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MEASUREMENTS: Bit-Perfect Audiophile Music Players (Mac OS X).
Do bit-perfect Mac audio players sound the same?Over the last few years, the list of "audiophile" audio players on the Mac has gradually increased. Do they sound the same if set to bit-perfect output?...
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MEASUREMENTS: Digital Filters and Impulse Response... (TEAC UD-501)
By now, I suspect that most of us have read reviews and comments about the different types of digital filters available in many of the modern DAC's these days. A number of years ago - 2006 to be...
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MEASUREMENTS: "Pulse Response" - 5kHz & 10kHz.
In the previous post, Frans de Gruijter posed an interesting comment and question..."When for instance a sine wave is used of say 5kHz which is stopped at the 0 crossing what would the ringing...
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MEASUREMENTS: Part I: Bit-Perfect Audiophile Music Players (Windows).
Close to a month back, after publishing my TEAC UD-501 results, someone E-mailed me about the use of JPLAY with this DAC.Although I had not tried the program yet, it begs the question, how's it...
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MEASUREMENTS: Part II: Bit-Perfect Audiophile Music Players - JPLAY (Windows).
There's something happening here,What it is ain't exactly clear.-- Buffalo SpringfieldWelcome to Part II of the "Bit-Perfect" roundup for Windows.In this installment, I'll focus on JPLAY (most recent...
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MUSINGS: About Those USB Cable Tests...
Back in April, I posted my USB cable tests (note this was updated recently with the TEAC DAC & Belkin Gold results). To recap, basically I could not find significant analogue output differences...
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MEASUREMENTS: Squeezebox Duet - Receiver & Controller (Analogue Output).
A number of moons ago (December 2012), this blog was started to obtain data on ~320kbps MP3 vs. lossless audio. Near the end of data collection for that study, I started performing some tests and began...
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MEASUREMENTS: Do bit-perfect digital S/PDIF transports sound the same?
Using suggestions from this page, the Touch can be used to transport DSD to the TEAC as DoP wrapped around a 24/176 FLAC file through Triode's USB kernel. Neat hack - proof of bit perfect transmission....
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MUSINGS: The Squeezebox Family...
Well, after finishing the last couple of posts, I sent the Squeezebox Receiver back to fordgtlover. Thanks for the opportunity to test out another member of the SB family! I very much appreciate the...
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MUSINGS: Is CD sound quality (16/44 PCM) good enough?
According to some... CD sound quality is inadequate.In the comments to a previous post, Fabio Zolli asked:I would like to ask your opinion about high resolution audio files like 96/24 or 192/24 (I know...
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LIST: Suspected 44 or 48kHz PCM upsampled SACDs.
 The sentence says "supported by Japanese SACD manufacturer" (whatever that means!). An example of how the term SACD gets thrown around in cheap domestic and pirated Asian markets (this wasn't a true...
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MEASUREMENTS: Oppo BDP-105 does DSD.
Well, it's out... The March 26, 2013 BETA firmware for the BDP-105 that allows native DSD playback from this unit's USB ports as DFF and DSF files on a USB stick. As far as I know, there are no plans...
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MEASUREMENTS: DAC "Waveform Peeping" - the -90.3dB 16-bit LSB Test...
When it comes to technological "toys", I've vacillated over the years between the accumulation of digital photography gear and audio stuff... As I'm sure many of you know, "pixel peeping" is the act of...
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MEASUREMENTS: WD TV Live - A look at (and listen to) the digital "low end".
I'm sure we've all seen these ubiquitous devices at the local BestBuy, Costco, Walmart, etc.Even as an "audiophile", you might be tempted to purchase one for streaming audio/video to the den, basement,...
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Greetings from Asia...
Thought I'd put up a quick post since it's the end of August...Been traveling around a few countries over the last few weeks with the family. I've kept my eyes open to see if I can spot some good audio...
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A Visit to The Adelphi, Singapore...
As promised, I managed to visit The Adelphi in Singapore to have a listen. It's quite close to the City Hall MRT (their 'subway' system), down the street from St. Andrew's Cathedral.One day, I hope to...
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HOWTO: Getting JRiver MC19 2xDSD upsampling of PCM working on TEAC UD-501...
A quick post here for those trying to get beta JRiver MC19's 2xDSD (DSD128) upsampling working on the TEAC UD-501. [Currently I'm using beta MC19.0.37.]See the thread here where the discussion was...
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MEASUREMENTS: PCM to DSD Upsampling Effects (JRiver MC19 Beta).
We're continuing to see a push into the DSD domain with renewed talk of music release as digital downloads requiring the purchase of a DSD DAC to natively play (eg. recent Acoustic Sounds DSD...
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Changes... It Begins!
As I had mentioned a few months ago in one of the responses to a post, I had plans to "upgrade" my home sometime in 2014...As fate would have it, a house opened up for sale recently fitting the...
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MUSINGS: Updates & The Value of Objective Measurements...
Life has been busy getting things done with the new home. Also, I went ahead and bought a new Paradigm SUB 1 to add to my home theater room along with a Signature C3 center channel - piano black of...
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