tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post128116586871291707..comments2024-03-29T00:15:52.117-07:00Comments on <em>Archimago's Musings</em>: Upsampling: Native DAC Playback, and SoX PCM/DSD upsampling of 1kHz signal. (And the "Beatles: Get Back" documentary, "As the artist intended"?)Archimagohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08642574001287787545noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-37072023186662113632022-01-02T02:08:18.667-08:002022-01-02T02:08:18.667-08:00Could you test some Asus motherboard with headphon...Could you test some Asus motherboard with headphone amp? Saw your reviews for Gigabyte (they suck from personal experience and what I saw from other people online) and MSI, but no Asus.DVDHDBLURAYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15110398974570440149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-88710999336159306692021-12-24T00:30:18.011-08:002021-12-24T00:30:18.011-08:00The original was intended for 1969 UK TV, and so w...The original was intended for 1969 UK TV, and so was filmed in 16mm. <br />For the 1969 theatrical release they turned the 16mm into 32, so it looked like S***, as it was just optically pumped up. <br />This new digital version looks way better than the theatrical release 50 years ago. <br />So it's all relative. Can't really compare video/movie tech from the 60's to today.Dannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00895051757855940430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-2143555155914344812021-12-22T13:57:29.391-08:002021-12-22T13:57:29.391-08:00Good point Tell about the picture quality with cle...Good point <em>Tell</em> about the picture quality with clear post-processing done. I think also pumped up the saturation for the colors.<br /><br />Yeah, I definitely agree with the sentiment about how much you could take. As I mentioned, my wife managed about 1 hour. We at least had some popcorn to start and enjoyed some 18-year aged, single malt whiskey at the end of the hour ;-).<br /><br />AArchimago's Musingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14326929293463498820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-87250640247055366992021-12-22T13:50:29.630-08:002021-12-22T13:50:29.630-08:00Yup Bennet. A little bit of this noise or that dis...Yup <em>Bennet</em>. A little bit of this noise or that distortion...<br /><br />But nothing I'd be too worried about with either the segmented TI/BB DAC or multibit-SDM ESS. I remain unconvinced that the underlying DAC technology sounds different if the objective results look similar with low level variation...<br /><br />Happy Holidays man!Archimago's Musingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14326929293463498820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-23891970662394259502021-12-22T13:47:25.105-08:002021-12-22T13:47:25.105-08:00"Thanks" for the link Geert.
Painful se..."Thanks" for the link <em>Geert</em>.<br /><br />Painful series of videos. Thankfully YouTube allows 1.5x playback speed ;-).<br /><br />I honestly think these guys either:<br /><br />A. Hallucinates what they believe they hear. Or are delusional. Either way they're <strong>psychotic</strong> and have lost touch with reality and insight.<br /><br />or...<br /><br />B. <strong>Archimago's Musingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14326929293463498820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-83479375858725137702021-12-22T12:59:44.638-08:002021-12-22T12:59:44.638-08:00+1 to Phil.
40+ is very generous. Let's talk ...+1 to <em>Phil</em>.<br /><br />40+ is very generous. Let's talk 10+. :-)<br /><br />Happy holidays to you and yours <em>Ralph</em> and <em>Phil</em>!<br />Archimago's Musingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14326929293463498820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-59212929013651064992021-12-22T12:58:00.617-08:002021-12-22T12:58:00.617-08:00Sure Techie. Maybe that's beneficial.
I wonde...Sure <em>Techie</em>. Maybe that's beneficial.<br /><br />I wonder if anyone has formally tested this? Could be a great little research project!<br />Archimago's Musingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14326929293463498820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-20118491250469199652021-12-22T12:56:40.574-08:002021-12-22T12:56:40.574-08:00Yup, good point Unknown.
There are the stories of...Yup, good point <em>Unknown</em>.<br /><br />There are the stories of the music itself, and then the stories of the whole production process before the final mix and product.<br /><br />I do hope that claims around "as the artist intended" blows off over time as if this has any actual meaning or even that this somehow enhances the authenticity of what we buy.<br /><br />If an artist Archimago's Musingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14326929293463498820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-87752068792514749902021-12-22T12:48:19.487-08:002021-12-22T12:48:19.487-08:00Thanks chancedon!
Awesome to know what kind of ge...Thanks <em>chancedon</em>!<br /><br />Awesome to know what kind of gear to keep an eye out for in the future to have a listen to... Maybe even opportunity to measure if able!<br />Archimago's Musingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14326929293463498820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-29387134453088743022021-12-21T15:15:34.238-08:002021-12-21T15:15:34.238-08:00I tried to watch that Beatles docu, but I guess I&...I tried to watch that Beatles docu, but I guess I'm not a big enough Beatles fan so I couldn't bare longer than 40 minutes. Kinda annoying thou with the horrible picture quality, first way to much noise reduction and then some bad looking ai-upscaling on top of that. They tried to make it look modern, and I guess they succeeded since it looked like a bad smartphone camera..Tellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17970816298275137766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-68290477301285159602021-12-20T08:14:48.879-08:002021-12-20T08:14:48.879-08:00I'm guessing 100% of mainstream audio reviewer...I'm guessing 100% of mainstream audio reviewers in non-blind tests. (Happy holidays everyone)PhilFromTOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15063597190515177345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-68440693389690938072021-12-19T23:06:17.322-08:002021-12-19T23:06:17.322-08:00Thanks for the tests. So PCM1795's relatively ...Thanks for the tests. So PCM1795's relatively short (compared to PCM1792A/PCM1794A) PCM filter does not seem to cause any penalty. Harmonic distortion and noise shaping dominate the ultrasonic frequency region with both on-chip filter and SoX resampling. On the other hand, DSD128 still has considerably more ultrasonic noise than PCM.<br /><br />ES9038Q2M on the Topping shows an obvious dip atAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-46679053304785528022021-12-19T11:41:58.807-08:002021-12-19T11:41:58.807-08:00Did you see the interview with Taiko's CEO htt...Did you see the interview with Taiko's CEO https://youtu.be/ggby6Vhi_9E ? (The second part of the interview is released today). Geerthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00072618779903423017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-21422133193888202642021-12-19T10:44:09.121-08:002021-12-19T10:44:09.121-08:00I wonder how many people aged 40+ would be able to...I wonder how many people aged 40+ would be able to discern a difference between a 21.97kHz and 21.02kHz filters?<br />ralphfcookehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07175970241724127528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-2069088338768677722021-12-19T04:42:29.425-08:002021-12-19T04:42:29.425-08:00I'd say there is at least some merit to HQPlay...I'd say there is at least some merit to HQPlayer, since some of its filters are apodising (you can usually tell those by the fact that they cut off around 21.02khz rather than the usual 21.97), and work well on badly mastered files.Techiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15263518909805910886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-77635951248204485952021-12-19T00:57:51.913-08:002021-12-19T00:57:51.913-08:00You could certainly argue "Let it Be" wa...You could certainly argue "Let it Be" wasn't as the artist intended. McCartney didn't have approval of the mix/album and was engraged with what Spector did with some of his material - especially "The Long and Winding Road". That's the reason for "Let it Be...Naked".<br />I guess it depends on how you define "the artist". Dannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00895051757855940430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-81438644824549109432021-12-18T21:56:07.570-08:002021-12-18T21:56:07.570-08:00Hi Arch, the speakers should be Altec 612 with le...Hi Arch, the speakers should be Altec 612 with leak TL/25 Amp below.<br />Found some pictures on the internet <br />How do they sound? I don't know <br />Thank you for the excellent work as usual chalcedonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12770479380919191622noreply@blogger.com