RE: [Freevo-users] VCRVO project, a note on cables

2005-06-20 Thread Geert Decorte
I think a few people need to get into high fidelity audio. To be clear : cable is cable, it's just a piece of metal.( Some people claims they can hear the difference between a gold and a copper cable, come on, let's be serious) Seriousely, ALL cables have a sonic signature. Silver is,

Re: [Freevo-users] VCRVO project, a note on cables

2005-06-20 Thread Jake Briggs
My god, do you guys listen to your stereo equipment, or the music coming out of the speakers? :) Geert Decorte wrote: I think a few people need to get into high fidelity audio. To be clear : cable is cable, it's just a piece of metal.( Some people claims they can hear the difference

RE: [Freevo-users] VCRVO project, a note on cables

2005-06-19 Thread Oscilated
I think a few people need to get into high fidelity audio. To be clear : cable is cable, it's just a piece of metal.( Some people claims they can hear the difference between a gold and a copper cable, come on, let's be serious) Seriousely, ALL cables have a sonic signature. Silver is,

RE: [Freevo-users] VCRVO project, a note on cables

2005-06-19 Thread Oscilated
I personally will rarely spend more than 10% of what I paye dfor the equipment on the cables. Means cheap equpment gets cheap cables expensive equipment gets good quality cables. 10% is a good rule of thumb. Good cables (especially loudspeaker cables) can easily give 10% better sound.

Re: [Freevo-users] VCRVO project, a note on cables

2005-06-18 Thread Geert Decorte
I do agree using gold cables is a joke. But gold doesn't oxidate as well, thats one of the benefits. Most contact problems of cabling are real mechanical problems combined with oxidation. Oxidation would make the resistance higher and therefore the quality of a signal lower. In coax, higher

Re: [Freevo-users] VCRVO project, a note on cables

2005-06-17 Thread gislain wautriche
I don't believe in ultra-quality cables, and seeing some made with gold, men ! that's a real joke ! To be clear : cable is cable, it's just a piece of metal.( Some people claims they can hear the difference between a gold and a copper cable, come on, let's be serious) BUT cables are build in

Re: [Freevo-users] VCRVO project

2005-06-16 Thread Geert Decorte
Actually, I'm thinking already some time to create a small subproject. A small captured film showing a freevo box working, switching TV, DVD, radio, pictures. A kind of commercial. Of course something thats viewable from a freevobox ;) Can be used by others writing about freevo with a link. You

Re: [Freevo-users] VCRVO project

2005-06-16 Thread Stephan Kanthak
Hi, having a public gallery of systems where everyone can sent a small number of picture (e.g. up to 10) would give Freevo a big boost as people will see what systems using Freevo can look like. Stephan On Wednesday 15 June 2005 21:31, Karl Lattimer wrote: Can we not get a public gallery on

Re: [Freevo-users] VCRVO project

2005-06-15 Thread Chris Ellis
While were on the subject of hardware, What do people thik of my freevo Media centre, Custom built for my A-level project, has remote and every thing www.chrisellis.me.uk//index.php?option=com_contenttask=viewid=13Itemid=6 Chris --- SF.Net

Re: [Freevo-users] VCRVO project

2005-06-15 Thread Karl Lattimer
That is cool, got some serious cool factor! The RF remote seems interesting, do you have the circuit diagrams? IR is good but RF would be so much better! Karl, On Wed, 2005-06-15 at 11:17 +0100, Chris Ellis wrote: While were on the subject of hardware, What do people thik of my freevo Media

RE: [Freevo-users] VCRVO project

2005-06-15 Thread Neil
Lattimer Sent: 15 June 2005 11:24 To: freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Freevo-users] VCRVO project That is cool, got some serious cool factor! The RF remote seems interesting, do you have the circuit diagrams? IR is good but RF would be so much better! Karl, On Wed, 2005-06-15 at 11:17

RE: [Freevo-users] VCRVO project

2005-06-15 Thread Karl Lattimer
? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Karl Lattimer Sent: 15 June 2005 11:24 To: freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Freevo-users] VCRVO project That is cool, got some serious cool factor! The RF remote seems interesting, do you have

Re: [Freevo-users] VCRVO project

2005-06-15 Thread Chris Ellis
Direct link to RF stuff www.chrisellis.me.uk/index.php?option=com_contenttask=viewid=10Itemid=17 There is also some info on Manchester encoding on my site Chris --- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies from

Re: [Freevo-users] VCRVO project

2005-06-15 Thread Geert Decorte
Since everybody start posting pictures of his project: These are a few of mine. http://gedeco.pointclark.net/gallery/freevo Just happens to have the same amplifier as the original poster :) Jason Tackaberry wrote: On Tue, 2005-06-14 at 08:37 -0700, ts North wrote: Here is a fun project

Re: [Freevo-users] VCRVO project

2005-06-15 Thread Karl Lattimer
Can we not get a public gallery on freevo.org or at least a registered users gallery Would be cool to show off what we build publicly Geert Decorte wrote: Since everybody start posting pictures of his project: These are a few of mine. http://gedeco.pointclark.net/gallery/freevo Just

Re: [Freevo-users] VCRVO project

2005-06-15 Thread joekewl
I'm still working on my newest Freevo box http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=879944 I haven't touched it in about a month, but I hope to resume work on it soon, and have it done by the end of the month... --- SF.Net email is

Re: [Freevo-users] VCRVO project

2005-06-14 Thread Jason Tackaberry
On Tue, 2005-06-14 at 08:37 -0700, ts North wrote: Here is a fun project I just completed that involves Freevo, a VCR and an old computer: http://www.northsecure.com/vcrvo/ Cool! The jog shuttle knob looks like it got a little beat up. :) But this is a really nice mod. You say cable

Re: [Freevo-users] VCRVO project

2005-06-14 Thread Rob Shortt
ts North wrote: Here is a fun project I just completed that involves Freevo, a VCR and an old computer: http://www.northsecure.com/vcrvo/ This is awesome! I love hardware mods like this, I was going to hack up an old VCR myself but chickened out. :) Thanks for such a great application!

Re: [Freevo-users] VCRVO project

2005-06-14 Thread ts North
--- Jason Tackaberry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 2005-06-14 at 08:37 -0700, ts North wrote: Here is a fun project I just completed that involves Freevo, a VCR and an old computer: http://www.northsecure.com/vcrvo/ Cool! The jog shuttle knob looks like it got a little beat

Re: [Freevo-users] VCRVO project, a note on cables

2005-06-14 Thread Karl Lattimer
A note on cables... Just for the information of the group, I once read a report on different cabling methodologies and the results of the report were. The bandwidth of audio interconnect/rca type cables is poor at best no matter what the length, metal or other marketing bull. The test

Re: [Freevo-users] VCRVO project, a note on cables

2005-06-14 Thread Karl Lattimer
Jason Tackaberry wrote: On Tue, 2005-06-14 at 18:36 +0100, Karl Lattimer wrote: Just for the information of the group, I once read a report on different cabling methodologies and the results of the report were. My own experience with A/V cables is a bit different. I personally

Re: [Freevo-users] VCRVO project, a note on cables

2005-06-14 Thread Jason Tackaberry
On Tue, 2005-06-14 at 23:29 +0100, Karl Lattimer wrote: however regardless of your rant, UTP carries a better signal. Thats why we use it in networking instead of coax, in networks we grew out of coax in the eighties apart from the odd ring of posterity. I wouldn't dream of disputing that.