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| Ripping CD's - Bypassing Computer CD Player 09-04-14: Kijanki In the Absolute Sound article I mentioned, the authors said the sound go worse the more times files were converted, even if they ended up bit identical. I will say, they did get a lot of push back on that topic. However, others d... | |
| I Just Know It's BS ... But I Have't Tried It Yet Or you have stuff from Synergistic Research where you pay $400 for 4 things that look like socket wrench ends to place on your wall. This will then improve sound drastically. Sorry I just can't pull the trigger on that either.I'm not into tweaks b... | |
| Ripping CD's - Bypassing Computer CD Player If people think they hear differences from all these things, who as I to say?Nothing. There will never be a consensus in anything." When rip wav->flac->wav, depending on the software, possible loss of precision?"That is not likely. The data ... | |
| Review: Valve Amplification Company Phi 300 Tube amp ErndogSo what is the difference between the Vac Phi 300, Phi 300.1, and Phi 300.1a?Erndog 08-10-14I asked Kevin several years ago and he said the main motivation for 300.1a is improving the methodology in building a more consistent product. 300.1 ... | |
| Ripping CD's - Bypassing Computer CD Player Some people claim that 2 bit for bit identical wav files will sound different if one was ripped directly to wav and the other ripped to flac and converted to wav. Same if a wav file is converted to flac and back to wav. Makes no sense to me, but s... | |
| Krell New Pre-amps? 09-03-14: AudiolabyrinthThankyou Knghifi, Have you listened to the EVO 202, The Phantom, The reference 707 proccesor, or the Evo 2 pre-amps, These are said to be light years better than the pre-amps you have mentioned, that is funny you said that ... | |
| Ripping CD's - Bypassing Computer CD Player Kijanki - I assume bit perfect software/hardware delivery is a given. I am talking about different sound from bit identical files. There is no timing information in a digital file so the jitter comes on playback. There are lots of sources of it, a... | |
| Krell New Pre-amps? Krell KBL, KRC-2, KRC-HR and KRC-3 pre all sock to my ears. Bright, flat 2D sound stage and grainy so never owned one. Once I migrated to tube pre, never bothered with SS pre since.Now Krell amps are a different story. Had KSA100s, FPB300 and FPB6... | |
| Outdoor Speakers Madison Fielding outdoor loudspeakers. Here's the avshowroom video.http://www.avshowrooms.com/Cap_Fest_2014_Vids_1.html | |
| Your most disappointing purchase or audition? Magico is very TRUE to source so important to drive them properly.When I was in market for speakers, I demoed Q3 and Q5. The dealer demonstrated their chameleon characteristics in driving them in 2 configurations. One all Spectral and other tube p... | |
| Your most disappointing purchase or audition? I find these types of BEST or most disappointed threads are useless. Eventually all components ever produced will be posted. | |
| Have I Hit The Point Of Diminishing Returns? Remember, one mans 10% is another man's 1000%. I'm not a member of the "this gear blows that gear out of the water", or "this cable makes that cable sound broken" clubs. There are many in this hobby who love to over-react, and overstate gains, bee... | |
| BAT Service Bostonbean, Thanks for sharing your experience with BAT. | |
| Is high-end audio dying, if not dead already??? I like to add, with dwindling B&M, it's more difficult to find one that doesn't sook. With internet, you have the world at your finger tips. Plus with big ticket items, why pay the sales tax plus their overhead (lease on bldg, staffing, utilit... | |
| Is high-end audio dying, if not dead already??? 08-19-14: Zd542The point I was trying to make is that there is a wide variety of places to deal with. Some suck, but there are some very good ones, as well. I wanted some examples just to see what type of retailer/brands you were dealing with. Qui... |