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    What would be utimate llist of metadata to allow accurate Classical Classification

    Better look here: http://www.musichi.eu/ 39,- will do :)
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    What would be utimate llist of metadata to allow accurate Classical Classification

    I'm afraid 3beez is by and large about asking $4900 for a PC http://www.3beez.com/purchase/purchase.html
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    What would be utimate llist of metadata to allow accurate Classical Classification

    You got it Work=Composition=Sonata for violin & piano No. 5 (Frühling) op. 24 Movement=Part= 1- Adagio, 2 - Allegretto etc
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    What would be utimate llist of metadata to allow accurate Classical Classification

    The only piece of software known to me handling Classical proper is MusiChi http://www.musichi.eu/ There are a couple of problems The meta data supplied by the internet databases if often incomplete and different. Sonate für Klavier und Violine F-dur Opus 24 [Frühling] Sonata No. 5...
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    High Definition Vinyl

    http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2016/03/15/high-definition-vinyl-will-soon-become-a-reality/
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    Active crossover speakers/systems - what are current options?

    Maybe my website is of use, I have a list of actives most of them in domesticated trim http://www.thewelltemperedcomputer.com/HW/ActiveSpeakers.htm
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    USB cable..difference are they measurable? An experimental model

    As it is about “digital” cables, try measuring the eye-pattern. If I remember correctly HiFi-news did so a couple of years ago and found differences between cables.
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    The ***Official*** Progressive Rock Thread

    It might be time for "the fanfare for the common man" :) http://www.whatsbestforum.com/showthread.php?20166-Ah-so-this-is-what-it-means-to-be-a-common-man
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    New forum created for subjectivist members

    I would suggest “What we perceive” as a title Subtitle “A DBT free zone!” Or is this too much objectivist :)
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    Digital primer

    Maybe this one is of use: http://www.resonessencelabs.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/InvictaMeasNotes.pdf
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    What is DSD

    If this is DSD then double rate must be laughing loud. Don't try quad rate!
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    choosing speakers to replace Devialet Phantom - need your advice

    Haven't the slightest idea how they sound and how they compare to the Phantoms but the Yamaha NX 500 supports almost all wireless protocols http://europe.yamaha.com/en/products/audio-visual/speaker-systems/network_powered_speaker/nx-n500/
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    Review: Pono Music Store (bargain shoppers rejoice)

    The player is JRiver indeed. What intrigues me is that the JRiver bussines model is buy once at 50,- and upgrade each year at $25. As each and every one can download the Ponoplayer for free, this is a big hole in the JRiver business model. Unless of course the Ponoplayer expires but than what is...
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    Organizing your music collection

    I wonder if you need a separate tool. A lot of media players can read single file + cue sheet. They also can convert If I have a FLAC + cue I tell my media player to convert it to FLAC and it will create a separate file for each track.
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    Organizing your music collection

    Some media players indeed return tracks when searching for a composer. Useless indeed. If the media player returns Albums or Compositions, the results are usable Most of the time a search for a composer will do in my case. If I have a lot of compositions (entire Beethoven, Brahms, Schubert)...
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    Organizing your music collection

    Say one has (happened to me using FreeDB): Sonate für Klavier und Violine F-dur Opus 24 [Frühling] Sonata No. 5 "Frühlings - Sonate" The Violin Sonata No. 5 in F major “Spring”, Op. 24 As these are the same compositions: Does Roon know this to be the case? If so can it unify e.g...
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    Organizing your music collection

    The first part is not correct, technically. IDV3 is the standard used in MP3. FLAC uses OGG/Vorbis comments, etc. Each audio format simply has its own standard. The second part is more important, allows the media player you to control what is stored inside the header of the audio file. I have...
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    Organizing your music collection

    The parodox of WAV is that support for the audio part is almost universal and support for its tags a universal mess. Tagging support is so poor a lot of people even belief you can't tag WAV at all. Better stick to FLAC. http://www.thewelltemperedcomputer.com/KB/WAV_KB.htm In the past I...
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    Why are there so few DACs with Ethernet inputs?

    Couldn't find any info on the Ethernet connection of the Mola but Weiss and MSB offers UPnP modules, not a low latency direct connection AES67 style. Basically a computer turning your DAC into a UPnP renderer.
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    Why are there so few DACs with Ethernet inputs?

    These boards exist for years like http://www.streamunlimited.com/ A lot of streamers are powered by their platform. As most audio companies are small and don't have much (if any) computer expertise they better buy a of the shelve product.
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    Why are there so few DACs with Ethernet inputs?

    As others pointed out, the networked DAC is simply a tiny computer with a sound card. All streamers are networked computers by design. They have become popular because there is a standard (UPnP/DLNA) allowing products from different manufacturers to communicate with each other (UPnP=Universal...
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    Pierre Boulez has died

    Maybe we are to old to recognize the new ones
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    The greatest bicyle racer of all time?

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    Sonore Sonic Orbiter SE $298

    It supports Mode #1 - SqueezeLite Output - This output works with any Logitech Media Server and compatible controllers. This output supports true gapless playback of PCM, DSD/DoP, and native DSD. Mode #2 - ShairPort Output - This is an AirPlay emulator that utilizes streams sent to it from a...
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    Computer audio with AES/EBU

    IMHO yes. Accuraterip of course (it is dBpoweramps own invention) Meta data from AMG, GD3, MusicBrainz and FreeDB Fast and stable Also a reliable format converter
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    Advert for a kitten (Humor)

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    Apogee Full range

    There is a guy in Australia who own the brand name today and produces new panels: http://www.apogeeacoustics.com/
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    The disturbing other side of an LP - Why vinyl hype is destroying the record?

    A nice article about analogue warmth: http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/feb10/articles/analoguewarmth.htm
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    What are the 10 must-have classical recordings?

    Rossini is opera but later in his life he also wrote pieces for piano solo, Peches de vieillesse : http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.570590-91 One I really like is his Petite messe solennelle with a Harmonium He also wrote six elegant string quartets
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    What are the 10 must-have classical recordings?

    Looks like Pono's quality control is rivaling HD Tracks! Ridiculous, you can buy the CD at the same price. Probably while ripping you get the right meta data in the process

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