Don Hills Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 7 minutes ago, sandyk said: ...Is the first part to go , the raising of your sex drive ? ... Like I said, I've forgotten... "People hear what they see." - Doris Day The forum would be a much better place if everyone were less convinced of how right they were. Link to comment
sandyk Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 3 minutes ago, Spacehound said: Didn't work, Sport. You just don't have an answer. No ! Just like many other members , I would prefer not to even read your rants. However, if they are directed at me I may sometimes feel obliged to give a cursory reply. beerandmusic 1 How a Digital Audio file sounds, or a Digital Video file looks, is governed to a large extent by the Power Supply area. All that Identical Checksums gives is the possibility of REGENERATING the file to close to that of the original file. PROFILE UPDATED 13-11-2020 Link to comment
Spacehound Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 17 minutes ago, sandyk said: No ! Just like many other members , I would prefer not to even read your rants. However, if they are directed at me I may sometimes feel obliged to give a cursory reply. Make it as cursory as you want. But if you make it totally irrelevant, as your last one was, and drag in assorted 'passers by', as you also did, to avoid answering the points, it just makes you look like some sort of crank, and we wouldn't want that, would we? Link to comment
sandyk Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 1 minute ago, Spacehound said: Make it as cursory as you want. But if you make it totally irrelevant, as your last one was, to avoid answering the points, it just makes you look like some sort of crank, and we wouldn't want that, would we? I have no interest in anything you may have to say. Is that plain enough ? beerandmusic 1 How a Digital Audio file sounds, or a Digital Video file looks, is governed to a large extent by the Power Supply area. All that Identical Checksums gives is the possibility of REGENERATING the file to close to that of the original file. PROFILE UPDATED 13-11-2020 Link to comment
Spacehound Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 11 minutes ago, sandyk said: I have no interest in anything you may have to say. Is that plain enough ? Why answer then? Or are you just stamping your foot and flouncing out of the room saying you will never return? And come back five minutes later, as you so often do? Link to comment
esldude Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 Could we get anywhere near back on topic? Somewhere away from insults. Sonicularity 1 And always keep in mind: Cognitive biases, like seeing optical illusions are a sign of a normally functioning brain. We all have them, it’s nothing to be ashamed about, but it is something that affects our objective evaluation of reality. Link to comment
Spacehound Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 18 minutes ago, esldude said: Could we get anywhere near back on topic? Somewhere away from insults. I never insulted anyone. Just accurately described sandyk's frequent behaviour towards people who dare to disagree with him. Link to comment
Don Hills Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 I think the thread topic ran its course some time back when it became clear that Beerandmusic wasn't really interested in "understanding sample rate". "People hear what they see." - Doris Day The forum would be a much better place if everyone were less convinced of how right they were. Link to comment
Spacehound Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 Just now, Don Hills said: I think the thread topic ran its course some time back when it became clear that Beerandmusic wasn't really interested in "understanding sample rate". Sure did. He doesn't even like sample rates. There's only us stalwarts left. Link to comment
buonassi Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 9 hours ago, Samuel T Cogley said: On a DAW, you can easily change the filter steepness and cutoff shift to achieve this and more: funny, I use 20 steepness and .93 when I upsample PCM. Though I don't have the interface for iZotope SRC, I achieved my Audirvana settings by looking at the RTA in fabfilter to observe rolloff frequency and noted associated aliasing. Took me an hour to get what you seem to have modeled out in mere seconds! Link to comment
Confused Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 On 23/02/2018 at 7:22 AM, Spacehound said: What British hifi industry? At a quick 'offhand' look there is only Arcam (partly), Linn, and Sugden. 2 ATC Bowers and Wilkins Chord Electronics Chord Cables Creek Michelle Engineering Musical Fidelity Cyrus Castle Celestion dCS Exposure Gale Harbeth KEF (Muon, Blade and Reference made in UK) Linn Mission Monitor Audio Mordant Short Naim ProAc Quad Rega Sugden Tannoy Wharfedale Wilson Benesh Plus a few more.... OK, many of the above have overseas owners or investment, many manufacture in the far east, at least in part. We live in a globalised world. In the UK we also make more cars now that ever, such as Honda Civics, Nissans, Toyotas and Mini's which are really small BMW's. Jaguar has Indian owners, Rolls Royce and Bently have German owners, It's the way of the world and unlikely to change. It's all good, we are all friends now. We also make this...... esldude 1 Windows 11 PC, Roon, HQPlayer, Focus Fidelity convolutions, iFi Zen Stream, Paul Hynes SR4, Mutec REF10, Mutec MC3+USB, Devialet 1000Pro, KEF Blade. Plus Pro-Ject Signature 12 TT for playing my 'legacy' vinyl collection. Desktop system; RME ADI-2 DAC fs, Meze Empyrean headphones. Link to comment
Popular Post Fokus Posted February 24, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted February 24, 2018 14 minutes ago, Confused said: Michelle Engineering Michell Engineering. No 'e'. It may be pronounced as 'Michelle de la Resistance', but the 'e' is missing, and they are as English as teatime. (And for the incognoscenti: favoured by Stanley Kubrick.) Spacehound, adamdea and Confused 2 1 Link to comment
Popular Post Norton Posted February 24, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted February 24, 2018 1 hour ago, Confused said: Plus a few more.... Albarry Audiomods Audionote Audio Origami Computer Audio Design Crimson Audio Croft Decca London Cartridges DNM Helius Isokinetik LFD Loricraft/Garrard Lowther Meridian NVA Origin Live Rocksan SME Townshend Vertere Confused and esldude 1 1 Link to comment
Spacehound Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 36 minutes ago, Confused said: ATC Bowers and Wilkins Chord Electronics Chord Cables Creek Michelle Engineering Musical Fidelity Cyrus Castle Celestion dCS Exposure Gale Harbeth KEF (Muon, Blade and Reference made in UK) Linn Mission Monitor Audio Mordant Short Naim ProAc Quad Rega Sugden Tannoy Wharfedale Wilson Benesh Plus a few more.... OK, many of the above have overseas owners or investment, many manufacture in the far east, at least in part. We live in a globalised world. In the UK we also make more cars now that ever, such as Honda Civics, Nissans, Toyotas and Mini's which are really small BMW's. Jaguar has Indian owners, Rolls Royce and Bently have German owners, It's the way of the world and unlikely to change. It's all good, we are all friends now. We also make this...... Most of then aren't 'British' at all. EG - Bentleys are just a fancy body on a Vollkswagen Phaeton. And some of the others don't exist. Chord Cables have got nothing to do with High Fidelity. Who 'assembles' that horrible looking 'car'? Link to comment
Spacehound Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 15 minutes ago, Norton said: Audiomods Audionote Audio Origami Crimson Audio Croft Decca London Cartridges DNM Helius Isokinetik LFD Loricraft/Garrard Lowther NVA Origin Live Rocksan Townshend Vertere Put all of them together and their 'factories' would fit in my garden shed. I noticed that we don't even know how to make toilet and kitchen paper. Most of it comes all the way from the USA. Link to comment
Confused Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 23 minutes ago, Spacehound said: Most of then aren't 'British' at all. EG - Bentleys are just a fancy body on a Vollkswagen Phaeton. And some of the others don't exist. Chord Cables have got nothing to do with High Fidelity. Who 'assembles' that horrible looking 'car'? Yes, as I mentioned Bently are German owned now, and how much BMW you get in your Rolls Royce depends on which model you buy, but on the flip side, the Mercedes F1 car and Engine are British built, albiet by a very international team of engineers. It's all part of the free market economy, make the world great again.! Windows 11 PC, Roon, HQPlayer, Focus Fidelity convolutions, iFi Zen Stream, Paul Hynes SR4, Mutec REF10, Mutec MC3+USB, Devialet 1000Pro, KEF Blade. Plus Pro-Ject Signature 12 TT for playing my 'legacy' vinyl collection. Desktop system; RME ADI-2 DAC fs, Meze Empyrean headphones. Link to comment
Popular Post Spacehound Posted February 24, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted February 24, 2018 13 minutes ago, Confused said: Yes, as I mentioned Bently are German owned now, and how much BMW you get in your Rolls Royce depends on which model you buy, but on the flip side, the Mercedes F1 car and Engine are British built, albiet by a very international team of engineers. It's all part of the free market economy, make the world great again.! I don't disagree with any of that. But the new Aston DB11 is just a tarted up Mercedes GTS. (It's Mercedes turn to own Aston Martin this week as they drew the short straw.) Ralf11 and crenca 1 1 Link to comment
eclectic Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 1 hour ago, Confused said: ATC Bowers and Wilkins Chord Electronics Chord Cables Creek Michelle Engineering Musical Fidelity Cyrus Castle Celestion dCS Exposure Gale Harbeth KEF (Muon, Blade and Reference made in UK) Linn Mission Monitor Audio Mordant Short Naim ProAc Quad Rega Sugden Tannoy Wharfedale Wilson Benesh Plus a few more.... OK, many of the above have overseas owners or investment, many manufacture in the far east, at least in part. We live in a globalised world. In the UK we also make more cars now that ever, such as Honda Civics, Nissans, Toyotas and Mini's which are really small BMW's. Jaguar has Indian owners, Rolls Royce and Bently have German owners, It's the way of the world and unlikely to change. It's all good, we are all friends now. We also make this...... The UK also makes these.. Living Voice - Vox Olympian. Yours for 350,000 UKP. I'd buy them if I won the lottery. Confused 1 Link to comment
Popular Post audiventory Posted February 24, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted February 24, 2018 17 hours ago, crenca said: This is the most concise summary of these realities I have ever read. Really for the first time, I now understand why delta sigma DAC's are the norm in the market right now...thanks!! Today morning I published the article, where sigma-delta and R2R based DACs are compared https://samplerateconverter.com/educational/r2r-ladder-dac-vs-sigma-delta DAC comparison infographic from the article: crenca and semente 1 1 AuI ConverteR 48x44 - HD audio converter/optimizer for DAC of high resolution files ISO, DSF, DFF (1-bit/D64/128/256/512/1024), wav, flac, aiff, alac, safe CD ripper to PCM/DSF, Seamless Album Conversion, AIFF, WAV, FLAC, DSF metadata editor, Mac & WindowsOffline conversion save energy and nature Link to comment
Confused Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 56 minutes ago, Spacehound said: Put all of them together and their 'factories' would fit in my garden shed. I noticed that we don't even know how to make toilet and kitchen paper. Most of it comes all the way from the USA. 5 How big is your shed? In other news, I have just had the need to use some toilet paper, and with my curiosity peaked by your post, I checked for the country of manufacture, and all it says is "Manufactured for Waitrose", which while quite posh, leaves me none the wiser. It's pretty good paper though, I'm very happy with it. Spacehound 1 Windows 11 PC, Roon, HQPlayer, Focus Fidelity convolutions, iFi Zen Stream, Paul Hynes SR4, Mutec REF10, Mutec MC3+USB, Devialet 1000Pro, KEF Blade. Plus Pro-Ject Signature 12 TT for playing my 'legacy' vinyl collection. Desktop system; RME ADI-2 DAC fs, Meze Empyrean headphones. Link to comment
semente Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 29 minutes ago, audiventory said: Today morning I published the article, where sigma-delta and R2R based DACs are compared https://samplerateconverter.com/educational/r2r-ladder-dac-vs-sigma-delta DAC comparison infographic from the article: Thanks, I'm enjoying the read. I don't like the formatting though, it's very hard to read. Can you restrict the frame width so that a line of text is not as wide as the display screen? audiventory 1 "Science draws the wave, poetry fills it with water" Teixeira de Pascoaes HQPlayer Desktop / Mac mini → Intona 7054 → RME ADI-2 DAC FS (DSD256) Link to comment
audiventory Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 Thank you @semente. 3 minutes ago, semente said: Can you restrict the frame width so that a line of text is not as wide as the display screen? Do you mean page size view of my site at your device? Could you give me screen resolution of your device (here or to private message)? AuI ConverteR 48x44 - HD audio converter/optimizer for DAC of high resolution files ISO, DSF, DFF (1-bit/D64/128/256/512/1024), wav, flac, aiff, alac, safe CD ripper to PCM/DSF, Seamless Album Conversion, AIFF, WAV, FLAC, DSF metadata editor, Mac & WindowsOffline conversion save energy and nature Link to comment
semente Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 5 minutes ago, audiventory said: Thank you @semente. Do you mean page size view of my site at your device? Could you give me screen resolution of your device (here or to private message)? The resolution is 1920 x 1080. In this example you will see what I mean: P.S.: can you limit the width to 1200 tops? "Science draws the wave, poetry fills it with water" Teixeira de Pascoaes HQPlayer Desktop / Mac mini → Intona 7054 → RME ADI-2 DAC FS (DSD256) Link to comment
Spacehound Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 23 minutes ago, Confused said: How big is your shed? In other news, I have just had the need to use some toilet paper, and with my curiosity peaked by your post, I checked for the country of manufacture, and all it says is "Manufactured for Waitrose", which while quite posh, leaves me none the wiser. It's pretty good paper though, I'm very happy with it. Mine's got Theresa May's picture on every sheet. When her Whelk stall fails she could be next week's MQA shill on here. That will match her 'abilities' perfectly. Link to comment
audiventory Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 2 hours ago, semente said: can you limit the width to 1200 tops? Thank you for information. I understand, that you meant. I will think how to limit text panel at my site. Tops are pixels? AuI ConverteR 48x44 - HD audio converter/optimizer for DAC of high resolution files ISO, DSF, DFF (1-bit/D64/128/256/512/1024), wav, flac, aiff, alac, safe CD ripper to PCM/DSF, Seamless Album Conversion, AIFF, WAV, FLAC, DSF metadata editor, Mac & WindowsOffline conversion save energy and nature Link to comment
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