John Curl's Blowtorch preamplifier part III

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Astronomers estimate that there are between 100 billion and 200 billion galaxies in the known universe.
I'm going to dig my shelter.

Take your time, they have a long trip.

Jn

Oh wait....

Your ugly, stupid, fat, smelly, inconsiderate (well, ok that last one was a stretch, I was running out of things to attack you with).


There, now I feel like I belong in this thread..:D
 
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Saw this this evening Immersive Audio at AES | Stereophile.com . This both concerns me (sony and DRM) and gives me some hope that some people are trying to take the soundfield seriously. But so many false starts over the years...

My concern has been pointed out by others. While it is possible to go multichannel, as many channels as instruments, one microphone cannot capture the accurate sound field of most instruments. Amplitude vs direction vs frequency is so instrument dependent and impossible to capture with one mike that I suspect the tech will be limited to large venues like movies and IMAX facilities.
Ah, forgot.. It still forces a sweet spot...sigh.

Ps. I have to admit, I really do enjoy small venues (50 seats or so) with live jazz. 3,4 times a year at a local spot..

Jn
 
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Your ugly, stupid, fat, smelly, inconsiderate (well, ok that last one was a stretch, I was running out of things to attack you with).

And you turned a contraction into a possessive. It was bad enough when you verbified a noun...

I don't think most of us here have stooped to name calling, please don't start emulating Joe R and imagining ill intentioned cabals conspiring against you. I would like to think we can still discuss these topics in a spirited way without anybody feeling hurt or put-upon.
 
I was (sort of) joking. As I said on another thread, I can't afford the airfare to go to Mark's, so what's the best we can do on the forum when someone says they can hear a difference?
I know. Markw4 keeps inviting people to come over and listen but won't reveal what the listening method will be even when asked about it. He (& his affiliated audio business) has a lot to hide.
 
And you turned a contraction into a possessive. It was bad enough when you verbified a noun...

I don't think most of us here have stooped to name calling, please don't start emulating Joe R and imagining ill intentioned cabals conspiring against you. I would like to think we can still discuss these topics in a spirited way without anybody feeling hurt or put-upon.

VERBIFIED??? OMG, I can't stop laughing...

Honestly, I thought you were going to attack my ending a sentence using the word "with". As in you never end a sentence with a proposition.;)

I have no idea what you meant by: "turned a contraction into a possessive ":confused:

Are you sure that is even English???:D

Cheers, John

Seriously, my stomach hurts. Thanks...
Oh..Pps, I am not concerned with a cabal conspiring against me. I do however note there is a tendency to categorize others and attack with no mercy despite the message. I prefer the thread posters not do that. And my name calling reference, that was just a vehicle, I've no "beef" with TT, so could not come up with anything to pseudo-attack him with to make my point of the incivility.
 
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I wouldn't bother unless I got a listening protocol from someone like SY and insisted we apply it.
While I'm not in a position to spend that kind of money jet setting around, if I were in the area, I would most certainly stop by, enjoy a discussion, and have a glass of wine. Doing a dbt listening protocol when drink and conversation could be had??? No.

Even with, God forbid...John curl...;)

Jn
 
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I found a bit of text explanation was required in order to send a message to a contributor. So let's go back to school.

Text explanation​

1-
There's no point for me to continue this debate,
We note that the author use in the introduction a formula that should have been a conclusion. In other words, he begins this exchange by ... closing the debate. Some kind of disorder ? No, it looks like a tactic of war.

2-
I'll let other to explain it to you,
Here, the author understands that he own an universal truth, shared by the whole community that he calls to his rescue, calling them to line up by his side. We will also feel the contemptuous aspect of the formula which suggests that the interlocutor is unworthy of the time that the author could devote to him.

3-
since I believe a personal animosity is blinding you to any arguments I may bring in (although I believe it should already be crystal clear).
But, there it seems to indicate, without recognizing it explicitly, that this debate is not situated on the plane of ideas, but on that of emotions. We will see later on what order they are.

4-
I hope others may enlighten you better that I could ever hope to.
Back to paragraph 2. With an added innuendo: his interlocutor is stupid.

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Until, you may take this message as a "I give up, you are right and I am wrong"
This underline the paragraph 3, as expected. It is a question to see who is wright or wrong, but not in the order to find any truth, but to win an opponent. In french, we use the same word "avoir raison" to express that we own a truth and to indicate a victory against an enemy.
He attributes these intentions to his interlocutor, in a perverse and subtle way, but this indicates, in fact, on what terrain he is, himself, located.

6-
or "I apologize Master for daring to challenge you", if you prefer.
That is confirmed but the use of the word "Master", which clearly expresses that the author situate the debate on a rank in society or a matter of power.

Finally, it should be noted that at no time, none, was any mention made of the ideas or arguments presented by his interlocutor, and no attempt to challenge them up with arguments.

Conclusion: The arguments of authority do not offer any advantage and the prudence would require that they can be used, with any luck of success, only if one has a largely established authority.
In any case, they will not convince the opponents. It is simply an attempt to silence them.
 
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VERBIFIED??? OMG, I can't stop laughing...

Honestly, I thought you were going to attack my ending a sentence with the word "with".

I have no idea what you meant by: "turned a contraction into a possessive "

A contraction means turning two words into one word, like "You are" becomes "You're". A possessive is a word like "mine" or "your". So when you wrote "Your ugly, stupid, fat, smelly, inconsiderate", it did not mean "You are ugly..." but instead seems like an incomplete sentence whose subject is a list of bad qualities. And yeah, verbified :D

Are you sure that is even English???:D

Cheers, John

Seriously, my stomach hurts. Thanks...
Oh..Pps, I am not concerned with a cabal conspiring against me. I do however note there is a tendency to categorize others and attack with no mercy despite the message. I prefer the thread posters not do that. And my name calling reference, that was just a vehicle, I've no "beef" with TT, so could not come up with anything to pseudo-attack him with to make my point of the incivility.
 
A contraction means turning two words into one word, like "You are" becomes "You're". A possessive is a word like "mine" or "your". So when you wrote "Your ugly, stupid, fat, smelly, inconsiderate", it did not mean "You are ugly..." but instead seems like an incomplete sentence whose subject is a list of bad qualities. And yeah, verbified :D

Two points.
1. If I wanted to learn the English language, I would have taken the "English as a second language" course they offered me freshman year in college.
2. #damn#, your good..

Cheers, jn

Ps. Happy new year..
 
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Surely you have a good electret microphone ? Take any pencil or stick. Hit a mat surface. Record in 44.1, and in 48X96. Compare the waveforms. (As I did thousand times in my job).
But, simple is beautiful, listen. Because it is the target of the game.
Don't you hear any difference? The 48x96 does nothing for you.

Of course they don't hear any difference. The have no equipment to do that. Even, if they have the equipment, they still don't hear any difference :D
 
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Saw this this evening Immersive Audio at AES | Stereophile.com . This both concerns me (sony and DRM) and gives me some hope that some people are trying to take the soundfield seriously. But so many false starts over the years...

This is really interesting development. Makes me want to try it. Much refined from Surround Sound recording/play.


THx-RNMarsh
 
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This is really interesting development. Makes me want to try it. Much refined from Surround Sound recording/play.
Atmos studio of one of my friends in Paris:
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