Recent content by Blumlein 88

A lot of DAWs also do oversampling to do the processing before sampling back down to the sample rate.

On these large external power supply bricks, I'd like to see companies start adding a threaded outer shell. I have some gear like that. It plugs in, but the outer shell screws down a few turns to make sure the connection is firm, good and won't get accidentally pulled loose. Or I have a...

Certainly there are microphones that can be any pattern after the fact including the direction in which it is looking. Blumlein crossed figure 8's allow this to a limited extent. Something like the tetrahedral soundfield type mics allow more choice after the fact of recording. I don't know...

I forget if the Premier 11 or 12 amps were used in that Carver amp challenge way back when. The final thing Bob Carver did to match the sound of the C-J Premier amp was to reduce damping in the bass frequencies and lower the power output below 100 hz because the Premiers had that issue in an...

Different AI different answer. Yes, there are countries with no tariffs on certain products or overall low tariff rates. According to the data: Aruba, Afghanistan, Angola, Albania, and the United Arab Emirates have a 0% tariff rate for specific categories of goods or overall weighted mean...

I think it is pretty complicated. Suppose in 2 or 3 years time the issue has been settled in some way that is not a problem? I mean there are quite credible, knowledgeable economists who say the tariff issue isn't crazy and might in the end be beneficial. Hard to see from here, but that isn't...

Amir measures SINAD at various power levels on amps which usually start somewhere below 50 milliwatts. The better amps have SINAD below -80 db at 20-30 milliwatts. It probably is mostly noise, but we know at worst it is distortion at -80 db (.01% THD). Here is one example. Looks like it...

I don't follow. Higher sample rate means more bandwidth. More bandwidth is not higher resolution. Higher bit depth might be until you have enough nothing is to be gained by more. Maybe describing an example would help me follow what you are thinking in this regard.

Okay, first is the 32 bit float version of a -115 dbFS tone at 2500 hz. I saved it to 16 bit 44.1khz with shaped dither. You can see the tone and the resulting shaped noise floor. Do be cognizant of FFT gain. You can see the noise floor is lowered especially in the sensitive to our ears 3-5...

Substantially worse and weird. It is something like if reverb were turned way up too far on the recordings. Way too far. If you are imagining hey a little more reverb or reflective space might help some recordings it is too much for that.

I don't think so. I think calling high sample rate more resolution is a wrong definition. What the case is here is 16 bit with dither has a low enough noise floor there is close to no room for improvement. You can get down to near thermal noise in the electronics. So while you might squeak...

I looked at this somewhat with those 8th generation files. Distortion increased a small amount around the level you would expect from the gear used. Noise increased just about as you would predict. The noise floor would become audible before other aspects of it would if you continued doing...

What good can come from your tariff thread? I see nothing. Please stop. It isn't based upon any facts. Just conjecture about what the effects might be. It isn't based upon any audio science. You are literally SHOOTING YOURSELF IN THE FOOT. I'm promoting no pro tariff or anti-tariff...

I noticed that. The tone seemed to me as if you were taking this somewhat provisionally as if to say you guys tell me I had the wrong idea, so okay, but it seems wrong. So my question was about finding some way you could get it and believe in it for yourself. The idea of bit levels and...

Yes, I was not paying attention in the original post. I use -4 db white noise for that reason too. I first saw it suggested by Jurgen Reis of MBL in Stereophile. Some DACs don't play nice at higher levels and white noise. Had a Focusrite that was fine up to - 1db, but above that and...