RE: Oppo HA--2 just arrived...

2016-02-14 Thread André van Deventer
One thing I have been wondering about. If a group of audiofiles are put in a room and not told what they are listening to, will they really be able to hear the difference between different formats of audio reproduction. I always use the analogy of wine tasting. If you are not told beforehand

RE: Oppo HA--2 just arrived...

2016-02-14 Thread Mary Otten
Thanks, John. Tax filing time is coming, so I think I know where the refund money is going. That sounds like a nice versatile device. Mary

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2016-02-14 Thread hamitcampos
It's Justt Apple being Apple according to Leo Laporte. Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 14, 2016, at 6:01 PM, John Gurd wrote: > > Hi Mary > > Yes, strange as it seems, there are two digital inputs. The USB A (the > bigger one) is for the little lightning connector, and is

Re: Oppo HA--2 just arrived...

2016-02-14 Thread hamitcampos
Ah okay then, cool. Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 14, 2016, at 6:05 PM, Anders Holmberg wrote: > > Hi! > The sound of an lp record is much smoother than a cd. > If i could listen to classical music without cracles i would certainly use lp > records. > /A >> On 14 Feb

Re: Oppo HA--2 just arrived...

2016-02-14 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! I have problems on my left ear with the mid range. But i have listened to much to Led Zepelin so that might be a problem *smile*. /A > On 13 Feb 2016, at 23:13, Hamit Campos wrote: > > Actually hearing does matter when it comes to frequencies. For instance when > on

RE: Oppo HA--2 just arrived...

2016-02-14 Thread John Gurd
Hi Mary Yes, strange as it seems, there are two digital inputs. The USB A (the bigger one) is for the little lightning connector, and is exclusively for Apple IOS devices. The USB B (the small slot) is for the little connecting cable which has a normal male USB A on the other end and is for

Re: Oppo HA--2 just arrived...

2016-02-14 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! The sound of an lp record is much smoother than a cd. If i could listen to classical music without cracles i would certainly use lp records. /A > On 14 Feb 2016, at 06:04, Hamit Campos wrote: > > Interesting. I'm not sure I've ever heard an LP record. So can't judge.

Re: Oppo HA--2 just arrived...

2016-02-14 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! Hmm, then i missunderstood you. Could you describe the audio as more real sounding or maybe more natural? /A > On 13 Feb 2016, at 21:27, Dane Trethowan wrote: > > I don’t knock people for having analogue systems or anything else and you > pretty much summed it up

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2016-02-14 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! No, magnetostatic is a new type of headphones. Though i have no idea in what they mean by magnetostatic. /A > On 13 Feb 2016, at 21:20, Gary Schindler wrote: > > Do you mean electrostatic? > > > -Original Message- From: Anders Holmberg > Sent: Saturday,

RE: Oppo HA--2 just arrived...

2016-02-14 Thread Hamit Campos
Ah yeah, that's true. I mean with the CD there was the CD man. Though I'm not sure those ixist no more. I had a sony 1. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan Sent: Sunday, February 14, 2016 12:14 AM To: PC Audio Discussion

RE: Oppo HA--2 just arrived...

2016-02-14 Thread Hamit Campos
Ah okay. Cool, thanks for the info. Like I said I've heard records, but not sure they were LPs. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Les Gordon Sent: Sunday, February 14, 2016 12:41 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List

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2016-02-14 Thread John Gurd
I don't think it's the case anymore that vinyl sounds better than digital music or even CD although I can remember a time when it did. I used to have a fairly large LP collection in the eighties and I was so disappointed when I bought my first CDs because they were so flat and lifeless with