jlambrick
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| wht is the difference between good and bad sound ? I've never heard of anyone liking the sound of jitter or odd harmonic distortion. These seem to be universally accepted forms of 'bad' distortion. What type of jitter have you found to be pleasant? | |
| wht is the difference between good and bad sound ? Within the scope of subjective preferences, there are still qualities that could be universally accepted as bad. For instance, one could argue that odd order and IM distortion are bad although the significant amounts of even order distortion that ... | |
| Audiophiles and apartments: Oil and water? I was lucky enough to find an apartment that was of steel and concrete construction and they advertised it as such. I still didn't go absolutely nuts but I never received a call in the three years I lived there. | |
| 103 inch plasma I'm sure the electric bill would pale in comparison to the initial investment. | |
| $1,000 to spend on room treatment.... I fixed a flutter echo from hell by placing an oriental screen in the back of my room. You could probably get a nice one used for not much money. | |
| Pioneer F-93 Elite series tuner Consider yourself lucky if you live in an area where FM is still worth listening to. Most places, it's become so corporate, repetative and predictable that tuner performance doesn't matter. | |
| A tip for Panasonic PT-AE700 owners Thanks Reubent, I'll post there too. | |
| what is jitter supposed to sound like? Bombaywalla, good point. I found that jitter was the problem in my system accidentally. I was building my first system in 20 years and everything was new (to me). I tried everything I could think of but the sound still seemed dull and lifeless. In... | |
| what is jitter supposed to sound like? Gmood1, you are definitely on to something. One effect of power supply noise and ripple is that it changes the threshold at which digital gates switch. This can have the effect of advancing or delaying a digital transition and thereby increasing j... | |
| what is jitter supposed to sound like? The Stereophile CD is a good idea. If you want a verbal description from someone who has battled it a bunch, I would say that it makes everything less distinct. It removes the fine details that create depth cues and the quick, high frequency trans... | |
| Affordable anti-jitter device I've used and enjoyed the DIP and thought the original was more effective than the upsampling version. I've also tried the GW Labs and Perpetual Technolgies units. I didn't care much for the Perpetual unit but to be fair, maybe it required a much ... | |
| Best player for Poorly Recorded redbook CDs? The problem you describe might have something to do with the shape of the pits in some CDs and the effect of increasing jitter when played. You could search for a CD player that reclocks the signal. I have modded a player using a Tent X03 reclocke... | |
| When is digital going to get the soul of music? Robm321, I used to listen to vinyl exclusively throughout the 70's and most of the 80's and I still like the sound of it. What I didn't like is the inevitable deterioration that results from playing records. In addition, back in the heyday of viny... | |
| When is digital going to get the soul of music? I'm a little late in joining this discussion but I think what Onhwy61 said about distortion is absolutely correct. Call it what it is. Tube equipment adds it and I suspect a piece of equipment could be designed that would emulate tape saturation a... | |
| Other than the SOUND, what do you love the most? I always thought the Phase Linear amps circa 1979 were super cool. They had nice brushed stainless steel faceplates and these very fine LED VU meters that looked like the "eye" of a Cylon. |