djohnson54
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| HDCD rescue - it's possible, but man... Oppo 103 also has HDCD playback! Who knew?? That's interesting. It used to be quite expensive to license the HDCD encoder from Pacific Microsonics. If that's still the case, it's even more impressive that it shows up in a relatively inexpensiv... | |
| HDCD rescue - it's possible, but man... @bondmanp You're welcome. It took me a while to discover it too so I have several that also need to be re-ripped. Actually, I'm surprised at how many I actually have. Use George's suggestion above to Google a list and compare to your library! | |
| HDCD rescue - it's possible, but man... @erik_squires Haha. I should have guessed that when you mentioned downloading source and compiling. I love Linux for server-side stuff but I'm past the point in my life where I want to figure out stuff like you just did because I don't have acce... | |
| HDCD rescue - it's possible, but man... Erik, it's my understanding that the HDCD process squeezes 20 bits into a 16 bit WAV file for CDs. I use dbPoweramp and it has an HDCD decoder built in. It's (somewhat incorrectly) listed under the DSP effects section. I've used it on my HDCD-e... | |
| Why pay so much for super high end? How nice. He joined today to save us from ourselves. I don't want to be saved. The phrase "don't throw me in the briar patch" comes to mind! | |
| Leonard Cohen...RIP.... Wow, this makes me sad too. Prolific and successful to the very end. It doesn't get much better than that. I'll miss him. | |
| Pink Floyd Early Years The release date is Friday, November 11th so I doubt very many of us have heard it. Some of the Audiogon group might be well enough connected to have a pre-release copy though. :)Dick | |
| Norah Jones @wolf_garcia Yes, that's a better way to describe it. To me it didn't sound like every track was that way but when I heard the first track I was like "Oh my." After a couple of listens I think I'm getting more used to it but the first track stil... | |
| Norah Jones Well, the full album dropped on Spotify sometime last week and I've listened to it a couple of times this weekend. I didn't think the sound was awful. A few of the tracks sound a bit fuzzy or murky but they're not unlistenable by any means. I a... | |
| Norah Jones @stringreen I like the singles I've heard on Spotify. Waiting to hear the whole album before I buy but I agree with @jafant that pretty much everything she's done is worthwhile. | |
| 6922 Tubes! I've got the same Phillips 7DJ8s as @kgturner in my BAT VK-3i (also from Kevin). They sound fantastic and won't break the bank. Definitely talk to Kevin. He may have specific recommendations for your equipment and he won't try to steer you to s... | |
| Top five live Rock And Roll Albums Surprised no one has mentioned The Eagles - Hell Freezes Over. This is one of the best-recorded live albums I've ever heard. | |
| Are there used/mint balanced pre-amp with a few unblanced inputs under $2000?? @sunnyjim Not sure about the pecking order but (and you may know this already) the VK-20/40 series are BAT's solid state preamps. That said, the VK-20 is probably in the same performance range as the VK-3i/VK-30 although I've never heard the VK-2... | |
| Are there used/mint balanced pre-amp with a few unblanced inputs under $2000?? @sunnyjim Sorry, I forgot about the requirement for phono. The last one went so fast I wanted to alert you before this one went too. The yellowish cast could be the result of the lighting - the photography skills of many sellers are not the best... | |
| Are there used/mint balanced pre-amp with a few unblanced inputs under $2000?? @sunnyjim If you haven't made a choice yet, a VK-31SE just popped up for $2,100. Dick |