Greetings, Been awhile. Kinda surprised my log in is still active. Anywho... I just obtained this little gem and I have a few questions if you please: My firmware is 1.02 and it looks like there is a newer version 1.20 available. Problem is I have a Chromebook so it would be a bit of a hassle...

After spending a few days with both sets I prefer the stereo version overall but I am really disappointed that they didn't fix the panning. I really hope that they someday remaster the whole library like they did with the Love CD (without rearranging the songs though). The songs on that CD...

There was a nice female version on one of the Cowboy Bebop Soundtrack CDs.

Pink Floyd - Is There Anybody Out There? Ted Nugent - Double Live Gonzo Led Zeppelin - How the West Was Won

This way you can take pictures of your cellphone without needing a mirror.

Quote: Originally Posted by dan1son The one sided stereo mixes are still pretty darn obnoxious. Staying true to the original... bah. Totally agree. I wish they would have "fixed" those tracks.

I spent several hours comparing the Mono/Stereo. With very few exceptions I preferred the stereo. The exceptions involved the tracks (several of the ones from Revolver for example) that pan the vocals hard right. I prefer the mono on those. There were two songs that are not hard panned that for...

LOVE Dark Cabaret. Semi-Decent list HERE.

I know flash is the shape of the future but I wish they would have waited for flash to evolve a bit longer and close the gap before ditching hard drive players. Some of us like big storage.

Amazing how the differences that people hear evaporate once they don't know which format/bitrate they are listening too. For the vast majority anyway.

Why not educate the masses? I would be interested in your discussion.

Quote: Originally Posted by royalcrown Of course, this isn't limited to believers - I think more skeptics would argue that ABX tests are flawed if they provided positive cable results than would admit to it (not really in the sound science section as much as on other subsections and...

Quote: Originally Posted by Iron_Dreamer If one wants to believe, or wants not to believe in a matter without concrete proof, that desire is a self-fulfilling prophecy. Since there is not sufficient proof to decide the matter definitively, the person in question will simply frame the...

Quote: Originally Posted by mike1127 Quick-switch refers to the fact that the output switches from one to the other instantly when you throw the switch, not that you go back and forth rapidly. I assumed you meant the other as well. Seems to me that the rapid loss of music memory...

Quote: Originally Posted by PhilS Would you say it's not reasonable to put people in jail based on eyewitness testimony when we know it can be unreliable? We accept and rely upon imperfect evidence all the time, both in the courtroom and in our daily lives. Good point. I suppose...

Quote: Originally Posted by seacard "I know that both of these microwaves have the same specs--1000 watts--and the same features, but trust me, food tastes better after three minutes in this $2500 microwave than this $50 one. Only an unsophisticated trailer-trash could not taste the...

Waste of time. Converting from lossy to lossless will not add the missing data back in. If you want lossless you need to start from the CD or other lossless source. You cannot "upgrade" from one bitrate to another (well, you CAN but it wouldn't do any good).

Quote: Originally Posted by IPodPJ Oh yes. He should never say something like that. When I started out on Head-Fi and got my Triple.Fi I said something to the effect of "it sounds like angels came down from heaven...." and I got ripped to shreds over it. It's just confusing to...

Quote: Originally Posted by Bonthouse it sounds like a ray of sunshine that was made by angels in heaven. Exhibit A

Quote: Originally Posted by seacard I almost wish I never came across the Audio Critic or all of the scientific crap. People who think one power cord or one cable sounds better than another, actually hear the differences and enjoy their higher-end component more. I think the...

Awesome.

Quote: Originally Posted by royalcrown What do you mean? Both share a bit of a "mind over matter/it's all in your head" aspect that could be construed as not strictly objectivist. If that is what you meant about acclimatization, that is.

Quote: Originally Posted by royalcrown (a strictly 'objectivist' position is contradictory with mental acclimating) Interesting. Could the same be said for placebo then? Quote: Originally Posted by PhilS 2. I'm not sure it's totally illogical to conclude that an amp...

Quote: Originally Posted by plonter yeah..i know. I didn't refer to the warm up as burn-in, i just give it as another example. in fact I stated that i can't comment on burn-in becasue i personally never noticed any changes in my own equipment. Ahh... misread that, sorry.

Quote: Originally Posted by PhilS What are your thoughts on what Happy Camper posted regarding capacitors, oxidation, etc.? I think it is unlikely that the mere flow of a signal changes the properties of those components. Heat and oxidation are intriguing, however. These could...