Greetings From Puerto Vallarta, Mexico...
Greetings from this place: The Malecon at Puerto Vallarta... Now, obviously, there's unlikely much in the way of audio equipment or audio discussion to engage in from here. However I wanted to show...
View ArticleHOWTO: Logitech Media Server + BrutefirDRC Plugin in Linux Virtual Machine
Looking back, early-January was a busy time for me! A number of work responsibilities and then I also had to deal with a computer issue - perhaps THE most annoying computer issue - hard drive failure...
View ArticleMUSINGS: "USB Audio Gremlins Exposed: Beyond 1s and 0s, by iFi Audio" -...
It's FUD time. Oh my... Run for the hills folks! Didn't you hear? USB is a horrible interface for audio purposes! Hmmm... At least that's the kind of interpretation one might be tempted to consider...
View ArticlePREVIEW: ODROID-C2 Single-Board Computer... [And an obligatory MQA addendum.]
Over the last year, every once awhile someone will come and ask me when I was going to try out a Raspberry Pi as a streaming replacement for my Squeezebox systems... Certainly I've been looking around...
View ArticleRETRO-MEASURE: 1994 Sony MDP-750 LaserDisc / CD Player [and further thoughts...
Okay everyone... For this week, let's go old skool! Feast your eyes on this baby: Notice the microphone input to the right - karaoke, of course... That, friends, is the Sony MDP-750, a "vintage"...
View ArticleSET-UP: Low Power Linux Audio Player (ODROID-C2 & Volumio 2)
As you know from a few weeks back, I got myself one of these little single-board computers (SBC) - the Hardkernel ODROID-C2 - and posted a PREVIEW on it. As described in that article, I had flashed a...
View ArticleMEASUREMENTS: Music servers possibly using UDP packets? Issues for music...
Original from Obaida's Blog. Qmax last week raised an interesting question about UDP (User Datagram Protocol) and DLNA/UPnP servers, one of the basic "Transport Layer" protocols for data transmissions...
View ArticleMEASUREMENTS: ODROID-C2 with Volumio 2, and USB digital music streaming.
ODROID-C2 & unused "Fujifilm" 5V 1.0A wallwart ready for testing... For those following along, you're recall back in March, I purchased a Hardkernel ODROID-C2 Linux-based credit-card sized...
View ArticleUpdated Room MEASUREMENTS & MUSINGS on Importance of Sonic "Accuracy" and the...
Chapter I: Another Round of Room Measurements... Recently, I acquired some more LP's, got a few more IKEA Kallax storage units for said LP's and put up some art as well. Here are front and rear shots...
View ArticleMUSINGS / ANALYSIS: Is there any value to 176.4 and 192kHz Hi-Res audio...
Check out this article from 1998 written by the founder of Earthworks, David E. Blackmer (1927-2002). Although I believe some of the contents in the article above are debatable, in the years since...
View ArticleMISCELLANY: Vancouver Audio Show, Focusrite Forte Ahead, HEVC, Surround Audio...
Hey there guys, life and work is busy so I thought the post this week would be to cover a few miscellaneous thoughts from the last few weeks. First, as you can see in the picture above, it's coming...
View ArticleMEASUREMENTS: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (Creative Recon3Di) - Motherboard...
A number of months back, I rebuilt my HTPC set-up to run the new Skylake i5 processor. I thought it might be interesting to measure the motherboard audio output of the Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 to...
View ArticleThe Vancouver Audio Show 2016 (June 25): Pictorial & Comments (the MQA Demo,...
As I mentioned a few weeks back, the folks at the Chester Group have put on the Vancouver Audio Show again this year at the Hilton Metrotown (in Burnaby). I must admit, it's not the ideal weekend for...
View ArticleMUSINGS: Digital Interpolation Filters and Ringing (plus other Nyquist...
A couple weeks ago, Whackamus posed this interesting comment and question which I thought would be a good topic to discuss and explore in greater detail and with some examples/samples: "I've been...
View ArticleMEASUREMENTS: Focusrite Forte USB Audio Interface (ADC & DAC) + Summer Musings
Product shot from here. A few weeks back, I mentioned that I grabbed one of these Focusrite Forte USB2 audio interface units for some home recording projects I wanted to do. Beyond using it as a...
View ArticleA Response RE: MQA, "blocking" of Meridian's responses, and A/B Tests...
Just a quick note (remember... I'm on summer holiday and all!). Someone passed along to me this article from Hi-Fi+. It's an interview with Bob Stuart and Morten Lindberg (2L) apparently conducted in...
View ArticleMEASUREMENTS: Intel NUC [6i5SYH] (and Audio)
Packaged contents of the NUC - mounting screw, universal power jack attachments in the bubble wrap, metal VESA mount plate under the power supply, basic instructions. Like most of my computer upgrades...
View ArticleMUSINGS: Do "audiophile" computer-based players make a difference? On...
Since publishing the results from the NUC measurements a week back, permit me to discuss the topic of "audiophile" music servers, streamers and transports - specifically addressing the idea some have...
View ArticleMUSINGS: Convenience, lossy audio, societal trends, and worsening sound quality?
IMO, a realistic graph of audio formats and quality first discussed here. Last week, as I was browsing the internet catching up on the news after a long day out doing touristy things in China, I came...
View ArticleMy Favourite Movie Audiophile Scene
Well, I had a great time away in Asia and glad to be home in Vancouver! Just wanted to share with everyone my favourite "audiophile scene" from a movie :-). It's at the start of the Chinese movie...
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