irvrobinson
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| speakers for 24/96 audio Kijanki, are you implying that 24bit data words have a "finer grain" than 16bit data words? That each bit represents a smaller incremental signal level? | |
| speakers for 24/96 audio "I think that our hearing ability ends up slightly above 16-bit perhaps 18-20bits but I'm more concerned with sampling rate because low sampling rate in addition to phase shifts in steep low pass filters increases quantization noise (or size of sq... | |
| speakers for 24/96 audio I dunno, Kijanki, I randomly looked at two good power amps in JA's testing, a Moon and a Pass, and they were both had measured s/n ratios of about -84db at 1 watt, which is actually excellent performance. You keep forgetting that most power amps h... | |
| speakers for 24/96 audio Amazon says unavailable, Al. Too bad. | |
| speakers for 24/96 audio First of all, I totally agree about compression running rampant these days, especially for drum kits. My wife is a drummer, so I know what drums really sound like, and only a few recordings give you a hint of their dynamic range. In fact, she and ... | |
| speakers for 24/96 audio "Maybe sufficient for sinewaves but not for the music because it would call for brick wall filters that have very uneven group delays (non-linear phase if you prefer) and will cause wrong summing of harmonics. Such setup will be OK for single freq... | |
| speakers for 24/96 audio Kijanki - 20KHz reproduction with a 44KHz sampling rate is perfect for sine waves, not "coarse". A higher sampling rate doesn't improve accuracy within the frequency response of the lower rate, it just extends the frequency response. That doesn't ... | |
| speakers for 24/96 audio Kijanki, your example of a 15KHz sine wave and "three points", implying poor reproduction, isn't the case, according to the well-proven Nyquist Theorem. 20KHz is reproduced as accurately as 1KHz with a 44KHz sampling rate. As for the phase shifts ... | |
| speakers for 24/96 audio Supposedly, the biggest advantage to 24/96 or 24/192 for that matter is the 24-bit data word, which allows a much lower noise floor, far more headroom during recording, and finer-grained loudness level tracking. To be honest I've never a differenc... | |
| B&W 803D or 804D with ML 335 The ML335 is enough for *any* speaker that requires only two channels of amplification. Period. In fact, unless you have it on a 220-240v power line you're not supplying enough amps to get it to full rated power at 4 ohms, no less lower impedance.... | |
| Saw the Stereophile review of the B&W 800 Diamond KR4 writes: "Thanks for reading but:I have never reviewed or auditioned the Salon, only the Studio."Thanks for the correction. My fault. Apparently a mental slip caused by my ownership of the Salon 2s. Also, on a re-read of your review I noticed I... | |
| Saw the Stereophile review of the B&W 800 Diamond Interesting that Atkinson speculates the 800D was voiced by ear, and KR mentions sparkly highs compared with the Salon 2s (a classic trick for getting attention at dealer auditions). Since I have a dealer a couple of miles from my home that displa... | |
| Revel Ultima Salon 2's vs B&W 802d's Did you listen at Definitive Audio in Seattle? Your experience sounds similar to mine, auditioning-wise.Last year I listened to the "new" 802Ds, at Definitive (they just came in) and they certainly didn't sound veiled at all. Interesting that you ... | |
| Why Don't We See More High Current Electronics? Unsound says: Well Weseixas, I think we part ways on your appraisal of Class A. More often than not (but not always), I've found the more Class A the better the sound. The only problem is many so called pure Class A amps either don't have enough p... | |
| Why Don't We See More High Current Electronics? Atmasphere threw me off with that Ayre recommendation. :-) |