I didn't figure the slashdot crowd would have a clue as to such stuff.
I run a Nagaoka MP-110. Retails for around $120-$150. It's not super high-end but it's a definite upgrade over the basic entry level stuff. I'm also running a Groovetracer acrylic platter.
Audiophile stuff doesn't have to be expensive, and it doen't have to involve lots of fancy cabling and the like either.
My home setup, most of which I bought used, I put togther for under $1k.
$200 Kenwood receiver, old enough to have a good phono preamp, new enough to have an SP/DIF connector Polk RT800i speakers, bought used off a coworker for like $150 (Original retail was low 4 figures) $400 Rega RP-1 turntable Digital sound comes from the PC
It sounds pretty good. Not super super highend but it's good.
Honestly, just having a decent clue about setup can make a world of difference - putting speakers in corners or right up against walls is usually bad, properly angling things so your primary listening position in the sweet spot - not rocket science.
I'd wager that my system sounds better than the system 99% of music fans listen on.
Nyquist-Shannon only holds in theory, with "perfect" components.
Real-world DACs and ADCs are FAR FAR from perfect, and the low-pass filters used to prevent aliasing are imperfect also. That's why you need well above 40k sample rate to accurately reproduce the range of what humans can hear.
It's sort of a viscous cycle - people don't buy good setups because modern music doesn't sound good - which only leads to worse sounding records because "people won't hear the difference anyway.
Modern music can sound real good - especially on vinyl, when mastered from the original high resolution digital files, or even, as some bands still do, cut from the master tape.
You do need a decent - not incredible, just decent - system to hear it. Don't know why a certain type of person will think nothing of spending $400 on an iPod or tickets to see some "famous" band in a barn with terrible acoustics, but will instantly scream "audiophile snakeoil" at someone that suggests spending that same money on speakers or headphones. I just don't get that attitude at all.
For the record, you can put a really nice system together for not that much scratch if you keep your eyes open, especially if you don't mind buying used.
Not sure, I only fly in consumer sims, not the real thing.
I do know that most FMCs work primarily off of GPS - you might be routing VOR to VOR, but you aren't actually tuning them in and following a radial in.
Some airliners can theoretically perform a full flight takeoff to landing. All the pilots would need to is taxi to the runway.
Never quite that simple in the real world due to ATC, but the tech is there.
CoH was the most grindy game ever - that's all there was to do - just run the same "random" missions over and over again. It didn't even have loot progression.
What's the key stroke depth like? Have you ever typed on a Model M for comparison? I like the feel of a model M (and I have two - an original and a Unicomp) - but the key travel is a bit long for my tastes.
Almost certainly this. I've been been running a digital out from an integrated....something or other...(What ever is built into an X58 board)... via SPDIF to a proper receiver and it's, well, digital. No noise or anything.
An F5 tornado is going to level,or at least mostly demolish, most buildings short of a concrete bunker.
A Category 5 hurricane is roughly equivalent to a low end F3 tornado - it will destroy weaker structures like prefab metal buildings and mobile homes, and perhaps de-roof and blow the windows out of more solid foundation-built structures. Still very bad news, but not on quite the same scale. Hurricanes do most the damage from flooding anyway, not the straightline winds.
Yea, the 2.0L TDI engine in my golf is good for 240lbft of torque from 1800-2500RPM, and it doesn't start to really drop off until 4k. PLENTY of torque I assure you.
You've got it backwards. We need to treat them like cars. They ARE currently treated as light trucks, which exempts them from the tougher safety/emissions/CAFE standards.
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Anyone who understands how security works would consider phpMyAdmin's very existence on a server to be a security hole.
Local GUI client + ssh tunnel ftw.
I didn't figure the slashdot crowd would have a clue as to such stuff.
I run a Nagaoka MP-110. Retails for around $120-$150. It's not super high-end but it's a definite upgrade over the basic entry level stuff. I'm also running a Groovetracer acrylic platter.
Audiophile stuff doesn't have to be expensive, and it doen't have to involve lots of fancy cabling and the like either.
My home setup, most of which I bought used, I put togther for under $1k.
$200 Kenwood receiver, old enough to have a good phono preamp, new enough to have an SP/DIF connector
Polk RT800i speakers, bought used off a coworker for like $150 (Original retail was low 4 figures)
$400 Rega RP-1 turntable
Digital sound comes from the PC
It sounds pretty good. Not super super highend but it's good.
Honestly, just having a decent clue about setup can make a world of difference - putting speakers in corners or right up against walls is usually bad, properly angling things so your primary listening position in the sweet spot - not rocket science.
I'd wager that my system sounds better than the system 99% of music fans listen on.
Here's a much more in-depth explanation of why Nyquist is very very easy to get wrong.
http://www.wescottdesign.com/articles/Sampling/sampling.pdf
Nyquist-Shannon only holds in theory, with "perfect" components.
Real-world DACs and ADCs are FAR FAR from perfect, and the low-pass filters used to prevent aliasing are imperfect also. That's why you need well above 40k sample rate to accurately reproduce the range of what humans can hear.
It's sort of a viscous cycle - people don't buy good setups because modern music doesn't sound good - which only leads to worse sounding records because "people won't hear the difference anyway.
Modern music can sound real good - especially on vinyl, when mastered from the original high resolution digital files, or even, as some bands still do, cut from the master tape.
You do need a decent - not incredible, just decent - system to hear it. Don't know why a certain type of person will think nothing of spending $400 on an iPod or tickets to see some "famous" band in a barn with terrible acoustics, but will instantly scream "audiophile snakeoil" at someone that suggests spending that same money on speakers or headphones. I just don't get that attitude at all.
For the record, you can put a really nice system together for not that much scratch if you keep your eyes open, especially if you don't mind buying used.
The big fallacy in that is assuming that 44.1k Red Book CDDA _does_ capture all we can hear, when in reality it doesn't come close.
Really? So how does my car offer a folder-based tree of my music then if it's just forwarding button presses?
Not sure, I only fly in consumer sims, not the real thing.
I do know that most FMCs work primarily off of GPS - you might be routing VOR to VOR, but you aren't actually tuning them in and following a radial in.
Some airliners can theoretically perform a full flight takeoff to landing. All the pilots would need to is taxi to the runway.
Never quite that simple in the real world due to ATC, but the tech is there.
On an airliner the full routing will be plugged into the FMC in advance anyway.
Why wouldn't you consider it reliable?
It has no moving parts, redundant power supply, etc?
iPads have been used by tons of general aviation pilots for years now.
Hard drive space is cheap.
My time isn't.
I know which situation has caused me more heartache.
I found the opposite.
CoH was the most grindy game ever - that's all there was to do - just run the same "random" missions over and over again. It didn't even have loot progression.
It is unlikely to dilute less fast - it would be mixed in the same proportions.
Additionally, running thicker oil will reduce engine efficiency, which is why you run a diesel in the first place.
No, it's G *negative* 7. Not a G7 chord. As in a G 11 octaves below middle C.
You know, the version that was actually a good media library and something unique? The one that didn't totally blow chunks?
What's the key stroke depth like? Have you ever typed on a Model M for comparison? I like the feel of a model M (and I have two - an original and a Unicomp) - but the key travel is a bit long for my tastes.
I remember when I obsessed over such things. These days I mostly don't worry about it and spin vinyl. Sounds better anyway.
Going to an SP/DIF connection there shouldn't be any conversion at all - a DAC isn't in the circuit). It's pushing raw PCM data over the wire.
Almost certainly this. I've been been running a digital out from an integrated....something or other...(What ever is built into an X58 board)... via SPDIF to a proper receiver and it's, well, digital. No noise or anything.
Category 5 and F5 are very different beasts.
An F5 tornado is going to level,or at least mostly demolish, most buildings short of a concrete bunker.
A Category 5 hurricane is roughly equivalent to a low end F3 tornado - it will destroy weaker structures like prefab metal buildings and mobile homes, and perhaps de-roof and blow the windows out of more solid foundation-built structures. Still very bad news, but not on quite the same scale. Hurricanes do most the damage from flooding anyway, not the straightline winds.
And, to add even more confusion, those are IMPERIAL gallons, which are quiet a bit off (15% or so) of US gallons.
As does this. The lower receiver is basically the trigger mechanism.
It's NOT the barrel, the chamber, or any of the other parts that see actual stress.
This article is like saying, in 200pt type, that you 3D printed a car, and then in 5pt type saying "because you 3d printed the dashboard".
Yea, the 2.0L TDI engine in my golf is good for 240lbft of torque from 1800-2500RPM, and it doesn't start to really drop off until 4k. PLENTY of torque I assure you.
You've got it backwards. We need to treat them like cars. They ARE currently treated as light trucks, which exempts them from the tougher safety/emissions/CAFE standards.