Text 12440, 109 rader
Skriven 2009-02-19 19:45:34 av Russell Tiedt (5:7105/1)
  Kommentar till text 12439 av Maurice Kinal (1:261/38)
Ärende: I say go, go, go
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Hello Maurice.

18 Feb 09 15:33, you wrote to me:

 >> 48000Hz should sound better

 MK> That depends on too many other factors these days.  For compressed
 MK> formats with questionable decoding it may not make a difference at
 MK> all. Also hardware capabilties rear their ugly heads when speaking of
 MK> these particular issues.  Offhand, without knowing for sure, the
 MK> Audiophile 192 ought to serve you well.  More than likely the best of
 MK> that world in that price range.  I prefer those connections for the
 MK> IO.

Well, all things being equal, 48000Hz should be better, byt then as you point 
out, there are too many varibles .... , why I said "should" :-)

I also prefer the I/O connections on the Audiophile 192 card ... , and I think 
I just found a place where I might be able to get one locally ... , tho again, 
I am not betting they will have stock ...

 >> Got enough pre-amps here ... :-)

 MK> Only need the right one.  :-)

Yep, only one needed ... , but I have three that are capable of handling LP 
replay, a cheapie phono stage and a decent integrated amp will handle moving 
magnet cartridge input, and my more upmarket pre-amp will do either moving 
magnet or moving coil input ...

 >> sndfile is probably using maximum compression (9) whereas striaght
 >> flac is probably using the more common default level of (5) for
 >> compression ...

 MK> I was under the impression that flac is uncompressed, including the
 MK> sndfile version of flac.  I'll have to check but offhand my impression
 MK> is that the reason there is a byte reduction is the amount of
 MK> information that is being stored rather than compression.  Don't quote
 MK> me on this.

FLAC stands for "Free Lossless Audio Compressor", and the default compression 
level is level 5, but level 9 is the maximum compression level setting 
available ... , the wav format is a container format, and 10 minutes of 
silence, or 10 minutes of classical orchestra cresendo's will be exactly the 
same size ... , but each will compress to different sizes ... , using flac ...

 MK> Anyhow I've decided to go with ecasound's wav for the so-called
 MK> originals and use those to produce any other formats from.  That seems
 MK> to be the simplest and best all things considered.

I find it easier to "rip" cd's using abcde "A Better CD Encoder", it allows 
one to rip to numerous different formats at the same time ... , read once and 
convert to wav, mp3, and ogg similtaniously ...

 >> wav always wins for a base to convert to any other format ... :-) ,
 >> just is wasteful of disk real estate ...

 MK> Agreed and disagreed.  In this case I object to the 'wasteful' part
 MK> above. I've learned long ago that keeping data in it's rawest form
 MK> possible is always the best idea.  This way when everyone and their
 MK> dog abandons the current 'must have' toy in favour of a newfangled toy
 MK> you'll still be able to replicate anything.  From this angle, and on
 MK> this particular topic, that would be wav although flac would also be a
 MK> very good choice but then a little more limiting as far as apps that
 MK> can successfully deal with it.

Agreed, but, like I said above, wav format is wasteful of disk space, and 
flac, when uncompressed, will give you an exact uncompressed copy of the wav 
file that it was made from ... , it is a lossless audio compressor ...

 >> There be method to your maddness, as usual

 MK> Yes usually.  However, sometimes I even wonder.  This time I think I
 MK> am right for this particular job.

Hmm ... :-)

 >> 16bit was not bad, and possibly they didn't try too hard for/with
 >> 32bit, as it would have competed head on with "Winders"

 MK> Why buy a 32-bit processor if 16-bit is all one requires?

The point is that they didn't make a 32 bit DOS, as it would compete with 
Windows, which was supposedly 32 bit - but was not fully until WIN2000/WINXP

 >> Around here, they tend to sell out "old" stock fast, as nobody
 >> really
 MK> buys in,

 MK> That seems to be a growing trend.

Unfortunately ...

 >> Turntables just need some loving care and a little lubrication and
 >> they just keep on working,

 MK> turntable scheme. I think I've pushed this puppy as far as it can be
 MK> pushed but I'll use it as long as I can.  I have serious doubts it'll
 MK> last too much longer and all the grease in the world won't save it.
 MK> :-/

Ouch! okay, so it is one of those overly complicated types, that I avoid like 
the plaque ... , I am only intersted in those, that are of the "basic" manual 
type, very little can go wrong with them ...

Russell

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