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I had this software and now can't seem to find it, not on my PC or online. Anyone know where I can download this? The website originally associated with this now seems to be mainly for advertising and downloading apps that have nothing to with this other than some "instructional" stuff shown in between all the ads.

I bought this about 30 years ago.............. My wife is extremely interested in canine behavior. One her favorite lecturers on the subject is Robert Sapolsky. Apparently Sapolsky has cited this book many times and my wife recently mentioned it. I tell her we have it, it's on the shelf in my office. Now she's reading it. Probably a good time for me to revisit it too. Chaos - Making a New Science by James Gleick.

Hmmmmm................... Let's see. This technology has been around a long time, since the late 40's. Even had a proposed "atomic" airplane/bomber (the NB36-H) proposed and in development in the late 50's for using this technology. Fast forward to 2020. Here we have Jeff Bezos, billionaire bookseller, turned spaceflight entrepreneur and this shows up on Amazon Prime Video. Sounds like a plan to me.

Ah, yes, Lysergic acid diethylamide. I thought we're supposed to get that on our own. You had me scared there for a moment thinking you were reefer-ing (pun intended) to (the church of) Later Day Saints.

LDS? That could mean a lot of things.

Thebes asks, What Da Heck Is "Live Streaming"? First, I assume you are referring "streaming live music" "Live Streaming" is kind of like live broadcasts on FM radio. Don't you remember Thebes? You know, something like a New Year's Eve Grateful Dead concert broadcast Live, or your favorite symphony orchestra broadcasting the concert Live or the Nebworth Concert in the U.K Live for 8 hours. Well, same thing, except it's being "broadcast" over a digital network called the internet which uses a global system of interconnected computer networks that uses the internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to communicate between networks and devices. It's origins date back to the 1960's, when, as you know, vinyl was very popular.

The truth is, with most SS amps the distortion (relatively speaking) is highest at the lowest output levels.

BING!! Quite honestly, I'm surprised it took so long for someone to answer this correctly, especially since there are so many vinyl enthusiasts around here. And to take this one step further, there is also a vertical component - for both L & R channels. The stylus has to track up & down as well as scanning the L & R walls of the groove in order to achieve the L+R/L-R component.

About 7 years ago I replaced my Yamaha T1 & T2 FM tuners with NAD C446 Digital Media Tuner which has AM/FM & world wide streaming. My wife came home before I got it set up and the box put away. She walks into the music room and says "OK, how much did it cost?". I start explaining why I got it and she repeats "So how much did it cost?" I said listen to this......this radio station is playing from Lithuania (she's Lithuanian). She thinks I'm giving her some BS (the station is playing American Rock). When the music stops and the announcer starts talking you should have seen the look on her face!! Then I tell her "It was $600." She says "Oh, only $600? I thought you were going to say 3 or 4 THOUSAND." And I'm thinking, damn, I could have spent another couple of grand before she got pissed?

WDCB Chicago (Glen Ellyn) for jazz and blues WFMT Chicago for classical SirusXM B.B King's Bluesville I've extensively compared WDCB and WFMT FM broadcast to streaming. I prefer streaming. Not a deal breaker. There just seems to be less of a "veil" over the sound. Slightly more clarity and fullness. I was about to cancel my SirusXM subscription until they changed their policy. Now I can stream it into my home system without any additional "radio" and additional subscription. I'm really diggin' B.B. King's Bluesville channel. Wide range of "blues" from old traditional acoustic stuff to modern hard rockin blues (blues rock). Interesting DJ's too - Shemekia Copland, Joe Bonamassa, Early Times.

Correct. Who needs a very beamy tweeter? Worse yet, the polar response varies dramatically with frequency. Exactly what I don't want or need.

Avril ----> Extreme -----> ICP And, don't forget, the Avril track is from the 2010 Alice in Wonderland/Johnny Depp version movie. It's actually kind of "dark", spooky, with lots of tremendous low end, great with subs. I believe it's the "outro" in the movie.

Interesting!! I wonder why PWK didn't include this in the Audio Papers.

Come on, Chris, Please answer my questions. 1) What are you using as a source, CD, LP, streaming? for this so-called "demastering" you're doing. 2) Is the link you provided your "demastered" version? If this is the "demastered" version, please provide us with a clip of the original that you got this from so we can objectively compare. After all, there are many different versions available, and they are not the same.

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I'll answer my potential hearing loss first. My right ear was damaged in H.S. due to an explosion (silver salute) in an enclosed space. In my right ear I have a very. very narrow band of hearing loss around 7Khz if I remember correctly - I have a FR curve somewhere. It's very narrow and affects the consonants, particularly some female voices (like my wife). It hasn't affected what I hear with music much. As far as playing in bands goes, I never liked going to live rock concerts much. I'd much rather be in the band on stage than in the audience. And as far playing in bands goes, it's the rehearsals that can get out of control. Playing live it's the audience that gets aurally abused. I'm not in the full sound field, and behind the main stage sound system, hearing mostly my amp as a stage monitor, and my back is to that as most of the time - I'm facing the audience. Most places that I've played won't let the bands play that loud anyway because it drives out the customers (a clue that you're playing too loud). It's much louder for the audience than what the musicians hear. What was the source recording you used for the link you shared? I assume this is the de-mastered version that I'm supposed to hear the defect? I played this using Sound Forge 12 Pro listening with AKG K270 Studio headphones. The flute is slightly more on the left channel. I listened to this in stereo, and individually for both left & right channel independently. I'm afraid I don't hear anything unusual that you describe. In fact I would say even more now that I've listened to your excerpt that you are mistaking something that was intentionally recorded for being something else, that for some reason, you believe shouldn't be there.

That's good to know. I didn't realize that could be done. OTOH, I've never had to do that so it never even crossed my mind - what's let of it. LOL

Joe, your Anthem MRX720 appears to have a “Network” input. This should be for an Ethernet connection. If so, then you should be good to go for Hi_res streaming from Tidal. Check with Anthem for an app to control Tidal on the Anthem from your phone or tablet. It’s probably available from Google Play or whatever Apple uses if you use that. Using optical or HDMI doesn’t have much to do with anything vs.WiFi. IMO the difference in sound quality between different recordings is far greater. WiFi and HDMI are both capable of streaming Hi-res files.Toslink OTOH I believe has a 96Khz/24 bit limitation. Not a game changer IMHO. By eliminating the extra components I mean, for instance, IF, you had an Oppo CD/DVD player, and the model you have has Ethernet and/or WiFi connection capability, and you use the Oppo as the “connection” from your internet router to the receiver, this is not as good as connecting directly to the receiver/amplifier (if you can, most preamp/integrated amps cannot, many recent A/V receivers can) – you’ve added another component between the router/Ethernet connection and the amplifier. That component has its own noise and distortion which are added to the signal chain. Can you hear this? It depends on how good the rest of your system is, how good your listening room is, and how sensitive and experienced you are as a listener. I can hear it, especially after long periods of time, and then switching back to the other. Bluetooth, as far as I know, doesn’t allow Hi-res streaming. But quite honestly, I’m getting quite excellent results using Bluetooth streaming from local radio or SirusXM, slightly better than the radio broadcast IMO. WiFi is capable of streaming Hi_res but the problem is usually connection speed – which always seems to be slower than a hardwired Ethernet connection. The problem with WiFi (that I’ve experienced) is getting it connected in the first place, and then dropouts once it’s connected. Since Comcast significantly increased my internet speed (Ethernet 200Mbps/WiFi 85Mbps) I don’t experience as many issues with WiFi. But in my house there’s a lot of steel between the router and the receiving equipment (Amplifier, PC, TV etc) so I prefer to use a hardwired Ethernet connection. Before I had Hi-res streaming, I ripped all my CD to a laptop and used J River Media software to catalog and play it. I connect the laptop to the NAD M32 via HDMI. I’ve experimented using USB vs. HDMI, both switching back & forth short term and also using each for weeks or months before switching back. My conclusion is I prefer HDMI. There are good technical reasons to back this up which I won’t get into here, right now. So, in your situation, if you want the best quality digital signal, subscribe to Tidal or Quboz premium service. If you can, get a long Ethernet cable, connect it to your home Network Router, and connect the other end to the “Network” input on the Anthem. You should probably do this just so you can make a comparison between WiFi and Ethernet, if for nothing else than comparing reliability. Be aware that using a computer, or any other component for streaming a Hi-res file via the Ethernet/WiFi connection and then sending that signal from there to the Anthem is exactly what I’m saying should be avoided – IF you want the absolute best quality streaming. Also be aware that using a browser on a PC will not allow you to stream certain files, in particular, MQA (Master Quality Authenticate) to their fullest extent (highest quality) – another technicality I won’t go into here. A lot people apparently don’t “get it” yet and just start arguing. And, if you are streaming Tidal from your phone to your receiver, you are definitely NOT streaming Hi-res to your receiver. The problem here is the phone is receiving the stream from your router – and the phone is streaming, via Bluetooth connection, to your receiver. Bluetooth is the weak link here.

AND.............let's not forget - both of these recordings are 40 to 50 years old (yikes). And, as we all know, the "Rock Music" industry wasn't particularly interested in quality, sound or otherwise. To make matters worse, most of these guys were stoned out of their mind back then and how well are you going to hear after listening to this stuff at +100dB for 8-12 or more hours a day?

Chris, I just listened to Jethro Tull's Locomotive breath streaming from Tidal as described in my previous post. Tidal has two versions, Master and 40th Anniversary Edition. Both of these are not original mix by Peter Mew. Unlike ZZ Top Got Me Under Pressure, I don’t hear much if any difference between the two, at least not with the little parts I just reviewed. I do have multiple copies of this including the original LP & MFSL release and CD and reissued 40th Anniversary CD/LP. At the moment I’m going to assume the “sound” you are talking about actually occurs at about 3:10 to 3:15 and again at 3:48 to 3:53. There is no flute playing at 3:37. At the times I mention there is a rather brash sound – something that someone might interpret, as you say, a bad mic capsule/blown diaphragm. That is not what I hear. To me it sounds like a moment of “noise” deliberately inserted. To me the “noise” sounds like a guitar/amp – cranked to the hilt, highly compressed, mixed in over the flute. It definitely doesn’t sound like a bad/blown mic capsule. I’ve had to learn and play both Locomotive Breath and Got Me Under Pressure in bands I’ve played in as part of the repertoire, so I’ve listened to these recordings in detail over & over many times over the years.

I just listened to this streaming from Tidal via Windows 10 Chrome web browser using headphones (AKG K270 Studio) plugged into the headphone jack on Klipsch Pro Media 2.1 Tidal has two versions, Master and Deluxe Edition 2008 remaster. The Master version is definitely better sound quality than the "remaster". The remaster is more compressed, balance and tonal balance among instruments & voice is much more vague, less clear. Thad, I'm not sure what you are hearing, but, around 2:30 to 2:45 one of the guitars gets a little "crunchy". To me (and I'm speaking from a musicians point of view - since I've played this music live in bands) what I'm pretty sure you are hearing is the guitar amp "crunch". A lot of guys love to overdrive the amp input to get that kind of crunchy sound. It might come across as you described - horrendous static noise, depending on the speakers used, and of course room acoustics, both of which can exaggerate this kind of sound. I'll be going down to the listening room in a little while. I'll take a listen to this on the Danley SH50. What are you using as a source? CD, LP, streaming?

Joe, with Hi_res streaming services like Tidal or Quboz, to get the best quality you really need to be able to stream the files directly to a "player" that can handle at least 192Khz/24bit. When I say "player", I'm speaking of something a little different than what we have come to know as a "player". Traditionally this has been, for example, a record player, tape deck (player) or CD "player". We usually associate the term "player" with another piece of hardware. That's now changing. For the most part, we won't need those things anymore. The best way to enjoy Tidal is to have a receiver (amplifier) that can accept an ethernet connection directly (or WiFi, although ethernet is faster & more reliable). Devialet Expert Pro, Hegal H120, NAD M32 w/BluOS are examples that can all accept your network connection directly. With these you'll also be able to use a phone or tablet (with the proper free app) to stream a Bluetooth source to these amp/receivers. Bluetooth will obviously not be as good as streaming Hi_res Master files, but I prefer to stream (via Bluetooth) some of my local radio stations instead of using FM radio. FM broadcast quality is is not what it used to be. I've experimented streaming Tidal directly into the BluOS module in my M32 vs. from the Windows laptop with HDMI connection to the M32. On *most* material it probably doesn't make too much difference, especially if you're not familiar with it (like new stuff you haven't heard before). But if you want the current best quality you really need to eliminate all the extra components & cables/connections in between. As an inexpensive alternative, a product like Bluesound Node2i ($500) you get the ethernet input connection, Bluetooth, WiFi, analog or digital outputs to your amplifier, and if you don't want to use the DAC built-in to the Node2i just use the analog outputs to bypass it's internal DAC. I had one of these hooked up to a McIntosh MA5300 integrated and it sounded excellent. EDIT: the main point I'm trying to make is that in the above examples, the amplifier is "the player"

As an architect, one of the most productive strategies I've used to weed out a prospective client was, after an initial review of their ideas and discussion about their goals and objectives I would drop the question "So, how much do you NOT want to spend?".

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