Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] CD Treatments?

2007-03-05 Thread slimkid
While we are here, check this one out: http://www.audiophilia.com/hardware/yamamura.htm -- slimkid The sound stage will open up, bass will tighten and the imaging will improve. DVD performance will also increase substantially.

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] CD Treatments?

2007-03-03 Thread 325xi
jhm731;184621 Wrote: I never claimed to have special hearing ability. I don't know what's causing the SQ differences I'm hearing. Some people seem to overestimate their abilities... You sincerely believe that what you hear is always there? May I suggest you to educate yourself, take this easy

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] CD Treatments?

2007-03-03 Thread Skunk
325xi;185211 Wrote: You sincerely believe that what you hear is always there? Do you ABX two apples before taking a bite, to make sure one is not an illusion? OTOH, I thought it was common knowledge that reality is based on perception. Is a color blind person not part of the 'real world'?

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] CD Treatments?

2007-03-03 Thread jhm731
325xi;185211 Wrote: 1. Some people seem to overestimate their abilities... You sincerely believe that what you hear is always there? 2. May I suggest you to educate yourself, take this easy reading first: Brain Maps Perceptions, Not Reality

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] CD Treatments?

2007-03-03 Thread 325xi
Skunk;185225 Wrote: Do you ABX two apples before taking a bite, to make sure one is not an illusion? OTOH, I thought it was common knowledge that reality is based on perception. Is a color blind person not part of the 'real world'? Hey, I was serious this time! :) Not sure if it's part

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] CD Treatments?

2007-03-01 Thread seanadams
jhm731;184497 Wrote: Thanks for your corrected response. FYI- the clocks in my DAC are +/- 10ps. How do you know that? And what does +/- mean? Are you even using the clock in your DAC as the master? I never said the SQ differences I'm hearing are jitter related, that was 325xi's

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] CD Treatments?

2007-03-01 Thread GaryB
seanadams;184579 Wrote: jhm731;184497 Wrote: I don't need the TP's DAC functions. Of course that's up to you, but I'm curious why you would think that. Sean, I think this one is easy so I'll take the liberty of answering even though I'm not jhm731. A lot of people have external DACs

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] CD Treatments?

2007-03-01 Thread seanadams
GaryB;184587 Wrote: Sean, I think this one is easy so I'll take the liberty of answering even though I'm not jhm731. A lot of people have external DACs that they enjoy and more to the point they enjoy the sound of the transporter through their external DACs more than the sound of the

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] CD Treatments?

2007-03-01 Thread GaryB
seanadams;184593 Wrote: That's perfectly fair, but in the context of a discussion about the shortcomings of s/pdif, it seems odd to me that one would dismiss the idea of simply not using s/pdif! Especially not having heard it... I thought I mentioned that I actually own a Transporter and

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] CD Treatments?

2007-03-01 Thread jhm731
seanadams;184579 Wrote: How do you know that? And what does +/- mean? Are you even using the clock in your DAC as the master? What do you think it is then? If your hearing is as good as you say, I'd think you could easily identify it. Why would i2s sound good? You are still sending the

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] CD Treatments?

2007-03-01 Thread seanadams
jhm731;184621 Wrote: The clocks in my DAC are STUNSU STGJ3s which are spec'd to that figure for frequency stability. My TacT 2150 doesn't have a clock output. Do you have a reference? I've never heard of STUNSU, and as far as I can tell, a STGJ3 is some kind of industrial pulley block:

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] CD Treatments?

2007-03-01 Thread jhm731
seanadams;184631 Wrote: Do you have a reference? I've never heard of STUNSU, and as far as I can tell, a STGJ3 is some kind of industrial pulley block: http://www.yzweiyi.com/stgj3.htm I am intimately familiar with i2s. What specifically did you want me to look at? Did you follow

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] CD Treatments?

2007-03-01 Thread seanadams
GaryB;184599 Wrote: I'm thinking that the electrolytic cap coupling between the DAC chip and the subsequent op amp stage(s) is probably an impediment to highest quality sound. Here we go with the caps again WHY do you think that? Is it because of a decades-old audiophile rule of thumb,

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] CD Treatments?

2007-03-01 Thread seanadams
jhm731;184637 Wrote: Talk with Steve, he seems to think I2S is the best digital interface for PC audio. Are you asking me to do the legwork to try and figure out what the heck you're talking about? The TacT 2150 is a DAC, why would I want to feed it an analog signal? Can your DAC

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] CD Treatments?

2007-03-01 Thread Skunk
seanadams;184644 Wrote: Are you asking me to do the legwork to try and figure out what the heck you're talking about? If I understand correctly, you agree that I2S, so to speak, is superior to embedding the clock in the data over SPDIF, but don't think the benefit is retained with two box

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] CD Treatments?

2007-03-01 Thread seanadams
Skunk;184651 Wrote: If I understand correctly, you agree that I2S, so to speak, is superior to embedding the clock in the data over SPDIF, but don't think the benefit is retained with two box units compared to an internal converter. Since there isn't a I2SSPDIFDAC chain inside the Sb, I

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] CD Treatments?

2007-03-01 Thread Skunk
seanadams;184653 Wrote: That is exactly right! (and easily demonstrated with a very fast scope) Not to push my luck, but I did forget to add; and pretty much useless as a retail feature, because who knows how the receiver end will be implemented in any given external DAC (not that many have

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] CD Treatments?

2007-03-01 Thread GaryB
seanadams;184642 Wrote: Here we go with the caps again WHY do you think that? Is it because of a decades-old audiophile rule of thumb, or do you know something about how to wire up a DAC that I don't? Sean, I think this because I've built quite a few analog stages for different DACs

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] CD Treatments?

2007-02-28 Thread 325xi
jhm731;184128 Wrote: An Aberdeen 2150 is a highly modified TacT 2150, which is a power DAC rated at 150w/ch @ 8 ohms. Feeding the same DAC from two high quality sources located at the same rack is highly unlikely to show any significant SQ difference, unless connection in one of your chains

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] CD Treatments?

2007-02-28 Thread jhm731
325xi;184287 Wrote: Feeding the same DAC from two high quality sources located at the same rack is highly unlikely to show any significant SQ difference, unless connection in one of your chains is flawed: bad connection or bad cable. Keep in mind: hearing something doesn't mean it's

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] CD Treatments?

2007-02-28 Thread 325xi
jhm731;184315 Wrote: The SQ difference has nothing to do with cables or connections. If you can't hear a difference between the SB and your CDP, something must be wrong with your chain or your hearing. This eventually became rather pointless... Try to analyse why can two digital sources

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] CD Treatments?

2007-02-28 Thread Phil Leigh
325xi;184393 Wrote: This eventually became rather pointless... Try to analyse why can two digital sources sound differently, assuming both are in working condition, so data stream is bit-accurate? One simple word - jitter. Applied to various parts of spectrum in different amounts your

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] CD Treatments?

2007-02-28 Thread 325xi
Phil Leigh;184401 Wrote: The more I think about this the more I believe that people are unable to distinguish between better and more accurate. Exactly. Better usually means more pleasing, not more accurate. Pleasing is subjective and personal, but easily determined. Accurate is indeed

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] CD Treatments?

2007-02-28 Thread jhm731
325xi;184393 Wrote: This eventually became rather pointless... Try to analyse why can two digital sources sound differently, assuming both are in working condition, so data stream is bit-accurate? One simple word - jitter. Applied to various parts of spectrum in different amounts your

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] CD Treatments?

2007-02-28 Thread seanadams
jhm731;184423 Wrote: My Pioneer and every transport/CDP I've ever owned or tried sounds better than the SB. Higher jitter can never give the delusion of better sound, unless you like glaring highs, reduced soundstage/separation of images and reduced dynamics. I'll bet dollars to

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] CD Treatments?

2007-02-28 Thread jhm731
seanadams;184436 Wrote: I'll bet dollars to donuts you can't tell any difference in a double-blind test. Then I guess I couldn't hear the difference between the SB and Transporter off their digital outputs either, right? -- jhm731

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] CD Treatments?

2007-02-28 Thread seanadams
jhm731;184454 Wrote: Then I guess I couldn't hear the difference between the SB and Transporter off their digital outputs either, right? No, I personally can't hear the effects of tiny amounts of jitter, but I can easily measure it with great accuracy. Saying things like there must be

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] CD Treatments?

2007-02-28 Thread seanadams
Oops, I mis-read your question...I thought you were asking what _I_ could hear. But basically the answer is the same. If you are comparing two devices whose output jitter differ by a few tens of picoseconds, I would not expect you to be able to detect a difference simply by listening to the

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] CD Treatments?

2007-02-28 Thread jhm731
seanadams;184485 Wrote: Oops, I mis-read your question...I thought you were asking what _I_ could hear. But basically the answer is the same. If you are comparing two devices whose output jitter differ by a few tens of picoseconds, I would not expect you to be able to detect a difference

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] CD Treatments?

2007-02-27 Thread Rangdo
So does anyone actually enjoy listening to their music and not their system any more ;) -- Rangdo Gronda Gronda Rangdo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5238 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] CD Treatments?

2007-02-27 Thread Codmate
pablolie;183728 Wrote: ... Maybe you 'understand computers' but don't yet know of the advances in DAW technology (shove a good audio interface on a PC - and it's a DAW!) in fairly recent times? Oh geez. I do have a Creative Audigy connected to my silent, $4k built to order computer,

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] CD Treatments?

2007-02-27 Thread Rangdo
You mean a thread that starts out asking about CD treatment, morphs into cosmic rays, flipped bits, etc, etc. I'm just happy I'm not so sensitive to pick up all these audible differences :D -- Rangdo Gronda Gronda

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] CD Treatments?

2007-02-27 Thread cliveb
Skunk;183879 Wrote: The precision circuits for the servos, separate housing for the transport/DAC, and resonance damped platter proves that the design of CD players is indeed compromised. Not necessarily. Accuphase CD players are exquisite pieces of engineering, and I'm sure that the care

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] CD Treatments?

2007-02-27 Thread 325xi
pablolie;183869 Wrote: And you seemed to made the point the superiority of computer based audo is its supposed ability to utterly eliminate bit errors, and if I am attributing it to you wrongly I apologize - it's a claim that was made earlier in this thread. And I have simply never seen any

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] CD Treatments?

2007-02-27 Thread Skunk
cliveb;183913 Wrote: But this thread is all about whether there is a flaw in the DIGITAL side of CD replay, and in this domain it is debatable whether the lengths that the likes of Accuphase (and other super-fi manufacturers) go to is necessary. Good point and thanks for setting me

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] CD Treatments?

2007-02-27 Thread pablolie
cliveb;183913 Wrote: Not necessarily. Accuphase CD players are exquisite pieces of engineering, and I'm sure that the care they put into the analogue side of things is justified (at least to a certain extent). That's the fun stuff. Since everything manufactured does indeed represent a

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] CD Treatments?

2007-02-27 Thread pablolie
325xi;183956 Wrote: So we basically agreed :) ... BTW, system using SB as a source is computer based, I don't know why do you consider SB as The Third Way. Music is streamed from hard drive, and SB is just a remote SPDIF interface module. Which to me makes the SB part of the audio

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] CD Treatments?

2007-02-27 Thread Skunk
Skunk;184027 Wrote: A good test might (?) be feeding I2S into the Sb from a Pro2M or other decent transport, preferably in the same box, then doing jitter measurements at the DAC to compare with streamed audio. Actually the Sb3 would have to be tested without the transport mechanism in

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] CD Treatments?

2007-02-27 Thread 325xi
pablolie;184033 Wrote: When I look at my chain and consider new loudspeakers, I am starting to think what the requirements will be 5 years down the line to make it worth the investment... and the truth is I don't know, so I am likely to stay put for now (unless I win the lottery). That's

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] CD Treatments?

2007-02-27 Thread Heuer
Personally I use Auric Illuminator, but only out of habit. It certainly helps with some disk read errors but then again it could just be the act of cleaning. Maybe you could try one of these: http://www.furutech.com/produ_2.asp?ProdNo=242 Demagnetises vinyl as well as CD. Mad as a box of frogs

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] CD Treatments?

2007-02-27 Thread jhm731
325xi;183956 Wrote: So we basically agreed :)I said that major real world advantage of playing ripped CDs on HDD based system vs. standalone CDP is convenience, not SQ. I agree. I like the convenience, but my tranport DVDP still have better SQ than the SB. Has anyone compared the SB's SQ

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] CD Treatments?

2007-02-27 Thread 325xi
jhm731;184070 Wrote: I agree. I like the convenience, but my tranport DVDP still have better SQ than the SB. Has anyone compared the SB's SQ wireless verses a CAT5 connection? All right, just note this is so not because of old technology is superior, but due to specifics of implementation

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] CD Treatments?

2007-02-27 Thread pablolie
325xi;184051 Wrote: That's going to be my own dilemma quite soon - exactly about speakers. But quality speakers hold their value pretty well, better then any digital components, aren't they? A friend (and I am fully aware a lot of dubious speculation gets started just like this :) was

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] CD Treatments?

2007-02-27 Thread jhm731
325xi;184074 Wrote: All right, just note this is so not because of old technology is superior, but due to specifics of implementation of your system. Can you describe your systems? Both SB and DVDP based? Modified Pioneer DV45a or SB3 w/linear psu-Aberdeen 2150- Custom Made Speakers(Focal

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] CD Treatments?

2007-02-27 Thread 325xi
jhm731;184094 Wrote: Modified Pioneer DV45a or SB3 w/linear psu-Aberdeen 2150- Custom Made Speakers(Focal drivers). Sorry for my ignorance, but what is Aberdeen 2150? I'm just wondering what DAC and amp do you use? -- 325xi simaudio nova cdp simaudio moon i-5 revel performa m20 via

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] CD Treatments?

2007-02-27 Thread jhm731
325xi;184122 Wrote: Sorry for my ignorance, but what is Aberdeen 2150? I'm just wondering what DAC and amp do you use? An Aberdeen 2150 is a highly modified TacT 2150, which is a power DAC rated at 150w/ch @ 8 ohms. -- jhm731

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] CD Treatments?

2007-02-26 Thread opaqueice
jhm731;183596 Wrote: Universal players have large RAM buffers. The disc spins at x2 to x10. The data output is free of error and jitter. The idea that computer audio is superior is because it re-reads and buffers is false. How can the output be free of jitter? That's nonsensical. Bit

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] CD Treatments?

2007-02-26 Thread 325xi
pablolie;183616 Wrote: At the risk of losing something else elsewhere. You're just kidding, right? Risk of losing something else elsewhere doesn't depend on whether it's optical disc or hard drive based playback. Properly build computer based playback system has only advantages over

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] CD Treatments?

2007-02-26 Thread pablolie
I'd like to emphasize - properly built. If you knew how to do it we apparently wouldn't be discussing obvious things now. I understand compuiter better than audio equipment. And I have no idea what you're talking about. Please enlighten us on the fundamental advantages when it comes to music

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] CD Treatments?

2007-02-26 Thread 325xi
pablolie;183698 Wrote: I'd like to emphasize - properly built. If you knew how to do it we apparently wouldn't be discussing obvious things now. I understand computer better than audio equipment. And I have no idea what you're talking about. Please enlighten us on the fundamental

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] CD Treatments?

2007-02-26 Thread Codmate
pablolie;183698 Wrote: I'd like to emphasize - properly built. If you knew how to do it we apparently wouldn't be discussing obvious things now. I understand compuiter better than audio equipment. And I have no idea what you're talking about. Please enlighten us on the fundamental

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] CD Treatments?

2007-02-26 Thread pablolie
... Maybe you 'understand computers' but don't yet know of the advances in DAW technology (shove a good audio interface on a PC - and it's a DAW!) in fairly recent times? Oh geez. I do have a Creative Audigy connected to my silent, $4k built to order computer, you know. I use it to record

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] CD Treatments?

2007-02-26 Thread regalma1
There are lots of audiophile quality DACs that take USB directly. Or the USB can be converted to SPDIF. No gamer boosts or tin-eared computer designers (if that is actually a problem). At least one highly acclaimed DAC manufacturer (can't remember his name, sorry) states point blank that the USB

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] CD Treatments?

2007-02-26 Thread Havoc
I still have to see the first flipped sram bit! This might be a problem for a satelite out there, but not for a pc. And no, ordinary pc's don't do ECC. Servers can do it, but mainstream pc's don't even have the possibility to fit ECC dimms. Only thing you can do is a checksum over the whole file.

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] CD Treatments?

2007-02-26 Thread seanadams
Havoc;183781 Wrote: BTW, in the digital chain there is no error detection, let alone correction. Once the RS is done, nothing can intervene. SPDIF has no redundancy either. Not true - while S/PDIF's error handling is indeed limited, it DOES detect errors using parity bits. A DAC typically

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] CD Treatments?

2007-02-26 Thread pablolie
... I still have to see the first flipped sram bit! This might be a problem for a satelite out there, but not for a pc. And no, ordinary pc's don't do ECC. ... It's a known fact that every SRAM built will have very high probability of bit errors. The calculations on how often vary - there

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] CD Treatments?

2007-02-26 Thread snarlydwarf
pablolie;183808 Wrote: It's a known fact that every SRAM built will have very high probability of bit errors. The calculations on how often vary - there are several presentations by Sun (those somewhat self-serving). The fact ou haven't seen that does not prove basic facts about SRAMs

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] CD Treatments?

2007-02-26 Thread seanadams
Sure you have heard a scratched or pitted CD make clicking sounds, get stuck in a loop, refuse to play, etc? I'm not sure what more information one could provide - it just depends on how well you've taken care of your CDs. I'm sure the error rates for perfectly unscathed CDs are low, but have we

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] CD Treatments?

2007-02-26 Thread pablolie
...Sure you have heard a scratched or pitted CD ... Heaven forbid! I am from the old turntable school, and my CDs are all pristine. As I have been ripping them by the hundreds, I must say I have been proud of myself. I am a media nazi. :-) -- pablolie

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] CD Treatments?

2007-02-26 Thread Phil Leigh
pablolie;183822 Wrote: ...Sure you have heard a scratched or pitted CD ... Heaven forbid! I am from the old turntable school, and my CDs are all pristine. As I have been ripping them by the hundreds, I must say I have been proud of myself. I am a media nazi. :-) So you have luckily not

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] CD Treatments?

2007-02-26 Thread seanadams
pablolie;183820 Wrote: ... Define 'very high'. Call me dubious, but it has been years since I have seen computers that used SRAM for main memory, so there is a definite credibility problem when the wrong type of RAM is being referred to. Wrong memory? Look into your Squeezebox or

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] CD Treatments?

2007-02-26 Thread Phil Leigh
pablolie;183728 Wrote: ... Maybe you 'understand computers' but don't yet know of the advances in DAW technology (shove a good audio interface on a PC - and it's a DAW!) in fairly recent times? Oh geez. I do have a Creative Audigy connected to my silent, $4k built to order computer,

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] CD Treatments?

2007-02-26 Thread Phil Leigh
seanadams;183828 Wrote: SRAM (static RAM) is really only used for cache and for tiny registers, higyh speed buffers, and such. All modern systems use DRAM for main memory, with the exception perhaps of a very small embedded system. Squeezebox uses DRAM, (specifically SDRAM) which is a

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] CD Treatments?

2007-02-26 Thread jhm731
Phil Leigh;183830 Wrote: I've done these tests and an original untreated single track recording coming off one of the high-end cards through a quality DAC/amp/speaker combo -even at 16/44.1 - always sounds better than the same track burnt to a CDR and played back through the same replay

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] CD Treatments?

2007-02-26 Thread pablolie
All modern systems use DRAM for main memory, with the exception perhaps of a very small embedded system. I work in networking. SRAMs are used extensively. There are many applications where SDRAM access times are not enough. Squeezebox uses DRAM, (specifically SDRAM) In that case someone

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] CD Treatments?

2007-02-26 Thread Phil Leigh
jhm731;183833 Wrote: What soundcard/DAC and high-end CD players were used for your testing? How did the soundcard/DAC combo compare to a SB or SB/DAC combo? PS-CDs can also be upsampled to 24/96 or 24/192 and burnt onto DVDs for playback on a DVDP or Universal player. I used a Nuendo

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] CD Treatments?

2007-02-26 Thread pablolie
... The key is to detect most errors, but no error detection scheme is utterly immune to overy possible combination of errors. CRC definitely isn't. ... Moreover, I should have stated that applications ultimately decide the error correction important to them. DRAM implements overhead for

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] CD Treatments?

2007-02-26 Thread GaryB
pablolie;183834 Wrote: I work in networking. SRAMs are used extensively. There are many applications where SDRAM access times are not enough. Pablo, This is getting pretty far off topic but are you talking about SRAM that is embedded on a chip or a stand alone SRAM? I was aware that

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] CD Treatments?

2007-02-26 Thread seanadams
// I work in networking. Really? Me too. // SRAMs are used extensively. If by extensively you mean in certain specialized applications, or where tiny amounts of RAM are needed, then yes, I'd agree. // .. buffer chip is a 128K x 8 (1Mbit) SRAM. Do you realize that you are having this

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] CD Treatments?

2007-02-26 Thread pablolie
// SRAMs are used extensively. If by extensively you mean in certain specialized applications, or where tiny amounts of RAM are needed, then yes, I'd agree. Odd that, you didn't do that one post ago. // .. buffer chip is a 128K x 8 (1Mbit) SRAM. Do you realize that you are having this

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] CD Treatments?

2007-02-26 Thread seanadams
pablolie;183858 Wrote: You'd like to think that, but no. You claimed all memory is equally reliable. I proved you wrong. SRAM is 1,000 times as likely to be affected as DRAM. Point conceded, SRAM is indeed more susceptible to cosmic rays. So? Was that the crux of your argument?

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] CD Treatments?

2007-02-26 Thread 325xi
pablolie;183574 Wrote: ... An appliance player typically has one shot at reading the CD in real time - and is therefore more prone to all sorts of issues compared to using a ROM drive to rip with re-reads, buffered, asynchronously ... In that case the quality of the music using our

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] CD Treatments?

2007-02-26 Thread pablolie
Havoc said I still have to see the first flipped sram bit! This might be a problem for a satelite out there, but not for a pc. So your basing your entire argument on an entirely circumstancial observation by a forum member? Has Havoc been measuring SRAMs for years? Or will you acknowledge

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] CD Treatments?

2007-02-26 Thread GaryB
seanadams;183862 Wrote: Actually I believe that was _entirely_ the matter at hand. If you refer to the post that kicked off this silly discussion, Havoc said I still have to see the first flipped sram bit! This might be a problem for a satelite out there, but not for a pc. Let me start by

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] CD Treatments?

2007-02-26 Thread pablolie
... I think I'm missing your point. What idea are you pushing promoting your theory of cosmir rays? (a) It's not my theory. It's a proven (and solved, for the applications where it matters) issue. (b) It was just a way to illustrate that the utter obsession on every single bit seems to miss

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] CD Treatments?

2007-02-26 Thread pablolie
Point conceded, SRAM is indeed more susceptible to cosmic rays. So? Was that the crux of your argument? I see little reason to revisit that for the umpteenth time, since it's obvious you can't answer my original question. ... Havoc said I still have to see the first flipped sram bit! This

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] CD Treatments?

2007-02-26 Thread seanadams
pablolie;183870 Wrote: But since we talk flipped bits - my original question was: are they truly common when ripping CDs in good condition using standard tools? What are the Red Book issues that I see alluded to but never quite explained that cause that? But I no longer care, I'll

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] CD Treatments?

2007-02-26 Thread pablolie
seanadams;183871 Wrote: I really did try to answer this when you first asked the question. ... Thanks for doing it again, the first time got lost in the noise. I appreciate the information, and your taking the time at 10.20pm to post it. -- pablolie

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] CD Treatments?

2007-02-26 Thread Skunk
pablolie;183867 Wrote: And I have simply never seen any data or proof or material anywhere that shows that a red book audio CD playing in a regular CD player is plagued by enough bit errors to fundamentally make it inferior to a PC-based system where the CD has been ripped into it. The

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] CD Treatments?

2007-02-26 Thread pablolie
Skunk;183873 Wrote: We've established that Sb uses a large high quality buffer, but what kind of RAM do CD players use that isn't prone to cosmic rays (which opaqueice originally pointed out hours ago)? I don't think I ever made such a claim. I just don't think the design of a CD

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] CD Treatments?

2007-02-26 Thread Skunk
pablolie;183875 Wrote: I just don't think the design of a CD player is as compromised as some have made it out to be. This seems a pretty solid audio reproduction path to me, and I thought it read well at the time: http://www.accuphase.com/historys/cate/dp-65ven.pdf The precision circuits

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] CD Treatments?

2007-02-25 Thread opaqueice
GaryB;183146 Wrote: Or one could accept that these differences do exist and try to understand what's going on. I find it very telling that jhm721 found the differences to disappear once copied to a hard drive.Somehow the timing / jitter issues of the originals are getting replaced by

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] CD Treatments?

2007-02-25 Thread Mark Lanctot
325xi;183337 Wrote: That's interesting, I didn't know unreadable disk can really be repaired. What commercial kit do you use? Where can it be found? Since you're in Canada, you can pick up the same exact one I use at your local The Source (I hate that name). I posted about it here:

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] CD Treatments?

2007-02-25 Thread jhm731
325xi;183328 Wrote: I accept Nespa might improve readability of CD, which might cause to better sound on an appliance player. However if your CD could be read perfectly before treatment, nothing can make it better. And bit-identical rips cannot sound differently - they are just copies of

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] CD Treatments?

2007-02-25 Thread Phil Leigh
jhm731;183472 Wrote: If you can accept that the Nespa might improve readability of CD, which might cause to better sound on an appliance player, why you did you make fun of the sixmoons review? BTW- What is an appliance player? An appliance player typically has one shot at reading the CD

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] CD Treatments?

2007-02-25 Thread pablolie
... An appliance player typically has one shot at reading the CD in real time - and is therefore more prone to all sorts of issues compared to using a ROM drive to rip with re-reads, buffered, asynchronously ... In that case the quality of the music using our regular CD players should

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] CD Treatments?

2007-02-25 Thread jhm731
Phil Leigh;183503 Wrote: An appliance player typically has one shot at reading the CD in real time - and is therefore more prone to all sorts of issues compared to using a ROM drive to rip with re-reads, buffered, asynchronously. Universal players have large RAM buffers. The disc spins at x2

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] CD Treatments?

2007-02-25 Thread 325xi
jhm731;183472 Wrote: If you can accept that the Nespa might improve readability of CD, which might cause to better sound on an appliance player, why you did you make fun of the sixmoons review? Because they claimed the device to consistently improve how CD sounds. The only thing any CD

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] CD Treatments?

2007-02-25 Thread pablolie
... computer ripping has much better chances to retrieve the lost stuff ... At the risk of losing something else elsewhere. Flipped bits in SRAMs are quite likely. The thing is - they don't matter. Which is why the obsession with utter and constant bit perfection everywhere is a losing

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] CD Treatments?

2007-02-24 Thread opaqueice
I'm waiting for GaryG to clarify what he wants tested. Is it two identical CDs, one treated and one not, through a CD player? Or two files over SB, one ripped from a treated CD and one not? Or is it just to see if the treatment helps with read errors while ripping? -- opaqueice

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] CD Treatments?

2007-02-24 Thread jeffmeh
I can accept the notion that the Nespa treatment might alter the CD so that a CD player plays it back differently than it would pre-treatment. One hypothesis is that it introduces additional errors that trigger the CD player's correction (guessing) algorithms. Another hypothesis is that it

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] CD Treatments?

2007-02-24 Thread Mark Lanctot
regalma1;182600 Wrote: I find that Brasso and other polishing compounds helps with the lighter scratches, but have not had any luck with the deep ones. I've also tried Plexus which fills in scratches in polycarbonate. Again, no luck with the deeper scratches. The most luck I've had with

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] CD Treatments?

2007-02-24 Thread GaryB
opaqueice;183063 Wrote: I'm waiting for GaryB to clarify what he wants tested. Is it two identical CDs, one treated and one not, through a CD player? Or two files over SB, one ripped from a treated CD and one not? Or is it just to see if the treatment helps with read errors while ripping?

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] CD Treatments?

2007-02-24 Thread Phil Leigh
Well my experience has been the (sort of) opposite. I used to use a small blue disk thing that sat on the CD's in my CD player. It definitely improved the sound. When I started ripping I tried it in my CD-ROM drive. The wav's were identical (bit for bit) and BOTH sounded like the CD player WITH

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] CD Treatments?

2007-02-24 Thread 325xi
jhm731;183028 Wrote: It's amazing how people who've never heard something feel quailfied to comment on it. Well, you said it. I'm amazed how a grown up person can have so little understanding of obvious facts and underlying mechanisms. And then to put personally offensive comments, with

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] CD Treatments?

2007-02-24 Thread 325xi
Pat Farrell;183019 Wrote: I'm lost. with either md5sum or sha1sum, if two files have the same sum, they are identical. So if you do two rips, and the checksums are the same, the files are the same. How could they sound different? :-) That's what I was trying to say - I'm in computers

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] CD Treatments?

2007-02-24 Thread 325xi
Mark Lanctot;183141 Wrote: I use a commercial (and cheap!) CD repair kit on scratched discs. It comes with a buffing compound just like Brasso. Even looks like Brasso although it doesn't have that solvent smell. The kit comes with what I think is 1200 grit wet-dry sandpaper. Use it

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] CD Treatments?

2007-02-24 Thread pablolie
And anyone who thinks two identical audio files can sound different is operating in an alternate reality ... I am sure that's not what you intended to say, since as we all know and agree the same CD will sound entirely different omn different systems. If you meas the same file in the same

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] CD Treatments?

2007-02-23 Thread 325xi
It won't work unless you provide perfect coupling to the floor, and arrange anti-vibration platform on top of it. Add a baking stone on top to make it even better. And cryogen treated power cord - a must! -- 325xi simaudio nova cdp simaudio moon i-5 revel performa m20 via acoustic zen

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] CD Treatments?

2007-02-23 Thread regalma1
I am an objectivist. There, I admit it. But I am still open minded. Just ask my Physicist brother-in-law who I drive nuts with my alternative explanations of things. The Stereophile article is very convincing. Something seems to happen with CDs that classic digital theory doesn't seem to explain.

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