what's flowing

Boy o boy, posted on October 8, 2014 at 17:58:10
LWR Audiophile Posts: 66808 Location: The woods Joined: August 12, 2003	that is really nice, thx

RE: what's flowing, posted on October 8, 2014 at 18:26:06
Brian Walsh Distributor or Rep Posts: 10768 Location: IL Joined: December 6, 1999	Unexpected. Lovely. Thanks, Gordon! Brian Walsh

Beeeeeeeotiful! Thank you for posting..., posted on October 8, 2014 at 21:07:05
musetap Audiophile Posts: 31879 Location: San Francisco Joined: July 8, 2003 Contributor Since: January 28, 2004	such a sweetr version of one of the BEST songs from the 80's - or any other decade for that matter. "Once this was all Black Plasma and Imagination"-Michael McClure

A very good example of WHY …. , posted on October 9, 2014 at 03:01:46
three_sox	... Folks who don't embrace streaming audio/video to a large screen with a good sound system miss out on so many gems. Great clip, thanks for posting it.

I was actually listening, posted on October 9, 2014 at 03:44:23
G Squared Audiophile Posts: 8489 Location: Washington, DC Metro Area Joined: November 16, 2004 Contributor Since: May 23, 2023	To my ripped CD. But I do enjoy streamed clips and videos. Glad you enjoyed it. Gsquared

RE: what's flowing, posted on October 9, 2014 at 06:12:19
fantja Audiophile Posts: 15524 Location: Alabama Joined: September 11, 2010	Thanks! for sharing.

Excessive vibrato, posted on October 9, 2014 at 06:24:43
mgbpuff Audiophile Posts: 307 Location: Georgia Joined: June 13, 2009 Contributor Since: October 4, 2009	nt

RE: Excessive vibrato, posted on October 9, 2014 at 08:21:01
AudioSoul Audiophile Posts: 4594 Location: north central AZ Joined: July 9, 2005	Spoken like a true audiophile. Cant you just enjoy the music and creativity?

RE: Excessive vibrato, posted on October 9, 2014 at 10:13:41
mgbpuff Audiophile Posts: 307 Location: Georgia Joined: June 13, 2009 Contributor Since: October 4, 2009	No, I didn't like the performance. I don't like yodeling either. To each his own!

You probably wont like this either, posted on October 9, 2014 at 11:00:22
G Squared Audiophile Posts: 8489 Location: Washington, DC Metro Area Joined: November 16, 2004 Contributor Since: May 23, 2023	Norah/Dolly Gsquared

RE: Dolly...what's not to like?, posted on October 9, 2014 at 11:46:40
amioutaline?	Leaving aside all the glitz and glamour, it's my Emma Kirkby worshipping opinion that Dolly Parton is one of the finest pure voices of the era. Norah I could listen to all day, too. Cindy Lauper and what's her name? .....Meh!

On the contrary, much better (nt), posted on October 9, 2014 at 11:53:26
mgbpuff Audiophile Posts: 307 Location: Georgia Joined: June 13, 2009 Contributor Since: October 4, 2009	nt

RE: what's flowing, posted on October 9, 2014 at 12:13:38
IEaudiodude Audiophile Posts: 2814 Location: So Cal Joined: February 11, 2010	Ummmm err ehh ,sounds OK I guess,maybe,sort of.

Here is my sudccessful attempt at............, posted on October 9, 2014 at 12:48:58

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not making a joke regarding flow or flowing

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Edit: and hitting the "d" key by mistake
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RE: Excessive vibrato, posted on October 9, 2014 at 13:55:38

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I couldn't disagree with your statement more. The excessive vibrato comment has nothing to do with being an audiophile and everything to do with making a personal judgment about the music and creativity. So no he didn't enjoy THAT music and its creativity. I'm sure you'll get over that and hopefully you won't misconstrue like that so much anymore.

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Well, posted on October 9, 2014 at 14:05:26
G Squared Audiophile Posts: 8489 Location: Washington, DC Metro Area Joined: November 16, 2004 Contributor Since: May 23, 2023	nothing really spins in my playback system anymore. I am open to other replacements for "what's spinning." Gsquared

You may want to, posted on October 9, 2014 at 14:26:29
Brian Walsh Distributor or Rep Posts: 10768 Location: IL Joined: December 6, 1999	pay attention to high resolution streaming services such as TIDAL, who will have a significant presence at RMAF this week. TIDAL press release (PDF file) Brian Walsh

RE: Excessive vibrato, posted on October 9, 2014 at 15:20:08
AudioSoul Audiophile Posts: 4594 Location: north central AZ Joined: July 9, 2005	So how is it that you think you need to speak for someone else. Mind you own business....

It certainly does in mine :), posted on October 9, 2014 at 15:43:39
E-Stat Audiophile Posts: 37650 Joined: May 12, 2000 Contributor Since: April 5, 2002	The difference is that "spinning rust" as inmate Tony Lauck describes the hard drives used in music servers spins at 7200 RPM. :) Unfortunately, 2 TB SSDs are a bit pricey at present ($7k!)

with memory play, posted on October 9, 2014 at 16:55:30
G Squared Audiophile Posts: 8489 Location: Washington, DC Metro Area Joined: November 16, 2004 Contributor Since: May 23, 2023	it is loaded from the spinning drive to RAM and played from RAM Gsquared

very interesting nt, posted on October 9, 2014 at 16:57:28
G Squared Audiophile Posts: 8489 Location: Washington, DC Metro Area Joined: November 16, 2004 Contributor Since: May 23, 2023	nt Gsquared

RE: It certainly does in mine :), posted on October 9, 2014 at 17:20:44
Brian Walsh Distributor or Rep Posts: 10768 Location: IL Joined: December 6, 1999	You don't need that big an SSD if your server pulls stuff off a hard drive into SSD for playback, i.e., adds it the playlist. The servers I have here do that, and the hard drives are off most of the time. That said, I just saw a 480 GB SSD for $200 and would imagine a 2TB SSD will come down to well under a thousand before too long. Brian Walsh

RE: It certainly does in mine :), posted on October 9, 2014 at 17:56:04

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My arrangement is simpler. I play directly from the library with instant access to any part of it without the need for transferring the data from one drive to another before playback. The server's large memory serves as a solid state buffer.

And don't find any particular value with using an SSD for this purpose since the server is isolated on a different floor quite distant from the music systems it drives.

I do, however, use SSDs in laptops where the faster boot up time and improved battery life do become important factors especially when traveling.

Usually the opposite happens to me ... , posted on October 10, 2014 at 02:06:15
three_sox	... I often get directed to a YouTube from one of my kids or some lunatic on here and stream it to the big screen and if it works for me I will buy the CD, DVD or Blu-Ray etc. Again, I enjoyed the clip. Cheers.

RE: It certainly does in mine :), posted on October 10, 2014 at 03:47:02
Brian Walsh Distributor or Rep Posts: 10768 Location: IL Joined: December 6, 1999	Understood but I prefer to leave the details up to the manufacturer, who gets them right. You heard the W20 in the system. There is nothing quite like it, in my experience. It just works, and extremely well at that. Conservatively and intelligently designed. Brian Walsh

RE: It certainly does in mine :), posted on October 10, 2014 at 06:00:04
E-Stat Audiophile Posts: 37650 Joined: May 12, 2000 Contributor Since: April 5, 2002	You heard the W20 in the system. There is nothing quite like it, in my experience. It just works, and extremely well at that. It does and is a cool $17k plug n play box situated in your main listening space. Perhaps as an IT guy, however, I'd rather isolate a general purpose server elsewhere in the house than go to heroic effort with such a unit in close proximity to the system.

That's what it's all about. Nt, posted on October 10, 2014 at 13:31:01
G Squared Audiophile Posts: 8489 Location: Washington, DC Metro Area Joined: November 16, 2004 Contributor Since: May 23, 2023	Nt Gsquared

RE: It certainly does in mine :), posted on October 13, 2014 at 17:25:10

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No argument on price, but it is what it is, and the design is based upon exhaustive research, experimentation, and listening, and people buy them. Conversely, they also make the X100L with similar capacities (6, 8, or 12 TB) at much more modest cost. The drives are in the units to maximize sonic performance and are silent, but a NAS can be accessed as well if desired. As for concerns about proximity to the system, those were dealt with in the design process.
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RE: You may want to, posted on January 9, 2015 at 13:44:20
Taosman Audiophile Posts: 170 Location: New Mexico Joined: January 29, 2005	Signed up a couple days ago! And after a few hours fighting with my Squeezebox and ickStream I got it working. Love it!

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