mapman
Responses from mapman
| How can you tell the quality of the recording? Unsound,I said 10-20 years, not 30. I agree more early CD recordings were of relatively poor quality. But I think they have improved over time as a whole. There there will always be some % that are inferior to others. That's usually the way things... | |
| How can you tell the quality of the recording? Uh, it either sounds good and you like it or not maybe?Most newer CDs on the last 10 -20 years are off good quality I would say. That doesn't mean you will like the sound nor that most do not have flaws on the grand scale of things. It depends mos... | |
| WAV vs. FLAC vs. AIFF If flac or any format encoded + decoded produces different results than original, assuming same resolution applied throughout then there is either a bug or defect in the system somewhere or a decision was made to sacrifice detail rather than imple... | |
| WAV vs. FLAC vs. AIFF "The amount of processing used to decode a FLAC file is really minimal. I just do not see that minor extra processing having much effect."I'd say that is a true statement plus the fact that on a general purpose computer for example, there are many... | |
| Does your system take you there or...? My system is very groovy, baby, yeah!It really takes me there, no doubt.Not quite sure where exactly that is, but at least I do enjoy the ride. | |
| Top 10 Snafus to avoid when building a good rig "Spending WAYYYYY too much time defending opinions on Audiogon!"In the end opinions are largely all that we have to go on, but still worthwhile I think to try to confirm that opinions are based in some degree of fact or reality.Not all opinions ar... | |
| Which is more accurate: digital or vinyl? I have awoken after falling asleep in the middle of the night with teh music still playing and in that ttransition from sleep to awake been fooled momentarily. Then once all your senses come around, you know where you are and what you are listenin... | |
| WAV vs. FLAC vs. AIFF When I first started with integrating computer audio with my audio system, I used an analog stereo to rca Y IC (audioquest) from my old laptop headphone jack to aux input on my preamp at teh time. I recorded several CDs of music with Real player. ... | |
| WAV vs. FLAC vs. AIFF ""Malfunction"? Are you saying that the 16/24 bit data for each sample is incorrect? That the data that comes out of a flac decode is different that the wav data?"That is exactly the point. There are many reasons why the data in each format might ... | |
| WAV vs. FLAC vs. AIFF AE,I have been very impressed with sound of both older Soundbridge and newer Logitech Squeezebox Touch as a source mainly ( I do not use built in DACs of either). Definitely better than anything I had prior and competitive in my mind with the bett... | |
| WAV vs. FLAC vs. AIFF AE,Exactly!The network player essentially serves as a "proxy" and effectively isolates the DAC and the rest of the audio system from direct interaction with the computer.ITs definitely the way to go for those who would fret about how well their co... | |
| WAV vs. FLAC vs. AIFF I use network players designed to stream audio as the source feed to the dac. That keeps any issues that might be associated with using a general purpose computer as the source out of the picture.With this approach there is no audible difference.O... | |
| WAV vs. FLAC vs. AIFF I have not done extensive comparisons, but .wav and flac seem to be a wash in terms of inherent sound quality due to format alone. The difference is what is done with teh format, ie how well the recording is made and how well delivered during play... | |
| Which is more accurate: digital or vinyl? I agree if there is a huge difference between live and home listening in general, and it is something taht bothers you, there is probably something that can be done to close the gap.I had that problem up until about two years ago. Since then it ha... | |
| Which is more accurate: digital or vinyl? Lacee,I think often here, the existence of more esoteric products (high end turntables, tube amps, etc.) has to be justified to generate interest. Nothing wrong with that, these things are easily justified.But the thing is I think often rather tha... |