Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] High definition digital vs red book

2010-10-29 Thread bluegaspode
magiccarpetride;585702 Wrote: There is a difference between me listening to the recording in a sort of a 'gestalt' way (where I'm listening with my entire body and soul and mind open to bask in the music), vs listening to it in a 'lab rat' mode. I detest and resent being put into the 'lab

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Skeptical about the ABX tests

2010-10-29 Thread Phil Leigh
mlsstl;585061 Wrote: In other words, you're the biggest variable in your system! ...QUOTE] Hurrah! - wisdom. Human psychology is such that we find it incredibly hard to admit this simple truth and always want to lay the blame elsewhere. Far too often we need look inwards for the

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Stereophile Review II: What conclusion can be drawn from the Measurements?

2010-10-29 Thread bigblackdog
So guys is the touch any good -- bigblackdog bigblackdog's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=37719 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82050

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Stereophile Review II: What conclusion can be drawn from the Measurements?

2010-10-29 Thread michael123
bigblackdog;585761 Wrote: So guys is the touch any good For its 300$, serving as a single standalone unit - it is good If you're audiophile, you shall listen to one before you jump on.. -- michael123 michael123's

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] High definition digital vs red book

2010-10-29 Thread adamdea
Hem Hem It still doesn't seem to be clear whether the argument is over a. whether variance in mastering quality is greater than improvement obtainable from increasing resolution beyond 16/44, so that we might be better off concentrating on the former b. whether there is any appreciable

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] High definition digital vs red book

2010-10-29 Thread Robin Bowes
On 29/10/10 11:31, adamdea wrote: Hem Hem It still doesn't seem to be clear whether the argument is over a. whether variance in mastering quality is greater than improvement obtainable from increasing resolution beyond 16/44, so that we might be better off concentrating on the former b.

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Stereophile Review II: What conclusion can be drawn from the Measurements?

2010-10-29 Thread adamdea
Stereoeditor;585609 Wrote: My apologies for not responding sooner. I was indeed busy, as the recent RMAF knocked a hole in my magazine work schedule that it takes a while to fill. It is going to depend on your playback equipment and the level at which you listen. A typical inexpensive

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] High definition digital vs red book

2010-10-29 Thread opaqueice
magiccarpetride;585665 Wrote: Baloney. Medium IS the message. Don't matter how brilliant your master may be, if you're delivering it on a 56 Kbps mp3 medium, it's gonna suck ass! I couldn't disagree more strongly. I've listened to music on internet radio at 32 Kbps and got caught up in it.

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] High definition digital vs red book

2010-10-29 Thread opaqueice
adamdea;585775 Wrote: Hem Hem It still doesn't seem to be clear whether the argument is over a. whether variance in mastering quality is greater than improvement obtainable from increasing resolution beyond 16/44, so that we might be better off concentrating on the former That is clearly

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] High definition digital vs red book

2010-10-29 Thread Phil Leigh
adamdea;585775 Wrote: Hem Hem It still doesn't seem to be clear whether the argument is over a. whether variance in mastering quality is greater than improvement obtainable from increasing resolution beyond 16/44, so that we might be better off concentrating on the former ... Well all I

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] High definition digital vs red book

2010-10-29 Thread Pat Farrell
On 10/29/2010 11:57 AM, Phil Leigh wrote: Bear in mind that differences between different sample rates/bitdepths are always going to be quite subtle...whereas differences between masters can be MASSIVE! This thread admirably demonstrates this. For sure, and the big difference in high/wide

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] High definition digital vs red book

2010-10-29 Thread Phil Leigh
I'm not sure of the lineage of the HDTracks file: Try this pair from Linn - 24/96 vs 16/44.1: http://rapidshare.com/files/427806892/16.wav http://rapidshare.com/files/427807542/24.wav Sorry about the crude edit... -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] High definition digital vs red book

2010-10-29 Thread Wombat
Did i get this right. Are these diffmaker files? I think online stores sell CD rips as the 16bit versions and get special 24bit versions directly from the label. I don´t think they are taking to much care about offering the best possible 16bit version. Why should they? They can charge more for

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] High definition digital vs red book

2010-10-29 Thread Phil Leigh
Wombat;585857 Wrote: Did i get this right. Are these diffmaker files? I think online stores sell CD rips as the 16bit versions and get special 24bit versions directly from the label. I don´t think they are taking to much care about offering the best possible 16bit version. Why should they?

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] High definition digital vs red book

2010-10-29 Thread Wombat
I only can hear noise and statics with some music in it!? Files are broken for me. -- Wombat Transporter - RG142 - Avantgarde based monoblocks - Sommer SPK240 - self-made speakers Wombat's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] High definition digital vs red book

2010-10-29 Thread R Johnson
Ditto. Just noise here. -- R Johnson R Johnson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36462 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82870

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] High definition digital vs red book

2010-10-29 Thread zano65
your files are corrupted, they crashed the sound on my computer, i had to reboot - i guess this would not have occured with vinyl ... Jean -- zano65 zano65's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Very very strange Transporter problem

2010-10-29 Thread Andy8421
Reviving an old thread - I have just purchased a 24/96 copy of 'Raising Sand' from HD tracks. As it arrives from HDTracks the Transporter is unable to play any track, just noise produced, although my DAC does recognise the S/PDIF stream produced by the transporter as 24/96. I followed the