I thought I'd finally say hello 🙂
I'm a complete novice & beginner but also curious - which can be a very annoying combination for experts. Why? 😀
Creating a small headphone capable DAC/Amp is on my list of things todo, which according to the Mrs is long and involves completing the new Koi pond first (13,000 litres or 3434 US gallons) that is taking my spare time, and should be complete sometime next year. However as winter sets in - it limits the dig/concreting that can be done so I start thinking of next thing on the list..
Last december I looked at the soekris DAC and this this year I've been researching Marcel & Naughtiboy's tube DACs as a comparison. I have to say it seems more attractive from an implementation POV plus the tubes should keep me warm in winter!
I have an old pair of Castle Harlechs (v1), Musical Fidelity A220 and a Myryad MC100 CD player that doesn't really get much of a play now days compared to the Mac and headphones. Not high end, but quite class-A with the A220 and Myriad being 'A-biased' AB.
I've been in software for over twenty years, ranging from embedded (Z80 to ARM and Blackfin) through FFT based GPU based image processing and deconvolution using FIR etc to quantum computing and cryptography (the day job).
Music - I tend to be open minded, although I play guitar and drums badly since school. I still have my old Fender Strat '88 and listen to a very wide range, probably a good example of my eclectic collection 🙂
* Opera - Puccinni arias mainly
* Stanton Moore - All Kooked out, that's New Orleans..
* Police, Clapton, prog-rock
* Reggae from Alberosie, Queen Ifrica
* Electro-music - from Garry Neuman through Art of Noise, Orbital etc
* Hard dance - wide range here, but typically more intense.
* James Brown - drumming at it's finest
* Led Zeppelin, Iron Maiden, Nightwish, Devin Townsend
* Meshuggah, Opeth, some Panzerchrist, Symphony X etc.
I suppose anything that drives emotion and intensity perhaps!
I'm a complete novice & beginner but also curious - which can be a very annoying combination for experts. Why? 😀
Creating a small headphone capable DAC/Amp is on my list of things todo, which according to the Mrs is long and involves completing the new Koi pond first (13,000 litres or 3434 US gallons) that is taking my spare time, and should be complete sometime next year. However as winter sets in - it limits the dig/concreting that can be done so I start thinking of next thing on the list..
Last december I looked at the soekris DAC and this this year I've been researching Marcel & Naughtiboy's tube DACs as a comparison. I have to say it seems more attractive from an implementation POV plus the tubes should keep me warm in winter!
I have an old pair of Castle Harlechs (v1), Musical Fidelity A220 and a Myryad MC100 CD player that doesn't really get much of a play now days compared to the Mac and headphones. Not high end, but quite class-A with the A220 and Myriad being 'A-biased' AB.
I've been in software for over twenty years, ranging from embedded (Z80 to ARM and Blackfin) through FFT based GPU based image processing and deconvolution using FIR etc to quantum computing and cryptography (the day job).
Music - I tend to be open minded, although I play guitar and drums badly since school. I still have my old Fender Strat '88 and listen to a very wide range, probably a good example of my eclectic collection 🙂
* Opera - Puccinni arias mainly
* Stanton Moore - All Kooked out, that's New Orleans..
* Police, Clapton, prog-rock
* Reggae from Alberosie, Queen Ifrica
* Electro-music - from Garry Neuman through Art of Noise, Orbital etc
* Hard dance - wide range here, but typically more intense.
* James Brown - drumming at it's finest
* Led Zeppelin, Iron Maiden, Nightwish, Devin Townsend
* Meshuggah, Opeth, some Panzerchrist, Symphony X etc.
I suppose anything that drives emotion and intensity perhaps!
