Recent content by ColinLovesMusic

I remember as a child in the 70s seeing old 7'' singles from the 60s displaying the symbal 'True High Fidelity'. This made its mark on me and I embarked on the true high fidelity path for decades and spending far too much. This included suffering a few 'tone control less' amplifiers just because...

What you say is something I hadn't concidered. Sounding better doesn't have to mean it is restored. If it sounds better to my ears rather than restored I am happy with better even if info has been invented and I still recommend convertion for a better sound even if the sound is not what was...

The usual wav 16bit 44.1kHz 1411kbps is the same standard as CD but files can be converted to wav in 16bit 24bit or 32bit with sampling rates of up to the full 384kHz. I use AIMP media player's audio format converter to upscale my compressed lossy mp3 files to WAV 32bit float 192kHz sampling...

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Yeah streaming is something I haven't got fully into yet, mainly because I have an internet account with a 40gb monthly limit and therefore I download the file and use it off hard disc from then on. Purchased music is heald on whatever account and can be streamed. Also Soundcloud is a damn good...

Thanks Gray. You are right in what you say. In fact nothing would put me off my music more than to be listening to it through something I had spent too much on. I have worked in an electronics factory and I know the so called British hifi that we are expected to pay a premium for is stuffed full...

For the sake of having a new toy without even missing the cash I have replaced my highly satisfactory matchbox sized FiiO DAC with a laughably cheap price tag of £23 with a higher spec SMSL Sanskrit 6th Anniversary with its 32bit/192kHz conversion at a laughably cheap £65. Not matchbox size but...

End of track is sounding better now. cymbals are decaying away more cleanly. Had a tinker with laptop media player. Was getting a kind of modulation noise mixing with cymbals at near silence but that has now stopped. Cymbals do sound a bit rustly but you say it is the way it is supposed to be...

It is this album - Studio Master 24bit 192kHz flac download option http://www.linnrecords.com/recording-the-sound-of-love.aspx

Right OK now I know that and accepting you know more than me explain something to me because I think I know but maybe not. Q. I have recently purchased 24bit 192khz flac download which has an enormous file size and runs at a average 5000kbps. It is jazz. It is basically double bass, saxaphone...

I am refering to 24 bit downloads of 24 bit studio masters. I do pay more for them - not a lot. I used to be victim to the hifi industry marketing stunt of keep the hifi enthusiast dissatisfied - keep the hifi enthusiast spending many years ago but eventually saw through it. It is precisely why...

This is about hifi and what sounds best. It isn't about science and mathematics. I am not saying the maths and science of digital is wrong and I don't wish to go into it. I will assume you all follow the maths and science so rigourously you are all expert to the point of not being able to listen...

I also frequently cannot hear a difference between CD and 320kbps mp3. At times when I have downloaded a 320kbps mp3 and then heard a CD of the same album there is a difference - mainly is the enphasis of the music. To my ears mp3 always sounds faster lighter and fresher sounding and the CD...

I have not recorded any of my own music. I am not a musician or composer. It is not a yardstick by which a person can or cannot hear a difference between 16bit and 24bit. I sometimes convert from one digital format to another like converting itunes m4a to mp3 but I don't record music through...