Saw JIMV's rather unfortunately stated comment in the June 09 section, so I want to see what he says about it here.

Quote:

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KBK asked:
"Are they really barbarians? Or are they people like you and me - under different circumstances? Who set off nukes in populated areas and killed 100's of thousands...and who has many thousands of them? Hopefully you were joking."

JIMV replied:

I am new to the audiophile thing so I would like some help working out whether I have the correct workflow from audio file to the speakers.

Hi Ethan

assume you (at least) will reply!!

Once I finish my speakers, I will be able to get around to room treatment, and prob the easiest to do in the corners are super chunks type absorbers.

BUT, my ceiling height is about 17 feet. BTW, tri corners are out for treatment (tho I mainly mean the ceiling, could imagine getting away with the floor).

OK, 17 foot ceilings (5.4 metres), no doubt it would be best to do the full height but am a bit reluctant for mainly aesthetic reasons.

What would be a good compromise for the height?

http://blogs.suntimes.com/derogatis/2009/05/jay_bennett_dead_at_age_45.html

Man, this hits me in the gut.....Jay era wilco was a big part of my life. I just communicated with him not too long ago.

I've always thought that Floyd's work was fabulous.

But...(there's always a 'but')...when it comes to audiophiles, specifically those who design speakers....we tend to disagree, to some extent -with Floyd. Why? If the audiophiles have a case, where did Floyd's analysis 'fall down'? When it comes to the highest fidelity and audiophile listening.... where was the misstep?

Here it is:

'Behind Acoustically transparent screens'

'Behind Acoustically transparent screens'

'Behind Acoustically transparent screens'

Hi

How would you descirbe their style's ?

Aggressive and attacking or more laid back and controlled ?

Any thoughts or comments would be appreciated, i have a chance to see one of them in a couple of weeks I can only see one or the other though

Alan

To evaluate the effect of MP3 conversion on an audio file, I would like to find software will produce a WAV file that is the difference between the best match between two sample WAV files.

If File1.WAV is the original, and is converted to File2.MP3 and then reconverted to File3.WAV, the difference between File1.WAV and File3.WAV (= file4.WAV) should reveal the sound lost (or added) in compression, provided that one can match the sync and levels appropriately.

I posted a while back about trying to pull off an "entry level" set up on the cheap side.

I've since rethought my budget and came up with this combo. Any concerns, comments, suggestions?

I appreciate your assistance.