Forum: uk.rec.audio (General Audio and Hi-Fi)
April 14th 06, 09:00 AM Posted to uk.rec.audio
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Views: 470
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Forum: uk.rec.audio (General Audio and Hi-Fi)
March 20th 06, 09:20 AM Posted to uk.rec.audio
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Replies: 146
Views: 7,282
Mains filters
Thus spake Arny Krueger:
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The last time through, a low-cost reduced-sound-quality format won the
reissue race: MP3. The moral of the story is that the much-demeaned
CD format was...
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Forum: uk.rec.audio (General Audio and Hi-Fi)
March 20th 06, 08:49 AM Posted to uk.rec.audio
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Replies: 146
Views: 7,282
Mains filters
Thus spake Jim Lesurf:
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Indeed, you may recall some 'health scares' about TETRA that were
fuelled by its pulse profile - although those who panicked at the
time had the details wrong...
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Forum: uk.rec.audio (General Audio and Hi-Fi)
March 17th 06, 04:28 PM Posted to uk.rec.audio
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Replies: 68
Views: 4,678
Why moving coil
Thus spake Adrian C:
Ian Bell wrote:
I am surprised there has been so little development of cartridges
beyond the two basic magnetic types and good old ceramic. What about
an optical...
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Forum: uk.rec.audio (General Audio and Hi-Fi)
March 14th 06, 10:48 PM Posted to uk.rec.audio
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Replies: 194
Views: 7,059
Cables - the definitive answer
Thus spake Jim Lesurf:
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I've now found the HFN letter by Baxadall [1] I had in mind when I
made some earlier comments. This used some microphones and a speaker
to add controlled...
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Forum: uk.rec.audio (General Audio and Hi-Fi)
March 13th 06, 08:31 AM Posted to uk.rec.audio
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Replies: 194
Views: 7,059
Cables - the definitive answer
Thus spake Jim Lesurf:
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The comparions I'm aware of tended to show that with music and
speech, much higher levels of distortion/nonlinearity were required
to be reliably audible....
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Forum: uk.rec.audio (General Audio and Hi-Fi)
March 9th 06, 08:52 PM Posted to uk.rec.audio
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Replies: 194
Views: 7,059
Cables - the definitive answer
Thus spake Jim Lesurf:
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If subjects can't hear fairly large differences in a calibration
cycle, I can envisage 2 explanations. Firstly, some/many/most
subjects are fairly...
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Forum: uk.rec.audio (General Audio and Hi-Fi)
March 8th 06, 05:57 PM Posted to uk.rec.audio
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Replies: 194
Views: 7,059
Cables - the definitive answer
Thus spake Jim Lesurf:
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If subjects can't hear fairly large differences in a calibration
cycle, I can envisage 2 explanations. Firstly, some/many/most
subjects are fairly...
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Forum: uk.rec.audio (General Audio and Hi-Fi)
March 6th 06, 08:42 PM Posted to uk.rec.audio
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Replies: 194
Views: 7,059
Cables - the definitive answer
Thus spake Jim Lesurf:
I can't cite examples but my impression FWIW, is that calibrated
variations can be fairly large before becoming significant. If that
is indeed the case, I suggest that...
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Forum: uk.rec.audio (General Audio and Hi-Fi)
March 5th 06, 07:02 PM Posted to uk.rec.audio
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Replies: 194
Views: 7,059
Cables - the definitive answer
Thus spake Jim Lesurf:
In article , Paul B
Surely any test has to be trusted by both the proctor & subjects? I,
for one have grown to...
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Forum: uk.rec.audio (General Audio and Hi-Fi)
March 5th 06, 06:01 PM Posted to uk.rec.audio
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Replies: 194
Views: 7,059
Cables - the definitive answer
Thus spake Dave Plowman (News):
In article ,
Paul B wrote:
I think the only concession you'll get here is to replace any...
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Forum: uk.rec.audio (General Audio and Hi-Fi)
March 5th 06, 11:27 AM Posted to uk.rec.audio
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Replies: 194
Views: 7,059
Cables - the definitive answer
Thus spake Jo:
Why not take all of the points made in this thread and repeat the
tests with a series of improved double blind, randomised protocols
that some have suggested ? I haven't got any...
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Forum: uk.rec.audio (General Audio and Hi-Fi)
March 5th 06, 11:18 AM Posted to uk.rec.audio
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Replies: 194
Views: 7,059
Cables - the definitive answer
Thus spake Don Pearce:
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No calibration is necessary because my test is only for subjects who
makes claims of ability to hear differences easily, and in the case of
the two who so far...
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Forum: uk.rec.audio (General Audio and Hi-Fi)
March 5th 06, 12:25 AM Posted to uk.rec.audio
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Replies: 194
Views: 7,059
Cables - the definitive answer
Thus spake Don Pearce:
There were those who thought my protocol inadequate, although they
didn't actually come up with anything better - any more than they
could actually identify the problems....
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Forum: uk.rec.audio (General Audio and Hi-Fi)
March 2nd 06, 05:27 PM Posted to uk.rec.audio
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Replies: 8
Views: 647
Bristol show - some impressions
Thus spake Keith G:
"Paul B" wrote in message
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Thus spake Keith G:
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I'm afraid my seat also remains spectacularly...
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Forum: uk.rec.audio (General Audio and Hi-Fi)
March 1st 06, 09:48 PM Posted to uk.rec.audio
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Replies: 8
Views: 647
Bristol show - some impressions
Thus spake Keith G:
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I'm afraid my seat also remains spectacularly unscorched by SS
amplification these days......
Although My brother drives his Radford BBC monitors (huge) with a...
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Forum: uk.rec.audio (General Audio and Hi-Fi)
March 1st 06, 09:34 PM Posted to uk.rec.audio
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Replies: 75
Views: 3,701
Lead free solder
Thus spake Arfa Daily:
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The NiCad suggestion for a car battery is interesting. Apart from the
fact that NiCads are being phased out as part of the RoHS thing
anyway, I have seen it...
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Forum: uk.rec.audio (General Audio and Hi-Fi)
February 28th 06, 10:19 PM Posted to uk.rec.audio
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Replies: 75
Views: 3,701
Lead free solder
Thus spake Pete Cross:
Just wait till after the deadline, a new argument will start in the
hi-fi circles..........
Which amp sounds best, the leaded or the lead free !
And on the lead...
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Forum: uk.rec.audio (General Audio and Hi-Fi)
February 27th 06, 10:42 PM Posted to uk.rec.audio
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Replies: 8
Views: 647
Bristol show - some impressions
Thus spake Keith G:
"Paul B" wrote in message
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Just been to the 1st Hi Fi show in over 12yrs. Went with my GF, a
friend & met up...
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Forum: uk.rec.audio (General Audio and Hi-Fi)
February 27th 06, 06:10 PM Posted to uk.rec.audio
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,204
Distortion meter
Thus spake Iain Churches:
"Paul B" wrote in message
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Thus spake Nick Gorham:
I know this may prompt cry's of "but you like SET's...
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Forum: uk.rec.audio (General Audio and Hi-Fi)
February 26th 06, 09:50 PM Posted to uk.rec.audio
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,204
Distortion meter
Thus spake Nick Gorham:
I know this may prompt cry's of "but you like SET's why do you want
one of those", but I don't suppose anyone here in the UK has a unwanted HP
334 or such like that they...
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Forum: uk.rec.audio (General Audio and Hi-Fi)
February 26th 06, 09:34 PM Posted to uk.rec.audio
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Replies: 8
Views: 647
Bristol show - some impressions
Just been to the 1st Hi Fi show in over 12yrs. Went with my GF, a friend &
met up with another couple. It was actually good fun & I managed to leave my
cynical persona behind.
The high point was...
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Forum: uk.rec.audio (General Audio and Hi-Fi)
January 29th 06, 11:13 AM Posted to uk.rec.audio
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Replies: 26
Views: 1,400
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Forum: uk.rec.audio (General Audio and Hi-Fi)
January 21st 06, 10:08 AM Posted to uk.rec.audio
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Replies: 9
Views: 675
bit rate challenge
Thus spake Serge Auckland:
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There *was* pretty severe compression, the output from the codec was
MP2 at 128kbps, so around 9-10:1 Sweep rates were 1.5, 5 or 20
seconds for a 20-20k...
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Forum: uk.rec.audio (General Audio and Hi-Fi)
January 14th 06, 09:08 AM Posted to uk.rec.audio
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Replies: 202
Views: 8,815
DBT in audio - a protocol
Thus spake Jim Lesurf:
An alternative view might be that differences between cables are
indeed real but are swamped by differences due to alcohol
consumption, level of wakefulness, medical...
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