CPU Load and Sound Quality

[Teresa]

2 minutes ago, STC said:

Why @Teresa why? At least say why you are disagreeing. You don’t believe I can make the Bryston or Nelson to sound inferior to the cheap Amp by subjective listening?  What is the conclusive evidence that would show these two amplifiers better than the cheap amp. 

 

Because it sounds like complete nonsense to me. Such an extraordinary claim would need ironclad  proof.

 

Bob Carver with internal component changes was able to make his amp sound like a highly regarded tubed one. Carver equipment is not cheap, though. And redesigning an amp to sound like another would not satisfy your bizarre claim.

[Teresa]

10 hours ago, kumakuma said:

Are you saying we should accept all the findings that are reported in that thread, even the ones that contradict each other?

 

If not, what criteria should we use?

 

Or you can do what I do, accept nothing. I don't believe anything I have not heard with my ear / brain system. However, I never tell anyone I don't believe them as I would consider that rude. Just saying. 😊

 

8 hours ago, fas42 said:

This is where I have a big problem with what John says ... he claims that we are suffering from "distortion", because of Dolby A...

 

Or to put that in what I think might be easier to understand language than @John Dyson did:  The original LPs from pre-digital times were Dolby A encoded when recorded and then Dolby A decoded when the LPs were pressed which lowered signal-to-noise ratio by 10dB, increasing to a possible 15 dB at 15 kHz. This is what the original artists and engineers approved.

 

Fast forward to the CD era many of these Dolby A encoded analog master tapes were NOT given the required Dolby A decoding, and instead EQ’ed to try to make undecided Dolby A masters sound decent to them.

 

In short Dolby A encoded analog masters require Dolby A decoding, @John Dyson has discovered many Dolby A mastered analog tapes were NOT decoded when making CDs thus it is NOT what the original artists and engineers wanted or approved. 

 

IMHO Dolby A encoding with no decoding  should never be used for effect as it is an end-to-end noise reduction system.

 

8 hours ago, kumakuma said:

Isn't your constant harping about how bad audio equipment sounds out-of-the-box equally insulting to the people who have spent their careers designing and manufacturing them?

 

Yes!! Insulting great audio manufacturer's and the engineer's of realistic naturally made recordings is just a few of the insults of @fas42 that I find unacceptable.

 

2 hours ago, sandyk said:

Only by sarcastic and closed minded members like yourself with cloth ears and mediocre gear.

 

I doubt @Ralf11 has cloth ears and he most definitely doesn't have mediocre gear. I could never afford his audio system. And I personally love the sonic realism of his chosen speakers. Here is his main audio system

 

• Magneplanar 3.7i
• NuForce
• Audio Research LS-25 Mk II
• couple of different DACs
• Oppo BDP-205 - SACDs & fed from Apple TV3 over WiFi via Airplay from an iMac for ripped CDs
• Luxman T-11 Tuner

[Teresa]

2 hours ago, STC said:

You use NuForce to drive the Maggies?  

 

STC this post should be directed to @Ralf11 it was his system I was posting. I was just disagreeing with @sandyk that @Ralf11's system was mediocre. I have heard his Magneplanar 3.7i's and was very impressed and so if they are mediocre I hate to think what @sandyk would think of my Speakers. I have Infinity Reference Standard Kappa 7's which I purchase at 50% clearance discount for $700 for the pair decades ago. I never could afford the Magneplanar 3.7i's. I know nothing about the NuForce as I have never seen or heard one.

 

In short, try addressing this question to @Ralf11 instead of me.

[Teresa]

16 hours ago, Richard Dale said:

OK thanks for that, I think it is actually a fun hobby and I think disagreeing can be part of the fun.

 

Sorry, Richard I couldn’t help myself and hit the Disagree button on your post just to well disagree for no reason at all.

 

All I can say is I welcome all opinions whether I agree with them or not and you are correct that is part of the fun.

 

Happy disagreeing! 😊

[Teresa]

On 12/28/2019 at 7:04 PM, plissken said:

Hmmm... I've been encouraged multitudinous times to try another Ethernet cable with the adage of how do you know if you don't try...

 

Good for you! 😁

 

Personally I would never try something just to satisfy someone else's curiosity. I only purchase things I am interested in. And there are tons of audio related stuff that I have no interest in because their description sounds too wacky to me, or I don't believe it will benefit the sound of my system, or it is too expensive.