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| Two channel or to multi-channel, that is the ??? While it's allowed within the dvd spec to author discs for multichannel only (that is, with downmix to 2 channels forbidden), there are few recordings made that way, since it obviously restricts the usefulness and hence number of sales. Presumably... | |
| They're Here Would someone like to describe a set of technical reasons as to why a universal player necessarily implies a sacrifice? Its true that a number of designers have said this, but most have vested interests in one hi-rez format over the other. Specifi... | |
| Which MIT Speaker Cables? "I'd be much happier" and "you'll be much happier" are rather different statements. Do your own listening! | |
| best recordings of 2001? Two recent releases are favorites of mine: - Blue Bossa, by Ana Caram, on Chesky JD219 - The Earliest Songbook in England, by Gothic Voices,on Hyperion CDA 67177 (if you like Early Music) | |
| deemphasis The stereophile test cd 2 has several test tone tracks with pre-emphasis.Gil - Preemphasis and deemphasis are complementary signal processing techniques which apply a treble boost during mastering and an inverse correction curve at the playback pr... | |
| SPECTRAL 100/DMC 20 preamp comments.... Mythtrip, The comments above on Spectral/MIT parallel my own high regard for this system. In addition, since you are probably buying used equipment, I'd like to add the following: if you buy the MIT a/c equipment, take note of the fact that MIT ha... | |
| Avalon Symbol speakers CFB and/or Mike: Is the intent of the Symbol to be used only with other Symbols in a multichannel arrangement, or are they designed to integrate as side channels (6.0 audio) or rear channels (6.0 or 5.1) with any of the bigger Avalons? | |
| Best Amp for Eidolon I am a Spectral fan and greatly enjoy the combination of Spectral 360 monoblocks with my Eidolons. Regarding the negative comments of some of the A'goners about Spectral/Avalon, I have yet to hear this combination sound its best in a dealer showro... | |
| Recording DVD audio? ...possible??? Assuming you're talking about the DVD-Video format and not DVD-Audio (since you mention a picture), why can't you use the soundtrack output on the SPDIF digital outs? If it was recorded at 96khz and the disc has CPPM, the audio will be downsampled... | |
| SACD review site a go Now, I need your input ... Let me say, I think this idea is a superb one. The more we can build a community of interest around the new hi-rez formats, the stronger the possibility becomes that they might survive.One feature that would be unusual but would certainly generate... | |
| Tweaks break-in period ? Did you place the new cones in the identical place as the old ones? Often, small changes in position of cones under components leads to significant changes in sound. | |
| What is Super Bit Mapping Super Bit Mapping is Sony's patented noise shaping process, which can be used w/wo redithering. It reshapes the noise spectrum,including the roundoff noise spectrum associated with bit length reduction, so that instead of having a flat amplitude s... | |
| What's the use of 20 and 24 bit DACs with CDs? A couple of points more here. When a 16 bit word is read from a cd, some form of processing, typically rate conversion, is needed to produce a 24 bit word from the 16 bit word. The rate conversion can be done inside the D/A chip, or it can be done... | |
| Anyone compared any MIT Oracles to 850 CVT Refs? On price, check with Joe Abrams through Audiogon. He may be able to locate a used or demo Oracle at a better price than new cables will cost.The cables are upgradable because they are modular. The cable detaches from the network box, and so in pri... | |
| How to Listen ?? One good thing to do is to spend a reasonable time listening to different types of equipment (tubes, cool and warm, vs solid state; speakers of different design principles(stats, horns, dynamics, planars, line arrays); and possibly "cheap vs expen... |