Everything posted by grawk
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slow forum
Look who was visiting my garden today:
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Ripping HDCD in iTunes?
Eh, who cares, bit perfect matters for transfers but for listening, bits you can't here don't matter. Analog or digital, once it's too quiet to hear, it's gone.
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Ripping HDCD in iTunes?
Right, change the volume and it's no longer bit perfect.
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Ripping HDCD in iTunes?
your lights will turn on, if you don't screw something up dinny
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What are you smoking right now?
Rocky Patel Decades Lancero. I like the RP smokes I've had, they're rapidly becoming my go to "I'm at a cigar store, may as well grab a smoke" smoke.
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Best and most affordable way to sound proof a wall
Good thing you've dodged that bullet
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Ripping HDCD in iTunes?
It's not about telling the difference, it's about having enough space for the data. If your loudest note is less than 96db above the quietest spot, then more bits aren't needed. Perception doesn't enter into it.
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Ripping HDCD in iTunes?
Audio bit depth - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ripping HDCD in iTunes?
Except it doesn't matter how you want to think of it, when the way it's stored is the way I described it. The formats are designed to be backwards compatible, so If you lop off the last 8 bits of each word of a 24 bit recording (say by sending a 48/24 spdif signal to a dac that only supports 16 bits, it decodes properly. 24 bits provides the same resolution, with more headroom. In video, more bits = more resolution. In audio, more bits is just more bits. A 24 oz bottle holds 8 oz more water than a 16 oz bottle, but the water itself isn't any different.
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What are you listening to Part Two
Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - Mono, with 5 second gaps every 30 seconds or so
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Grado HF-2 Impressions Thread
hf2s, balanced from my duet->rotel rc-1090 xlr jacks listening to paul bley Great resolution, great low bass, perfect tone. I'll let others listen at my mini-meet.
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Ripping HDCD in iTunes?
if you're counting to 1000, does it matter that you have 64 bits to do it with (integer math)
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Ripping HDCD in iTunes?
Except it doesn't increase resolution, because the first 16 bits are exactly the same. It ADDS to the available space, but doesnt' change the scale.
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Ripping HDCD in iTunes?
16 bits allows for 96db signal to noise. That's enough range to discern a conversation next to a jet. Music doesn't cover more than that.
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Ripping HDCD in iTunes?
Don't compare it to the redbook release, give it to me to make a redbook version Whether or not the redbook version is inferior, the difference isnt' the 16 vs 24 bits.
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Ripping HDCD in iTunes?
As with everything else, I think the hdcd indication really just is a way of saying "we tried to make it not suck", since music doesn't need more than 16 bits once it's been mastered.
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Ripping HDCD in iTunes?
Sacds aren't hdcd.
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Deals
Are the splitters cheaper than monoprice after shipping?
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What are you listening to Part Two
Good call, I'll listen to that too, I still am bored by dark side
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What are you listening to Part Two
Amazon.com: Dark Side of the Moon 30th Anniversary Edition: Pink Floyd: Music
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The Headcase Stax thread
A better deal might be had here
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Post the last thing you bought!
4 pairs of NADY HP03s. Decent closed headphones for kid car use, and maybe for kid keyboard use.
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Post the last thing you bought!
Lease with a bumper to bumper and any car should make it 3 years I tend to own cars a LOT longer
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Post the last thing you bought!
There's 0 chance I'd ever buy a jag...talk about a car that will make a vw look reliable
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Post the last thing you bought!
Just get the full bumper to bumper warranty