mapman
Responses from mapman
| FLAC vs WAV It has to be converted to standard PCM format which is was format before it can be converted to analog. So there is an extra step in the process. If done properly it should not matter but may not be in some cases. But the information content o... | |
| FLAC vs WAV Lossless is lossless. Format should not matter. If it does then gear is doing a better job with one than the other foe some reason. I have used both and found format has not mattered. | |
| When is your Hifi good enough? Willie that sounds like me too. | |
| When is your Hifi good enough? It’s just like a having an HD TV. Picture quality varies greatly with source material. But same source material all still looks much more similar and below average by current standards on my old fashioned low res analog CRT 10" Zenith that's still... | |
| Sell or save Keep it as a spare if you think it will be useful someday in that role for you and you have no better spare already.I like to listen regularly. Having a spare keep the music playing when something breaks until it can be replaced. Spares are als... | |
| Is high end audio to snooty for its own good? Is it ever good to be snooty? | |
| When is your Hifi good enough? Al, I am similar I think.I often say you have to know what your target is before you can hit it.Once you hit it, what more is there? Until you stop hitting it. Then the question becomes why? It could just be us having a bad day or going through a ... | |
| When is your Hifi good enough? "But then the next music starts to play and I start thinking, "This would sound so much better if...." and I start fidgeting."Is it safe to assume its not just the variation of quality from recording to recording that accounts for this? I find w... | |
| Unique and Useful Features of Digital Streaming Thread I suppose we could also talk about things that might make one steer clear of particular products. Its the things that differentiate different streaming software and solutions that I am interested in learning about. Beyond just the sound quality. I... | |
| When is your Hifi good enough? Newbee, we are similar in that regard I would say. | |
| When is your Hifi good enough? chayro, but if its "good enough", why keep at it? That would seem to indicate that in fact it is not for whatever reason. | |
| Tekton vs Decware Based on my sample set of listens to date, I suspect to get "fullness of sound" out of a higher efficiency speaker they have to be pretty large in that they have to be able to do bass more efficiently than most and there are technical limits to wh... | |
| What do you do when you live hours from nowhere Tost, me too. I have bought various audio components previously unheard in recent years based on what I learn from sites like this and others and have yet to be disappointed. So it can work though in most cases probably reasonable to expect some h... | |
| Why do people that are Into rap and hip-hop even want a high-end audio system Lots of bass is definitely an attribute. Audiophiles like bass as well right, as long as there is some quality to go with quantity? Rap/Hip hop recordings are fertile grounds for that and sometimes other unique audio treats as well resulting from ... | |
| Is the word 'Integrated' that hard to spell? Not that it is an excuse, but many tablets and phones like those from Apple by default automatically change words you type that it does not recognize into what it thinks it should be and is often wrong. I find it most annoying that my technology... |