Doesn't look like this has been noted so far - Kirk McElhearn, who
writes for MacWorld and a few other places - has posted a series of
articles on the claims audiophile magazines make about cables. You can
find them all currently on the front page of his web site, 'Kirkville'
(http://www.mcelhearn
Yeah, I agree the huge disadvantage of aac and mp3 is the fact that
you're stuck with what you're stuck with, and transcoding is a no-no.
OTOH, I'm trying hard to spend more time enjoying what I have and less
planning a future of listening that may never get here - like switching
off iPods to some
ralphpnj wrote:
> You must be joking!
>
> If you mean by "the broader audio community" everyone EXCEPT audiophiles
> then perhaps there may be a very small kernel of truth buried somewhere
> but as far as I can tell things shake out like this:
>
> 1) In the broader non-audiophile audio communit
What a fine read! Inspirational line: " I would gladly listen to an MP3
192kbps of a well recorded/mastered album than a poor DSD128 or 24/192."
It's taking some time, but I think the broader audio community is
starting to change its mind about what's most important.
s.
So, this continues what I see as a run of good news. High quality sound,
properly understood, ain't expensive, and is getting easier and easier
to reach. What you have to concern yourself with is not *that* much -
jitter isn't an issue unless something is broken. Ditto for cables. And
so on for am
Took me a bit to get there, but yes, you're right. I listen on decent
but modest gear, which feels about right, in terms of how much
mental/emotional space it occupies in my life.
s.
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ralph wrote, in part:
> ...one now has to very seriously question each and every thing written
> in their pages.
That's the thing: I can't bring myself to trust any of what gets
written. This really is a "fish stinks from the head down" sort of
thing. If you will tell me with a straight face tha
I dunno. I'm having a hard time laughing, given that real money is being
paid.
I found 'this'
(http://www.audiostream.com/content/mike-wins-1400-usb-cable) sad,
especially because there was a time when I looked forward to reading
Stereophile and its related sites.
s.
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Ron -
I like your answer, though I'm starting to get the point that moving to
file-based playback is neither cheap nor without considerable work.
Question: what do you use to play back from your fitpc? I assume some
variety of Squeezebox Server/Logitech Media Server/whatever it's
currently called
Well, I don't want to drag the thread too far afield, but let me ask you
guys (and whoever else wants to play) about workflow and V'box
hardware.
When I ran it I just grabbed an old Dell that was a 3 gig something or
the other (probably a P4) and let it chug away in the corner of my
rather noisy
I know it's an old thread, but I just stumbled into it last night while
reading through Archimago's brilliantly done blog.
Looping back to the original question, my take.
Like a lot of people, I wasted way too much time on dubious audiophile
claims, though my particular weakness lies in the dire
dhinesh;621260 Wrote:
> Do you mean Shunyata Power Cable? Which one?
Apologies. I was writing quickly and managed to misstate name. It is a
Shin-ola power cable, which I assume is Americanized.
s.
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satki
bove is true, but a sense of *detail* joins the fray. It's as if I
could drill down through endless layers of detail and there would
always be more to find. Yet I don't feel as if any information is being
kept from me; if anything, it's as if a veil
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