of cats and engineering types...
dave: try "Bengali" as a step between the "wild" cats and the domesticated ones. previous version:="Ocelot" (or similar),...last version "Voodoo" (my cat who still thinks he's a mix between a Tiger and a Dragon🙂 ), or last version:="Sylvester"
nowhere (and most engineering types, and maybe Dave too): Why not adopt a zero compression scheme? Easy on the ears, easy on precesses required. Bit for bit perfection without any (or minimal) perturbation🙂. The only issue is memory and if dedicated to A/V use, a 500GB or 1TB (or even more) hard disk should be plenty to start with. Hard Disks are relatively inexpensive. And not everbody does "the cloud" thing, or have cd players elsewhere, so very easy to record to cd.
Ignorance is bliss.
All: I suspect a custom "MacMini clone" could be done for less than the cost of a new Mac mini. You select your hardware: mount separate good sound and video cards, a good I/O card (USB, Firewire, etc), and board in the main case, and an oversized 350W ps outside of the main case. Then record everything as a wma file (even in a Mac). The end result? At least a chance of getting a good audio signal out, a ps that "idles" along with no or little load and the ability to customize to your heart's content.
Simpler is better.
The issue regarding a quality USB (or cables in general for audio and video): In the past Bruce Brisson, Noel Lee, George Cardas, Bill Low, Ray Kimber and Roger Skoff had agreed that the difference between cables can be attributed to the dielectric, conductors, and geometries used in a particular cable. The biggest things that constitute a good cable (as stated by all of them) are as follows:
Remember that this is a hobby for most and the (as Dave states) it is that the reason for this hobby is enjoy music. So go enjoy some. 🙂
dave: try "Bengali" as a step between the "wild" cats and the domesticated ones. previous version:="Ocelot" (or similar),...last version "Voodoo" (my cat who still thinks he's a mix between a Tiger and a Dragon🙂 ), or last version:="Sylvester"
nowhere (and most engineering types, and maybe Dave too): Why not adopt a zero compression scheme? Easy on the ears, easy on precesses required. Bit for bit perfection without any (or minimal) perturbation🙂. The only issue is memory and if dedicated to A/V use, a 500GB or 1TB (or even more) hard disk should be plenty to start with. Hard Disks are relatively inexpensive. And not everbody does "the cloud" thing, or have cd players elsewhere, so very easy to record to cd.
Ignorance is bliss.
All: I suspect a custom "MacMini clone" could be done for less than the cost of a new Mac mini. You select your hardware: mount separate good sound and video cards, a good I/O card (USB, Firewire, etc), and board in the main case, and an oversized 350W ps outside of the main case. Then record everything as a wma file (even in a Mac). The end result? At least a chance of getting a good audio signal out, a ps that "idles" along with no or little load and the ability to customize to your heart's content.
Simpler is better.
The issue regarding a quality USB (or cables in general for audio and video): In the past Bruce Brisson, Noel Lee, George Cardas, Bill Low, Ray Kimber and Roger Skoff had agreed that the difference between cables can be attributed to the dielectric, conductors, and geometries used in a particular cable. The biggest things that constitute a good cable (as stated by all of them) are as follows:
- quality of the cable connector itself
- the workmanship in terminating the cable
- the quality of the conductors themselves
- the quality of the dielectrics used
- reasonably competent design that addresses a particular need
- inductance
- capacitance
- resistance (well perhaps more specifically impedance)
Remember that this is a hobby for most and the (as Dave states) it is that the reason for this hobby is enjoy music. So go enjoy some. 🙂
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