kijanki
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| why dsd Steve, do you think that recording music in pure DSD and mixing for SACD in mind could make a difference? I wish they would stop compressing music. It might be necessary to allow playback on small speakers or boomboxes but when you select audiophi... | |
| Musician's Challenges From the purely technical viewpoint the most difficult music to play might be the one not designed to be played by human. Conlon Nacarrow music written for pianola was impossible to play because of speed and impossible fingering. I've heard that t... | |
| why dsd Thanks Bifwynne. | |
| why dsd Bifwynne, many people believe that high bit rate MP3 or AAC can sound even better than Redbook CD. If 16/44.1 satisfies you that's great. It is funny that many reviewers who praised SACD playback claim at the same time that CD layer playback perfo... | |
| Why speaker lines come and go I have fantastic speakers HPS-938 from Hyperion Sound - company that went bankrupt few years ago. They had fantastic, innovative product that won may awards 8 years in a row, but running a business is very different from engineering the product. T... | |
| Musician's Challenges Segovia wasn't the best technician. You can hear string buzzing, unintended delays etc. Whole new generation of guitar players including David Russell play without single buzz (poorly pressed string). Two links below show not only Sharon Isbin bei... | |
| why dsd Famoej, Absolutely - if you're satisfied then don't spend money. On the other hand 16/44.1 processing has its own problems and that's why engineers introduced new schemes. SACD is DSD and carries more info. Whole thing started with new types of DA... | |
| Speaker imaging Sound from each speaker travels to both ears with different delays creating depth of image. There are headphones that have feed-thru from one side to another while some headphone amplifiers simulate that. Is it possible that sound from, for instan... | |
| Bi-wire: is it worth it? Nick_sr, I don't know - inductance is inductance in any configuration but there are different and often strange findings. I've heard, for instance, that shorting positive (red) of upper and lower speaker in biwired speaker changes the sound. I hav... | |
| Bi-wire: is it worth it? There is an interaction between speakers by "Back EMF" generated voltage. Bi-wiring separates speakers by inductive reactance of the wires' and amp's output impedance divider. It works for some speakers more than for the others. I think it depends... | |
| Speaker imaging I hate every-time it happens too (hate spider monkeys), but change can be also caused by other factors. It might be not the amount of light in the room but the fact that radio stations are required by law to lower stations power at about 6PM (prop... | |
| transformers/output impedance Output impedance and ability to drive low impedance are two different things. My amplifier has DF=4000 at low frequencies but cannot drive speakers below 3 ohms.I cannot speak of tube amps but in SS amp feedback always reduces output impedance. I ... | |
| transformers/output impedance Bifwynne, some people believe that transformers and capacitors have no place in signal path. Eliminating output transformer is nice but requires some descent output impedance to drive speakers and it is usually achieved by placing a lot of large t... | |
| transformers/output impedance Absolutely right Bifwynne. That's why audio is more of the art than science. We can calculate but have to match and listen. | |
| transformers/output impedance That's right, except for the losses in transformer. This impedance cannot be simply measured with ohmmeter because transformer does not operate at DC but behaves according to ohm laws for the CHANGES in voltage. It is called reflected impedance. T... |