Re: [all-audio] Notes on the Yamaha CDR-HD1500 Hard Drive Recorder

[Dane Trethowan]

All I know is that the menus have a starting point which they seem to 
default to so thus far following the manual has told me pretty much 
everything I've found in the menu system.


Also the machine has dedicated buttons that take you to dedicated 
functions depending on what you're doing.


For example, when playing a track if you press the "Mode" button you're 
taken into the "Play Mode" screen where you can select between Randome 
Repeat and the aforementioned "Tiome Search" function which is the first 
option presented so after pressing "Mode" you just press in on the 
jog-dial or "Enter" on the remote to get into the "Time Search" screen.




On 29/03/2018 12:44 PM, Peter Scanlon wrote:

Is this unit accessable in a way such as menues that do not cycle around or 
beeps or synthetic voice.
P.


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Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2018 11:53 AM
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Subject: Re: [all-audio] Notes on the Yamaha CDR-HD1500 Hard Drive Recorder

Another progress report on the unit.
I’ve managed to work out how the “Time Search” works, you can search (Jump 
Backwards or forwards in time - by set increments through a track or disc.
To put this in perspective then.
Suppose you recorded a 3 hour radio broadcast and new that each commercial 
break was around 2 minutes long.
When you heard the start of the commercial break you could use the time search 
to skip forward 2 minutes to bypass the break.
Suppose you missed the start of a portion of the audio you wanted to hear by 
say 10 seconds, you could use the time search function to go back in time 10 
seconds.
So far I’ve discovered that “Time Search’ will let you jump backwards and 
forwards in minutes and seconds.
You can either jump by minute or second using the jog-dial or keys on the 
remote or enter a numeric value on the numeric keypad of the remote.



On 27 Mar 2018, at 1:51 pm, Casey  wrote:

Hi when you get sometime and get more in to this hard drive recorder?
Are you thinking of maybe of doing A podcast describing it and show us some of 
what it can do?




-Original Message-
From: all-audio@groups.io  On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan
Sent: Monday, March 26, 2018 8:34 AM
To: all-audio@groups.io
Subject: [all-audio] Notes on the Yamaha CDR-HD1500 Hard Drive Recorder

Two words spring to mind when using this Hard Drive recorder and they
are flexibility and convenience.
Yamaha have added a CD Drive to this recorder you can copy to and from.
You’ll also find a set of digital and analogue inputs/outputs so yes the
recorder can record digital/analogue from other sources such as a
digital tuner or Cassette player.
The machine can be used as a DAC, connect a digital source to the
digital input and hear the resulting output through the analogue
connection jacks which is often better than the analogue you would hear
on the source itself.
Up until now I’ve used my computer systems to rip CD’S but given how
convenient the hard drive recorder is I don’t think I’ll be bothering
with the computer too much in the future for CD ripping for my personal
CD collection.
Copying a CD to the Hard Drive is as easy as inserting the CD, pressing
the “Copy” button and then pressing the “Play” button to start the CD
copy procedure, copying of a CD to the Hard Drive takes around 10 minutes.
The copy method I described above is the basic copy method and there are
others which are more advanced, you can select the track or tracks you
want copied from your CD for example so I’ll get to trying those methods
out in time.
Each CD copied using the recorder is put into a separate “Group” thus
one group per CD.
You can switch easily between “Group” and “Track” selection by pressing
the jog-dial which toggles between these two modes whilst in playback.
Added to this are the skip forward and back buttons thus you can switch
to “Group” mode and use the buttons to move between tracks in a group.
Editing functions are available to allow the user to put in names for
groups and tracks but I have no need for this as its easy enough for me
to identify the CD’S I’ve copied over by the tracks presented in each group.
You can mark favourite tracks and play them from you “Bookmark List”,
unfortunately the recorder only handles one Bookmark listing.
The recorder can use CDR or CDF-W discs for recording, pity the recorder
won’t handle CD-RAM discs as the Panasonic equipment does.
The recorder has a Headphone amp however the amp has problems as it
compresses the output sound at louder volumes.
Front panel controls are well laid out but I prefer to use the remote
control as the remote contains direct buttons to control more of the
recorders functions directly along with a numeric keypad with letters.
So that’s everything I’ve discovered about the recorder so far, I’ll
write to the list as I progress with the recorder.
















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Re: [all-audio] Notes on the Yamaha CDR-HD1500 Hard Drive Recorder

[Hamit Campos]

Oh that's cool dude.


On 3/28/2018 8:52 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote:

Another progress report on the unit.
I’ve managed to work out how the “Time Search” works, you can search (Jump 
Backwards or forwards in time - by set increments through a track or disc.
To put this in perspective then.
Suppose you recorded a 3 hour radio broadcast and new that each commercial 
break was around 2 minutes long.
When you heard the start of the commercial break you could use the time search 
to skip forward 2 minutes to bypass the break.
Suppose you missed the start of a portion of the audio you wanted to hear by 
say 10 seconds, you could use the time search function to go back in time 10 
seconds.
So far I’ve discovered that “Time Search’ will let you jump backwards and 
forwards in minutes and seconds.
You can either jump by minute or second using the jog-dial or keys on the 
remote or enter a numeric value on the numeric keypad of the remote.



On 27 Mar 2018, at 1:51 pm, Casey  wrote:

Hi when you get sometime and get more in to this hard drive recorder?
Are you thinking of maybe of doing A podcast describing it and show us some of 
what it can do?




-Original Message-
From: all-audio@groups.io  On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan
Sent: Monday, March 26, 2018 8:34 AM
To: all-audio@groups.io
Subject: [all-audio] Notes on the Yamaha CDR-HD1500 Hard Drive Recorder

Two words spring to mind when using this Hard Drive recorder and they
are flexibility and convenience.
Yamaha have added a CD Drive to this recorder you can copy to and from.
You’ll also find a set of digital and analogue inputs/outputs so yes the
recorder can record digital/analogue from other sources such as a
digital tuner or Cassette player.
The machine can be used as a DAC, connect a digital source to the
digital input and hear the resulting output through the analogue
connection jacks which is often better than the analogue you would hear
on the source itself.
Up until now I’ve used my computer systems to rip CD’S but given how
convenient the hard drive recorder is I don’t think I’ll be bothering
with the computer too much in the future for CD ripping for my personal
CD collection.
Copying a CD to the Hard Drive is as easy as inserting the CD, pressing
the “Copy” button and then pressing the “Play” button to start the CD
copy procedure, copying of a CD to the Hard Drive takes around 10 minutes.
The copy method I described above is the basic copy method and there are
others which are more advanced, you can select the track or tracks you
want copied from your CD for example so I’ll get to trying those methods
out in time.
Each CD copied using the recorder is put into a separate “Group” thus
one group per CD.
You can switch easily between “Group” and “Track” selection by pressing
the jog-dial which toggles between these two modes whilst in playback.
Added to this are the skip forward and back buttons thus you can switch
to “Group” mode and use the buttons to move between tracks in a group.
Editing functions are available to allow the user to put in names for
groups and tracks but I have no need for this as its easy enough for me
to identify the CD’S I’ve copied over by the tracks presented in each group.
You can mark favourite tracks and play them from you “Bookmark List”,
unfortunately the recorder only handles one Bookmark listing.
The recorder can use CDR or CDF-W discs for recording, pity the recorder
won’t handle CD-RAM discs as the Panasonic equipment does.
The recorder has a Headphone amp however the amp has problems as it
compresses the output sound at louder volumes.
Front panel controls are well laid out but I prefer to use the remote
control as the remote contains direct buttons to control more of the
recorders functions directly along with a numeric keypad with letters.
So that’s everything I’ve discovered about the recorder so far, I’ll
write to the list as I progress with the recorder.















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Re: [all-audio] Notes on the Yamaha CDR-HD1500 Hard Drive Recorder

[Peter Scanlon]

Is this unit accessable in a way such as menues that do not cycle around or 
beeps or synthetic voice. 
P.


-Original Message-
From: all-audio@groups.io  On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan
Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2018 11:53 AM
To: all-audio@groups.io
Subject: Re: [all-audio] Notes on the Yamaha CDR-HD1500 Hard Drive Recorder

Another progress report on the unit.
I’ve managed to work out how the “Time Search” works, you can search (Jump 
Backwards or forwards in time - by set increments through a track or disc.
To put this in perspective then.
Suppose you recorded a 3 hour radio broadcast and new that each commercial 
break was around 2 minutes long.
When you heard the start of the commercial break you could use the time search 
to skip forward 2 minutes to bypass the break.
Suppose you missed the start of a portion of the audio you wanted to hear by 
say 10 seconds, you could use the time search function to go back in time 10 
seconds.
So far I’ve discovered that “Time Search’ will let you jump backwards and 
forwards in minutes and seconds.
You can either jump by minute or second using the jog-dial or keys on the 
remote or enter a numeric value on the numeric keypad of the remote.


> On 27 Mar 2018, at 1:51 pm, Casey  wrote:
> 
> Hi when you get sometime and get more in to this hard drive recorder?
> Are you thinking of maybe of doing A podcast describing it and show us some 
> of what it can do?
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: all-audio@groups.io  On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan
> Sent: Monday, March 26, 2018 8:34 AM
> To: all-audio@groups.io
> Subject: [all-audio] Notes on the Yamaha CDR-HD1500 Hard Drive Recorder
> 
> Two words spring to mind when using this Hard Drive recorder and they 
> are flexibility and convenience.
> Yamaha have added a CD Drive to this recorder you can copy to and from.
> You’ll also find a set of digital and analogue inputs/outputs so yes the 
> recorder can record digital/analogue from other sources such as a 
> digital tuner or Cassette player.
> The machine can be used as a DAC, connect a digital source to the 
> digital input and hear the resulting output through the analogue 
> connection jacks which is often better than the analogue you would hear 
> on the source itself.
> Up until now I’ve used my computer systems to rip CD’S but given how 
> convenient the hard drive recorder is I don’t think I’ll be bothering 
> with the computer too much in the future for CD ripping for my personal 
> CD collection.
> Copying a CD to the Hard Drive is as easy as inserting the CD, pressing 
> the “Copy” button and then pressing the “Play” button to start the CD 
> copy procedure, copying of a CD to the Hard Drive takes around 10 minutes.
> The copy method I described above is the basic copy method and there are 
> others which are more advanced, you can select the track or tracks you 
> want copied from your CD for example so I’ll get to trying those methods 
> out in time.
> Each CD copied using the recorder is put into a separate “Group” thus 
> one group per CD.
> You can switch easily between “Group” and “Track” selection by pressing 
> the jog-dial which toggles between these two modes whilst in playback.
> Added to this are the skip forward and back buttons thus you can switch 
> to “Group” mode and use the buttons to move between tracks in a group.
> Editing functions are available to allow the user to put in names for 
> groups and tracks but I have no need for this as its easy enough for me 
> to identify the CD’S I’ve copied over by the tracks presented in each group.
> You can mark favourite tracks and play them from you “Bookmark List”, 
> unfortunately the recorder only handles one Bookmark listing.
> The recorder can use CDR or CDF-W discs for recording, pity the recorder 
> won’t handle CD-RAM discs as the Panasonic equipment does.
> The recorder has a Headphone amp however the amp has problems as it 
> compresses the output sound at louder volumes.
> Front panel controls are well laid out but I prefer to use the remote 
> control as the remote contains direct buttons to control more of the 
> recorders functions directly along with a numeric keypad with letters.
> So that’s everything I’ve discovered about the recorder so far, I’ll 
> write to the list as I progress with the recorder.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 





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Re: [all-audio] Notes on the Yamaha CDR-HD1500 Hard Drive Recorder

[Dane Trethowan]

Another progress report on the unit.
I’ve managed to work out how the “Time Search” works, you can search (Jump 
Backwards or forwards in time - by set increments through a track or disc.
To put this in perspective then.
Suppose you recorded a 3 hour radio broadcast and new that each commercial 
break was around 2 minutes long.
When you heard the start of the commercial break you could use the time search 
to skip forward 2 minutes to bypass the break.
Suppose you missed the start of a portion of the audio you wanted to hear by 
say 10 seconds, you could use the time search function to go back in time 10 
seconds.
So far I’ve discovered that “Time Search’ will let you jump backwards and 
forwards in minutes and seconds.
You can either jump by minute or second using the jog-dial or keys on the 
remote or enter a numeric value on the numeric keypad of the remote.


> On 27 Mar 2018, at 1:51 pm, Casey  wrote:
> 
> Hi when you get sometime and get more in to this hard drive recorder?
> Are you thinking of maybe of doing A podcast describing it and show us some 
> of what it can do?
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: all-audio@groups.io  On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan
> Sent: Monday, March 26, 2018 8:34 AM
> To: all-audio@groups.io
> Subject: [all-audio] Notes on the Yamaha CDR-HD1500 Hard Drive Recorder
> 
> Two words spring to mind when using this Hard Drive recorder and they 
> are flexibility and convenience.
> Yamaha have added a CD Drive to this recorder you can copy to and from.
> You’ll also find a set of digital and analogue inputs/outputs so yes the 
> recorder can record digital/analogue from other sources such as a 
> digital tuner or Cassette player.
> The machine can be used as a DAC, connect a digital source to the 
> digital input and hear the resulting output through the analogue 
> connection jacks which is often better than the analogue you would hear 
> on the source itself.
> Up until now I’ve used my computer systems to rip CD’S but given how 
> convenient the hard drive recorder is I don’t think I’ll be bothering 
> with the computer too much in the future for CD ripping for my personal 
> CD collection.
> Copying a CD to the Hard Drive is as easy as inserting the CD, pressing 
> the “Copy” button and then pressing the “Play” button to start the CD 
> copy procedure, copying of a CD to the Hard Drive takes around 10 minutes.
> The copy method I described above is the basic copy method and there are 
> others which are more advanced, you can select the track or tracks you 
> want copied from your CD for example so I’ll get to trying those methods 
> out in time.
> Each CD copied using the recorder is put into a separate “Group” thus 
> one group per CD.
> You can switch easily between “Group” and “Track” selection by pressing 
> the jog-dial which toggles between these two modes whilst in playback.
> Added to this are the skip forward and back buttons thus you can switch 
> to “Group” mode and use the buttons to move between tracks in a group.
> Editing functions are available to allow the user to put in names for 
> groups and tracks but I have no need for this as its easy enough for me 
> to identify the CD’S I’ve copied over by the tracks presented in each group.
> You can mark favourite tracks and play them from you “Bookmark List”, 
> unfortunately the recorder only handles one Bookmark listing.
> The recorder can use CDR or CDF-W discs for recording, pity the recorder 
> won’t handle CD-RAM discs as the Panasonic equipment does.
> The recorder has a Headphone amp however the amp has problems as it 
> compresses the output sound at louder volumes.
> Front panel controls are well laid out but I prefer to use the remote 
> control as the remote contains direct buttons to control more of the 
> recorders functions directly along with a numeric keypad with letters.
> So that’s everything I’ve discovered about the recorder so far, I’ll 
> write to the list as I progress with the recorder.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 


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Re: [all-audio] removing pops and clicks

[Curtis Delzer]

sound forge has a good one!
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San Bernardino, CA

On Tue, 27 Mar 2018 13:51:31 -0400
"Christopher Wright"  wrote:

> Hi,
> Can anyone recommend a tool for removing pops and clicks from a recording?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> 
> 


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Re: [all-audio] Good HiFi is still around

[Dane Trethowan]

Here's the detailed review I mentioned in my previous post.

http://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/rotel-a14-integrated-amplifierdac-and-cd14-cd-player/



On 29/03/2018 7:04 AM, John Gurd via Groups.Io wrote:

it really does sound like a fantastic product. I'm jealous. :)

John


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to be honest I'm not entirely sure as I bought when the January Sales were on 
so take a look at http://www.rotel.com and look for the 14 series of products.



On 28/03/2018 10:47 AM, Singing Sparrow wrote:

and how much does this beast cost?


On 3/27/2018 1:19 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote:

Yes through USB you connect your PC, Mac etc.
Actually the amp has 3 USB ports, one for connecting to a PC
obviously, one to take an iPhone or a Usb stick for playback and
another that just supplies power so you have a charge port at your
convenience or something say to power a Google Chromecast etc.



On 28 Mar 2018, at 2:15 am, Hamit Campos  wrote:

Cool dude. So is it threw USB you can connect it to a PC? Cause you
said it can be used as an audio card.


On 3/26/2018 10:32 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote:

Hi!

Every year around January I attend the sales at my local HiFi
outlets to see if I can afford one or some of the wonderful devices
reviewed in the Stereophile and similar audio magazines in the past
12 months, this year it was the Rotel A14 and CD14 Integrated
Amplifier and CD Player I was keen to get hold of to match the T14
Tuner/stream I bought in January 2017.

There are many things to be said about the A14 and CD14 so if
anyone has any specific questions then please ask. I'll just cover
what I believe to be some main points about the Rotel 14 series.

Starting with the amp which offers 80 watts RMS per channel though
the testing says the amp delivers 105 watts.

The A14 has an excellent set of inputs which include tuner and CD
inputs, two Aux inputs, 4 digital inputs - 2 Coax and 2 Optical
which feed a 38400K/32 bit DAC -, a Bluetooth APTX input and
finally inputs for your iPhone or a USB input to allow connection
to your Mac or Windows PC thus the Amp can be used as a sound card
with a digital link to your computer for playback of audio.

The front panel is well laid out with a row of buttons on the front
for input selection rather than a jog-dial which can confuse when
trying to select the appropriate input.

Tha A14 can be connected using Intel's link system to form an
integrated system thus all the components can be controlled by an
IOS app for source selection, text display of the CD titles, text
display of DAB and FM RDS broadcasts, selection of tuner presets,
manipulation of connected Bluetooth devices etc.

The 14 Series App is very accessible on an iPhone where I use it here.

Volume, Balance, Bass and Treble can all be controlled by the App
along with speaker A-B sellection.

The A14 has a great headphone out facility, one of the best I've
heard in an intigrated amp.

If you wish to expand the system further then you can add
sub-woofers to the A14 or a Power Amp.

The CD14 CD player is a basic CD player however don't let the 6
buttons on the front panel deceive you, lacking buttons the cD
player is but sonic quality and build are both outstanding.

CD Text of tracks can be displayed using the Series 14 IOS App thus
if you see a track titled say "Baby Come Back", double-tapping the
track title will cause it to play.

All the usual transport controls ar available in the App.

The T14 is not only a tuner but a network streamer thus you can
listen to music from all the popular music sources such as Spotify
or stream music from anywhere on your network.

The T14 is also compatible with Chromecast, Apple AirPlay and DLNA
so let your imagination run free.

Rotel's T14 also has no trouble whatever streaming Internet radio.

So there you have it all in a nutshell, a truly excellent HiFi
system with plenty of flexibility and functional features.
















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Re: [all-audio] Good HiFi is still around

[Dane Trethowan]

I read about the 14 series all year having first purchased the T14 in 
January 2017 and I was thus determined to get the Amp and the CD player.


There was a detailed review written on the A and CD14 respectively which 
makes for good reading so I'll hunt that up and post the link.




On 29/03/2018 7:04 AM, John Gurd via Groups.Io wrote:

it really does sound like a fantastic product. I'm jealous. :)

John


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to be honest I'm not entirely sure as I bought when the January Sales were on 
so take a look at http://www.rotel.com and look for the 14 series of products.



On 28/03/2018 10:47 AM, Singing Sparrow wrote:

and how much does this beast cost?


On 3/27/2018 1:19 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote:

Yes through USB you connect your PC, Mac etc.
Actually the amp has 3 USB ports, one for connecting to a PC
obviously, one to take an iPhone or a Usb stick for playback and
another that just supplies power so you have a charge port at your
convenience or something say to power a Google Chromecast etc.



On 28 Mar 2018, at 2:15 am, Hamit Campos  wrote:

Cool dude. So is it threw USB you can connect it to a PC? Cause you
said it can be used as an audio card.


On 3/26/2018 10:32 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote:

Hi!

Every year around January I attend the sales at my local HiFi
outlets to see if I can afford one or some of the wonderful devices
reviewed in the Stereophile and similar audio magazines in the past
12 months, this year it was the Rotel A14 and CD14 Integrated
Amplifier and CD Player I was keen to get hold of to match the T14
Tuner/stream I bought in January 2017.

There are many things to be said about the A14 and CD14 so if
anyone has any specific questions then please ask. I'll just cover
what I believe to be some main points about the Rotel 14 series.

Starting with the amp which offers 80 watts RMS per channel though
the testing says the amp delivers 105 watts.

The A14 has an excellent set of inputs which include tuner and CD
inputs, two Aux inputs, 4 digital inputs - 2 Coax and 2 Optical
which feed a 38400K/32 bit DAC -, a Bluetooth APTX input and
finally inputs for your iPhone or a USB input to allow connection
to your Mac or Windows PC thus the Amp can be used as a sound card
with a digital link to your computer for playback of audio.

The front panel is well laid out with a row of buttons on the front
for input selection rather than a jog-dial which can confuse when
trying to select the appropriate input.

Tha A14 can be connected using Intel's link system to form an
integrated system thus all the components can be controlled by an
IOS app for source selection, text display of the CD titles, text
display of DAB and FM RDS broadcasts, selection of tuner presets,
manipulation of connected Bluetooth devices etc.

The 14 Series App is very accessible on an iPhone where I use it here.

Volume, Balance, Bass and Treble can all be controlled by the App
along with speaker A-B sellection.

The A14 has a great headphone out facility, one of the best I've
heard in an intigrated amp.

If you wish to expand the system further then you can add
sub-woofers to the A14 or a Power Amp.

The CD14 CD player is a basic CD player however don't let the 6
buttons on the front panel deceive you, lacking buttons the cD
player is but sonic quality and build are both outstanding.

CD Text of tracks can be displayed using the Series 14 IOS App thus
if you see a track titled say "Baby Come Back", double-tapping the
track title will cause it to play.

All the usual transport controls ar available in the App.

The T14 is not only a tuner but a network streamer thus you can
listen to music from all the popular music sources such as Spotify
or stream music from anywhere on your network.

The T14 is also compatible with Chromecast, Apple AirPlay and DLNA
so let your imagination run free.

Rotel's T14 also has no trouble whatever streaming Internet radio.

So there you have it all in a nutshell, a truly excellent HiFi
system with plenty of flexibility and functional features.
















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Re: [all-audio] Good HiFi is still around

[John Gurd via Groups.Io]

it really does sound like a fantastic product. I'm jealous. :)

John


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From: all-audio@groups.io  On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan
Sent: 28 March 2018 18:07
To: all-audio@groups.io
Subject: Re: [all-audio] Good HiFi is still around

to be honest I'm not entirely sure as I bought when the January Sales were on 
so take a look at http://www.rotel.com and look for the 14 series of products.



On 28/03/2018 10:47 AM, Singing Sparrow wrote:
> and how much does this beast cost?
>
>
> On 3/27/2018 1:19 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote:
>> Yes through USB you connect your PC, Mac etc.
>> Actually the amp has 3 USB ports, one for connecting to a PC 
>> obviously, one to take an iPhone or a Usb stick for playback and 
>> another that just supplies power so you have a charge port at your 
>> convenience or something say to power a Google Chromecast etc.
>>
>>
>>> On 28 Mar 2018, at 2:15 am, Hamit Campos  wrote:
>>>
>>> Cool dude. So is it threw USB you can connect it to a PC? Cause you 
>>> said it can be used as an audio card.
>>>
>>>
>>> On 3/26/2018 10:32 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote:
 Hi!

 Every year around January I attend the sales at my local HiFi 
 outlets to see if I can afford one or some of the wonderful devices 
 reviewed in the Stereophile and similar audio magazines in the past
 12 months, this year it was the Rotel A14 and CD14 Integrated 
 Amplifier and CD Player I was keen to get hold of to match the T14 
 Tuner/stream I bought in January 2017.

 There are many things to be said about the A14 and CD14 so if 
 anyone has any specific questions then please ask. I'll just cover 
 what I believe to be some main points about the Rotel 14 series.

 Starting with the amp which offers 80 watts RMS per channel though 
 the testing says the amp delivers 105 watts.

 The A14 has an excellent set of inputs which include tuner and CD 
 inputs, two Aux inputs, 4 digital inputs - 2 Coax and 2 Optical 
 which feed a 38400K/32 bit DAC -, a Bluetooth APTX input and 
 finally inputs for your iPhone or a USB input to allow connection 
 to your Mac or Windows PC thus the Amp can be used as a sound card 
 with a digital link to your computer for playback of audio.

 The front panel is well laid out with a row of buttons on the front 
 for input selection rather than a jog-dial which can confuse when 
 trying to select the appropriate input.

 Tha A14 can be connected using Intel's link system to form an 
 integrated system thus all the components can be controlled by an 
 IOS app for source selection, text display of the CD titles, text 
 display of DAB and FM RDS broadcasts, selection of tuner presets, 
 manipulation of connected Bluetooth devices etc.

 The 14 Series App is very accessible on an iPhone where I use it here.

 Volume, Balance, Bass and Treble can all be controlled by the App 
 along with speaker A-B sellection.

 The A14 has a great headphone out facility, one of the best I've 
 heard in an intigrated amp.

 If you wish to expand the system further then you can add 
 sub-woofers to the A14 or a Power Amp.

 The CD14 CD player is a basic CD player however don't let the 6 
 buttons on the front panel deceive you, lacking buttons the cD 
 player is but sonic quality and build are both outstanding.

 CD Text of tracks can be displayed using the Series 14 IOS App thus 
 if you see a track titled say "Baby Come Back", double-tapping the 
 track title will cause it to play.

 All the usual transport controls ar available in the App.

 The T14 is not only a tuner but a network streamer thus you can 
 listen to music from all the popular music sources such as Spotify 
 or stream music from anywhere on your network.

 The T14 is also compatible with Chromecast, Apple AirPlay and DLNA 
 so let your imagination run free.

 Rotel's T14 also has no trouble whatever streaming Internet radio.

 So there you have it all in a nutshell, a truly excellent HiFi 
 system with plenty of flexibility and functional features.


>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> 
>

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[all-audio] The Nuraphone

[John Gurd via Groups.Io]

Take a look at the review below. It's written by a blind guy on Apple-Vis
and the headphones sound amazing. Apparently The Nuraphone won The Best of
Innovation Award at this year's CES. In a nutshell they profile your hearing
by testing it and then adjust accordingly to your individual hearing
characteristics. Everyone's hearing is different and a 56 year-old guy will
have very different hearing to a teenager or even someone in their thirties.


https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=apple-vis

&oq=apple-vis&aqs=chrome..69i57j69i65j0l4.3387j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

 

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Re: [all-audio] Good HiFi is still around

[Dane Trethowan]

to be honest I'm not entirely sure as I bought when the January Sales 
were on so take a look at http://www.rotel.com and look for the 14 
series of products.




On 28/03/2018 10:47 AM, Singing Sparrow wrote:

and how much does this beast cost?


On 3/27/2018 1:19 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote:

Yes through USB you connect your PC, Mac etc.
Actually the amp has 3 USB ports, one for connecting to a PC 
obviously, one to take an iPhone or a Usb stick for playback and 
another that just supplies power so you have a charge port at your 
convenience or something say to power a Google Chromecast etc.




On 28 Mar 2018, at 2:15 am, Hamit Campos  wrote:

Cool dude. So is it threw USB you can connect it to a PC? Cause you 
said it can be used as an audio card.



On 3/26/2018 10:32 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote:

Hi!

Every year around January I attend the sales at my local HiFi 
outlets to see if I can afford one or some of the wonderful devices 
reviewed in the Stereophile and similar audio magazines in the past 
12 months, this year it was the Rotel A14 and CD14 Integrated 
Amplifier and CD Player I was keen to get hold of to match the T14 
Tuner/stream I bought in January 2017.


There are many things to be said about the A14 and CD14 so if 
anyone has any specific questions then please ask. I'll just cover 
what I believe to be some main points about the Rotel 14 series.


Starting with the amp which offers 80 watts RMS per channel though 
the testing says the amp delivers 105 watts.


The A14 has an excellent set of inputs which include tuner and CD 
inputs, two Aux inputs, 4 digital inputs - 2 Coax and 2 Optical 
which feed a 38400K/32 bit DAC -, a Bluetooth APTX input and 
finally inputs for your iPhone or a USB input to allow connection 
to your Mac or Windows PC thus the Amp can be used as a sound card 
with a digital link to your computer for playback of audio.


The front panel is well laid out with a row of buttons on the front 
for input selection rather than a jog-dial which can confuse when 
trying to select the appropriate input.


Tha A14 can be connected using Intel's link system to form an 
integrated system thus all the components can be controlled by an 
IOS app for source selection, text display of the CD titles, text 
display of DAB and FM RDS broadcasts, selection of tuner presets, 
manipulation of connected Bluetooth devices etc.


The 14 Series App is very accessible on an iPhone where I use it here.

Volume, Balance, Bass and Treble can all be controlled by the App 
along with speaker A-B sellection.


The A14 has a great headphone out facility, one of the best I've 
heard in an intigrated amp.


If you wish to expand the system further then you can add 
sub-woofers to the A14 or a Power Amp.


The CD14 CD player is a basic CD player however don't let the 6 
buttons on the front panel deceive you, lacking buttons the cD 
player is but sonic quality and build are both outstanding.


CD Text of tracks can be displayed using the Series 14 IOS App thus 
if you see a track titled say "Baby Come Back", double-tapping the 
track title will cause it to play.


All the usual transport controls ar available in the App.

The T14 is not only a tuner but a network streamer thus you can 
listen to music from all the popular music sources such as Spotify 
or stream music from anywhere on your network.


The T14 is also compatible with Chromecast, Apple AirPlay and DLNA 
so let your imagination run free.


Rotel's T14 also has no trouble whatever streaming Internet radio.

So there you have it all in a nutshell, a truly excellent HiFi 
system with plenty of flexibility and functional features.




















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Re: [all-audio] Good HiFi is still around

[Singing Sparrow]

and how much does this beast cost?


On 3/27/2018 1:19 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote:

Yes through USB you connect your PC, Mac etc.
Actually the amp has 3 USB ports, one for connecting to a PC obviously, one to 
take an iPhone or a Usb stick for playback and another that just supplies power 
so you have a charge port at your convenience or something say to power a 
Google Chromecast etc.



On 28 Mar 2018, at 2:15 am, Hamit Campos  wrote:

Cool dude. So is it threw USB you can connect it to a PC? Cause you said it can 
be used as an audio card.


On 3/26/2018 10:32 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote:

Hi!

Every year around January I attend the sales at my local HiFi outlets to see if 
I can afford one or some of the wonderful devices reviewed in the Stereophile 
and similar audio magazines in the past 12 months, this year it was the Rotel 
A14 and CD14 Integrated Amplifier and CD Player I was keen to get hold of to 
match the T14 Tuner/stream I bought in January 2017.

There are many things to be said about the A14 and CD14 so if anyone has any 
specific questions then please ask. I'll just cover what I believe to be some 
main points about the Rotel 14 series.

Starting with the amp which offers 80 watts RMS per channel though the testing 
says the amp delivers 105 watts.

The A14 has an excellent set of inputs which include tuner and CD inputs, two 
Aux inputs, 4 digital inputs - 2 Coax and 2 Optical which feed a 38400K/32 bit 
DAC -, a Bluetooth APTX input and finally inputs for your iPhone or a USB input 
to allow connection to your Mac or Windows PC thus the Amp can be used as a 
sound card with a digital link to your computer for playback of audio.

The front panel is well laid out with a row of buttons on the front for input 
selection rather than a jog-dial which can confuse when trying to select the 
appropriate input.

Tha A14 can be connected using Intel's link system to form an integrated system 
thus all the components can be controlled by an IOS app for source selection, 
text display of the CD titles, text display of DAB and FM RDS broadcasts, 
selection of tuner presets, manipulation of connected Bluetooth devices etc.

The 14 Series App is very accessible on an iPhone where I use it here.

Volume, Balance, Bass and Treble can all be controlled by the App along with 
speaker A-B sellection.

The A14 has a great headphone out facility, one of the best I've heard in an 
intigrated amp.

If you wish to expand the system further then you can add sub-woofers to the 
A14 or a Power Amp.

The CD14 CD player is a basic CD player however don't let the 6 buttons on the 
front panel deceive you, lacking buttons the cD player is but sonic quality and 
build are both outstanding.

CD Text of tracks can be displayed using the Series 14 IOS App thus if you see a track 
titled say "Baby Come Back", double-tapping the track title will cause it to 
play.

All the usual transport controls ar available in the App.

The T14 is not only a tuner but a network streamer thus you can listen to music 
from all the popular music sources such as Spotify or stream music from 
anywhere on your network.

The T14 is also compatible with Chromecast, Apple AirPlay and DLNA so let your 
imagination run free.

Rotel's T14 also has no trouble whatever streaming Internet radio.

So there you have it all in a nutshell, a truly excellent HiFi system with 
plenty of flexibility and functional features.















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