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Artisan Fan

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Better power cords work. I was surprised at first by this but they do add value.

Fortunately we save money by using battery power on our recording sessions. That completely eliminates any power issues.
 

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Originally Posted by Artisan Fan
Fortunately we save money by using battery power on our recording sessions. That completely eliminates any power issues.

Are you kidding? As those batteries run down there's all kinds of distortion. I've heard it. It happened on my Walkman and on my Discman.
 

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Originally Posted by RJmanbearpig
Are you kidding? As those batteries run down there's all kinds of distortion. I've heard it. It happened on my Walkman and on my Discman.

Haha. Doesn't happen on pro gear. Think about modern recording gear as being less of a mechanical device and more of a computer. We record right onto the hard drive in hirez.
 

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Originally Posted by Artisan Fan
Nope. Doesn't happen on pro gear. Think about modern recording gear as being less of a mechanical device and more of a computer. We record right onto the hard drive in hirez.
If it's more of a computer, isn't the sound information digital and thus unaffected by whatever cable/power source/whatever you are using?
 

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Originally Posted by RJmanbearpig
If it's more of a computer, isn't the sound information digital and thus unaffected by whatever cable/power source/whatever you are using?
True. It's all zeroes and ones at that point and as long as they all reach their destination, sound should be the same
 

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Originally Posted by Thomas
I'm just waiting for this thread to be merged with the "These are fake, right" thread.
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Originally Posted by J'aimelescravates
True. It's all zeroes and ones at that point and as long as they all reach their destination, sound should be the same

Not really, you can have time based distortion known as jitter. The ones and zeros must arrive at precisely the right time. Even picoseconds make a difference and are audible.
 

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Originally Posted by RJmanbearpig
If it's more of a computer, isn't the sound information digital and thus unaffected by whatever cable/power source/whatever you are using?

It's only digital after the A/D conversion. The device we use also has analog circuitry.
 

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Originally Posted by Artisan Fan
Better power cords work. I was surprised at first by this but they do add value.

Fortunately we save money by using battery power on our recording sessions. That completely eliminates any power issues.


I trust you are using audiophile-grade batteries.
 

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Originally Posted by tundrafour
I trust you are using audiophile-grade batteries.

They just need to be reliable. Have not lost power yet...
 

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I know nothing about this ****, but these threads are always outstanding. Hats off to the participants.
 

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Originally Posted by Artisan Fan
Even picoseconds make a difference and are audible.

For sufficiently bad DACs.

--Andre
 

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Originally Posted by Artisan Fan
All DACs have jitter.

And 1+1 = 2. Having jitter and audible levels of jitter are two entirely different things.

--Andre
 

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