Recent content by scuttle
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Soundcard Question
Quote: Well: 1. Human hearing stops at 20khz at best - 10 or 15kHz are more likely as you age 2. 44.1khz is the standard sampling frequency for digital audio. ..So if that is an fr graph, it is a pretty strange one - unless Creative is planning to sell soundcards to...- scuttle
- Post #9
- Forum: Sound Science
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24bit vs 16bit, the myth exploded!
Quote: If you keep on guessing at random until you get a set of answers right by sheer chance, and count only that last set, then it is impossible to fail! What you did was meaningless. If you wanted practice at training you ear before taking the test then you should have used a...- scuttle
- Post #1,104
- Forum: Sound Science
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Can someone explain me that..
Quote: Otoh, the ipod will have stupidly high impedance unless it is a Touch - or maybe a Nano?- scuttle
- Post #9
- Forum: Portable Source Gear
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Can someone explain me that..
Quote: That's easy: send me the 80K and I'll send you two fiio compatible players!- scuttle
- Post #8
- Forum: Portable Source Gear
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Basic PMP - Sony Vs. Sansa
Quote: I think they vary according to some algorithm no one has ever decoded. But those she3580/3590 are $15 or less on ebay, and I preferred mind to my $150 Ety HF5s. Until my cat predated upon. Oh well... ...- scuttle
- Post #4
- Forum: Portable Source Gear
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Basic PMP - Sony Vs. Sansa
Quote: Manufacturer history is pretty much irrelevant to the quality of these products: their core intellectual property usually comes on either one or two key chips that neither Sony nor Sansa will have designed or manufactured. The Sansa Clip is one of the best sounding players at any...- scuttle
- Post #2
- Forum: Portable Source Gear
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Soundcard Question
Quote: Ok.. just about everything you wrote is wrong. Starting with the belief that no onboard or protable device will sound like your card - seriously, have you heard every motherboard audio system and DAP? And 44.1khz is the standard sampling frequency for digital audio, not a...- scuttle
- Post #2
- Forum: Sound Science
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Why do HD800 headphones sounded weak when hook up to an iPod
Quote: It's amusing that all the people laughing at the OP know less than he does. The problem is not the HD800's impedance level; there's a version of the HD25 with the same impedance and it drives perfectly well from a DAP. The HD800 does not because it is much less...- scuttle
- Post #41
- Forum: Headphones (full-size)
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Wining about the placebo effect
Quote: I'm sure that I could recognize Aardbeg in a blind tasting against standard Scotches. But pick out one variety of it from another? I'm doubtful. Those metaphorical descriptions are very imprecise, and I suspect they can be made to fit every bottle Aardbeg has ever made. I think...- scuttle
- Post #104
- Forum: Sound Science
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24bit vs 16bit, the myth exploded!
Yes, that was my point. If only because what the rest of proper miking is beyond getting the levels right I have no idea. Probably a good idea not to have the cables immersed in water - or is that the wrong way around and the cables should be immersed? Whatever.- scuttle
- Post #1,088
- Forum: Sound Science
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24bit vs 16bit, the myth exploded!
Quote: It's really simple: the extra cost of recoding in 24 bits is peanuts is compared to the alternatives of more careful miking and more repeat performances. 24 bit recordings mean that you spend less technician time miking, and need fewer repeat performances, saving on musician...- scuttle
- Post #1,086
- Forum: Sound Science
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Soundstage does it exist with headphones ?
Quote: You seem to think having a source over each ear is all that is required for realistic duplication of real world input, as is the case for the eye - but this is incorrect. The ear is extremely good at telling whether a sound is in front or behind due to a range of special sensors...- scuttle
- Post #69
- Forum: Headphones (full-size)
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24bit vs 16bit, the myth exploded!
Quote: Out of any reasonably well-known band, the Pixies are probably the dynamic range champions with a 14db range on boutique pressings: http://www.dr.loudness-war.info/details.php?id=23683- scuttle
- Post #1,083
- Forum: Sound Science
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24bit vs 16bit, the myth exploded!
Quote: I think the "soooo" is supposed to indicate that you think you have a clever point; this was a mistake.... Studio files are inputs for mixing and EQing, which is why 24 bits are useful - not because as you seem to think that more bits equal more quality (they don't) but...- scuttle
- Post #1,082
- Forum: Sound Science
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Best Decade for Music
Sometimes so far inside those limits that they couldn't see daylight: I am talking to *you*, Mr Smooth Jazz Rock Fusion...