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London Decca Reference to Return
This is great news. I'd buy one in a heartbeat (assuming a not-massive increase in price). I asked Expert Stylus to take a quick look at my Reference (as I was sending a couple of other cartridges to them for servicing anyhow). They say that the diamond has very little wear. I'm really looking...- manisandher
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- Forum: Cartridges
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Can digital get to vinyl sound and at what price?
Not a fan of Chord or Watts. -
Can digital get to vinyl sound and at what price?
Interesting video. Thanks for sharing. My key takeaway: both the vinyl lacquer and the 24/96 digital are miles behind the live performance (when he played the song again). It was an expensive replay system they used, but perhaps its cost doesn't correlate well with its sound quality? And of... -
Can digital get to vinyl sound and at what price?
Yes, maybe. But I'm convinced this has nothing to do with 'ringing'. As I said, if a gun were held to my head, I'd say that it might be due to noise modulation. -
Can digital get to vinyl sound and at what price?
I showed that with real music, even using a 'fast' anti-imaging filter in the DAC and then a 'fast' anti-aliasing filter in the ADC, any ringing lies at <-200dB in the passband. Yes, you can measure ringing using impulses. But these are not bandlimited. -
Can digital get to vinyl sound and at what price?
I've spent an eternity trying to get my vinyl rips to sound like the original vinyl. I've owned ADCs from Pacific Microsonics, Prism Sound, RME, Tascam, Korg, MOTU, etc. There's something about the original vinyl that my vinyl rips seem to miss. However... I'm not sure if this is down to the... -
Can digital get to vinyl sound and at what price?
Hope you're still enjoying your Yggy. Peace. -
Can digital get to vinyl sound and at what price?
Ahem... The Nyquist frequency is actually 22.05kHz for redbook. An 'ideal' anti-imaging filter would be flat up to 20kHz, and then attenuate sharply to well below -100dB by the Nyquist frequency. For fun... Take any 24/44.1 (or 16/44.1) audio file you have. Upsample it to, say, 8x using... -
Can digital get to vinyl sound and at what price?
I know this has already been linked to, but anyone interested in understanding digital audio should watch this: D/A and A/D | Digital Show and Tell (Monty Montgomery @ xiph.org) - YouTube What he says and shows seems perfectly reasonable to me, but I'm open to hearing any opposing views. Mani. -
Can digital get to vinyl sound and at what price?
Hi George, I'm genuinely interested in understanding your persepctive. Could you expand on what you think ultimately holds digital audio back, or cite some references that I could read up on? (I used to own a Pacific Microsonics Model Two, and recall Keith Johnson saying that vinyl had a... -
Auralic – disingenuous or merely incompetent?
Just to wrap this thread up... Yesterday, when I tried to select the G1.1 from Roon, I got a message saying that it was not Roon certified. I set the G1.1 back up again today, and the first thing it did was to automatically update its firmware (it didn't do this yesterday). It now works...- manisandher
- Post #9
- Forum: General Audio Forum
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Auralic – disingenuous or merely incompetent?
As I mentioned to you on WAM, when another software player allows me to do this... ... which I need in order to control all this... ... I'll consider it.- manisandher
- Post #8
- Forum: General Audio Forum
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Auralic – disingenuous or merely incompetent?
Lack of, in this case. Shame, because I think the products are good enough to stand on their own, without the need for overly-embellished marketing. I really like my old Aries G1. I suspect I'd like the G1.1 too, if I could get it working with Roon :mad:. But I don't like being told that it has...- manisandher
- Post #7
- Forum: General Audio Forum
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Auralic – disingenuous or merely incompetent?
Haha... neither! The G1.1 currently does not play with Roon, as it's not yet certified: So, I haven't had a chance to listen to it yet as I use Roon exclusively (I need its DSP for my fully active 8-channel setup). In any event, this isn't the show-stopper for me - no doubt it'll get sorted...- manisandher
- Post #3
- Forum: General Audio Forum
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Auralic – disingenuous or merely incompetent?
I've just received a brand spanking-new Aries G1.1. I've got three problems with it: 1. On their website, Auralic claim the Aries G1.1 to be RoonReady. It isn't. When trying to connect, Roon says that the G1.1 is not certified and therefore refuses to connect. I've had an Aries G2.1 (on loan)...- manisandher
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