Recent content by Vincent Kars

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    What would be utimate llist of metadata to allow accurate Classical Classification

    Better look here: http://www.musichi.eu/ 39,- will do :)
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    What would be utimate llist of metadata to allow accurate Classical Classification

    I'm afraid 3beez is by and large about asking $4900 for a PC http://www.3beez.com/purchase/purchase.html
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    What would be utimate llist of metadata to allow accurate Classical Classification

    You got it Work=Composition=Sonata for violin & piano No. 5 (Frühling) op. 24 Movement=Part= 1- Adagio, 2 - Allegretto etc
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    What would be utimate llist of metadata to allow accurate Classical Classification

    The only piece of software known to me handling Classical proper is MusiChi http://www.musichi.eu/ There are a couple of problems The meta data supplied by the internet databases if often incomplete and different. Sonate für Klavier und Violine F-dur Opus 24 [Frühling] Sonata No. 5...
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    High Definition Vinyl

    http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2016/03/15/high-definition-vinyl-will-soon-become-a-reality/
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    Active crossover speakers/systems - what are current options?

    Maybe my website is of use, I have a list of actives most of them in domesticated trim http://www.thewelltemperedcomputer.com/HW/ActiveSpeakers.htm
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    USB cable..difference are they measurable? An experimental model

    As it is about “digital” cables, try measuring the eye-pattern. If I remember correctly HiFi-news did so a couple of years ago and found differences between cables.
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    The ***Official*** Progressive Rock Thread

    It might be time for "the fanfare for the common man" :) http://www.whatsbestforum.com/showthread.php?20166-Ah-so-this-is-what-it-means-to-be-a-common-man
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    New forum created for subjectivist members

    I would suggest “What we perceive” as a title Subtitle “A DBT free zone!” Or is this too much objectivist :)
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    Digital primer

    Maybe this one is of use: http://www.resonessencelabs.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/InvictaMeasNotes.pdf
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    What is DSD

    If this is DSD then double rate must be laughing loud. Don't try quad rate!
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    choosing speakers to replace Devialet Phantom - need your advice

    Haven't the slightest idea how they sound and how they compare to the Phantoms but the Yamaha NX 500 supports almost all wireless protocols http://europe.yamaha.com/en/products/audio-visual/speaker-systems/network_powered_speaker/nx-n500/
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    Review: Pono Music Store (bargain shoppers rejoice)

    The player is JRiver indeed. What intrigues me is that the JRiver bussines model is buy once at 50,- and upgrade each year at $25. As each and every one can download the Ponoplayer for free, this is a big hole in the JRiver business model. Unless of course the Ponoplayer expires but than what is...
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    Organizing your music collection

    I wonder if you need a separate tool. A lot of media players can read single file + cue sheet. They also can convert If I have a FLAC + cue I tell my media player to convert it to FLAC and it will create a separate file for each track.
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    Organizing your music collection

    Some media players indeed return tracks when searching for a composer. Useless indeed. If the media player returns Albums or Compositions, the results are usable Most of the time a search for a composer will do in my case. If I have a lot of compositions (entire Beethoven, Brahms, Schubert)...

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