moonwatcher
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| Can anyone tell me where the progress in audio went? @theaudioamp you wrote, "I would argue that lenses still have a long way to go, especially when price is taken into account :-) "....My nephew who has a few Sigma Art lenses would say his are "good enough" and especially his wife, who looks askanc... | |
| Can anyone tell me where the progress in audio went? Engineering at any price point is always a tradeoff. No, you "can’t have it all" most of the time - but you can have much of it. I think as others have noted that "technology" and manufacturing has reached a level people only dreamed of say in the... | |
| MoFi controversy One last posting on this mess. This copied from Cookie Marenco at Blue Coast Music. (Yes, just like PS Audio's Octave Records they sell CDs and DSD files of music they record using DSD). "It was hard to avoid the conversation about Mobile Fidelit... | |
| MoFi controversy @theaudioamp I guess that is the "thing"...Are we kidding ourselves that our ears can hear the difference in CD quality versus anything with more resolution? But if studios are recording in 24/96 it would seem best if we could buy the files in tha... | |
| MoFi controversy @theaudioamp I didn't say "perfect" I said or meant "better". PCM is great. We've been loving it since the 1980s. But DSD allows for far higher sampling rates such that interpolation is kept to a minimum. Yes, Paul is very persuasive in his ta... | |
| MoFi controversy @bukanona that depends. Not all studios are using DSD for recording because editing it later on is a pain in the ass, and many engineers have not yet been trained on how to best use it or the necessary tools. I would think most studios are going t... | |
| MoFi controversy Speaker wizard Andrew Jones left ELAC and went to Mobile Fidelity. His new work for them is supposed to come out later this year. Do you think the interest in his speakers among audiophiles (at whatever price point they come in at) will be compro... | |
| MoFi controversy I find it amusing and ironic that all this mess will eventually pass. Going forward most albums WILL be natively recorded digitally. Only albums made prior to perhaps 1990 might have analog master tapes. I do not own any MoFi vinyl (only a few of... | |
| Why do so many people have problems with bass? Here’s a good explanation with diagrams by B&K who makes measurement microphones (their professional and consumer high end mic division was taken over by DPA several years ago. They rank right up there with Schoeps microphones). https://w... | |
| Something on top of a speaker=okay? @ibmjunkman regarding air pressure, probably not at the slight natural range of pressure differences here on Earth. However, long ago on Skylab (1973-1974), where they kept the pressure at 5 psi of pure oxygen, the sound attenuated quickly, causin... | |
| Something on top of a speaker=okay? I keep mine symmetrical. One has a moon globe on it, the other a Mars globe that are both 12" in diameter. Seriously, I don't think anything on top of the speaker matters all that much as long as it doesn't overhang the front baffle or resonate at... | |
| Two audio components no one really talks about From the OP, "There has got to be diminishing returns on a sound system when your room is limited in what it can do with the acoustics." Indeed, but we all try to do the best we can with those limitations. Many of us can’t put speakers where they... | |
| how much should I spend to get a better turntable than my current turntable? I see the OP’s TT listed at $299. My budget was similar to the OP. I ended up with a U-Turn Orbit Plus (around $600 total I think after the "upgrade" to the acrylic platter) it came with an Ortofon 2m Red which I plan on upgrading to the 2m Blue s... | |
| Anyone have Warfedale Linton 85th anniversary? @grislybutter definitely looking at some Dynaudio and Dali speakers along with the Polk R700, which of late has been getting some positive "buzz" from all the YouTubers, sound quality-wise if not for the pedestrian (boring) looks (who thought wash... | |
| The new dynamic in speaker pricing @deludedaudiophile considering some of these companies are more known for being "lifestyle" companies than for the products they produce, what you say is likely true to a point. |