Re: How do you listen to recorded music?

From Sham Beam
Sent Thu, Apr 30th 2015, 08:54

get a new virus scanner?


On 4/30/2015 5:27 PM, Wim Vogel wrote:
> My virusscanner doesn't like xmplay...
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> Wim Vogel
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> On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 11:17 PM, Clint Anderson <xxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx
> <mailto:xxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx>> wrote:
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>     no one asked but
>
>     i use xmplay
>     un4seen.com <http://un4seen.com>
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>     Clint Anderson
>     Systems Engineer
>
>     On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 12:51 PM, Dimitrij
>     <xxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx <mailto:xxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx>> wrote:
>
>         for mac I never found a better player than http://cogx.org/
>         does not need any "library", just your music folder, light as
>         hell, plays flac.... fuck I love it.
>
>         I'm listening on Cabasse Moorea 420 + AMC Amplifier or Adam A7X
>         / Babyface in the Studio.
>
>         @Clint I got 3 original dynaco a25 woofers in fine condition,
>         which I would sell.
>         Just if you need them one day.
>
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>         2015-04-29 19:40 GMT+02:00 Claes <xxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx
>         <mailto:xxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx>>:
>
>             Which player do you recommend for flacs on mac and pc
>             respectively?
>
>
>              > 28 apr 2015 kl. 08:04 skrev Michael Bramwell
>             <xxxxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx <mailto:xxxxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx>>:
>              >
>              > In the lounge rooms its:
>              >
>              > 2 x Technics 1210 Mk 2
>              > Digital comes from a macbook pro via audio8 soundcard
>             (flacs are
>              > preferred but mp3s are fine as well)
>              >
>              > The above go through an Xone:92 mixer and out to some
>             Behringer Truth
>              > B2031A monitors, which unlike everything else behringer
>             make are
>              > pretty nice, at least to my ears.
>              >
>              > On the bus to work its just some tunes via my droid and some
>              > Sennheiser CX 300-II Precision ear buds.
>              >
>              > My first choice is always vinyl, followed by flacs, cds
>             never as they
>              > quickly get scratched beyond use in mine and my kids hands.
>              >
>              > On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 9:51 AM, karl poechlauer
>              > <xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx
>             <mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx>> wrote:
>              >> Technics 1210 Mk 2
>              >>
>              >> BEHRINGER MICROPHONO PP400 phono preamp
>              >>
>              >> Schiit Vali Tube Headphone Amp
>              >> Sennheiser HD 380 Pro headphones
>              >> or Klipsch G-17 Air Stereo speaker
>              >>
>              >> I put this together to be as compact as possible, I can
>             hide the preamp and
>              >> headphone amp underneath the turntable. And the Klipsch
>             speaker sounds great
>              >> for how small it is. But for vinyl I usually use the
>             headphones.
>              >>
>              >> I also have an iPhone on which I listen to 320 mp3s on
>             Nocs earbuds that I
>              >> got from Bleep.com, while riding my bike or working.
>              >>
>              >> Quit CDs around 2005.
>              >>
>              >>
>              >>
>              >>
>              >>
>              >> On Apr 27, 2015, at 5:00 PM, Clint Anderson
>             <xxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx <mailto:xxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx>> wrote:
>              >>
>              >> there is another lesson here which is always use really
>             good locks to lock
>              >> up your stored shit
>              >>
>              >>
>              >> Clint Anderson
>              >> Systems Engineer
>              >>
>              >>> On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 6:58 PM, Clint Anderson
>             <xxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx <mailto:xxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx>> wrote:
>              >>>
>              >>> i'll take your word for it, you have a good ear ;)
>              >>> i had two 1400s just for my own listening but they got
>             ripped off long ago
>              >>> so i replaced them with the lp60 which had good reviews
>             for a sub-$300
>              >>> turntable
>              >>> audio technica also makes an lp120 which is a weird
>             clone of the sl1200,
>              >>> your guess as to what quality it is, it seems to cheap
>             to be that great but
>              >>> at the same time has solid reviews.
>              >>> i just listen to one record at a time now, but i wish i
>             had things like a
>              >>> replacable cartridge, or adjustable weight, pitch control
>              >>> at the time it didnt seem worth $100-150
>              >>>
>              >>>
>              >>> Clint Anderson
>              >>> Systems Engineer
>              >>>
>              >>> On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 6:51 PM, kent williams
>             <xxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx <mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx>>
>              >>> wrote:
>              >>>>
>              >>>> A 1210 has a fixed motor, which has 2 parts: A
>             Brushless DC Stator is
>              >>>> fixed to the base (AKA the plinth) and the Rotor is
>             actually embedded in the
>              >>>> platter.  It works (as all electric motors do) by
>             electromagnets
>              >>>> repelling/attracting magnets to produce motion.
>             There's some ripple built
>              >>>> into the process because the electromagnets in the
>             stator switch magnetic
>              >>>> polaritys to push/pull the magnets in the
>             rotor(platter).  This can be
>              >>>> damped by adding mass to the rotor, and the SL1200
>             does this, but the
>              >>>> platter is relatively light so it isn't perfect.
>              >>>>
>              >>>> All the complaints from audiophiles like this mention
>             'coloration of
>              >>>> treble' and collapse of their much-loved 'soundstage'
>             -- a properly
>              >>>> maintained SL1200 has very little ripple or vibration
>             that's audible. In
>              >>>> other words, audiophiles complain about things they
>             may actually just be
>              >>>> imaginating to justify spending thousands on fancier
>             turntable.
>              >>>>
>              >>>> As for the bearing -- which is in the center of the
>             platter -- I've never
>              >>>> heard of anyone replacing them. It is a part that
>             audiophiles do have fancy
>              >>>> replacements for, on the theory that if it has less
>             frictional resistance it
>              >>>> will sound better. Dunno about that either.
>              >>>>
>              >>>>> On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 6:34 PM Clint Anderson
>             <xxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx <mailto:xxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx>> wrote:
>              >>>>>
>              >>>>> that too
>              >>>>> motor wears the screw/screw wears the motor
>              >>>>> if kent says it hasnt made a difference in 20 years i
>             guess ill assume
>              >>>>> maybe it only applies to shitty non-technics direct
>             drives :)
>              >>>>>
>              >>>>>
>              >>>>> Clint Anderson
>              >>>>> Systems Engineer
>              >>>>>
>              >>>>>> On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 6:24 PM, kawayama
>             <xxxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx <mailto:xxxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx>> wrote:
>              >>>>>>
>              >>>>>> I thought it was the vibrations from the motor,
>             which could conceivably
>              >>>>>> be heard through the pick-up, that was the problem
>             with direct drives?
>              >>>>>>
>              >>>>>>
>              >>>>>> --
>              >>>>>>
>              >>>>>> constant shallowness leads to evil.
>              >>
>              >>
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Sham Beam