MUSINGS: On the RMAF 2018 MQA talk, pseudonyms, and the right to anonymity.
“A desire for privacy does not imply shameful secrets; Moglen argues, again and again, that without anonymity in discourse, free speech is impossible, and hence also democracy. The right to speak the...
View ArticleMUSINGS: Raspberry Pi 3 B+ "Touch" Optimizations; CRAAP Settings, and the...
Okay, let's have some fun with the Raspberry Pi 3 B+ motherboard, piCorePlayer, and my little "Touch" device I recently updated. As discussed before and in the picture shown above, these days, I have...
View ArticleMUSINGS: Multidimensional Audio! (An old article... Subjective perceptual...
Well folks, it has been a busy last number of weeks around here since I returned from the overseas work trip. No time to play with much audio or tech stuff as a result until earlier this week. Today I...
View ArticleNOS vs. Digital Filtering DACs: Exploring filtering turned off, implications,...
Hmmm... Non-OverSampled waveforms - "accurate", "high fidelity"? The waveforms above were captured with my RME ADI-2 Pro FS ADC at 384kHz. As you can see, each waveform originated either from the TEAC...
View ArticleMEASUREMENTS: JustBoom Digi S/PDIF HAT for Raspberry Pi. (Plus "Why isn’t...
I mentioned a few months back in September that I updated my Raspberry Pi 3 B+ Touch device with the JustBoom Digi HAT for S/PDIF coaxial and TosLink digital audio output. Over the last few months,...
View ArticleMEASUREMENTS: Raspberry Pi 3 B+ as streamer - switching power supply,...
Remember that within audiophile circles, there are often all kinds of claims about noise affecting streaming devices; especially computer-based devices. I already touched on this last week when...
View ArticleMEASUREMENTS: Intel i7 PC and Raspberry Pi 3 B+ Audio Streamer - XLR / RCA,...
This is a picture of the corner of the room where I performed the measurements for the post last week. Notice that Intel i7-3770K computer in the left corner I use for gaming? Within that box are 16GB...
View ArticleMUSINGS: On this Blog, Motivations, and Recent Audiophile-Targeted Articles...
Hey guys & gals, grab a coffee, maybe a hot cocoa! Winter is here, at least in the North, so settle into a comfy chair by the fireplace as we head into the last days of 2018. Let's chat. Recently,...
View ArticleA Look at the Oculus Rift Touch VR System! (And the Oppo UDP-20X gets a...
Happy 2019 everyone!!! It looks like Archimago was a nice boy in 2018 :-). Look what Santa brought him under the Christmas tree: The Oculus Rift + Touch VR Bundle runs very well on that Intel i7 /...
View ArticleGUEST: Future Proofed (and didn't know it) - Adding Streaming to My Existing...
Every once awhile, it's great to have a guest writer put up their thoughts on the Musings. I've always lived by the principle of "it really isn't what you got that matters, but how you make the best...
View ArticleMEASUREMENTS: Oppo UDP-205 DSD Playback (DSD64-DSD512), and PCM 768kHz. Plus...
Alright guys and gals, it has been months since I completed the set of measurements of the Oppo UDP-205 last year (here, here, and here). In early December, David M wondered how the Oppo performed as...
View ArticleINTERNET BLIND TEST: Do digital audio players sound different? (Playing...
The other day, I was surfing the usual audiophile haunting grounds and came across this poll question on the Steve Hoffman Hardware Forum started a year ago. It reads: "Do You (Think) That Different...
View ArticleMUSINGS: Why bother with 24-bit DACs? (With thoughts on dithering, digital...
I've heard over the years some people wondering whether there really is a point to 24-bit DACs. After all, there is little if any evidence that "hi-res" 24-bit music actually sounds any better - in...
View ArticleMUSINGS: Computer audio mythos? A comment on The Linear Solution's DS-1...
Interesting... But in physical reality impossible of course! Perhaps like many audiophile opinions? [Info on art here...] "Your desires and true beliefs have a way of playing blind man's bluff. You...
View ArticleMEASUREMENTS: A Look At HQPlayer 3.25; Filtering, Dithering and DSD Conversion.
Over the years, no doubt many computer audio users have heard or perhaps tried using HQPlayer Desktop from Signalyst for music playback. While there is a GUI for playback as well as a sophisticated...
View ArticleMUSINGS / MEASUREMENTS: On why 24/96 sampling of the Blind Test of 16/44.1...
As promised, I want to address a comment raised about the idea that the 24/96 recording using the RME ADI-2 Pro FS ADC was somehow inadequate for the 16/44.1 samples in the "Do digital audio players...
View ArticleMUSINGS: Let's talk about Roon (1.6) and DSP speed... (And an example of a...
I mentioned a few weeks back in a comment that these days I've been using Roon for my music library and playback. A few years ago, I tried out Roon 1.2 and while good, it just wasn't quite compelling...
View ArticleMEASUREMENTS: A look at the audio "ultra high-end" - ultrasonics! (And...
In this blog installment, let's look at the "ultra high-end" of sound. Of course, I'm not talking about the audiophile "high-end" marketing term which is meaningless (beyond just another phrase for...
View ArticlePOLL: Do you subscribe to a music streaming service? And a Wilson Sasha DAW,...
Alright guys, first off, I'm trying out a quick poll here since I was interested in how many of you are currently streaming music off a subscription site... No doubt we are seeing the shift towards...
View ArticleMUSINGS: Of Jokers and Clowns... (On Soundstage and Perspective)
More info here. As I sit here watching the early light in the tropics enjoying a cup of Java, I had a look again at John Atkinson's editorial "Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right...". I...
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