the chair that

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Amps and Adjectives, your insights?

2011-07-10 Thread dsdreamer
ounding, just a bit more present and immediate. -- dsdreamer -- "Dreamer, easy in the chair that really fits you..." dsdreamer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?useri

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Favorite audiophile nonsense phrase

2011-07-10 Thread dsdreamer
"preserves the musical flow with a fabulous sense of body and an extremely tuneful midrange." Beat that! -- dsdreamer -- "Dreamer, easy in the chair that really fits you..." dsdre

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Amps and Adjectives, your insights?

2011-06-27 Thread dsdreamer
tly for two-channel with bi-amping, also making use of the room correction and microphone. This seems like a lot of complexity for what I want to achieve, but I think it contains a lot of the elements that could make for a good system (power, control, room correction, warmish s

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Amps and Adjectives, your insights?

2011-06-25 Thread dsdreamer
the US, which is a tad over what I was planning to pay. -- dsdreamer -- "Dreamer, easy in the chair that really fits you..." dsdreamer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Amps and Adjectives, your insights?

2011-06-24 Thread dsdreamer
see an amplifier that nearly or actually doubles its rated WPC into 4 Ohms vs. 8 Ohms, since this implies both low output impedance of the amplifier and the power supply headroom to make use of that control. -- dsdreamer

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] LFD LE IV Signature (US version) integrated amplifier

2011-06-24 Thread dsdreamer
I am glad you are enjoying your new hand-made LFD amplifier to the point that you are recommending it to forum members! When you mention kick-ass bass, how much of that should I attribute to the REL Acoustics R305 in your sig? Also, how have you connected the sub to the LFD? -- dsdreamer

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Amps and Adjectives, your insights?

2011-06-24 Thread dsdreamer
x27;m just a little scared that the Wyred4Sound amps can sound a little edgy and relentless, especially with the metal tweeters I happen to have in my speakers. -- dsdreamer -- "Dreamer, easy in the chair that really fits you..." ---

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Amps and Adjectives, your insights?

2011-06-23 Thread dsdreamer
of "house sound" still persist today and is it a valid way to down-select among brands? 4) Any specific model suggestions? TIA. -- dsdreamer -- "Dreamer, easy in the chair that really fits you..." -

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Rega DAC - Has anyone auditioned one yet?

2011-06-18 Thread dsdreamer
DAC for about 1 year. Lately, with my Rega DAC in the system I now have the most enjoyable sound I ever I had in my modest system. The Rega DAC has settled in to an unforced, rich and musically involving sound that will keep me satisfied in the digital source department for the forese

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Rega DAC - Has anyone auditioned one yet?

2011-05-23 Thread dsdreamer
the Wyred4Sound DAC2 if I could have auditioned one for a few weeks, but I was afraid of another extremely detailed but ultimately unmusical experience, with no easy way to reverse the purchase decision. -- dsdreamer -- "Dreamer, easy in the c

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] SB3 vs. Airport Express into Benchmark DAC

2011-02-20 Thread dsdreamer
ed at the sending computer, you will still hear the boomy sound, even over the relatively poor audio DACs of the Airport Express. An alternative diagnostic would be to load the lossless files on an iPOD touch or iPhone that has the latest IOS, and use Airplay to stream from that dev

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] soundcheck's Touch Toolbox 2.0

2011-02-18 Thread dsdreamer
kind of dialog without discrediting themselves. This does make the thread a bit of a pain to sift through, even for those of us who do very much like to think for ourselves. -- dsdreamer -- "Dreamer, easy in the chair

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] The man in the hi fi shop said...

2009-10-09 Thread dsdreamer
cally satisfied for many years, IMO. -- dsdreamer -- "Dreamer, easy in the chair that really fits you..." dsdreamer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12588 View this thre

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Antipodal filtering

2009-10-07 Thread dsdreamer
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Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Antipodal filtering

2009-10-06 Thread dsdreamer
ot add to the pre-echo, and should have should have a relatively short post-echo itself, hence the use of a Minimum Phase filter with a somewhat relaxed transfer function proposed here. -- dsdreamer -- "Dreamer, easy in the chair that really fits you..." --

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Antipodal filtering

2009-10-06 Thread dsdreamer
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Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Antipodal filtering

2009-10-04 Thread dsdreamer
dsdreamer;466679 Wrote: > Inspired by the latest Stereophile issue and the Ayre USB DAC, I was > wondering why not create a custom-convert file to do antipodal filtering > as part of an upsampling scheme to 96kHz. The idea would be to eliminate > some of the pre-echo artifact

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Antipodal filtering

2009-10-04 Thread dsdreamer
for the Transpoter or Touch. Does this idea sound worth pursuing? -- dsdreamer -- "Dreamer, easy in the chair that really fits you..." dsdreamer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/me