Re: Audio recording hardware

2007-03-04 Thread Russell L. Harris
* Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [070304 22:42]: > > It *is* religion. Dear People! Kindly edit out my name and address the next time you quote the message in question. The way the message is being quoted makes it appear that I am promoting the degaussing of CDs. But in fact, I several roun

Re: Audio recording hardware

2007-03-04 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 03/04/07 21:07, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > On Thu, 01 Mar 2007 14:28:57 -0600, Ron wrote in message > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> >> On 03/01/07 13:31, Andrei Popescu wrote: >>> On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 22:11:04 -0600 >>> "Russell L. Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Audio recording hardware

2007-03-04 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Thu, 01 Mar 2007 14:28:57 -0600, Ron wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 03/01/07 13:31, Andrei Popescu wrote: > > On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 22:11:04 -0600 > > "Russell L. Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> * Ron Johnson <[EMAIL P

Re: Audio recording hardware

2007-03-02 Thread John Hasler
Ron Johnson writes: > Does the aluminum get magnetized, or the nickel and cobalt? Alnico => alumimum, nickel, cobalt. And it's the intermetallic compound that gets magnetized. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAI

Re: Audio recording hardware

2007-03-02 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 03/02/07 07:15, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Thu, Mar 01, 2007 at 02:30:26PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: >> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> On 03/01/07 13:44, Andrew Perrin wrote: >>> On Thu, 1 Mar 2007, Andrei Popescu wrote: >

Re: Audio recording hardware

2007-03-02 Thread hendrik
On Thu, Mar 01, 2007 at 03:57:53PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 03/01/07 15:36, Andrei Popescu wrote: > > On Thu, 01 Mar 2007 14:28:57 -0600 > > Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>> For all you non-believers (sorry, too much religi

Re: Audio recording hardware

2007-03-02 Thread hendrik
On Thu, Mar 01, 2007 at 02:30:26PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 03/01/07 13:44, Andrew Perrin wrote: > > On Thu, 1 Mar 2007, Andrei Popescu wrote: > >> On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 22:11:04 -0600 > >> "Russell L. Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>>

Re: Audio recording hardware

2007-03-01 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Thu, Mar 01, 2007 at 11:36:49PM +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: > > 2. Try to explain to a non-geek the differences between vim and emacs. > Very simple: vim is a good text editor, whilst emacs is an operating system lacking a good text editor :-) Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http

Re: Audio recording hardware

2007-03-01 Thread Russell L. Harris
>>> For all you non-believers (sorry, too much religion in recent >>> threads) here is a similar article: >>> >>> http://www.6moons.com/audioreviews/furutech/rd2.html The proponents of CD degaussing are nothing more than witch doctors practicing voodoo. Voodoo has power only to the extent that t

Re: Audio recording hardware

2007-03-01 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 03/01/07 15:36, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Thu, 01 Mar 2007 14:28:57 -0600 > Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> For all you non-believers (sorry, too much religion in recent >>> threads) here is a similar article: >>> >>> http://www.6moon

Re: Audio recording hardware

2007-03-01 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Thu, 01 Mar 2007 14:28:57 -0600 Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > For all you non-believers (sorry, too much religion in recent > > threads) here is a similar article: > > > > http://www.6moons.com/audioreviews/furutech/rd2.html > > Just because some some snob audiophile says we must

Re: Audio recording hardware

2007-03-01 Thread Andrew Perrin
On Thu, 1 Mar 2007, Ron Johnson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 03/01/07 13:44, Andrew Perrin wrote: On Thu, 1 Mar 2007, Andrei Popescu wrote: On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 22:11:04 -0600 "Russell L. Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: * Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [070228 1

Re: Audio recording hardware

2007-03-01 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 03/01/07 13:44, Andrew Perrin wrote: > On Thu, 1 Mar 2007, Andrei Popescu wrote: >> On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 22:11:04 -0600 >> "Russell L. Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> * Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [070228 18:21]: [snip] > http://www.6moons

Re: Audio recording hardware

2007-03-01 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 03/01/07 13:31, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 22:11:04 -0600 > "Russell L. Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> * Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [070228 18:21]: I remember reading an article in a German audiophile magazine >>

Re: Audio recording hardware

2007-03-01 Thread Andrew Perrin
On Thu, 1 Mar 2007, Andrei Popescu wrote: On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 22:11:04 -0600 "Russell L. Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: * Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [070228 18:21]: I remember reading an article in a German audiophile magazine about a device to demagnetize CDs. The author claimed the

Re: Audio recording hardware

2007-03-01 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 22:11:04 -0600 "Russell L. Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [070228 18:21]: > > > I remember reading an article in a German audiophile magazine > > > about a device to demagnetize CDs. The author claimed the sound > > > to be much better af

Re: Audio recording hardware

2007-02-28 Thread Russell L. Harris
* Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [070228 18:21]: > > I remember reading an article in a German audiophile magazine about a > > device to demagnetize CDs. The author claimed the sound to be much > > better after demagnetizing. > > Demagnetize something that relies on lasers? With a mass-produced

Re: Audio recording hardware

2007-02-28 Thread John Hasler
Ron Johnson writes: > Demagnetize something that relies on lasers? This is aimed at the people who buy special low-noise gold-plated power cords. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Audio recording hardware

2007-02-28 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02/28/07 12:58, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Mon, 26 Feb 2007 12:10:07 -0600 > "Russell L. Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> require good engineering and typically are expensive. Once in the >> digital realm, there is no major problem with inte

Re: Audio recording hardware (was: Re: audio recorder in linux ... what's its name?)

2007-02-28 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Mon, 26 Feb 2007 12:10:07 -0600 "Russell L. Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > require good engineering and typically are expensive. Once in the > digital realm, there is no major problem with integrity of the signal. I remember reading an article in a German audiophile magazine about a devi

Re: Audio recording hardware

2007-02-26 Thread Bob McGowan
Thanks for the explanation and references. They will be quite helpful. Bob Russell L. Harris wrote: * Bob McGowan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [070226 11:14]: Russell L. Harris wrote: Within the past year or two there have become available a number of alternatives to the computer sound card. These

Re: Audio recording hardware (was: Re: audio recorder in linux ... what's its name?)

2007-02-26 Thread Russell L. Harris
* Bob McGowan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [070226 11:14]: > Russell L. Harris wrote: > >> Within the past year or two there have become available a number of >> alternatives to the computer sound card. These eliminate the >> pitfalls (especially the electrical noise) associated with sound >> cards, as wel

Audio recording hardware (was: Re: audio recorder in linux ... what's its name?)

2007-02-26 Thread Bob McGowan
Russell L. Harris wrote: Within the past year or two there have become available a number of alternatives to the computer sound card. These eliminate the pitfalls (especially the electrical noise) associated with sound cards, as well as the problem of hardware and software obsolescence. Som