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| LPs to .WAVs: 24/96 or 24/192 ?, USB drive OK ? For most (probably all) commercial recordings, even 24/96 is overkill. Remember, your LPs do not even have the dynamic range of CD. Nothing wrong with using higher resolution, and it might buy you some margin for error. But 24/192 in this case wou... | |
| Cable confusion? Very simple: Lower gauge = thicker wire = lower likelihood that the cable will adversely affect the sound. To calculate the gauge you need, see:www.pcavtech.com/techtalk/wire_size/index.htmThe 12-gauge at Home Depot runs 30 cents a foot, last time... | |
| 35Hz - 25kHz -- A Partial 'Purist'? Stehno: You're right in an absolute sense, but all systems involve compromise--at least all price-constrained systems do. I'm not sure I buy your premise that there is "much" musical information below 30 Hz, which is why I'm willing to compromise ... | |
| Music recommendations, please Debussy wrote two wonderful chamber pieces for flute: the Sonata for Flute, Viola, and Harp, and the Syrinx for Solo Flute. Both appear on:Athena Ensemble: Debussy Chamber Music (Chandos CHAN-8385)Of course, most of this CD is not flute music, but... | |
| Confused about DVD-A CDs going the way of the dinosaur? Don't bet the rent. Neither new format has demonstrated the capacity to reach critical mass in the marketplace. Might happen, but I'd advise you to be as cautious with them as you were with CDs in the first place... | |
| Whats the deal with CD players? There are plenty of audiophiles with very good systems who believe that modern CD players sound very similar--and that many aren't distinguishable from one another at all. So don't let anyone tell you it's your "untrained ears" or your "nonresolvi... | |
| Naive question about digital encoding Hate to burst your bubble, but you're not listening to "DVDs" at all. There's a separate 16/44.1 recording on each DVD disk, and that's what's being sent to your DAC. In all likelihood, this is exactly the same thing you'd find on a CD of the same... | |
| NAD C350 and Paradigm Mini Monitors Don't get hung up on numbers: A 60-watt amp will do just fine with these speakers, and with most speakers in the price class you're looking at. (That doesn't mean you can get away without auditioning things, because every once in a while a speaker... | |
| Can I start some trouble? It's highly unlikely that the manufacturers COULD do anything to power cords or power conditioners that would reliably change the sound. It is possible for cables, although the only tools available to them would make the cables less accurate (in a... | |
| DVD/SACD on the Verge? Short answer: Don't hold your breath. The transition cannot begin until all new pop recordings are released in a new format. Format changes are driven by software, not hardware. | |
| What's more important speakers or amplification? I'll add another vote for speakers. But if you need to be convinced start with a blind comparison of the Sony and a new amp. If you have trouble telling them apart, you can safely put all your money into speakers. (Provided that you don't choose s... | |
| Rat Shack SPL meter calaibration Using a consumer-grade SPL meter to do an in-room response curve is tricky. If you're careful, it will allow you to identify a few gross anomalies, but it just isn't accurate enough (or, as some of these posts suggest, consistent enough) for more ... | |
| SACD/CD functions breaking in separatly? My hypothesis is that this is an expectation effect: You're very conscious of the difference between SACD and CD. In fact, you're probably hyperconscious of it right now, because you're putting this new toy through its paces. In such cases, percie... | |
| Digital seperates, better than single player? Remember that separates open the door to real jitter problems, which is why many people advise against them. There are reasons to go the separates route, but I don't think better sound is one of them. | |
| Incorrect speaker cable connection can damage amp? Your explanation is still a little confusing: cables don't have a left and right; they have a positive and negative. It sounds like you attached both to positive (or negative) terminals of your amp. In other words, you've failed to create a circui... |