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| Free turntable speed check strobe I use the following method to check for speed accuracy. I can't say whether it's more accurate than any other method, but it is free and only requires a stop watch and some time.Place a line on your turntable platter and place another line on the ... | |
| Digitizing LPs: General advice wanted Cap'n, it's important to know how you'll playback your digitized music for there are negative sonic effects associated with sample rate conversion. For instance, if 44.1kHz is your final playback sample rate, then your music will sound better if d... | |
| Wife stepping on speaker wire Her stepping on your cable is indicative of a much deeper problem in your relationship. Her expression of apparent disregard towards your system is a reflection of an underlying jealousy towards what she sees as a rival. The stepping on the cable ... | |
| Cars. What does the typical audiophile drive? A '93 Lexus SC300 w/ 124,000 miles on it. I'm aiming for 250,000 (2009 projected date). My weekend ride is a Kawasaki ZRX1100 (the Eddie Lawson Replica replica). If I had money to waste for something I really didn't need, but wanted anyway, I'd go... | |
| LPs to .WAVs: 24/96 or 24/192 ?, USB drive OK ? Let me correct my above statement. Regarding what type of music would benefit from using higher sampling rates, it's more complex than dynamic range. Most pop/rock music is heavily processed and although not as a direct result it also has a limite... | |
| LPs to .WAVs: 24/96 or 24/192 ?, USB drive OK ? USB drives should work fine, but Firewire is a superior connection. The drawback of high sampling rates is that they take up a greater amount of disk space. 192kHz will require 4x the space as 44kHz. Don't forget that for safety reasons you'll als... | |
| B&W Nautilus 802, JRDG 112 Contact JRDG. A moderate amount of clipping should not cause the amp to shut down. I have a 112 and have not encountered this problem (driving Martin Logans). | |
| TACT digital corrections preamps? Just took delivery earlier this week. It was pretty easy to setup and get running. My immediate reaction is that it works as advertised, however, it appears that it will take a fair amount of work to optimize it in my system. Tact is definitely no... | |
| Methods for transfer of albums to CD Abstract7, Digigram VX Pocket is both Windows and Mac compatible. | |
| SPL, Dynamics and bottom end My main listening room is 33' x 14'. The noise floor in the room varies by time of day, but lets use 47 dB as an average. My typical listening level is between 75-85 dB. 10dB of overhead is a reasonable minimum. The system frequency response shoul... | |
| Okay, the gloves are off. Let the fur fly Twl, I understand you point you are trying to make. At a technical level cross-overless systems (which btw are not limited to single driver systems) have much to offer. But they are not perfect and as a practical matter they have their own set of ... | |
| cornfedboy, signing off I never really got your humor, but I always welcomed and respected your opinions. You will be missed. Best of luck. | |
| Are You Happy? What got me started on this thread were comments elsewhere by Twl and Justacoder. I appreciate the fact that they chose to respond. I hope they didn't take my comments as personal attacks, since that was not my intent. I was merely trying to learn... | |
| ATC, the big boys The larger ATCs are about increased volume capabilities. While this is definitely a factor in pro studios where the average listening levels routinely, if wrongly, exceeds 100dB, it is less of a factor for in home us. The SCM100s are more than cap... | |
| How come that when most audiophiles Two comments for Twl:Where does the Quad 63 series fit into your schema? It's a phase coherent point source design, yet at the same time with its miles of wire it definitely ignores the shorter is better philosophy.Shorter is better may only apply... |