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My fav track
cause of death still under investigation
no foul play indicated.
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Garbage in, garbage out
Everything else subtracts from the original signal quality
every touch does something.
Less touch is the argument for simple tube amps and an analog record player and horn loaded speakers
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On 7/28/2023 at 6:57 AM, KT88 said:
In my perception, there are two different types of SQ influencing variables in a DAC. One are the ones I get used to quite quickly. If the difference between a $400 to a $5000 DAC were marginal differences...because the more expensive DAC delivers slightly drier bass or is a touch more transparent, for example, I would very likely forget it after three days, both the "advantage of the expensive DAC and the "disadvantage" of the cheaper DAC, much like some interconnect cables.
On the other hand, there are differences that I hear very clearly and where I would miss the better device. I had a Bluesound Node 2i until two years ago. It was ok, but the difference to its successor, the Bluesound Node 2021, is worlds apart. In contrast, the old Node 2i is pleasant on the ear but has so much less timing, dynamics, spatial separation, etc. The difference with low res CD is much greater than with high res recordings. The new Node has a completely different converter structure.Bench test
running sine waves through both units
and compare the wave decodes side by side on an oscilloscope
Freq sweep charts would be very cool
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CD version should be very plucky, the entire lp is....
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2 minutes ago, henry4841 said:
Depends on who you ask. 🙂
KH was designed for one speaker in mono, with a low watt tube amp in 1942.
LS is superior in every way for 2 speaker listening, corners, no corners, sub no sub, sitting not standing, movable,
I could have purchased either, and thought the LS was the clear choice for many reasons ,the first being sound quality and flexibility
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10 minutes ago, Flevoman said:
But are the La Scala and the Klipschorn sonically similar, with the Klipschorn having a bit more and deeper bass?
Isn't the Klipschorn overall a step up from the La Scala?Exactly, KH goes a little deeper is very placement sensitive and the mids are above ear level when sitting.
LS CAN BE PLACED ANYWHERE, MIDS AT EAR LEVEL WITH 4 IN CASTERS, AND BASS CAN BE AUGMENTED WITH 1-2 SUBS IN THE CENTER BETWEEN THE LS
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The Counterfeit Traitor
- 1962
- 2h 20m
WW-2 spy movie filmed in Scandanavia
pretty good, lots of good details
Holden has so many good movies
see if you catch the adlib by Holden
quick recovery by the other actor
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Post WW2 movie as Brittan was shedding it's colonies
free on yt if you want something to watch tonight
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rr9fbEVsBOI
The 7th Dawn
- 1964
- 2h 3m
Political and personal intrigues surround a group of characters in Malaya, after the close of the Second World War.-
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Casters for at least 5 years
IKEA 125lb ea, 3.5-4 in screwed to the bottom
improved mid horn at ear level
plenty of bass, I also have a front firing sub I sometimes turn on.
I would do it again in a second
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Scandinavian 40s period spy movie
reminds me of Scandanavia, extra points 6-7
THE SPY, Sonja weigert
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1 hour ago, the real Duke Spinner said:
Power Cable
No freaking way. 🙄
highly unlikely, but eliminate as cause
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Draw a diagram of your current set up
include the connections and types
laptop is your best dac, a c- at best.
get an inexpensive usb dac for $100 or less
connected to the pc
Emotiva big ego is good
check amazon, there are many good ones.
I haven't studied blutooth, but suspect it is bandwidth limited.
get a wireless keyboard
connect pc to tv hdmi
can also buy an hdmi upscaler later for better pic if needed
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If hiss is constant and steady
then it may be DC
could be induced harmonic frequency
at say 2x 60hz from power cable crossing speaker cable ?
Could be DC leakage from a capacitor
if cap coupled, maybe replace the caps with lower leakage caps
nichicon fg ?
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On 4/30/2023 at 1:56 PM, wuzzzer said:
Chipotle did that in hundreds of their restaurants.
Took the words right out of my keyboard
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The coder sw and decoder sw results can vary substantially by protocol.
IF you take the same bit stream and code and decode it, the differences by protocol and bit rate can be dramatic.
We evaluated 8 protocols years ago, mp3 was beta quality.
As to the competing services, lots of database features, catalog and quality.
Some record labels put out better Quality consistently
Some remasters are loudness wars dogs
A service could curate all of catalog, would be a herculean effort.
Approx 30% of the CDs I listen to get donated. The rest I rip 200 every winter
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13 hours ago, Coytee said:
You can always plump up the mice....and then....
coopers hawk puts road runner in the rear view mirror
no fat, slow or dumb critters in my yard for long
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Nice set of videos from Ortofon, Denmark
Mine is 45 years old and still works perfectly
as does my Dual turn table
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6 hours ago, wuzzzer said:
I think a lot of it has to do with the younger generations being raised on MP3 downloads. They’re just used to being able to buy/download anything with the click of a button.
The fact that streaming quality is significantly better than MP3 probably doesn’t give much motivation to have physical media.
Vinyl records surpassed CD sales this year
Every pop artist now published on vinyl
You can't stream vinyl
Record players are selling like hot cakes.
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1 hour ago, Islander said:
And you see ads for various electronic pieces or streaming services that promise "CD Quality!" and often don't even come close. If you want CD quality, pop in a CD. Better quality? Pop on an LP. Want better yet? DVD (in my opinion, anyway). Blu-ray is even better, but if you're listening on a crap stereo, the ranking might be different, and the extra detail retrieval of the DVD and Blu-ray won't even be noticeable.
Could it be that the music is just wallpaper surrounding the listener's epic daily life? The funny thing is that people like Brian Eno have been making music for that purpose, and yet it's the pop music that's the soundtrack of many folks' days. At least the youth have the excuses of lack of money or knowledge. At 16, I was really happy with my little 6 transistor radio, complete with earplug (just one, it was mono), listening to stuff like Brown Eyed Girl, or Itchycoo Park or A Whiter Shade of Pale, stuff that really spoke to me, lol. Pictures of Matchstick Men, by Status Quo, with its amazing use (overuse, maybe, but at the time...) of the new gadget, the wah-wah pedal, was an ear worm for a while. There wasn't much in the way of distortion gear for guitarists back then. In the early and mid Sixties, the sound of the fuzz box was part of most of the cool songs, but when the wah appeared, the fuzz tone sort of faded away, because it was so yesteryear.
Hmm, that comment digressed into a nostalgic sort of rant, or maybe reminiscence is a better word. Maybe some you guys remember those tunes.
Your 6 transistor mono radio was high tech at the time.
Almost everything we take for granted was magic before 1900
My grandfather remembered seeing the first car in his town,
then the space shuttle in his lifetime.
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Post some pics, and city
TX is a big place
It's not RI
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According to findings from Statista Consumer Insights, DVD and Blu-ray are quickly spinning out of fashion across the globe, with the share of respondents who watched video from a physical format declining, sometimes significantly, in all major markets.
https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/dvd-blu-ray-are-quickly-spinning-out-fashion
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Common Linets, country and western band, formed by Dutch pop star Ilse de Lange to compete in the Euro music contest. Radio cover of First aid kit song.
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Emily the criminal, 2022
Shows what can be done with a plot, a decent script and acting.
No big ticket car chases, explosions etc.
More like a 1940s movie. Though the director makes no effort to emulate a 1940s movie. Good effort, and the director's first time out.
Much better than most of this batch of current releases from my library. Most don't make it 10 mins in my player. There are lots of big names in trope laden lecturing movies aka garbage.
Budget $1.5–2 million[1][2] Box office $2.2 million
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Gave up looking for the live version of Mercy street I wanted, so I checked out the covers. This girl, young woman, from Scotland crushed the others with vocals. No substitute for ability
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2x1Pez8Eow&list=PL1UqUUp_tqcAkuVR9gjs2ULkV89u5Nb0s&index=19