The original source: http://www.computeraudiophile.com/f13-audiophile-downloads/when-24-bits-not-24-bits-13901/
To do this:
1. sudo mv fbits_etc.tgz /.
2. cd /.
3. sudo tar xvfz fbits_etc.tgz
4. Issue the command
/usr/local/bin/fbits *.flac
You need two downloads, each of which is free:
1. Soundflower. Download Soundflower for Mac - Allows applications to pass audio to other applications (beta). MacUpdate.com
2. AU Lab: http://images.apple.com/itunes/mastered-for-itunes/docs/au_lab.zip
Install, reboot. For use with iTunes, you need to select Soundflower 2.0 as the (virtual) output device.
Open AU Lab, and set the input device to Soundflower 2.0, and the output device to what you really want (your dac, bridge, e
I think I now know what Tom Lehrer was experiencing when Henry Kissinger got the Nobel Peace Prize.
I simply cannot parody this: http://www.machinadynamica.com
It is like trying to imitate a Scottish accent. (Even though genetically I should be capable of that.) It is so much more than mere words.
Where do I start?
I was reading the Zu website, as I have some curiosity about high-efficiency speakers.
This caught my eye first:
If someone wrote that on one of my exams, I would draw a red line through it and mark it "0".
This made me throw up a little in my mouth:
Admittedly this might just be the result of a few too many bong hits, and is not quite as egregious as the claims here: Quantum-mechanical tunneling and cables - Blogs - Computer Audiophile
But, still …
If you haven't been following this story, and are concerned about artistic (or any other form of) freedom of expression, this is about a Russian punk rock group who have been jailed following a sham trial for criticizing Putin.
Amnesty International has adopted the three women convicted of thought-crimes as "Prisoners of Conscience", a designation the politically impartial human rights organization reserves for the most blatant forms of political incarceration.
The full Amnesty Interna
After messing with a number of different remote control options, including the functionally similar Logitech Harmony Link, the details of which I have blogged previously, I decided to get the RedEye Remote, based in part on Chris's Review of The RedEye Remote, and also because I can run things from the comfort of a desktop web browser.
I've sunk some time into this now, so I am creating a new blog page here to log my experiences, in the unlikely chance they might be of use to others. I'll tr
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i decided to try something new, primarily for mental health reasons.
If someone posts something idiotic, inflammatory, and stupid (in my objective opinion), instead of pointing this out an
You probably need this:
(Click the image for Amazon.com link).
I had a reasonably minor but audible hum in my subwoofer, and I noticed it went away when I detached the cable from my TV. The TV power was turned off, as was my receiver. (Not just standby, but off). Nevertheless, there was a ground loop from the cable to my TV to my connecting HDMI cable to my receiver to my 0.1 LFE input on my sub. I put this in to isolate the incoming cable, and it worked flawlessly.
If there i
Although I have never been called an "objectivist" before posting here, I guess my outlook is more sympathetic to that camp, given that I think it is unlikely the human ear can distinguish unmeasurable differences, and that claims to the contrary require compelling evidence to be taken seriously.
Given some of the stuff I have read recently, I am beginning to wonder whether those with "objectivist" sympathies, i.e., the "flat-earthers," the "close-minded" "malcontents", are seen as the unsee
Well, my old standby woofer had a good run for it, but finally gave up the ghost. The "listening room" sure seems empty now. However, I have ordered two new ones from the same lineage. They are being custom-produced, so there is a bit of a wait, but I am sure it will be appreciated in the long run. I can't say I am looking forward to the breaking-in period, but hopefully that will be short. It will be the first time I have two at once, and am looking forward to the new experience.
I was poking around the USB cable thread and saw reference to this, so I went a hunting, and found the following claim:
By applying a two million volt signal to a cable at a specific pulse modulation, and ultra high frequency for an exact duration of time, we transform the entire cable at a molecular level through a phenomenon called Quantum Tunneling. This process is performed on all TESLA Series cables, from Galileo Basik Strings and Au 79 and Magnetic Tricon to Apex, and can be applied t
I decided to put this someplace other than my sig line.
Source: 2010 Mac mini
Digital interconnect: glass toslink or Halide Bridge
DAC, pre-Amp, (Amp): Peachtree Nova
Amp: Class D Audio 254 X 2
Speakers: B&W CM7R
Sub: Rel R218
Here is how it looks in situ:
I'm just shy of two years into this hobby. The new year is often a time of reflection and assessment. So here we go:
Good: I've benefitted from an enormous amount of helpful advice and generosity from folks here, have been introduced to new music, DIY projects, and new ways of looking at things. Listing names seems slightly tacky, and toxic if I manage to forget someone. That should not in any way detract from my sense of gratitude.
Bad: I find myself repeatedly sucked into the same
More slightly off-topic stuff.
Like many Mac mini owners, my audio server is also a video server. My attention span is better suited to a CD than a two-hour movie, so I seldom sit still long enough to watch movies on TV. But others in the family like to, occasionally. So I have Front Row on the mini, and then I have an ATV2 as well. The mini seems to prefer its HDMI hose to connect directly to the TV, whereas the HDMI from ATV2 goes to my AVR (Marantz NR 1402, which, for a $350 receiver,
I felt like starting a thread on remotes (rather than a blog topic) would be off-topic, but most folks here are presumably users of remote control devices, and probably have a lot of experience.
Edit: I did not see Chris's review of RedEye here until now.
I feel like my remote-control system is adequate, but sub-optimal. It is good enough for me, but the rest of the family doesn't really appreciate my approach very much: Incompetent, often incontinent, psychotic dwarves and obstreperou
When I first started out, which was about April of 2010, I bought a year subscription to the B&W Society of Sound, for about $60. After letting it lapse between April 2011 and now, I just renewed it yesterday.
In addition to two selected albums per month, you can download a bunch of stuff from their back catalogue.
The recordings are for the most part 24-bit, 48 kHz recordings. The technical quality has been quite uniformly good, even if the sampling frequency isn't really high. (
Once again, I find myself burned by purchasing high res music that ... clearly isn't.
This time it is two Neil Young DVDs, and it isn't the first time this month.
These are from Le Noise and from Chrome Dreams II, both DVDs, each of which purports to be a 24-bit, 96 kHz recording.
I bought them from Amazon.com. The Le Noise DVD is an "amazon exclusive".
So I contributed customer images:
Le Noise
Chrome Dreams II
We don't have to just sit there and take it.
I made this for 10.6.X, but most of it still works on 10.7.X. However, there is lots more to do for 10.7.X, and I haven't had time to put into making a newer version. Meanwhile, feel free...
Here is the shell script. Please read through it first (a good idea):
http://sage.ucsc.edu/downloads/shellscripts/audiophool.zsh
Download it to (say) the desktop, and if the name offends, sorry, just rename it.
Then run it by opening the terminal into the directory where you downloaded it
