magiccarpetride;617078 Wrote:
Open that photo in Safari. Then open the same photo in Firefox. Now
position both browsers side-by-side (you may have to do some resizing
of each browser window), and compare the two renditions of the same
photo. Yes, it's the same zeros and ones, but these two
cliveb;617965 Wrote:
I just tried this on Windows - Firefox and Safari displaying the same
photo side-by-side. I was expecting to see no difference. But b*gger me
they did look different - the Safari rendition seemed to be slightly
darker. I was so surprised by this that I then tried with
magiccarpetride;617974 Wrote:
Let me solve the mystery for you: the reason why a photo looks better on
Safari then on Firefox is due to the fact that I'm using a pirated
version of Firefox on my Mac. That's the version I've downloaded from
an illegal Chinese (or was it Russian, I forgot)
cliveb;617980 Wrote:
Pardon me for being completely bemused, but why would anyone choose to
run a dubious pirate version of a program when the official release is
free?
+1 I'm anxiously awaiting the answer to this myselfits gotta be
good!
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garym;617983 Wrote:
+1 I'm anxiously awaiting the answer to this myselfits gotta be
good!
It's a typo ... Photoshop, Not Firefox :-)
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cliveb;617980 Wrote:
Pardon me for being completely bemused, but why would anyone choose to
run a dubious pirate version of a program when the official release is
free?
Free as in free speech?
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ralphpnj;617573 Wrote:
I find that Jeff Beck sounds best with 1/2 meter long interconnects and
4 meter speaker cable. Using shorter cables makes Beck sound choppy and
longer length cables make him sound overly rich. The sad part is that
Clapton needs 1 meter interconnects and 3 meter speaker
bits;617576 Wrote:
I'll chime in about the difference of the images on a Mac(or any
machine).
The other distinct possibility is that Safari and Firefox may differ in
their default colour profile and the image that appears differently
doesn't have an embedded colour profile, so is displaying in
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ralphpnj;617269 Wrote:
There is a good deal of similarity between the adoration people have for
Stad and Amati violins and the adoration people have for Clapton and, by
extension, for his guitars.
Just as it can be easily shown that a Stad or an Amati sound no
different to the vast
michaelj;617345 Wrote:
it saddens one to think that somewhere out there is a tiny village
without its idiot.
pmsl!
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garym;617451 Wrote:
I don't disagree on Clapton. I of course grew up with his work, and I'm
quite fond of Cream, the Blind Faith album, and Derek the Dominos.
And of course all these bands had many other talents in them other than
Clapton. In terms of 1960s era guitar players, I am
I'll chime in about the difference of the images on a Mac(or any
machine).
Many decoders suffer from rounding errors or simply wrong
implementations of a standard.
Many jpeg decoders sacrifice accurate decoding for the sake of speed.
The image might not be align correctly on the monitors pixels
Wombat;617124 Wrote:
To add something to this discussion. A while back we had a german
boulevard TV doing some evaluation about the Strativari phenomen. A
respected violin builder did build a Strativari clone out of wood and
another manufacturer even created a Strativari clone out of carbon
http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Stradivarius_violin
Now everybody wants one, even though a 1936 blind hearing test in New
York City revealed that virtually nobody (but select cats) could tell
the difference between the Strad and other leading brands of violins.
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garym;617109 Wrote:
And if this was NOT true, I would have been in NYC last week bidding on
one of Eric Clapton's guitars.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/09/science/09guitar.html
There is a good deal of similarity between the adoration people have
for Stad and Amati violins and the adoration
Wombat;617124 Wrote:
3! Approved violin experts even weren´t able to distinguish these 2
totally different designs when listening blind. They all admitted the
Strativari by nature sounds extremely fine but obviously so do other
designs.
+1
I've seen that comparison in another TV feature.
On 11/03/11 17:03, ralphpnj wrote:
garym;617109 Wrote:
And if this was NOT true, I would have been in NYC last week bidding on
one of Eric Clapton's guitars.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/09/science/09guitar.html
There is a good deal of similarity between the adoration people have
for
And if this was NOT true, I would have been in NYC last week bidding on
one of Eric Clapton's guitars.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/09/science/09guitar.html
There is a good deal of similarity between the adoration people have
for Stad and Amati violins and the adoration people have for
Robin Bowes;617277 Wrote:
On 11/03/11 17:03, ralphpnj wrote:
garym;617109 Wrote:
And if this was NOT true, I would have been in NYC last week bidding
on
one of Eric Clapton's guitars.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/09/science/09guitar.html
There is a good deal of similarity
pfarrell;617279 Wrote:
In the 60s, there was graffiti all over London saying Clapton is God
which might be a bit of an exaggeration, but the boy can play.
Correct me if I'm wrong but has Clapton played more than a few notes at
a time on guitar at any time in the last 20 years? Seems to me he
MichaelJ;617132 Wrote:
After 30 years as a production editor for a television network, I have
more than a passing knowledge regarding monitor alignment and
calibration. Your ongoing vitriolic attacks on anyone who doesn't
see/hear the world as you do is getting tiring.
Excuse me, but I
pfarrell;617279 Wrote:
On a Fender Strat, or most other solid body electric guitars, the
shape
of the body, material, etc have *nothing* to do with the sound. The
sound of the guitar comes from the strings, pickups and amp (plus
effects if you use them), but the sound you hear depends on
ralphpnj;617283 Wrote:
BTW if I hear Tears in Heaven one more time I will jump out a window!
You realize this is an insensitively ironic statement since this song
is about his son who died falling out a window.
I'm sure it was unintentional, but I thought I'd point it out.
And yes, this
On 11/03/11 18:05, magiccarpetride wrote:
MichaelJ;617132 Wrote:
After 30 years as a production editor for a television network, I have
more than a passing knowledge regarding monitor alignment and
calibration. Your ongoing vitriolic attacks on anyone who doesn't
see/hear the world as you
Robin Bowes;617294 Wrote:
This guy is either:
1. a troll
2. clinically insane
3. a complete tosser
Or possibly all three!
So what you are saying is he's really Charlie Sheen :-).
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ralphpnj;617283 Wrote:
Correct me if I'm wrong but has Clapton played more than a few notes at
a time on guitar at any time in the last 20 years? Seems to me he
fancies himself more of a singer and songwriter (both of which he's
pretty run of mill at) than a guitarist (of which he was once
OK, goes to show you how long it's been since I opened up the back of my
strat :-). The last time I had my strat intonated, I had the guy crank
down on the spring tension to essentially fix the bridge. With the
floating bridge, tuning could be a challenge since adjusting the
tention in one
I saw Clapton a couple of years ago in Hyde Park, got the tickets for
free for some reason.
I had never seen him live and expected him to be washed out and
mediocre. I couldn't have been more wrong.
He certainly played a lot of notes, he played on all the numbers in the
set and over half of the
Phil Leigh;617302 Wrote:
The standard number of springs is 3...
(or if you want one that stays in tune, 5!)
Mine stays in tune, it only has 3 springs -and- the bridge is floating
too.
It does have a graphtec graphite nut and string tree on it ;)
Chris :)
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On 11/03/11 18:40, Stratmangler wrote:
Phil Leigh;617302 Wrote:
The standard number of springs is 3...
(or if you want one that stays in tune, 5!)
Mine stays in tune, it only has 3 springs -and- the bridge is floating
too.
It does have a graphtec graphite nut and string tree on it ;)
On 11/03/11 18:19, maggior wrote:
Robin Bowes;617294 Wrote:
This guy is either:
1. a troll
2. clinically insane
3. a complete tosser
Or possibly all three!
So what you are saying is he's really Charlie Sheen :-).
lol!
R.
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maggior;617288 Wrote:
That's not totally true. The construction and material used to make the
guitar have a bearing on the amount of sustain you can get. The
tailpiece (for Strats, this is either fixed bridge (hardtail) or
floating bridge) have a bearing on sustain and sound. Some would
andynormancx;617318 Wrote:
I saw Clapton a couple of years ago in Hyde Park, got the tickets for
free for some reason.
I had never seen him live and expected him to be washed out and
mediocre. I couldn't have been more wrong.
He certainly played a lot of notes, he played on all the
Wow, so many strat players here. :-).
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Robin Bowes;617323 Wrote:
On 11/03/11 18:40, Stratmangler wrote:
Phil Leigh;617302 Wrote:
The standard number of springs is 3...
(or if you want one that stays in tune, 5!)
Mine stays in tune, it only has 3 springs -and- the bridge is
floating
too.
It does have a graphtec
ralphpnj;617327 Wrote:
Irony was fully intentional. Tears in Heaven is a classic case of the
circumstances surrounding the song completely overwhelming the song
(meaning music and lyrics) itself. Removed from it's tragic
underpinnings the song itself is rather bland and far from deserving of
maggior;617332 Wrote:
Music engages your ears and your brain, so certainly there are other
influences involved in addition to the sound.
The above statement goes a long way in helping to explain why classical
music enthusiasts love Stads and Amatis and why audiophiles love
obscenely expensive
Robin Bowes;617304 Wrote:
On 11/03/11 18:19, maggior wrote:
Robin Bowes;617294 Wrote:
This guy is either:
1. a troll
2. clinically insane
3. a complete tosser
Or possibly all three!
So what you are saying is he's really Charlie Sheen :-).
lol!
R.
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Robin Bowes;617294 Wrote:
On 11/03/11 18:05, magiccarpetride wrote:
MichaelJ;617132 Wrote:
After 30 years as a production editor for a television network, I
have
more than a passing knowledge regarding monitor alignment and
calibration. Your ongoing vitriolic attacks on anyone who
Found this quote by Art Dudley
(http://www.stereophile.com/content/nordost-heimdall-interconnect-speaker-cable-page-2)
and was wondering if you guys agree with his statement:
Did you know that the Christian Hammer Stradivari violin (1707) just
sold for $3.5 million? A year before that, the Lady
On 10/03/11 20:24, magiccarpetride wrote:
Those instruments are prized not only for their rarity, but because
they sound better — leagues, worlds better — than any others.
No they don't.
There's as much snobbery and Emperor's new clothes in the violin world
as there is in the audiophile
Robin Bowes;617050 Wrote:
On 10/03/11 20:24, magiccarpetride wrote:
Those instruments are prized not only for their rarity, but because
they sound better leagues, worlds better than any others.
No they don't.
There's as much snobbery and Emperor's new clothes in the violin
Time for a double-blind test I'd say. If it were true it's certainly
interesting to think about. I'd guess the price is just because of
their age and who made them. Same thing happens with old furniture,
art, you name it.
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magiccarpetride;617052 Wrote:
So, to your enlightened ears all violins sound pretty much the same?
I'm no expert, but there is more variability in the player in most
(all?) cases than in the instrument itself (and even the hall/room
where played). And even two very similar instruments rarely
garym;617074 Wrote:
I'm no expert, but there is more variability in the player in most
(all?) cases than in the instrument itself (and even the hall/room
where played). And even two very similar instruments rarely sound
identical given the wood parts used, humidity where stored, and on and
garym;617074 Wrote:
I'm no expert, but there is more variability in the player in most
(all?) cases than in the instrument itself (and even the hall/room
where played). And even two very similar instruments rarely sound
identical given the wood parts used, humidity where stored, and on and
magiccarpetride;617078 Wrote:
Zeros and ones are always zeros and ones. Providing that their original
order is not tampered with, you cannot have theoretical possibility of
detecting any variations.
However, it is at the point where zeros and ones get transformed into
analog signal that
magiccarpetride;617078 Wrote:
For example, if you're on a Mac computer, locate a good quality photo on
your hard drive. Open that photo in Safari. Then open the same photo in
Firefox. Now position both browsers side-by-side (you may have to do
some resizing of each browser window), and
andynormancx;617087 Wrote:
What are you on about ?
If there is a difference then it is nothing to do with digital to
analogue conversion. If there is a difference then it is likely down to
the two apps disagreeing over color profiles, all of which is happening
in 1s and 0s in the digital
Phil Leigh;617085 Wrote:
Must be a Mac thing... on Windows, Chrome, IE and Firefox reproduce my
jpegs identically - I've just tried it. I guess Firefox and Safari use
different rendering code.
Bingo! For some reason, Safari renders images much better than Firefox
on the Mac. Safari's
magiccarpetride;617078 Wrote:
. For example, if you're on a Mac computer, locate a good quality photo
on your hard drive. Open that photo in Safari. Then open the same photo
in Firefox. Now position both browsers side-by-side (you may have to do
some resizing of each browser window), and
Phil Leigh;617085 Wrote:
Anyway, as for the violins, it's all simply down to the fact that they
are nicely made from quality timber and have aged beautifully...rather
like my 40-year old Strat and Dove...
I would pay more (and people do) for a nice early 60s Jaguar (or
porche, or Austin
garym;617095 Wrote:
I would pay more (and people do) for a nice early 60s Jaguar (or porche,
or Austin Healey) than I would for a mazda miata. It turns out that on
many dimensions, the mazda is actually a better car, as modern
automotive technology is better. But I do get value from the age,
The player exerts far more influence on the sound than the instrument
itself.
A good instrument helps, but is not essential.
A great player with an mediocre instrument will always come through and
sound great, whereas a mediocre player with a great instrument will
always sound mediocre.
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Stratmangler;617106 Wrote:
The player exerts far more influence on the sound than the instrument
itself.
A good instrument helps, but is not essential.
A great player with an mediocre instrument will always come through and
sound great, whereas a mediocre player with a great instrument will
MichaelJ;617093 Wrote:
You had better get your Mac checked out. I'm on a Mac and there is no
difference between the 2 browsers. If it's doing that to your jpgs,
what's it doing to your music?
Have you calibrated your Mac screen? I'd be willing to bet large sums
of money that you haven't
Stratmangler;617106 Wrote:
The player exerts far more influence on the sound than the instrument
itself.
A good instrument helps, but is not essential.
A great player with an mediocre instrument will always come through and
sound great, whereas a mediocre player with a great instrument will
What about a screenshot? UL it lossless somewhere.
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On 10/03/11 23:45, magiccarpetride wrote:
If you ever get to the point where you professionally calibrate your
Mac screen, you'll be delighted to see how much better everything looks
on a calibrated screen. The colors are much deeper, the blacks are much
blacker, etc. At that point, flip
Wombat;617113 Wrote:
What about a screenshot? UL it lossless somewhere. I really wonder about
Safari and Firefox render differently.
A screen shot viewed on an uncalibrated screen will be a moot point.
It's like comparing mp3 and high definition lossless while watching a
youtube video on a
magiccarpetride;617114 Wrote:
A screen shot viewed on an uncalibrated screen will be a moot point.
It's like comparing mp3 and high definition lossless while watching a
youtube video on a lousy laptop with tiny speakers.
Your logic here is obviously flawed. Next post will be about a
magiccarpetride;617114 Wrote:
A screen shot viewed on an uncalibrated screen will be a moot point.
It's like comparing mp3 and high definition lossless while watching a
youtube video on a lousy laptop with tiny speakers.
The monitor could be completely removed from the process. Take the
magiccarpetride;617090 Wrote:
Oh yeah, you're right, I forgot that today, in the 21st century, we have
found the way to send those zeros and ones straight to our brain. No
need for digital-to-analog conversion any more.
No, the digital to analog conversion occurs in the monitor (assuming
On 10/03/11 20:35, magiccarpetride wrote:
Robin Bowes;617050 Wrote:
On 10/03/11 20:24, magiccarpetride wrote:
Those instruments are prized not only for their rarity, but because
they sound better — leagues, worlds better — than any others.
No they don't.
There's as much snobbery and
To add something to this discussion. A while back we had a german
boulevard TV doing some evaluation about the Strativari phenomen. A
respected violin builder did build a Strativari clone out of wood and
another manufacturer even created a Strativari clone out of carbon and
fiberglass, mimiking
garym;617109 Wrote:
And if this was NOT true, I would have been in NYC last week bidding on
one of Eric Clapton's guitars.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/09/science/09guitar.html
An aside here is that John Suhr, who has built both guitars and amps
for Clapton, said that Blackie was actually a
magiccarpetride;617110 Wrote:
Have you calibrated your Mac screen? I'd be willing to bet large sums of
money that you haven't (you've probably never even heard of such a thing
as 'calibrating one's screen'). .
After 30 years as a production editor for a television network, I have
more than a
On 11/03/11 02:08, MichaelJ wrote:
magiccarpetride;617110 Wrote:
Have you calibrated your Mac screen? I'd be willing to bet large sums of
money that you haven't (you've probably never even heard of such a thing
as 'calibrating one's screen'). .
After 30 years as a production editor for a
Friend of mine told me quite interesting story. He was born in Austria
in the early 1930's and as a little boy he used to watch his father at
work. Man was manufacturing the violins. For years whole family was in
contact with music and musicians but before war's end, they emigrated
to USA. Here
On 11/03/11 02:57, gizek wrote:
Now, in my opinion man deserves huge respect since he played those
instruments since he was 5 and spent countless hours manufacturing
them. Nowadays he's over 80 and still has damn good ear.
Not sure what to think
Lovely story, but...
R.
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