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| is it possible to make digital audio sound like vintage vinyl Actually, a good hi-res digital recording of an LP does capture much of vinyl's LF juice and tonality. | |
| Is nylon sheathing for DIY cables just window dressing? Most of my DIY cables use tinned copper braid wrap for shielding and damping. The tinned coatings rub off on your hands unless covered by Tekflex plastic braid. Tekflex also looks nice and is relatively cheap from MacMaster Carr on-line. Not mu... | |
| is it possible to make digital audio sound like vintage vinyl Personally I have no interest in flavoring digital files to simulate the "vinyl sound." It is more interesting that an ADC can accurately transfer the "sound" of an LP to a hires digital format. If successful, this demonstrates that the vinyl sour... | |
| is it possible to make digital audio sound like vintage vinyl Mike’s experiments are conducted at the state of the art of both formats. At less than SOTA, YMMV. BTW, Mike: what digital recorder did you use? | |
| is it possible to make digital audio sound like vintage vinyl Results are on a sliding scale, depending on the quality of the vinyl front end, phono stage, digital recorder, server, streamer, and DAC. IME recording vinyl to DSD128 can be quite faithful to the vinyl source, and more important, surpass the exp... | |
| New Denafrips recklocker/converters: IRIS and GAIA I see these products accept clock inputs around 45mhz. Any idea why they chose these rates? The most commonly used rate in audio studio master clocks is 10mhz, as well as multiples of 44.1 to 192khz. Also, can the multiple outputs on these product... | |
| DENAFRIPS DAC ---- Owner Impressions, Feedback, General Discussion, Questions and more.... I see the new Denafrips digital-to-digital products accept clock inputs around 45mhz. Any idea why they chose these rates? The most commonly used rate in audio studio master clocks is 10mhz, as well as multiples of 44.1 to 192khz. Also, can the mu... | |
| Pure Audio Project open baffle speakers I've heard them in several settings. If interested in open baffle, lean toward Spatial. | |
| Older And Wiser or just Tighter and Deafer? For me the big moves are in the past. For the past ten years (I’m now 65), I’ve shifted mostly to DIY audio in order to side-step upgraditus-- by way of modifications that improve and extend the life of already excellent commercial components that... | |
| Ehernet cable question in streaming systems +1 Supra Cat8. But you will obtain a greater improvement by adding an audiophile-grade EN bridge between the generic router and your music server. Then deploy relatively short sections of high-quality EN cable to/from the bridge. | |
| XLR connectors I’ve used Neutrik, Oyaide, EIZZ, and Bocchino XLRs. EIZZ and Bocchino sound best, probably due to their solderless compression fittings.BTW, my Atmasphere MP-1 preamp supports the Balanced AES standard, and better XLRs do make an improvement. | |
| Easy to use NAS? Trouble with file loading My experience with a QNAP NAS is that large batch files transferred from an external hard drive through USB interface will move an order of magnitude faster with the USB-attached hard drive direct-connected to the NAS, rather than connected to a W... | |
| Pure solid silver wire Rio Grande .999 dead soft annealed silver round or flat wire sounds great. Bundle 20awg strands as needed to make your total gauge. Commodity prices; order on-line. | |
| Sandbox Design Advice I elevated the heavy sandbox on five large, relatively soft springs from McMaster Carr. If you find the correct spring rate for the mass of the sandbox platform, the sandbox oscillates at around 1-3hz resonance when touched. This insulates the tur... | |
| Sandbox Design Advice I used 4"W hardwood around the perimeter, and plywood for the top plinth and bottom. For the top plinth, I cut separate sections of plywood for each turntable leg, in order to prevent conduction of vibration across the horizontal surface of the to... |