RalphO Wrote:
Thanks for your comments, I will try and answer all your questions
Yes I have a deck that is still in regular use. The deck is a Thorens
TD321 with Linn arm (cannot remember the model) and a Supex catridge.
I still play the vinyl records but for convenience and to preserve
highdudgeon Wrote:
It is a fact, though, that people get into twists over jitter rates,
etc., when they have no substantive proof that they can actually hear
this stuff, that they have done blind experiments (which I actually
have), etc.
I think you're making some pretty big assumptions
Gildahl makes some excellent points. It can be nearly as easy as
playing the records, and it may be cost-effective to do this kind of
casual job on the least important things in your collection, buy CDs of
a middle tier that you want in better quality, and go fanatic on the
irreplaceable
One of the reasons I invested in SB, and computer audio in general, was
to digitize a lot of my vinyl. Out of about 1200 lps, I want to save
200-300 for later burning or of course for use with the Squeeze. This
project is certainly time-consuming, but it's allowed me to re-listen
to a lot of
tom permutt Wrote:
Gildahl makes some excellent points. It can be nearly as easy as
playing the records, and it may be cost-effective to do this kind of
casual job on the least important things in your collection, buy CDs of
a middle tier that you want in better quality, and go fanatic on
So is Naim more like Clyde Stubblefield or Zigaboo Modeliste?
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dwc Wrote:
So is Naim more like Clyde Stubblefield or Zigaboo Modeliste?
edit: agentsmith - nothing personal, I just struggle with comprehending
nebulous audiophile terms like PRAT, i.e. how can a freaking amplifier
have rhythm???
It sure can have not-rhythm..
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P Floding
P Floding Wrote:
It sure can have not-rhythm..
Please define not-rhythm, and describe how to perceive it in layman's
terms.
Thanks,
Dan
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Audio room:
Bryston 9B ST Pro THX amp for the surrounds, rear surrounds, and center
2x Bryston 7B SST monoblock amp for the right and left mains
Marantz DV6400 universal optical media player
BK Reference 50 controller/decoder/preamp
All Canare and Belden interconnects and speaker wire by Blue
Familly Room SB2(wired) connected digitally to a Bryston SP-1 processor.
A pair of Bryston 4B's in Mono block mode firing PSB Stratus Goldi
loudspeakers
Audio Room SB2 (wireless) connected via analog to a Bryston BP25 preamp
connected a Bryston 3B amp firing an old set of Energy 22 Coniseours
ok, fine, I'll say it: FLAC.
With 250GB, unless you have more than 500 or so CDs, why use anything
else? Beyond any sonic advantage, it's a great archival/backup
strategy should anything happen to the original CDs.
If you insist on MP3, I like Lame at VBR extreme preset. To me
Another FLAC vote.
And a reason beyond the quality reasons.
If one day you need the file in any other format you do NOT have to
re-rip the CD. You just transcode it.
With a lossy format like MP3 you will suffer generation loss and this
can become very noticeable.
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m1abrams
Thanx for all the interesting responses.
I ended up buying a Black Rhodium Rhythm Coax cable.
Sounds GREAT!
Anders
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One follow-up:
I had a Lavry DA10 in-house for some six weeks. I sent it back for a
repair, they are backordered, and now I'm getting a refund. I guess I
can order another one down the line.
Anyway, here's my take, having heard the Benchmark and, extensively,
the Lavry in my house: I think
Bump.. Is there any further info on whether the current
slimserver/FW versions now sound as good as 6.2.1/FW15?
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P Floding wrote:
dwc Wrote:
So is Naim more like Clyde Stubblefield or Zigaboo Modeliste?
edit: agentsmith - nothing personal, I just struggle with comprehending
nebulous audiophile terms like PRAT, i.e. how can a freaking amplifier
have rhythm???
It sure can have not-rhythm..
P Floding Wrote:
Yes, I probably do. But so do many, many others, which was the point of
my advice. Of course, it is easy to make yourself believe that coax
sounds better since you know what jitter figures someone has measured,
at some stage. (Figures which may or may not relate to the
highdudgeon Wrote:
One follow-up:
I had a Lavry DA10 in-house for some six weeks. I sent it back for a
repair, they are backordered, and now I'm getting a refund. I guess I
can order another one down the line.
Anyway, here's my take, having heard the Benchmark and, extensively,
the
mauidan Wrote:
I've dealt with the noise issues in my digital system and use quality
AES/EBU digital innterconnects.
I don't know what the jitter levels are from my transports or
processor, but I do know AES/EBU cables sound much better than
bandwidth limited Toslinks.
In stock
PhilNYC Wrote:
I think you're making some pretty big assumptions here. I've been
involved in more than a handful of tests (blind and not blind) that
have shown differences that were quite easy to hear...
I agree.
Maybe he's never heard low jitter components in a revealing system.
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dwc Wrote:
So is Naim more like Clyde Stubblefield or Zigaboo Modeliste?
edit: agentsmith - nothing personal, I just struggle with comprehending
nebulous audiophile terms like PRAT, i.e. how can a freaking amplifier
have rhythm???
Not sure how. I just know that is how people describe the
dwc Wrote:
Please define not-rhythm, and describe how to perceive it in layman's
terms.
Thanks,
Dan
edit:...better taken to PM to not trash this cool thread further.
Hard to pin down exactly.
Probably dynamic constriction. Sometimes in combination with dull top
end. Bloated flabby bass
mauidan Wrote:
First up should be a new power supplies for your processor and
SB.
Yeah, I know. I'm waiting for a supply for the TacT 2.2x (but no result
yet), and I have provisionally hooked up my bench-supply to the SB. I
put the TacT on a mains-filter, which was a massive improvement.
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jonheal Wrote:
(My three LP rips all sound much quieter than commercial CDs.)
Sure, because you leave yourself a margin of safety between the loudest
sound and the clipping level, which is surely the right thing to do. If
you want to, it's safe to normalize afterward because the computer can
tom permutt wrote:
jonheal Wrote:
(My three LP rips all sound much quieter than commercial CDs.)
If you want to, it's safe to normalize afterward because the computer can
find the exact maximum sample and keep that within range.
Normalizing is not an audiophile thing to do.
Nor is it
Pat, Normalizing in my software simply adds a nominal gain throughout
the recording. The peaks and floor are all raised equivalently. As
long as you normalize the entire album as a unit, I see no problem with
it. Normalizing songs individually is a no-no, however.
eCo
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eCo
eCo wrote:
Pat, Normalizing in my software simply adds a nominal gain throughout
the recording. The peaks and floor are all raised equivalently. As
long as you normalize the entire album as a unit, I see no problem with
it. Normalizing songs individually is a no-no, however.
Well, it is
P Floding Wrote:
I know Naim uses their own (old DIN) interconnect standard with a
shared ground wire.
I actually have a power amp with a din (5-pin) input. The preamp that
the amp came with was borked, so I tried to mate the din cable to a
stereo rca cable with 2 coax pairs mated to the
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