Hi all!
Just a quick update - there are now only 6 of these beasties left for
sale on eBay.com, & although the suppliers have "topped up" their
numbers for sale in the past (obviously they "find" more units at the
back of their warehouses :D ), they've tended to do it before their
stocks got so
celo wrote:
> I want to try this but how do I stream Tidal? Can the BubbleUPNP server
> let me stream Tidal? Or other server?
>
> I don't listen to any local files. Just streaming.
>
> I have SBT as my streamer and I have no reason to replace it other than
> to try something new.
>
> I
I want to try this but how do I stream Tidal? Can the BubbleUPNP server
let me stream Tidal? Or other server?
I don't listen to any local files. Just streaming.
I have SBT as my streamer and I have no reason to replace it other than
to try something new.
I currently run the LMS via MaxPlay2
arnyk wrote:
> Wrong and wrong.
Chill, actually I didn't disagree with what you wrote...
Alongside also means "at the same time as or in coexistence with".
>
> So, the audio track was not along side the video track, it was under it
> as I previously suggested.
>
> So the sound quality was
drmatt wrote:
> Personally I would never have declared it as an alternative to CD, but
> it was a convenient alternative to compact cassette if you needed long
> running times.
>
> The "hifi" track was placed alongside the video with an extra set of
> heads, and obviously the non-hifi linear
arnyk wrote:
> Careful pro workers rewound the tape which often made the echo weaker or
> even lost it in the hiss.
At the BBC we always stored tapes (1/4" full-track mono or two-track
stereo) end out, so the pre-echo became a post-echo and thus less
obtrusive. Of course they then had to be
arnyk wrote:
> VHS HiFi added a track that was buried under the video track, using a
> different carrier frequency than the video. If memory serves, both the
> video and the audio were recorded with FM. The audio data was recorded
> via FM which with the parameters chosen hardly gave even just
darrenyeats wrote:
> Bit of a tangent now Arny, but this reminds of print-through, a problem
> on the recording side with tape. This can manifest as a pre-echo as the
> magnetic pattern on the tape transfers slightly to the adjacent layer.
> It becomes noticeable when a very quiet passage
arnyk wrote:
>
> Tape always picks up problems when used heavily, and also big exposures
> to suboptimal storage and handling. It also has problems with rapid
> access to different parts of the media. CD media has no known relevant
> usage or storage limits if treated reasonably.
>
Bit of a
drmatt wrote:
> NICAM was an interesting technology, but it was only used on the
> broadcast side. A VCR recorded analogue audio. Maybe you knew that, I
> wasn't clear from your post so just clarifying.
>
VHS HiFi added a track that was buried under the video track, using a
different carrier
Golden Earring wrote:
> Hi Stephen!
>
> Interestingly, I came across a source that claimed that Sony chose
> 44.1kHz as the CD sampling frequency in response to Herbert von
> Karajan's insistence that a CD should accommodate a performance of
> Beethoven's 9th, although other sources claim that
ftlight wrote:
> Yes, it's Alex's turntable on which he plays the music of Ludwig van:
> http://www.filmandfurniture.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/record-player-1024x576.jpg
>
> There's also one in the Design Collection of the Museum of Modern Art in
> New York:
>
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