Why do I see cats everywhere?
QUOTE (Nessuno @ Feb 21 2013, 10:45) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>THIS is the answer to the very question posed by the subject! Hah. I remember some UK hifi mag that reviewed a tube amp and warned cat owners...
View Articlemajor dissapointment: Deutsche Grammophon classical flac downloads
Well you can still do it for the Hydrogenaudio laughing stock?
View ArticleControlled testing
QUOTE (phofman @ Feb 20 2013, 14:18) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Blind tests for different equipment are a bit more complicated, but blind tests for different software setup are trivial. Yet I have never...
View ArticleWhy is opus only good at 64/kbs
My encoded AAC is much worse than yours. And that is very strange...
View ArticleMP3 repacker
I've found a possible bug that I haven't seen described anywhere.When converting an mp3 file with max frame size of 112kbps, to CBR, mp3packer will nevertheless convert the file to 128kbps instead of...
View Articlemajor dissapointment: Deutsche Grammophon classical flac downloads
QUOTE (Porcus @ Feb 21 2013, 21:43) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Well you can still do it for the Hydrogenaudio laughing stock? I might just do that when I can be bothered to sort through my boxes of CD's in...
View Articlewhere does thread show up?
Another way to browse through recent posts could be using RSS feeds. Unfortunately this method has two major faults: it lists only those forums that are on portal page and sometimes the subject of a...
View Articlemp3packer can't make 112kbps CBR frames
perhaps a simpler way to explain this:QUOTE (timcupery @ Feb 21 2013, 14:21) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>When converting an mp3 file with max frame size of 112kbps, to CBR, mp3packer will nevertheless...
View ArticleDAC IV stages
I think SNR is probably not the best way to think about consumer electronics anyway. Most of these devices have excellent, nearly quantization noise limited DACs that are far more accurate then is...
View ArticleAdvice on Encoding High Quality Youtube Music Videos
QUOTE (Kogami @ Feb 21 2013, 16:19) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>QUOTE If "my CDs" are CDs of yourself or your band and you own the copyright that's fine. If they are regular copyrighted CDs that you...
View ArticleHuman hearing beats FFT
QUOTE (Garf @ Feb 20 2013, 22:54) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>QUOTE (Woodinville @ Feb 21 2013, 04:55) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>It's still a confused headline.... is like observing that white is not limited...
View ArticleDigital vs Analog Volume Control
For anyone who, like me, uses their AVR volume knob over a large range of settings, I encourage them to try it out in person, via remote control, before they buy. The Marantz I bought recently (over...
View ArticleConfiguring Linux ALSA/Pulseaudio for best sound
Until something (most likely pulseaudio, or stuck flashplayer) monopolizes your soundcard first, before deadbeat gets its chance Then you have to find the culprit and kill it. Not many other options...
View ArticleWMP Tag Plus - MPEG4, Vorbis and FLAC metadata support for WMP
Does the album art appear if you re-add the FLAC files to the library? Make sure that WMP Tag Plus is checked in Tools - Plug-ins, select the files, right-click, Delete - Delete from library only - OK....
View Articlewhere does thread show up?
Yeah, I realized this a long time ago, and since, I go to "more..." and then on the bottom, select "get active topics for" and a range of dates. Regarding staying logged in, what browser are you using?...
View ArticleCorrupt Voice Recorder Files. Can I repair these....?
Ok I have spent days now doing search after search after search on this issue I am having. I use the built in voice recorder app on my Samsung Galaxy Nexus to record various lectures and things of that...
View ArticleDigital vs Analog Volume Control
... no wonder the layman thinks that statisticians are a bunch of kooks when a significantly higher-than-normal rate of horse-kick fatalities is counted as a success. Well they should have learned by...
View Articleopus echo sample
QUOTE (C.R.Helmrich @ Feb 22 2013, 16:38) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>I also heard similar issues on other items starting with a fade-in (the first half-second or so was apparently coded with SILK). It was...
View ArticleScale the Summit's "Master" Fail
QUOTE (greynol @ Feb 23 2013, 02:51) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>It's funny how some think mastering means adding DRC.It's not so funny how right they are.
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