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@4juice | 21 November 15 | |
@ garion - 13.10.15 - 11:05pm BTW, with regard to the 'superb cabling' remark (there's probably more about this in the Sound Advice topic); the conventional wisdom is that you should spend approximately 20 percent of your budget on cables, and it's true, I can never stress this enough, but you could have the greatest equipment in the world and it'd sound rubbish connected with bell wire. You don't have to get all posey and expensive with your speaker cable though - solid core cooker cable (available for about 40p a foot) conveys deep, solid bass and tight midrange. That's bulls**t, if you are saying type of wires affect sounds. I used to buy the high-end 'gold plated, silver cable with egyptian cotton braiding sleeves' for my headphones. They sounded amazing, i think it was better than the stock cables. They cost around 200 dollars. And they last long as well, around 4 years. After my interest about anything audiophile gone, i bought the cheap made in china cable. And they sounded the same like the previous expensivr wires i used to own. |
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@usbcable | 21 November 15 | |
@ 4juice - 21.11.15 - 08:28pm Nope, i heard a dj playing a 320kbps file and loseless one and the concern with the former is that, it is soft, rough and sounded very unpolish, like it wasnt remastered properly. I knew straight away the tunes he was playing isnt uncompress. Converting a raw uncompressed audio file to MP3 can sometimes change the sound in a way that becomes pleasing because it takes out what it considers to be uneeded information in the sound. But generally an MP3 is not as good because you have lost a lot of detail from the original file. You lose the tails of reverb quite often with mp3s. You lose the detail in the rattle of a snare drum hit or the last traces of ring of a ride cymbal. Cymbals on drums sound brittle. You lose clarity in vocals. Bass sounds can become muddy. And many other Artifacts can happen in the conversion process. |
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@usbcable | 21 November 15 | |
@ 4juice - 21.11.15 - 08:35pm That's bulls**t, if you are saying type of wires affect sounds. I used to buy the high-end 'gold plated, silver cable with egyptian cotton braiding sleeves' for my headphones. They sounded amazing, i think it was better than the stock cables. They cost around 200 dollars. And they last long as well, around 4 years. After my interest about anything audiophile gone, i bought the cheap made in china cable. And they sounded the same like the previous expensivr wires i used to own. It makes more difference with speakers what cable you choose because they have to pass more current. If they arnt thick enough then the cable will waste the energy as heat and not drive the speakers well and this will affect the sound a lot. On the otherhand headphones don't need so much current to drive them so the cables can be thinner. I'm not totally convinced of the merits of different materials such as OFC, silver, gold playing etc over short distances of a few meters. |
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@garion | 22 November 15 | |
@ 4juice - 21.11.15 - 08:35pm That's bulls**t, if you are saying type of wires affect sounds. I used to buy the high-end 'gold plated, silver cable with egyptian cotton braiding sleeves' for my headphones. They sounded amazing, i think it was better than the stock cables. They cost around 200 dollars. And they last long as well, around 4 years. After my interest about anything audiophile gone, i bought the cheap made in china cable. And they sounded the same like the previous expensivr wires i used to own. Absolutely, it's a huge conspiracy by the cable manufacturing companies, and I'm a stupid sucker who's bought into it (and made everyone aware of the cheapest closest alternative). Connect your speakers with string or whatever, it'll be fine.. |
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@4juice | 22 November 15 | |
I did a test before, a bent wire does affect sound. If you are looking for good quality cables, i suggest you to go for those cables that are sturdy and can withstand extreme conditions. They lasted very long, the insulation is well protected from heat, being crushed etc.
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@4juice | 22 November 15 | |
@ usbcable - 21.11.15 - 11:11pm Converting a raw uncompressed audio file to MP3 can sometimes change the sound in a way that becomes pleasing because it takes out what it considers to be uneeded information in the sound. But generally an MP3 is not as good because you have lost a lot of detail from the original file. You lose the tails of reverb quite often with mp3s. You lose the detail in the rattle of a snare drum hit or the last traces of ring of a ride cymbal. Cymbals on drums sound brittle. You lose clarity in vocals. Bass sounds can become muddy. And many other Artifacts can happen in the conversion process. I know what you are on about but what i meant was, bitrates doesnt make much differences unless you are playing it through large speakers. No matter how good your headphones and players are, the clarity is much better and noticeable on a big setup. 320kbps mp3s are good enough nowadays. |
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@usbcable | 2 December 15 | |
Soo yesturday I bought a compilation of Joan Armatradings greatest hits album on CD Remastered at Abbey Road. It sounds bloody amazing!
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@phillwin | 2 December 15 | |
What if you copy and the car it will be still sound the same
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@phillwin | 2 December 15 | |
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@usbcable | 4 December 15 | |
I got myself CD copies of Tubular Bells by mike oldfield (2009 remaster) and Equimox by Jean Michelle Jarre (from the 1978 master tapes) I've originally owned these on vinyl and later Mp3s. The vinyl is so worn out it's just noise pops and crackle and lost a lot of treble so it was nice to hear pristine recordings again on CD and how it was on those master tapes. |
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