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  • wkhanna
    Grumpy Old Super Moderator Emeritus
    • Jan 2006
    • 5673

    New York Times - An Endosement for SQ?

    The New Audio Geeks
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    Bill

    Practicing Curmudgeon & Audio Snob
    ....just an "ON" switch, Please!

    FinleyAudio
  • PewterTA
    Moderator
    • Nov 2004
    • 2901

    #2
    We sooooo need to get in touch with him..... just to play with his stuff!!!!!

    And to show him... that even with all that... our systems are NOT far behind. ha ha ha. And in some ways we know more!

    Maybe we should invite him to an audio group meeting. I mean we ARE the only audiophiles in Pittsburgh!
    Digital Audio makes me Happy.
    -Dan

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    • Hdale85
      Moderator Emeritus
      • Jan 2006
      • 16075

      #3
      Interesting article.

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      • Chris D
        Moderator Emeritus
        • Dec 2000
        • 16877

        #4
        Amen to all of that!
        CHRIS

        Well, we're safe for now. Thank goodness we're in a bowling alley.
        - Pleasantville

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        • John Holmes
          Moderator Emeritus
          • Aug 2000
          • 2703

          #5
          Nice read.
          "I have come here, to chew bubblegum and kickass. And I'm all out of bubblegum!!!"

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          • mjb
            Super Senior Member
            • Mar 2005
            • 1483

            #6
            Articles like this need to be a little more careful lambasting iPods and digital downloads, when what they're really talking about is how lossy formats are, well, lossy. When I was a teen, I copied friends tapes, or taped their LP's... the same as copying a hard drive full of MP3's today... and if I liked it, I saved up for the LP. Things haven't really changed, just the convenience. I love vinyl too, but it probably got there digitally.
            - Mike

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            • BWLover
              Senior Member
              • Jan 2009
              • 552

              #7
              And a person can put uncompressed music on an iPod touch for example, which has a solid state drive. And then put it on a Wadia iPod doc and enjoy music with no moving parts. Just because its an iPod doesn't mean it inherently sounds like sh*t. People choose the formats they want.


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              • PewterTA
                Moderator
                • Nov 2004
                • 2901

                #8
                Well if you are using the headphones out into your pre... it sounds like crap........ but if you're using a doc, then you're pulling the file as is off the unit and not using the DAC built into the ipod....

                That's the main differences I see (and hear that makes it sound like ...well you know).
                Digital Audio makes me Happy.
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                • mjb
                  Super Senior Member
                  • Mar 2005
                  • 1483

                  #9
                  Originally posted by PewterTA
                  Well if you are using the headphones out into your pre... it sounds like crap........ but if you're using a doc, then you're pulling the file as is off the unit and not using the DAC built into the ipod....

                  That's the main differences I see (and hear that makes it sound like ...well you know).
                  Depending on your ipod, the internal DAC might not be all that bad. Plus, even with an external DAC you can either pull a 96K mp3 or an Apple Lossless track, no prizes for guessing which might sound better.
                  - Mike

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                  • BWLover
                    Senior Member
                    • Jan 2009
                    • 552

                    #10
                    That's what I mean. The wadia doc uses its own dac and bypasses the one in the iPod. That with AIFF or WAV files would be nice.


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