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Thanks, jtavan.
It was educational. I made some first steps already. I made a slow 233MHz (and presumable it would have lower noise with lower speed) machine with no fans, and a large passive radiator on SPU. Formatted it and loaded Win2K Pro St4. S...
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As there was talk on the BW Broadcast RBRX1 receiver here, I thought this might be of interest:I have bought a new DSP-based tuner, and it is unlike any other I have used before. I had sort of distantly lusted after the BW Broadcast RBRX1, but ne...
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I am curious how the Lindberg piece came across WGBH last night.Here in Chicago WFMT had the live feed.The results in my home were poor at best. It seemed my system was completely overwhelmed by what Magnus the Great offered. I just don't know wher...
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Hi,I'm thinking to put up a PC to just play audio files (I'm not interesting in any kind of recording).From the previous discussions it seems that a good digital interface can be Lynx AES 16.My first question is about quality. Considering...
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I am not well familiar with what Berkeley. Their voyage to the beginnings unit that the company started was irrelevant to me and then thinner USB version did not attract my attention. It is not that I feel that they were bad units. I never had th...
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Those of us who use DAW (digital audio workstation) come to different observations what make better DAWs. My personal observations are based upon a number or principles (mostly not empirical but intellectual prejudicial) that briefly might be surmise...
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Dear Romy,K-Stereo receives a digital data feed, performs a bit-rate conversion in preparation for internal processing, then as a last step optionally performs dither for the reduced word length digital output. The machine contains an internal ...
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AudioStream | Q&A with John Swenson. Part 1: What is Digital?
AudioStream | Q&A with John Swenson. Part 2: Are Bits Just Bits?
AudioStream | Q&A with John Swenson. Part 3: How bit-perfect software can a...
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Oh I was thinking about FLAC, such as the ones from Linn Records, not raw WAVE files.
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Might be the new Berkley DAC would do it for you.http://www.goodsoundclub.com/Forums/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=6382[/quote]Not really: it is ...
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Jessie, I have two comments/questions.
Are you sure that using the USB you do not use the sound card? I am a software guy not a hardware guy and with my limited understanding I presume that an application that reads a file must talk to so kind of dr...
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Jessie-Good to hear from you. I am very motivated following your progress. Thanks for the inspiration.My room size is around 15' x 18' x 8'. At this point, I feel that a proper 60 - 70hz midbass horn is physically the largest I am realistically pr...
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Romy, I will attempt to fill you in on some backstory.
My Placette was purchased from a guy in France. My dac is made in the Netherlands. To an Australian that is just like next door. I have a good and strong rel...
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[quote user="Paul S"]While I've hardly gone out of my way to learn more about streaming digital, the reason for that is the consistently mediocre results in my experience. Really, how does one rate and build on streaming digital in musical terms? So...
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[quote user="Purite Audio"]The veneering is top quality, did you hear them Stitch?Keith.[/quote]Yes, the quality of making is top but to be fair to other manufacturers, they do a good job also. I think, the finish is more important than the sound qua...
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Any type of charged project needs a plan so that everyone involved knows what needs to be done, when the proper people will start and when they are done.I see no possibility to set up speakers in one working day - even bookshelf speakers need knowled...
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[quote user="JLH"]Foolishness is too soft a word to describe the unspeakable garbage the Magico Ultimate is. They have mis-matched impedance drivers, improperly sized horns for the drivers, and made everything from metal. Then they go on an attempt t...
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[i]"because I
"foresaw" that it would take a personally-developed 5-way system with
dedicated amps not only to optimize this approach, but it would take
about that just to overcome what I did/do not like about horns"[/i]I tend to think it's more w...
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Arno, I am sorry but I am not quite following what you would like to hear from me. I am sure you are involved in a fascinating project and I truly wish you to have fun to render it. Unfortunately I do not like the speaker ...
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When we are babies, we don't know much, but still have an IQ higher than a carrot. We crap in whatever we are wearing - smart parents choose diapers. We reach a point when we cry when the diapers are full and get relief when someone else changes our ...
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Hi Jorge,Thanks for your quick response. I believe I came off a bit brash and apologize as that was not my intention. I edited my comments above a bit for clarity; I found the DCX quite useful at low frequencies. The DCX is not a perfect unit but I ...
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Dear blue,I think that you are reading this site incorrectly.Romy has done an incredible job of documenting his personal audio travels. Consider this site to be a diary in that respect. It has absolutely nothing to do with DIY, except perhaps as moti...
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I, in my stupid imagination, thought that I will be able to close my R&E saga as I thought I found a truly wonderful new home for myself. The palace turned out to be grossly, I would say fraudulently, misspresented. Got home very disappointed an...
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In this exalted company its probably not up to much but I've not heard anything else demo-ed that makes me want to change. :)Front end: Vista laptop with XXHighend software (best sounding bargain in Hi Fi). Fireface 400 external soundcardDAC/Pre amp:...
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Hello BE,Quotes from BE in blue :A tractrix and a exponential horn was compared in a AES paper sometime 1950-1970, I dont remember when exactly.
Does anyone know where I might get a look at this paper?The two round and straight horns where mad...
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A bit side topic but someone made a comparation with car market but I think the best comparation would be more specificaly with sports/supercars. Indeed I feel those are the same type of clients.People pay high prices for:Ferraris: very well know to ...
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Hi Jorge.Firstly, be very careful if you're thinking about feeding a PP with a balanced AC input. It may be different with the North American PP units, but my UK unit did not like being fed by a balanced AC input. My balanced transformers already ten...
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Lx, this is very interesting. At the initial picture I posted you do can clearly see the difference in dynamic range. When I did what you did and went to higher resolution then you are right - the difference disappears. Dos...
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The miserable PurePower people are still sabotaging to make the Bypass Switch in their regenerators. Only God in his wisdom knows why they are so impotent doing it. The Switch is already there and activated what the unit in overload, all which is nec...
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Hello , Ive just came across this site , Im an audiophile from Chile . So I decided to join and learn from here . Sorry if my future posts doesnt make sense 100% , it will be because English is not my first language, so youre warned . :-)My last audi...
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[quote user="joaco"] Romy ; One question for you ; Does the pure power unit raise its temperature (gets hot) when youre using it ? or is it always cold ? I do not know what kind of IC they are using but I suspect they are "new generation ones??" I wa...
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