My kid's a good little Presbyterian...

Submitted by Buddha on

Our two sons go to a Presbyterian run school, the eldest is 12 years old, in 7th grade.

They go out and perform public service tasks two days each month and this past week, they went to a homeless shelter to help clean and move stuff and do helpful chores. At the end of the day, they put on a talent show and my kid played some guitar and volunteered to tell a joke or two....

Don't Forget, Remember to Pick Up Some Beer

Don't Forget, Remember to Pick Up Some Beer

May 21, 2010

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Do Too Many Things Affect Audio Quality?

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Submitted by pentode on

It almost seems that absolutely everything affects sound reproduction. Do I really need to place precisely shaped and "engineered" rare wooden, stone, metal or alien objects in, exactly the correct position, and proximity to my electronics?

Shall I cryogenically freeze my brain along the the $1000/meter ultra wire some claim as best.

Could an extra crystal interface, or three, be better than one long oxygen deprived copper dong?

Now On Newsstands: Stereophile, Vol.33 No.6

Now On Newsstands: Stereophile, Vol.33 No.6

May 21, 2010

The June 2010 issue of <i>Stereophile</i> is now on newsstands. It opens with John Atkinson’s “iPad Daze,” an exploration of a print magazine’s inherent value in this digital age, and a piece that JA’s been thinking of writing for at least two years. He figured it’d be controversial, perhaps setting the entire World Wide Web against us, but I don’t think he expected to be <a href="http://forum.stereophile.com/forum/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=88273&an=0…; for his application of Sturgeon’s Law to today’s popular music:

DAC's only allowing specific sampling rates

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Digital Sources
Submitted by lwhitefl on

I was recently told by Cary Audio there is a factory software update for my original 306 SACD/CD player. Stereophile had reported tests revealed the players DAC truncated 24-bit to 16-bits. Cary stated the factory software update will fix the truncation problem - BUT - Cary specifically stated after the software update the player will play 24/96 and 24/192 inputs via it's digital input.

I know there are many other sampling rates other than 96KHz and 192KHz. So obviously this significantly limits the high resolution downloads this particular DAC can play.

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