HOWTO / MUSINGS: Playing with Digital Filtering - Impulse Responses and...
Remember folks... With antialiasing filtering applied to digital playback, there are no gross "stairsteps" in the oversampled/upsampled analogue output. Regardless of what you might see from...
View ArticleMUSINGS: More fun with digital filters! Archimago's "Goldilocks" Intermediate...
Today's post is a bit of a continuation from last time's look at the different types of upsampling antialiasing playback filters using my Raspberry Pi 3 "Touch", piCorePlayer and SoX. As you can see...
View ArticleAudiophile Myth #260: The Detestable Digital Filter Ringing and Real Music...
For the 2016 edition, go here. In the audiophile world, there are many targets of angst and anxiety that "practitioners" of this hobby are well aware of. For years we've been worried about the...
View ArticleDEMO: Dunkirk - Resolution difference between 1080P Blu-Ray and 4K/2160P UHD...
A friend who works in the world of video production saw my post a few weeks back about "4K, Dunkirk and 70mm IMAX" sent me some segments of Dunkirk from the recently released UHD Blu-Ray set so I...
View ArticleMEASUREMENTS: Apple's Lightning to 3.5mm Headphone Adaptor (CES 2018 Creative...
Ludicrous combination of iPhone 6, Lightning to 3.5mm adapter, and Sennheiser HD800 :-). Well, as you likely already know, since the iPhone 7, Apple has removed the 3.5mm headphone port from their...
View Article1080P Blu-Ray vs. 4K UHD Blu-Ray: Does "Interstellar" actually benefit from 4K!?
Compromised quality? As you know, Christopher Nolan is known for demanding the best out of his work visually. A few weeks back, I had a look at Dunkirk and was able to appreciate the difference the...
View ArticleMUSINGS/MEASUREMENTS: On "blurring" and why MQA probably worsens transient...
Yes, I know. The last time I specifically addressed MQA was supposed to be "FINAL final" :-). But I got curious again. This is especially after the exploration of various filters recently suggesting...
View Article1080P Blu-Ray vs. 4K UHD Blu-Ray: "Pacific Rim" - Digital "2K" Filmmaking...
Having looked at Dunkirk (70mm IMAX - 65/15-perf and 65/5-perf) and Interstellar (hybrid of 35mm and 65-15-perf) previously, over the next few weeks, when possible I'm going to try for a survey of...
View Article1080P Blu-Ray vs. 4K UHD Blu-Ray: "Blade Runner (Final Cut)" - Classic 35mm...
Ahhhh, Blade Runner! Here's an example of a "classic" from 1982. While arguably, the film was more style than substance, it certainly has left an enduring mark in the world of science fiction....
View Article1080P Blu-Ray vs. 4K UHD Blu-Ray: "The Prestige" - Modern 35mm Filmmaking
I love this movie! It was one of those flicks I walked into with no expectations and came out realizing that I just had to grab the video for the home movie collection... At its heart, The Prestige...
View Article"MQA: A review of controversies, concerns, and cautions" week...
cf. As We See It - More on MQA :-) Hey everyone, it has been a very busy week for me at work plus I was able to put the "final touches" on the article just published on Friday on the Computer...
View Article1080P Blu-Ray vs. 4K UHD Blu-Ray: "Blade Runner 2049" - Digital "Nearly 4K"...
Another excellent movie! It might be heresy to those who adored the first Blade Runner, but I thought this was an even better flick than the first; kudos to Denis Villeneuve. I want to continue in...
View ArticleMUSINGS: A quick discussion on what's OBJECTIVE and what's SUBJECTIVE (alas,...
Infographic, from pediaa.com. Hey guys, very busy this past week and about to go out of town... Nonetheless, it has been fun participating in discussion forums this week. Therefore, I thought I'd just...
View ArticleMUSINGS: On Dysphonic Sounds, and Moby's "Fight" Against the Loudness War...
For this post, I thought I'd share some personal experiences and opinions. Back in the "old" days - more than 10 years ago now, there was a time when I used to routinely listen to new albums start to...
View ArticleRETRO-MEASURE: 2001 Sony SCD-CE775 5-disc SACD/CD Player (CD test)
Sony SCD-CE775 sitting below the Panasonic Blu-Ray player... A relatively large box - 17" wide, 15" deep, 5" tall. Every once awhile, I like putting up measurements and thoughts on gear that I either...
View ArticleMUSINGS: On the joy of numbers... Yet more on that audio "Subjectivist" vs....
You might recognize the opening graphic from a previous post years ago where I commented that I actually believe it's healthy to maintain balance rather than seeing extreme polarities. In that post, I...
View ArticleMEASUREMENTS: Going 10 Gigabits/s home ethernet (10GbE) on Cat-5e cables....
Over the years, I have upgraded many parts of my computer system. New motherboards go in and out, new CPUs updated, more advanced GPUs, gigs of RAM, faster and higher storage size hard drives and...
View ArticleMUSINGS: On DRM, MQA, the (supposed) Techno-Libertarian opposition, and...
Eugène Delacroix - "La Liberté guidant le peuple" (Liberty Leading the People). Looking around the audiophile press this past couple of weeks, we see the next installment of Jim Austin's exploration...
View ArticleMEASUREMENTS: MSI X370 SLI Plus AM4 Motherboard Audio (RealTek ALC892 codec)....
Image on the right shows the multicolored multi-channel "speaker" audio output. The standard "front" stereo channel is the left middle-from-top light green one. Hey guys, I managed to find some time...
View ArticleMEASUREMENTS: Computer USB +5V Power Noise by Raoul Trifan & MQA's Bob Stuart...
Editor's Intro: Hey there guys. One of the joys of running this blog has been the opportunity to meet some of you and connect through E-mail with folks from around the world with shared interests....
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