Seemingly trivial things that cheer you up
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Empty house for a change, time for a bit of Space Ritual by the mighty Hawkwind. My streamer app tells me that it’s on Tidal as an HD remaster if I don’t fancy the rip on my nas drive so on it goes. I know this album well, especially the fade at the end of side 1 that comes back in on side 2 on the LP and was replicated on the CD versions. And bless me sideways - the remaster just flows, no break, no fade, The Awakening becomes Lord Of Light.
How life should be. 46 years to hear it as it was meant to be - a seamless change.
Here’s hoping Electronic #1 goes into Orgone Accumulator without a pause...0 -
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greasedscotsman wrote:
Yes one of my favorite Michael Palin ones along with
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Hmm, one of the (trivial) things that really annoys me about Tidal (and other streaming services) is that it inserts an arbitrary pause between tracks, so am surprised to see this. I sometimes stream some good DJ mixes and drives me nuts when there's a couple seconds silence inserted...CiB wrote:Empty house for a change, time for a bit of Space Ritual by the mighty Hawkwind. My streamer app tells me that it’s on Tidal as an HD remaster if I don’t fancy the rip on my nas drive so on it goes. I know this album well, especially the fade at the end of side 1 that comes back in on side 2 on the LP and was replicated on the CD versions. And bless me sideways - the remaster just flows, no break, no fade, The Awakening becomes Lord Of Light.
How life should be. 46 years to hear it as it was meant to be - a seamless change.
Here’s hoping Electronic #1 goes into Orgone Accumulator without a pause...Open One+ BMC TE29 Seven 622SL On One Scandal Cervelo RS0 -
Wheelspinner wrote:Hmm, one of the (trivial) things that really annoys me about Tidal (and other streaming services) is that it inserts an arbitrary pause between tracks, so am surprised to see this. I sometimes stream some good DJ mixes and drives me nuts when there's a couple seconds silence inserted...
Never noticed an unexpected pause. This is Tidal full fat through a Naim streamer so who knows, is it the source or the end point that handles gapless playback? Not an issue here tho tbh. Naim 272... Recommended.
I got older & fatter, the job changed so biking to work was no longer an option so went back to buying hifi gear instead of bike bits. As happy with it as when I was doing 5000+ miles a year on the bike tbh.
Currently enjoying Seasick Steve Greatest Hits through it. It's a nice place to be in... 0 -
Yep, I use the hi-def Tidal, streamed via either a Mac mini, or Apple Tv though. The TV app is better in that it doesn’t buffer as badly (my broadband speed is rubbish) as the browser version, but neither gives me an option for gapless playback. I suspect the gap is because in the mixes each track is a different artist, so to assist their royalty calculations each track needs to be discrete to accurately count the number of downloads it has had.CiB wrote:Wheelspinner wrote:Hmm, one of the (trivial) things that really annoys me about Tidal (and other streaming services) is that it inserts an arbitrary pause between tracks, so am surprised to see this. I sometimes stream some good DJ mixes and drives me nuts when there's a couple seconds silence inserted...
Never noticed an unexpected pause. This is Tidal full fat through a Naim streamer so who knows, is it the source or the end point that handles gapless playback? Not an issue here tho tbh. Naim 272... Recommended.
I got older & fatter, the job changed so biking to work was no longer an option so went back to buying hifi gear instead of bike bits. As happy with it as when I was doing 5000+ miles a year on the bike tbh. Currently enjoying Seasick Steve Greatest Hits through it. It's a nice place to be in...
I’m considering an MQA DAC somewhere in the chain instead, not yet tried that.Open One+ BMC TE29 Seven 622SL On One Scandal Cervelo RS0 -
Wheelspinner wrote:
Yep, I use the hi-def Tidal, streamed via either a Mac mini, or Apple Tv though. The TV app is better in that it doesn’t buffer as badly (my broadband speed is rubbish) as the browser version, but neither gives me an option for gapless playback. I suspect the gap is because in the mixes each track is a different artist, so to assist their royalty calculations each track needs to be discrete to accurately count the number of downloads it has had.CiB wrote:Wheelspinner wrote:Hmm, one of the (trivial) things that really annoys me about Tidal (and other streaming services) is that it inserts an arbitrary pause between tracks, so am surprised to see this. I sometimes stream some good DJ mixes and drives me nuts when there's a couple seconds silence inserted...
Never noticed an unexpected pause. This is Tidal full fat through a Naim streamer so who knows, is it the source or the end point that handles gapless playback? Not an issue here tho tbh. Naim 272... Recommended.
I got older & fatter, the job changed so biking to work was no longer an option so went back to buying hifi gear instead of bike bits. As happy with it as when I was doing 5000+ miles a year on the bike tbh. Currently enjoying Seasick Steve Greatest Hits through it. It's a nice place to be in...
I’m considering an MQA DAC somewhere in the chain instead, not yet tried that.
I just put all my albums on my phone in highish mp3 quality ( I normally buy the cd put it on the laptop in wav then convert to mp3 using 320 bits/sec to get the file down to about 5mb per song before adding to the memory on phone -- I download it to the card so it's easy to transfer to any new phone ) then use 'Power Amp - music player app to playback via Bluetooth so I have my music whatever car I'm in ( I have 4 ) or if I turn on the hi fi or sound bar in whatever room I'm in. Power Amp has settable gapless playback and all the eq you'd ever need plus many more bells and whistles. There's never any loss of signal problems obviously cos the music is coming directly from my phone and the album plays exactly as it should be heard.0 -
Acc to Google it appears to be devices that support gapless rather than it being a source issue.0
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Hi Fi separates cheers me up.
Though I don't do any of this streaming/MP3/downloads. Vinyl is great.seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
Pinno - give it a go. Streaming is no longer telephone quality low rent crappola, it's at least as good as the best vinyl can be.
CDs ripped with proper s/w sound better than the original, because the multi-pass rip + final checks remove all the error correction that a CD player has to do on the fly in playback. Lossless FLAC files are indistinguishable from the equivalent source. All BBC radio is available in HD streams, my FM tuner has been sidelined for 18 months now. There are so many internet stations streaming in highest quality now too, and on top of that Tidal is v good. Not quite as good as a local NAS stream, but good, and something called Roon lifts it back up there.
I used to like vinyl, and CDs, and tapes before that. But there's little to beat the flow of picking and choosing tracks that drive a mood just by sitting in The Chair and selecting something that goes nicely, and swapping the coming order around as it suits. Or just leaving an album to play end to end. And it all sounds quite superb.
Investigate the Naim ND555 streamer. I haven't got one, don't really aspire to one tbh. But that's what's possible with streaming.0 -
CiB wrote:CDs ripped with proper s/w sound better than the original...
I have a Pioneer CD burner. A lot of my vinyl has gone on to CD.
Then I can put the CD's in the car. I then don't have to go out and convert my built in radio* to... something digital.
*Mega bucks.seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
+ equal level amporraloon wrote:
£13,000CiB wrote:... the Naim ND555 streamer...
:shock: and :shock:
+ equal level speakers
:shock: :shock: :shock: and :shock:The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
The innocence of children.
"Why do you have to do stuff? Why can't we just play all day?"The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
PBlakeney wrote:
There's more. It requires a PS555 power supply to make it work, at £7000. And to really make it sing the upgrade path is a second PS555 box.
Amp? Probably the 500 @£20k, which needs the 552 preamp also £20k. And Focal speakers fit well with that gear, similarly priced.
Then again, you don't buy this stuff if a £99 box of tosh from Currys is your definition of musical pleasure.0 -
It is all relative.CiB wrote:Then again, you don't buy this stuff if a £99 BSO from Argos is your definition of cycling pleasure.
The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
CiB wrote:Then again, you don't buy this stuff if a £99 box of tosh from Currys is your definition of musical pleasure.
There's a huge price range between £99 and err... £50k
I have:
Rotel amp
Pioneer CD Burner/player
Marantz CD player
Rega Planer turntable
Sony tuner (old school, silver front - superb LW and MW reception)
Wharfedale speakers
Sounds lovely. It might not be in the stratosphere to which you speak of but I wonder of the extra cost of your set up is -1000% better? Maybe 5%. Is that difference really audible, honestly?seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
Pinno wrote:...I wonder of the extra cost of your set up is -1000% better? Maybe 5%. Is that difference really audible, honestly?
Honestly? Yes, it is. I've got through stacks of stereo gear over the last 30+ years and never been entirely satisfied, until now. FTR I don't own a 555 streamer or a 500 amp or a 552 preamp. I'm nearer the other end, a 300 amp that has its own ps, and the 272 streamer upgraded with a PS555 to power it. That combo btw seems to be accepted as the stopping off point for this range before it all gets silly. The music all comes purring out of a pair of PMC speakers, and is aboslutely sublime. I love the sound it makes. LW & MW aren't on the radar these days - the corresponding HD streams for 5L, 5LSX and R4LW HD are so good that it would be an affectatation to include an analogue tuner just for that.
The increase in enjoyment and musical pleasure when moving up from my previous Naim amp (a 250 fwiw) was way more than 5%, and so was the increase when the ps was plugged into the 272. It's quite remarkable what it all does, esp in the small hours when no-one is home, like tonight. Sublime...It's not uncommon to stay up till 4 or 5 in the morning enjoying it.
Let's not forget too, as was alluded to earlier: a £15k bike isn't necessarily 30 times better than a £500 jobby, but most of us would like to own it given the chance. The aesthetics alone help to make it desirable, much like a stack of discrete black boxes on a decent rack does for audio. It looks nice, sounds superb, the kids haven't gone without to allow me to get here. Why wouldn't you?0 -
CiB wrote:Why wouldn't you?
Fair enough. If that's what flicks your switch, then fine. I was simply querying the tangible VFM given the outlay.
I have 2 Porker's (1 wasn't enough) and like you, my kids don't go without. In fact, they are spoilt rotten; ruined.
You only live once.seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
The newish format of putting all the different European champ sports together in a mini-olympic set up.
Love it.0 -
Stuff in this particular instance was minor general household chores, dishes etc, and trying to squeeze in some bike maintenance.Cowsham wrote:The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
Did you force them up the chimney with a wire brush. Thought so.0
