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| Using Spek to see if an audio file is really lossless after doing noise reduction. To answer my own question, I now see that Goldwave noise reduction has many parameters that I don’t completely understand. Each one ends up influencing the results on Spek, so I’ll have to try different settings of Scale, Overlap, FFT size, etc., ... | |
| Using Spek to see if an audio file is really lossless after doing noise reduction. Goldwave (clipboard) | |
| Volume level of commercial CD's. There is no problem that I see with conversion. The CD's themselves play too loud and so do the FLACS that I rip. I think the mastering is just too loud for my system but Wavegain improves the volume. Interestingly, I have a bedside radio with a ... | |
| Testing stylus wear. Update: I got my new 2M Blue stylus from Fluance, even though I don't own their TT because most other outlets had the stylus on back order. They also gave me a $10 coupon which covered most of the tax (funny that a Canadian company has to collect... | |
| Testing stylus wear. I saw some of the Shure photos on the internet. It looks like it boils down to smooth tip surface for good styli and dented or non-smooth tip surface for worn. I’m not sure if I’ll be able to see the "cat’s eyes" but the smooth tip surface should ... | |
| Looking to Try a Passive Preamp I own the Jolida Glass FX DAC III and I was curious about the 47K output impedance figure because my preamp lists 13K as the input impedance and the audio sounds OK. Well, I just called Jolida and they said that the actual output impedance is 600 ... | |
| Conrad-Johnson Discolored (rusty?) Allen screws on side of MF-2550. I'd be inclined to just get a bunch of rustproof screws and replace them but I want to first find out if they have to be a specific kind of metal and what they are fastened to. I'd hate to mess up the job of re-fastening new screws to components i... | |
| Conrad-Johnson Discolored (rusty?) Allen screws on side of MF-2550. Thanks. I'll check it out. | |
| Conrad-Johnson Discolored (rusty?) Allen screws on side of MF-2550. Speakers are NHT 2.5Preamp is McCormack Micro Line DriveDAC is Jolida FX Glass DAC IIICD Player is Rega PlanetTurntable is Thorens TD-203Phono Stage is Rotel RQ-970BXDVD and Hi-Res: Sony UBP-X700Not real high end, but I used the system for many ye... | |
| Conrad-Johnson Discolored (rusty?) Allen screws on side of MF-2550. Thanks for your help. | |
| Problem with Thorens TD-203 speed adjustment screws Since writing that two years ago I got my TD 203 turntable back from the shop long ago. It was still a little off so I gave it another try, turning the screws as gently as I could. The main problem was that each tiny turn made a relatively big cha... | |
| Azimuth setting using channel decibel level on a mono LP? I asked the same question in another forum and got the answer that channel balance and azimuth are not the same thing because a perfectly centered stylus at its exact azimuth can still have some voltage differences in the two channels, causing per... | |
| Thorens TD-203 experiences? I recently ran into a little snag with my TD-203. I noticed that digitized audio always was always a bit faster (shorter length) than the posted times on the LP cover. An app showed that the RPM was 33.9 instead of 33.3. Next, I tried to adjust th... | |
| Problem with Thorens TD-203 speed adjustment screws I read that the trick with those apps is to place an object around the spindle (like a roll of tape or plastic cup) and center the phone on that. When I did that I got a constant 33.9, but when I just laid it on the platter I was getting different... | |
| Problem with Thorens TD-203 speed adjustment screws Actually, they were very nice and said that they'd order a new factory motor and I would not have to pay. It would be covered under the warranty. I told them the truth that I really don't know if it was damaged to start with or if I caused it. I d... |