28-Aug-2019, 19:34
Also there is a 24/96 download available direct from MA recordings at $40... https://www.marecordings.com/main/produc...80ft51g5k3 if high rez PCM is OK
(28-Aug-2019, 19:34)ogs Wrote: [ -> ]Also there is a 24/96 download available direct from MA recordings at $40... https://www.marecordings.com/main/produc...80ft51g5k3 if high rez PCM is OKIndeed, so in the U.K. with delivery from MA Recordings (in the USA) you can purchase the red book CD for £27 or the high res 24/96 download for £34. However, when I made my order for the CD, all I got offered was the download. Whether this is because the CD is out of stock or for international orders, MA Recordings will only offer the download, I don’t know. I concluded the extra £7 for a high res download was ok and considerably affordable compared with the price from other suppliers.
(28-Aug-2019, 20:05)Confused Wrote: [ -> ]This one is ****Free*****, although admittedly not quite 24/96. Just spend the money saved on a decent bottle of wine, it’ll sound much the same after a few glasses.That is a different album. Still a good recording and good music and also available on Qobuz.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hMgFJOQNme0
(28-Aug-2019, 20:36)Greg Wrote: [ -> ]Here’s a track from the actual album in the blog @thumb5 linked to.(28-Aug-2019, 20:05)Confused Wrote: [ -> ]This one is ****Free*****, although admittedly not quite 24/96. Just spend the money saved on a decent bottle of wine, it’ll sound much the same after a few glasses.That is a different album. Still a good recording and good music and also available on Qobuz.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hMgFJOQNme0
(26-Aug-2019, 09:49)Confused Wrote: [ -> ]@RebelMan - the Archimego link is interesting, although I am not sure about the merit of testing with test tones at specific frequencies. For example, you might do the test with a 120Hz tone as suggested, and get a particular result. However, with a specific speaker the result at 60Hz or 200Hz might be very different due to variations in the impedance curve. So I think the proposed test might give you an indication of the power required, but only an approximation. I guess you could try the test using real music, but then the results would depend on the response time of the voltmeter used. I am not an expert with respect to voltmeters, but I suspect that the response time is typically somewhat less than would be ideal for this sort of test.
(27-Aug-2019, 01:00)thumb5 Wrote: [ -> ](26-Aug-2019, 23:39)RebelMan Wrote: [ -> ]...
Architecturally speaking, the Expert Pros are identical and so they should sound the same for a given SPL that does not breach the capabilities the weakest amplifier, the D140 in this case. I say "should sound" because people have varying opinions about what they hear. But what they hear has no baring on what is, the Expert Pros are in fact the same.
You can argue until you're blue in the face that two different amplifiers should sound the same because they have the same specifications, design, etc., but what people actually hear is what matters. This is not an academic exercise to "spot the difference" between amplifiers, it's about a subjective experience.
Speaking as someone who has heard pretty much the whole of the Devialet Expert/Pro range, in my own room with no pressure or advice from people you dismiss as "jokers", I've chosen the one that gives me the best sound quality. I feel no urge to talk condescendingly about your choice so perhaps you'd show me (and others) the same courtesy.
(27-Aug-2019, 02:40)Pim Wrote: [ -> ](26-Aug-2019, 23:39)RebelMan Wrote: [ -> ]The problem is people believe more power will sound better because some joker says it will and they have no reason to question that.
That joker would be my ears. And that difference is most noticeable at lower volumes.
I can try to explain (to myself as well as anyone else here) why there is a difference but I'm not sure how accurate that would be. Let's just give it a try:
Say you want to travel on the freeway at 100 kilometres per hour. You probably only 'need' 50 horse power in your car to achieve that. But if you had a nice 6 litre V8 you're going to be doing that 100 kilometres per hour a lot more quietly than with the little 50 horse power car. A more powerful amp might sound more 'relaxed' at any give volume.