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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: The metaphor of modern life? by rowuk on 2014-10-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Audio industry metaphor in Playback Listening  1 Replies 
Just for the sake of digging a bit deeper......... If we are sick, we go to a doctor (well some of us do....)If we have trouble relating, we go tho a psychologistIf our house is on fire, we call the fire department.In times of strife...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Who suffers? by rowuk on 2014-10-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Volti Audio's Vittora in Horn-Loaded Speakers  12 Replies 
The Vittori does not suffer, neither do their owners. Who needs time alignment anyway?Well that loaded question has a simple answer - only those that really care about things like time alignment "need it". They most likely would not even consider the...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Urbanization as the cause of decline? by rowuk on 2014-10-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A sad day in Greece. in Musical Discussions  6 Replies 
If we look atbthe history of "american" folk music, we see a specific trend. Spirituals with a religious source became Gospel through urbanization - and got a commercial orientation. What about town bands, company bands and the like? how many peo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: John Swenson is not just anybody by rowuk on 2014-10-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: New bottlehead dac in Analog Playback  3 Replies 
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...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: The greek challenge? by rowuk on 2014-10-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A sad day in Greece. in Musical Discussions  6 Replies 
Do any of you have one single greek symphonic recording? I know it is not fair to compare commercial success with artistic, but at the end of the day, recordings ARE a big part of the life blood of a performing ensemble.When we add purpose to the lis...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: We need to wait for the implementation by rowuk on 2014-10-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Not new, but VERY interesting and VERY beautiful in Horn-Loaded Speakers  2 Replies 
Jeffery has done some interesting stuff and I am interested if he shows how a system with this generation of horn is implemented. Because they are both out of different woods, I assume that these are first prototypes....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Another possibility? by rowuk on 2014-10-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Bass impact on Turntable: how to estimate objectively in Analog Playback  4 Replies 
I recorded the LPs (Bruckner7-TeDeum Concertgebouw/Haitink, Also Sprach Zarathustra Chicago/Reiner - 1954) to digital. Then I lowered the stylus on to the record, but did not have the turntable turning. I played the digital copy at a bit more than my...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Not new, but VERY interesting and VERY beautiful by rowuk on 2014-10-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Not new, but VERY interesting and VERY beautiful in Horn-Loaded Speakers  2 Replies 
http://hifiheroin.blogspot.de/2014/02/hummingbird.html 9 section horn (hasn't Romy been discussing odd numbers of petals for years?). Unfortunately no discussion of sound........... ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: I would score everything for trumpet if I could! by rowuk on 2014-10-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Too damn loud? in Musical Discussions  5 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Honestly, steverino, I do not think that the situation is as tragic as you believe it might be. For sure it always would be here and there some idiots-bureaucrats who would try to impose some ridicules rules including the...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: De-stress not decompress............. by rowuk on 2014-09-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: De-stress not decompress............. in Musical Discussions  0 Replies 
http://slippedisc.com/2014/08/russia-orders-airforce-pilots-to-destress-with-tchaikovsky/ ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Too damn loud? by rowuk on 2014-09-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Too damn loud? in Musical Discussions  5 Replies 
Here ya go. I wonder if audio people have the same issues...... http://www.yeodoug.com/resources/faq/faq_text/noiselevels.html http://www.yeodoug.com/articles/text/team...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: What is quiet enough? by rowuk on 2014-09-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: DAW is down… new DAW. in Audio Discussions  4 Replies 
There of course is a ton of garbage on the net about the sound quality of a DAW with WLAN vs gigabit ethernet, analog or digital power supplies, memory, manufacturer of hard drive, active ports.I have primarily only really invested in lowest noise an...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: More like a good cognac by rowuk on 2014-09-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: First Bruckner listening for Neanderthals. in Musical Discussions  7 Replies 
It took me, even as a classical trumpet player a long time to warm up to Bruckner. I really didn't have a specific event that let me get it-it was more like a labor of love with the score and letting the music play in my head. If I were to pick an in...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #36: A statement or an apology? by rowuk on 2014-09-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Audio Shopping vs. Piano Shopping. in Playback Listening  39 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]    Rowuk, I very much on the same page with you. I do not buy the idea that piano could "ruin" sound of those Tanoys like it was in the case of my guy above or that it makes too much resonance in case of orchestral /ch...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #34: Early reflections and the damper pedal by rowuk on 2014-09-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Audio Shopping vs. Piano Shopping. in Playback Listening  39 Replies 
The only issues that I have ever had were putting the piano in a place where the large smooth surfaces did not cause assymmetric reflections that messed with the stereo presentation. The damper pedal on a piano is "on" when not d...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #30: The interface with a piano is not the ears, rather the hands by rowuk on 2014-09-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Audio Shopping vs. Piano Shopping. in Playback Listening  39 Replies 
Romy,you are very right about the piano being what it is. Piano players ALWAYS comment the action and response of the keyboard initially. The feedback from the instrument to the player is always tactile first. I am convinced that a concert pianist on...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #28: JUst deal with it? by rowuk on 2014-09-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Audio Shopping vs. Piano Shopping. in Playback Listening  39 Replies 
The really serious piano players I know either ignore it or buy a different piano. I have NEVER worked with a pianist that tried to make a piano something it currently wasn't. I think that when you are obcessed with your playing there are no syna...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Amar Bose was not stupid by rowuk on 2014-08-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Balance in Playback Listening  5 Replies 
I personally think that the legacy of Amar Bose was discovering how many "needs big box" factors could be left out and still have the products perceived at "of high quality". Bose is very popular with musicians, for all of the sonic shortcomings it s...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Subjective evaluation of various Audio CODECS and Bit Rates by rowuk on 2014-08-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Subjective evaluation of various Audio CODECS and Bit Rates in Didital Things  4 Replies 
http://soundexpert.org/encoders Digital is here to stay whether we like it or not. ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Created in Moronia for its own inhabitants by rowuk on 2014-08-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Open Baffle Speaker Design in Playback Listening  2 Replies 
It is amazing that not even basic attention is paid to how our ears and physics work. This is more like a concubine, just there when you want a physical orgasm.With all that real estate, they could have at least time aligned the speakers................

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Maybe there is another solution by rowuk on 2014-07-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The period DHT tubes and Swastika in Melquiades Amplifier  1 Replies 
Perhaps the tubes with the swastika could be used ONLY for music written or played by persecuted Jews. Another "just" cause would be the so called "Entartete Musik" of Schoenberg, Stravinsky, Webern, Hindemith and Toch. I like the idea of ART winning...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Late 50s and still spicy! by rowuk on 2014-07-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The List: Let age publicly in Musical Discussions  3 Replies 
I agree with the notion that with age our tastes change, I also listen to and perform a lot of classical to baroque music, mostly with historically correct instruments and with attention to different temper.I do not consider Bach or Vivaldi any less ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: There are a lot of people that use price already..... by rowuk on 2014-07-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Shall quality-price be reversed? in Audio News  2 Replies 
I can't speak about the most expensive audio - I don't have the means or experience. I do play trumpet however and there is a similar situation:My trumpet cost $13,500. Professional trumpets usually have prices between $3,000 and 6,000. Comments from...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: It is a question of being able to calculate when you start and when yo... by rowuk on 2014-07-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: MillionDollarStereos.com in Audio News  4 Replies 
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...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: MillionDollarStereos.com by rowuk on 2014-07-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: MillionDollarStereos.com in Audio News  4 Replies 
Finally I have found a place where I don't need to know anything about quality playback, no hours, days, months, years of frustration searching for the holey grail of audio bliss. Now there is a site to go to where ALL questions are answered with a f...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: I want to know why! by rowuk on 2014-07-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The 3 things that audio needs. in Playback Listening  5 Replies 
I think that we need some standard interfaces on our playback gear to log operating parameters. Temperature, Gm, current, voltage. On loudspeakers maybe temperature/impedance, for digital playback I would like to see jitter, correction, transcoding e...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: The Europeans only got 155dB by rowuk on 2014-07-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: NASA Reverberant Acoustic Test Facility. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  3 Replies 
http://www.european-test-services.net/services-mechanical-Large-Acoustic.htmlThe main parameters of the LEAF are listed below:Frequency Range 25Hz - 10KHz   Noise field homogeneity +/- 2dB   Control accuracy in 1/3 octave band:• 25Hz - 40Hz• 50Hz - 6...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #20: Comfort zone by rowuk on 2014-06-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The dynamic range of our playback in Playback Listening  20 Replies 
Studio mezzo forte is the requirement to play in ones comfort zone to get done on the first take. Even the instruments that we use in the studio have a lighter sound, trumpets often have a thinner bell to increase acoustical feedback as the venue...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: Back to the root by rowuk on 2014-06-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The dynamic range of our playback in Playback Listening  20 Replies 
The thread specifically started with the subject of dynamics - not limited to any one type (I do disagree with the principle of macro vs micro dynamics, as understood in audio as live they are never exclusive of one another - it is possible however t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Dynamics is not just differences in acoustic output by rowuk on 2014-06-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The dynamic range of our playback in Playback Listening  20 Replies 
As I originally posted, audiophiles would like a convenient term for something that relates to moving air. Unfortunately it is not that easy.The noise floor for events with substantial acoustic output is much higher than other types of music. Even 10...
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