According to Wikipedia, Microsoft Office 2010 can open and save OpenDocument Format documents natively, although not all features are fully supported. It very much depends on your MS Office version as 2000 (which I use for work) doesn't have this capability.
Hi , no but I will try and find it, have you read,
http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/digital-source/186245-dac-2496-ak4393-dac-kit-cs8416-ak4393-5532-a.html
If you like what you hear after you change an opamp, then surely that's all that matters.
No, I have not advanced to digital, possibly never having dabbled with computers since 1965 and still don't understand them bits.
I have used LibreOffice to export to Excel 2000 compatible format. However there are some minor issues with the embedded graphs, although these are not too serious.
Exactly. The straight lines are all superfluous and the valid curves are all defined by their respective point values.
but do you know the basics for “just hearing” it rather than using the rest of your brain - Double Blind isn't just for Academia – it is a fundamental requirement in any sensory testing
Psychoacoustics has some additional requirements established of many decades of experimentation
level matching to better than 1%, rapid switching to use short term memory gives much higher resolution in Double Blind AB/X test
there are several classic ways AB switching can "leak" information: relay noise, delay, noise floor differences
No one can just decide to be “mentally honest”, “suppress expectation bias” or have high resloution when "I heard it yesterday, last week, or at a show..." - that is a comic book super hero view of human perception
Psychoacoustics has some additional requirements established of many decades of experimentation
level matching to better than 1%, rapid switching to use short term memory gives much higher resolution in Double Blind AB/X test
there are several classic ways AB switching can "leak" information: relay noise, delay, noise floor differences
No one can just decide to be “mentally honest”, “suppress expectation bias” or have high resloution when "I heard it yesterday, last week, or at a show..." - that is a comic book super hero view of human perception
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only that naive "just listen" sighted, slow swapping is poor evidence - and is the "method" overwhelmingly promoted by popular audiophile press, reviewers
I can imagine circuits, loads that could show audible differences - would amount to misapplication of one of the op amps - the OPA827 does have better specs overall, the extra speed could cause problems in circuits that the slower 5532 is safe in
I can imagine circuits, loads that could show audible differences - would amount to misapplication of one of the op amps - the OPA827 does have better specs overall, the extra speed could cause problems in circuits that the slower 5532 is safe in
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So OPA 827 doesn't sound better than NE5532 then
the output will depend on which, or any, or both are misbehaving in the circuit under test.
That is the fundamental requirement for any comparison. Both opamps must be properly fed and loaded to ensure they perform to specification.
Hi Andrew, when I first started out on my high fidelity journey, I too wanted fidelity.
Had all the gear that could have done it from the Linn camp to the Quad camp.
Then CD was invented, I was one of the first in my town to own a cd player Sony cdp101. A saviour I thought High fidelity is mine.
But as the years go by it dawns that every single piece of equipment sounds different and therefore fidelity is just an aspiration.
The very best that you can hope for is getting a sound you really like and be happy with day to day. Bliss is probably the best word.
But don't think that it represents fidelity because as soon as you hear a live brass instrument or drum kit, you will be disappointed.
Hi Andrew, I do understand really, It's just that I do know what sounds better in my system, night and day sometimes.
All this gobbledegook mumbo jumbo often gets in the way of the music.
If it sounds good to you then it is, simple.
The problem is amplifiers can be made to oscillate and do other bad things, you were'nt around the time I related the story about a friends amplifer oscillating at 60MHz with exotic cables and he said it didn't matter because no one can hear that. You can just ignore all technical matters if you wish, it's all for the propeller heads after all.