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| Your favourite music movie? To me the quintessential music fil is Phantom of the paradise, the one by De Palma. There's the hugest synth ever dreamed of . . . | |
| Theoretical question about how CD's work OK, simple questionHow do you realize one bit is wrong ?How do you know this zero is a good zero but that one is a bda one ? | |
| Theoretical question about how CD's work 8th noteThe Flac file is exactly like any other file, a bunch of 0s and 1s. It is a "non lossy" compressed format, meaning that its size is smaller than the original but no information is lost. BTW an internet packet again is a stream of 0s and 1s... | |
| Theoretical question about how CD's work Short answer: yes.If you want to get a better grasp of the process you would need to understand the basic concepts of ANALOG and DIGITAL. Sampling is the process that takes you from Analog to Digital. You take a "sample" of an analog event and tur... | |
| What is the least compressed signal? The previous post about the 2 different types of compression is mostly relevant.When you fear that tuner signal might be compressed you are talking about dynamic range compression. DR compression is really bad from the SQ stand point.File compress... | |
| Favorite Miles Davis release Cookin' with the Miles Davis Quintet (1956)Relaxin' with the Miles Davis Quintet (1956)Workin' with the Miles Davis Quintet (1956)Steamin' with the Miles Davis Quintet (1956) Absolute best IMHO | |
| Refurbished Bluesound Vault 2 2.5 or 5 doesn't really make any difference for audio . . . doesn't need that much bandwidth | |
| Bookshelf speakers for near-field (desktop) use My 2 c.In your situation I would go for powered speakers. Anything mentioned above is a worthy choice but since your space is confined why bother with an amp at all ? With your budget you can get some top of the line near filed powered speakers fr... | |
| What area or country do you live in ? ItalySome of the stuff you talk about here it's very hard to come by over here | |
| Which area of components to spend the most $ on? Boy I was wrong all my life! Let me challenge the majority wisdom here.Yes, the overall quality is that of the weakest link, yes if the signal starts bad in the beginning can't improve down the linkBut those are all qualitative statement. Let me try and put some quantitative ... | |
| Budget phono stage under $100, cheap but refined, does it exist? Musical fidelity V90. Reasonably priced (150?) and quite decent quality. Beeen using one for a period of time, waiting to upgrade my amp, with a Thorens 126 MK III and can't blame the results. | |
| How good's your hearing I feel like chiming in on this oneObviously the statement about violin highest frequency 600 Hz is totally wrong. Maybe the misconception comes form the fact that the highest "FREE" note you can play on a violin is E5, the fourth string and is aro... | |
| I like my system flat, no tone controls, no eq..........what is your preference, and why. I sympathize with the OP's viewpoint, still my 2 c:1. Effects, reverb delays, compression, they all belong to music production, not to HiFi listening. Whoever produced the recording you are listening to has applied those already; no point in addin... | |
| Looking for a decent CD Recorder +1 for Tascam, go to choice for the pro | |
| BEST MALE VOCAL EVER Easy one: SinatraAbsolutely perfect tuningFull control on his voice, can make it sound velvety or harshAnd what really sets him apart: phrasing, to die for, up there with the best jazz player ever |