Lies about vinyl vs digital

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GUTB, I think the hearing/SQ problem here is really with the batteries in your system.  I hate to say it but your batteries suck - at least for digital.  Don't try to cheap out on the batteries.  Get yourself some vanadium salt flow batteries and run the digital system on them.

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or just isolate that mofo

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Here is the battery you need GUTB:

 

https://phys.org/news/2018-07-scientists-vanadium-battery.html?utm_source=menu&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=item-menu

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"Vinyl Sux" - GUTA

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8 hours ago, acg said:

 

 

That is so funny... the freakin internet is far and away the largest user of energy on the planet... It's probably near half of the world's energy use right now...

 

except that he is talking about toxic chemicals not energy use per se

 

nor is music delivery a large fraction of "internet energy use"

 

finally - to add a few ergs on top of the 2 points above - internet use is nowhere near the largest user of energy on this or any known planet

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_energy_consumption

 

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14 minutes ago, mansr said:

Maybe it doesn't count as internet, but how much energy do those robots crawling around on Mars spend on communication? Probably a higher percentage of total energy use than we do here on Earth. If the orbiters are included, it could well be the biggest consumer of energy.

 

they use low bit rate comms AFAIK

 

I'd bet the crawling is the biggest use on Mars ?

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yup - but still... moving treads is hard work

 

we could bet a beer on it and then FOIA NASA for the info...

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I congratulate you all for researching Martian data rates while I was out wandering around on a lava flow!

 

But...

 

how much close in phase noise do the Martian communications have?

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6 minutes ago, sandyk said:

 

Not quite. Many like the large artwork of a cover that size.

 

rooners to the rescue

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Just now, PeterSt said:

 

Um, it seems that you just dove into this thread. So nothing wrong with Supertramp for context (it was only mentioned a 2 dozen times ).

 

I suspect it took some repetition to be believable

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I'm sure we all have ... um... "things" in our past we have overcome.

 

kudos for confessing on the public internet.

 

I agree re edgy etc. as possible accuracy on certain albums, but think we should ask George about his use of the wah-wah pedal, in-piano mic'ing, and edgy rap.

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senior audiophiles seem to know that LPs crush CD and streaming, even when that is not reality - confirmation bias, hearing loss, and the comfort of not changing all exact an effect here

 

Like I said, get a Yggy at least and give it a try - many report it needs 10 or more days to burn in but you'll still have a few days to listen and return

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Good!  I can keep my vinyl collection then.  I guess it's vinyl - those old acoustically amplified black round things are heavy and not flexible like modern vinyl.

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I'll take some pics after done staining deck & fence, and waxing the sports car (also vintage...)

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1 hour ago, esldude said:

do you also have a vintage mahogany speed boat there at the lake?

 

 

 

Nyet!  I used to have a friend with a mahogany sailboat tho - he derided "put-puts" - maybe because they caused jitter

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this has been listed before, but I'll add a couple of things on (tho some factors can overlap)...

 

1. galv. isolation - optical best; but WiFi is fine

2. big buffers

3. good clock with low phase noise ("close-in")

4. Quality DAC that has high immunity to Jitter

5. quality power supply with low noise

 

there are other things beyond the above that might matter (they at least make sense electronically, even if your recordings, gear or ears makes the quantitative improvement likelihood low)

 

- DSD

- RAM

etc.

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surrealistic

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You can also use the low-frequency resonance of the Sony to call in whales

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21 minutes ago, The_K-Man said:

 

The digital could have been sweeter than the vinyl, but for the mastering.  THAT's the difference you're hearing.

 

or maybe he is obeying the thread title...

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digital cameras are far better than film cameras and have been so for several years

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so do I (and even Kodachrome II, which I started with) - but you can apply 'filters' in post to get that look

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56 minutes ago, AudioDoctor said:

 

Sounds like a particular orange politician I know...

 

what did Bart Simpson get elected to?

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1 hour ago, sandyk said:

 

 Perhaps, but remember that this is an INTERNATIONAL forum.

 

you want to jail Boris "Brexit Boy" Johnson too?

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the point is not to die a long, lingering death

 

get it over with quick

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it's hard to get anything past this group