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The Xonar Essence STX Q/A, tweaking, impressions thread
until now i wasn't able to listen to 88.2 kHz music without distortion or resampling. i tried both official and uni drivers. today i downloaded uni drivers 1.30 tet build 5 (24.02.2011) and i can at last listen to 88.2 kHz songs free of annoying distortion. finally drivers this card deserves...- dex85
- Post #2,278
- Forum: Computer Audio
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Your favorite interpretation of "Four Seasons"
Quote: i'm glad you like it i've been thinking about what i said with regard to number of violins in CLL's orchestra. do you feel like there are more violins involved compared to NK? i think what i considered to be more violins could be simply an effect of CLL's orchestra playing... -
Your favorite interpretation of "Four Seasons"
thanks for all suggestions guys. i guess i'll have to do a lottery regarding what next cd should i check out i finally received Nigel Kennedy's (NK) CD a week ago, i'm not sure if it's his first or second recording. the first thing that i noticed was that NK's recording is more... -
Lehmann Black Cube Linear?
^^ sounds like an interesting idea, tubed pre-amp + BCL. i tried BCL with vinyl setup (Music Hall mmf 2.2 le + Pro-Ject Phono Box II) and i really liked what i heard. it wasn't perfect, bass was loose and less controlled than with digital, sibilance of vocals sounded little weird and overall...- dex85
- Post #47
- Forum: Headphone Amps (full-size)
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Your favorite interpretation of "Four Seasons"
after all this time i figured what cd i used to have. it was Cho-Liang Lin's recording of The Four Seasons. it contains 6 additional tracks of Vivalidi's Violin Concertos (i like those tracks the best, i always thought they were part of Four Seasons compilation) for total of 18 tracks, ... -
Importance of extended frequencies...
a little advice, don't do too many trials a day. i achieved much better results by doing just two trials a day and calculating probabalities later. i tend to get confused when i take more trials or when i do rapid switching between samples. i usually cut samples to 30 seconds. it has worked best...- dex85
- Post #12
- Forum: Sound Science
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Oppo BDP-93 now shipping!!
how about the sound of BDP-93's analog out? did you guys do any comparisons? how does it stack up?- dex85
- Post #24
- Forum: Dedicated Source Components
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Oppo BDP-93 now shipping!!
Quote: i think it has to do with SACD restrictions, iirc S/PDIF outputs are shutdown when player detects SACD disc. coaxial output has enough bandwith for 24/192 PCM 2-channel mix, so given Oppo abilities in conversion and downmixing, in theory it's capable of transmiting SACD...- dex85
- Post #14
- Forum: Dedicated Source Components
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Oppo BDP-93 now shipping!!
you could use external DAC with SACD playback, you would have to select DSD->PCM (and multichannel->2ch dowmix in case of records with 6 channels) conversion in player and send it to DAC via coaxial or toslink. EDIT: i just remembered that above is valid for HDMI connection, i'm not sure...- dex85
- Post #12
- Forum: Dedicated Source Components
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Which Queen album? (LP)
little update, we listened to it yesterday and since i own a cd of Queen (Absolute Greatest Hits, it sounds awful sonically), i was afraid same could be the case with LP. and it really was it sounded washed out, like there was some barrier between musicians and mics at the recording. right... -
Which Queen album? (LP)
thanks guys, i bought him A Night at the Opera. i checked his LPs, this album wasn't amongst them, so i think he's going to enjoy it, although he might be familiar with that record. -
Oppo BDP-93 now shipping!!
i wonder when they will introduce SE of BDP-93 (if at all).- dex85
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- Forum: Dedicated Source Components
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Which Queen album? (LP)
hi, i would like to buy a LP to my father for christmas. i know he's a fan of Queen, so i'm looking for record that has some of their great songs and doesn't sound bad sonically. i checked the e-shop, and they have these albums in stock: Queen on Fire - Live at the Bowl Greatest... -
What Are Some of Your Favorite Sad Songs
Cat Power - Angelitos Negros i don't know what's she saying, but it sounds sad http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_arco00aHg -
your favorite music when you are sad?
i too can't listen to happy music when i'm sad. there is more what i like, what i can think of now are some songs by Brian Eno, Cat Power and Lilac Wine by Jeff Beck http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ab6jAFyz0pE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woGp4gJiTbk... -
Turntable system for €600
thanks for reply Michael. we have already settled for Music Hall, i was rooting for Pro-ject 5.1 RPM with installed Ortofon 2M Red cartridge, but my mom simply couldn't take her eyes off the mmf-2.2le. you know women, look above anything else. after all it will be them living with that...- dex85
- Post #3
- Forum: Dedicated Source Components
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It's alll about the bass (guitar) - favorite bass guitar tracks
today i heard "The Human Beinz - Nobody But Me" after some time and yup, it qualifies for this thread -
Turntable system for €600
hi, me and my mom have decided to give my dad a turntable for christmas. budget is €600 / ($800), including tonearm, cartridge, phono amp and interconnects. i would prefer turntable that comes with already installed tonearm and cartridge. i don't feel like doing those things since i have zero...- dex85
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- Forum: Dedicated Source Components
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Xonar Essence ST Sneak Peek
^i use ASIO, so 100%. i get no oscillation or unpleasant sound. you should change op-amps in I/V, they're probably not stable.- dex85
- Post #1,717
- Forum: Computer Audio
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Script for foobar's artwork
after all i got it to work without a need for script. i righ-clicked on song from album, Legacy commands->Get Album Art from Last.fm..., i chose an album's folder and saved it as front ; under Preferences->Display/Album Art, i added front.png to Front Cover. it took me some time to do this...- dex85
- Post #3
- Forum: Computer Audio
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Script for foobar's artwork
hi, i'm using foobar 1.1 and Columns UI. foobar's embedded artwork works for some albums, but for most it doesn't, so i'm looking for a script that could display .jpg picture in album's folder as a artwork. any suggestions? thanks- dex85
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Your favorite interpretation of "Four Seasons"
thanks guys, i'll check out those albums -
Your favorite interpretation of "Four Seasons"
hi, i'm looking for opinions about various Four Seasons interpretations. i used to have a cd that i absolutely loved, i borrowed it to a friend and never seen it again. it goes without saying that i don't remember the title of cd i tried to listen to some CDs at local shop, but none of... -
Audio-gd NFB-10
i've always had a soft spot for these more-in-one devices; great value, less cables. my dream unit combination from Audio Gd would be <Balanced preamp/Balanced headphone & speaker amp/PCM1704>, something like Peachtree Nova. i'm sure Kingwa would be able to build one without too much...- dex85
- Post #4
- Forum: Dedicated Source Components
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xonar essence stx issues
good thing you figured it out. i keep buffer lenght at 1000ms. i customized foobar a little, but it's nothing fancy, using just default user interface. there are skins for foobar, but setting them up can be a pain in the ass sometimes as they're usually based on different user interface (plugin...- dex85
- Post #31
- Forum: Computer Audio