mozza wrote:
In a really simple circuit, say a battery across which is a lamp. The lamp
will glow at a particular brightness. Now before the battery goes flat,
stick a resistor across the battery - the lamp goes dimmer as current is
being used by the resistor, which is therefore not
* "mozza" [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Sat, 01 Jul 2000
| The way I see it, the analogue stage in the MiniDisc player
The power of the signal has absolutely no bearing whatsoever on the audio
quality of that signal when using digital interconnects.
Think of it this way. Whisper "one". Shout "one".
), but
I'm happy using the co-ax inputs so wont waste my money buying one.
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On http://www.minidisc.org
On Thu, 29 Jun 2000, Timothy P. Stockman wrote:
Hi,
I believe that the most common versions of Sony ATRAC, "4.5" and "R",
produce 20-bit and 24-bit (respectively) results. So passing a 16-bit input
through ATRAC encode/decode will produce a 20- or 24-bit output signal.
Sometime
* Eric Woudenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Thu, 29 Jun 2000
| It's the "Yes, there is." part I'm having trouble with. There is no
| "decompression + recompression", only decompression.
Hmmm... my bad, maybe. I had assumed that since the original poster had
mentioned recompression, he was doing a
* Eric Woudenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Wed, 28 Jun 2000
| Did you really mean to say that? There is only a single ATRAC
| decompress step when reading an MD and outputting to S/PDIF,
How is this different from "what comes out the digital jack is a 16-bit
SPDIF signal regenerated from the
I've said this before, quite some time ago now.
I think there IS a possibility of co-ax and optical sounding different, but
not directly because of the cable used, but the fact that at some point
within the MiniDisc player the sound is converted back to analogue - it is
the analogue stage that
* "mozza" [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Tue, 27 Jun 2000
| I propose it is possible that due to the differing electrical requirements
| of optical receivers and co-axial terminators (or whatever) audible
| differences could occur in the analogue stage.
Let's assume for the moment that this is not a
Rat wrote:
"Not in the way you are thinking. Mechanical components generate "noise".
This noise sometimes can affect analog circuitry within the mechanism --
but that is due to insufficient isolation within the component, not the
media."
Rat, does this mean you would agree that the isolation
* Richard Lang [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Tue, 27 Jun 2000
| Rat, does this mean you would agree that the isolation and quality within
| the component could affect the sound quality through the digital out (from
| machine to machine)?
Not really. SPDIF is effectively impervious to both external and
Stainless Steel Rat wrote:
| My ears tell me there is a teeny tiny difference between co-ax and optical
| (I prefer the former), but it is so small I would never notice without
| back-to-back (even blind) listening.
Has someone ever tried to trick you by playing optical + optical or
Rat wrote:
... but the true objective audiophile is a rare -- some say mythical
-- creature. :)
my point exactly.
simon
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That is what we've been saying all along.
Guy Churchill wrote:
The ONLY conclusion I can reach is that with my CD player and this
recording equipment, optical and co-ax digital are exactly the same.
Only the truly naive would believe a pile of dumb machinery over the acute
auditory perception of an objective audiophile.
At 13:49 29/05/2000 +0800, you wrote:
SNIP
The ONLY conclusion I can reach is that with my CD player and this
recording equipment, optical and co-ax digital are exactly the same.
/SNIP
Damn right!
Chrz,
Wrighty
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Date sent: Mon, 29 May 2000 13:11:56 +0100
From: Simon Barnes [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject:RE: MD: Co-ax v's Optical (must read).
Guy Churchill wrote:
The ONLY conclusion I can reach is that with my CD player and
this recording
on 5/29/00 5:11 AM, Simon Barnes at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Guy Churchill wrote:
The ONLY conclusion I can reach is that with my CD player and this
recording equipment, optical and co-ax digital are exactly the same.
Only the truly naive would believe a pile of dumb machinery over
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