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    Flash Recorders

    2 Weeks ago I purchased a Tascam DR-07 as I had grown so tired of latency issues in recording with my laptop at 2496. I thought that a $109 investment would prove, or disprove, that this might be an appropirate path to take for the location recording gigs I do for universities and high school I...
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    Sound by Singer Closing or "Why the High End is Doomed, part 2"

    I agree. The price of high end has gotten crazy and I'm afraid that the people who were buying that gear have fears that replacing the dollars that bought said gear is taking longer to replace, if at all. It is still about turns and earns. B & W has felt it with their new presence in Magnolia...
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    Do Speakers That Measure Great Always Sound Great

    I generally ignore the anechoic responses and head right for the reviewer's in-room measurements. My stereo is not set up in my drive way and the room always matters. I know ours are not the same, but still, it is a real world experience and measurement. If I am interested in the speaker...
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    The State Of Analog

    ----------------------------------------------- I thnk the gentleman you describe is a collector and not an audiophile. Many buy a number of expensive watches and it doesn't make them any more appreciate time per se. They are just collectors of "stuff". I think the MQE can help people...
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    The State Of Analog

    Stereophile As We See It http://stereophile.com/asweseeit/the_holy_trinity/
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    The State Of Analog

    In the May issue of Stereophile Jon Iverson in AS WE SEE IT made a great case for what kind of a music lover are you with a clear rating system based on Music, Quality, and Ease of access, rating each until you came up with a 100 point total. This is based on what each of us thinks is our rank...
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    The State Of Analog

    From my trials here, if you take LP needle drops to 2496 it is the bomb.
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    Lindemann USB-DDC 24-96, M2Tech HiFace USB converters

    Is this the same device that was recently reviewed in Stereophile by John Atkinson? He also did the Stello.
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    Who Still Uses A Preamp

    It is not remotely high end, but I still have my Hafler DH 101 as it still sounds decent to me and has 2 phono inputs (important to me) and 2 tape ins, mono switch, and tone defeat. I am looking to mate it with something toward year's end. I only wish it has a headphone output.
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    The State Of Analog

    I love vinyl and listen at least an hour a day. But, I will admit that 2496 files give me that same smoothness I love about vinyl. I just did a needle drop for a friend yesterday of Al Jurreau and Step by Step at 2496 and at 1696 and could tell no difference, but they sounded so good I could...
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    Upsampled SACD's

    Pushing aside the fact that Sony did not support the pressing of their own format, I still think the "dedicted player" is what killed SACD and DVD-A for the masses. Other than they find MP3s just swell. I wonder what would the landscape be like if Sony from the get-go created multi-layer discs...
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    Too Late For Analog?

    First, you have a great system that deserves the best media available. Your system would shine with hibitrate audio from SACD and 2496 or better files. It is sad that SACD and DVD-A suffered because of the need for a dedicated player, but with your system that expense is not an issue for you I...
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    Upsampled SACD's

    I do understand what you are saying and that, I am sure, your analogue gear is first rate, and that only the increased noise floor (albeit very low) is the only real issue for you. Thanks for the information. It is no different for me and my lesser 2496 recordings for the local University...
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    Upsampled SACD's

    Quote: "Any DSD processing that I do goes to the analog domain and then back to DSD." I may be mistaken by what you had said. Does this mean that you take the DSD Data, convert it to analogue, do what ever mastering you feel needs to be done, and then convert it back to DSD? If there is...
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    Upsampled SACD's

    Pardon my igrnorance. Bruce, Is the issue for you that you are not getting recorded material in good enough(recorded/engineered) form that it cannot just be trasferred to DSD on a track by track basis? Is 24/192 a good format for a pure "to- DSD" transfer? That would seem to be easy enough...
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    Glad to find this site

    Thanks. I should have mentioned that the pic of the WGU Wind Ensemble is in the Stereophile Gallery under Live Music Events.
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    Glad to find this site

    I am 63 years old and teach math in high school here in GA. I am formerly (a has-been) a broadcast engineer mostly in radio. I did a 3 month stint at a UHF TV station outside Chicago right before Uncle Sam sent me off to Army basic and AIT and OCS at the Benning School for boys in '69. I am...

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