n80
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| What is the least compressed signal? As I mentioned before, you have to do the research because there are plenty of recordings that have the same level of over-compression whether it is the CD, LP or hi-res file.I also don't know why an engineer would think it was necessary to over-c... | |
| An Audiophile is Anyone Who Loves Audio Regardless of Monetary Status. Agree? @brettmcee:"a person who is enthusiastic about high-fidelity sound reproduction"Again that sets some level of unmeasured and unmeasurable ’enthusiasm’ as the criteria for being an audiophile. How much enthusiasm does it take brett? Just any little... | |
| An Audiophile is Anyone Who Loves Audio Regardless of Monetary Status. Agree? @bretmcee: "@n80 yeah, maybe just don’t use analogies my friend, because using one poorly does the exact opposite of what you are trying to achieve."Actually, the analogies served their purpose perfectly well. Picking apart an analogy while faili... | |
| An Audiophile is Anyone Who Loves Audio Regardless of Monetary Status. Agree? @vinny55 : "Speak for yourself @N80 im nowhere near rich like you and evil? Imperfect yes.. evil is a stretch. Your just saying that to make yourself feel better."That is exactly the response I'd expect from you. You accuse people of being wealth... | |
| What is the least compressed signal? @erik_squires : "Some compression is probably a good thing, and brings out more details and more room ambiance than otherwise, so treating any medium as absolutely more or less compressed ignores all of the complexities that occur when it lands on... | |
| An Audiophile is Anyone Who Loves Audio Regardless of Monetary Status. Agree? @vinny55 : " @N80 i have multifaceted interests not just audio. Ive read about and owned lots of equipment and thousands of records cassettes and cds. Audio is a big passion of mine."How is that relevant to anything being discussed here except fo... | |
| An Audiophile is Anyone Who Loves Audio Regardless of Monetary Status. Agree? @bignamehere and @ahofer:As I've said before, don't try to carry the analogies too far. Try to get the point rather than picking an analogy apart. And for the record those analogies were meant to be over-the-top for the sake of vinny. Yes, if you ... | |
| What is the least compressed signal? " CDs as a rule are not compressed at all. They present the full Red book audio signal in non comprsssed format.I am sure I added a lot of confusion, sorry about that . . ."That is correct but it is confusing. The data on the CD is not compressed... | |
| An Audiophile is Anyone Who Loves Audio Regardless of Monetary Status. Agree? @vinny55 : "With all the auto analogies @n80 you should be selling used cheap scrapyard 70s cars instead of commenting on audio forums."For the first time in this thread you might be right."Your comments are not taken seriously by anyone except t... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? SRV - Texas Floodripped CD | |
| An Audiophile is Anyone Who Loves Audio Regardless of Monetary Status. Agree? I think people are forgetting the OP's premise which was that you can be an audiophile regardless of your monetary status. It is clear even from those who are trying to defend this silly idea that it is false in the extreme.Having posters of super... | |
| Looking for a vintage tuner these days https://www.vintageaudioexchange.com/Edit: Never mind, most of their current tuners are low end.There are a number of McIntosh tuners on eBay for under $700. | |
| What is the least compressed signal? But don't get confused here. There are two types of compression being discussed. Both are important.One type is file compression. It can be lossless or lossy. When it is lossy some of the 1s and 0s are left out. Dynamic range is another form of co... | |
| Rumors of iTunes Demise @chazro : Sometimes "fake news" is the real news. And even then a lot of folks aren't able to tell.djones51, I’ve been an Apple/Mac user since college. Started with the Apple 2e and I’ve never owned anything but Apple/Mac products for my computing... | |
| Rumors of iTunes Demise @chazro : Nope. The story is about a rumor. You know, those things that might or might not be true.I think some people are confusing iTunes with Apple Music. Two totally different creatures. |