Pictures of Your Portable Rig (part XVI)

[krismusic]

You are so right. The improvements really are mind-blowing since then, aren't they?

I like your thinking.

 

[FFBookman]

   
You are so right. The improvements really are mind-blowing since then, aren't they?

If you have robot ears.
 

 

[FFBookman]

   
You are so right. The improvements really are mind-blowing since then, aren't they?

 
Double down.  
An avg. phone DAC playing mp3 vs a walkman w/fresh batteries playing a metal tape?    Walkman will give you a better rendering of that music. Your body will react stronger than the phone can provide.
 
You kids would be amazed.  You've been cheated. Perceptual coding has you so confused.
 
Just like new cars are better than old ones, right?
Just like new houses are better than old ones, right?
How about those new watches?
Clearly people 40 years ago had no clue, right?

 

[reginalb]

   
Double down.  
An avg. phone DAC playing mp3 vs a walkman w/fresh batteries playing a metal tape?    Walkman will give you a better rendering of that music. Your body will react stronger than the phone can provide.
 
You kids would be amazed.  You've been cheated. Perceptual coding has you so confused.
 
Just like new cars are better than old ones, right?
Just like new houses are better than old ones, right?
How about those new watches?
Clearly people 40 years ago had no clue, right?

 
Sorry, not if you want to listen to the music, as it was intended to be heard, instead of the silly distortions introduced by the player and the format. I am old enough to have had cassette walkmen, but I'm also not technophobic. So yes, music from a phone playing an MP3 (assuming it's LAME encoded at 320k) is just so far ahead of your cassette that they're not in the same league. Most people actually probably use AAC since it's supplied by Apple, and it's a far better codec. Either beats the snot out of the walkman in literally every conceivable way.
 
And yes, my truck, which can pull thousands of pounds, with a payload that exceeds what a truck 10 years ago could muster unless you bought something like a Super Duty, all while getting over 20 MPGs, or cars that get insane mileage, and DOHC engines that ensure massive power from lower displacement, and fuel injection with its much lower emissions, side curtain airbags and crumple zones, all make today's cars better. That's for sure.
 
Watch tech was solved a while ago. Of course, two of my watches allow me to communicate with my friends and family, get weather reports, order a pizza, adjust the thermostat at my home, and control my lights. That's not innovation, though. I should just go back to a pocket watch. 
 
I don't even know how what I said could have anything to do with people 40 years ago having no clue, we as a species have many advantages. One is that we are afforded the opportunity to stand on the shoulders of those that came before. So we have opportunities that those before us couldn't dream about. They certainly had a clue, and paved the way for the advances we have experienced, just like we will do the same. But to bury your head in the sand and pretend that everything has gotten worse is just silly.

 

[krismusic]

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Sorry, not if you want to listen to the music, as it was intended to be heard, instead of the silly distortions introduced by the player and the format. I am old enough to have had cassette walkmen, but I'm also not technophobic. So yes, music from a phone playing an MP3 (assuming it's LAME encoded at 320k) is just so far ahead of your cassette that they're not in the same league. Most people actually probably use AAC since it's supplied by Apple, and it's a far better codec. Either beats the snot out of the walkman in literally every conceivable way.

And yes, my truck, which can pull thousands of pounds, with a payload that exceeds what a truck 10 years ago could muster unless you bought something like a Super Duty, all while getting over 20 MPGs, or cars that get insane mileage, and DOHC engines that ensure massive power from lower displacement, and fuel injection with its much lower emissions, side curtain airbags and crumple zones, all make today's cars better. That's for sure.

Watch tech was solved a while ago. Of course, two of my watches allow me to communicate with my friends and family, get weather reports, order a pizza, adjust the thermostat at my home, and control my lights. That's not innovation, though. I should just go back to a pocket watch. 

I don't even know how what I said could have anything to do with people 40 years ago having no clue, we as a species have many advantages. One is that we are afforded the opportunity to stand on the shoulders of those that came before. So we have opportunities that those before us couldn't dream about. They certainly had a clue, and paved the way for the advances we have experienced, just like we will do the same. But to bury your head in the sand and pretend that everything has gotten worse is just silly.

I also do not believe in some bygone halcyon days. In audio or any other aspect of life.
Just to keep it to audio. I heard the Sennheiser Orpheus at the same meet as the HD800 with matching DAC/Amp. I would have taken the modern set up over the Orpheus all day long. Even though the modern rig was a tenth of the cost. Shows how far audio has come in 20yrs. IMHO.
I can't wait to hear the new Orpheus!

 

[Ultrainferno]

Today's portable and desktop setup. (portable with the AK380)
 

 

[musicday]

Really nice to have two good options for the Tera (Tralucent Plus5 and Hum Pristine)

Beautiful combo there Mimouille.Which one do you prefer the most with the Tera Player?
Have you heard the Uber too cable?

 

[Mimouille]

Beautiful combo there Mimouille.Which one do you prefer the most with the Tera Player?
Have you heard the Uber too cable?

Haven't heard the Uber too, best combo is still Se5 Ultimate by far.

 

[musicday]

I am very interested to know why in your opinion SE5 Ultimate is better than Plus5.
Can you please write a short description of the two?
Note: i am using only the Tera Player, so the one which provides best synergy is a must for me.
Thanks.

 

[boblauer]

@Mimouille Dang you have some nice gear, a ZX2 and Terra Player!

 

[mpawluk91]

@Mimouille
 Dang you have some nice gear, a ZX2 and Terra Player!

and apparently a kse1500 now (jealous)

 

[Mimouille]

I am very interested to know why in your opinion SE5 Ultimate is better than Plus5.
Can you please write a short description of the two?
Note: i am using only the Tera Player, so the one which provides best synergy is a must for me.
Thanks.

Hello, I think the Se5 ultimate, because of it's high impedance, is the only one that is not changed by the Tera, the Tera changes it a little bit,but makes it better. The Plus5 sounds a bit leaner on the Tera, so it loses a bit of what I like. Much prefer using it on the LPG or Mojo.

@Mimouille
 Dang you have some nice gear, a ZX2 and Terra Player!

I don't have a ZX2

 

[puppyfi]

Today's run....10.7km
Thanks to team members, Shozy Alien and FAD IV.

 

[boblauer]

@Mimouille Thought that's what you just bought, my bad. You still have some amazing stuff though. 

 

[howdy]

A little overkill but had to try them together.