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I've pretty much come to the conclusion that audiophiles are either a bunch of pathological liars governed by mass hysteria, or they must hear things fundamentally differently from the way everyone else does.

I wonder if this is a form of synesthesia. Maybe not the extreme forms, like people who smell colors, but nonetheless, the experience is neurologically atypical. This would explain a lot of the frustration on both sides of the typical arguments about perception.

Originally Posted by wgscott

I used xdl, converted from ALAC -- > wav --> ALAC --> wav

The two wav files are in two different directories.



zsh-% md5sum *.wav
e9b48a469feff84092293186eff04e6c 04. Flume.wav
zsh-% md5sum ../*.wav
e9b48a469feff84092293186eff04e6c ../04. Flume.wav
zsh-%


The corresponding alac files differ, presumably because of the tags:


zsh-% md5sum *.m4a
43ee81e94b567157cdd4d9cbfd6d9082

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The latest addition to my "listening room", which everyone else calls the "living room" and insists upon sharing, is my mountain bike.



I bought a fluid trainer to put it in:


Although quiet by bike trainer standards, this does nothing positive for the noise floor. The simplest solution: turn the volume up. Way the hell up.

Nothing like high volume music ...

One of the low points of the Redeye Remote system (see Remote Control, Part II) is their clunky web interface software. In case you haven't noticed, impatience and irritability are my two most attractive and dominant personality traits. Waiting for the interface to load so I can turn down the volume or mute the system really annoys me.

The underlying IP/IR command system is actually quite fast. There is very little latency when I issue a url command from the terminal of my computer, ...

Originally Posted by bottlerocket

Is there an easy way to check for 8 wasted bits on 24 bit files on a Mac? Based on the Joni Mitchell thread, I want to add this to my routine when purchasing 24 bit files.

I am looking for something simple and I do have access to Windows too if necessary.

Thanks in advance.

The original source: http://www.computeraudiophile.com/f1...24-bits-13901/

Originally Posted by wgscott

If you expand this at the root level, it will populate

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Originally Posted by wgscott

I tried the "Dirac Live Room Correction Suite".

This is commercial software, which sells for €487.50, which is about US$650, which is a bit more than I am willing to spend. I suppose if you think of it as replacing the need to purchase a box with an analogue equalizer, that isn't so unreasonable, but it is far more than I have ever paid for any software. Hence my observations are limited to the free trial, which gives you 2 weeks of uncrippled use.

There

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