Solved AUDIRVĀNA (and other audio related chitchat)

Zardoc · Jun 9, 2022

Dru2 said:
Yeah, that's it, the DJ controller.

Well I've been collecting since 1976, when I initially got into music. My early collection was "lost" when I went away to the military. Anyway, here's some of what I still have. It's actually 4 shelves deep...

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Some of my "audiophile jazz stuff...
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My Denon DP-47F turntable I still have. This was actually my first photograph I ever sold....
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:)

@Dru2 very impressed with your eclectic collection. I Was also taken with the whole thread between you and @Edwin. Quite an impressive taste in music. Thanks for the tour guys. You learn a lot just by shutting up and reading.

Dru2 · Jun 9, 2022

Zardoc said:
@Dru2 very impressed with your eclectic collection. I Was also taken with the whole thread between you and @Edwin. Quite an impressive taste in music. Thanks for the tour guys. You learn a lot just by shutting up and reading.

Thanks, @Zardoc, appreciate that. And you can always join the conversation, even if it's just questions :)

Dru2 · Jun 9, 2022

@Edwin, @xXxLEONIDASxXx, nice drum solos, though I really like the "Heartbeat" video the best.

Zardoc · Jun 9, 2022

Agree with @Dru2 heartbeat was cool.

My favorite Moby Dick Led Zep

Dru2 · Jun 9, 2022

Currently throwing down on some James Brown...

James Brown, the godfather of soul, has a lot of stuff, but for me getting into music in the 70's, Hell and The Payback are the iconic albums. My favorite tune between those two is Mind Power. That song still resonates in today's world. And that bassline is kicking!

And of course, I have some J.B's (James Brown's band featuring Fred Wesley) as well

Rahulji · Jun 9, 2022

So, this I suppose needs PC or MAC. I am old school and use dedicated device to play my CDs - FiiO Music Player M6 (https://www.fiio.com/).
On PC computer I use sometimes a Daum PotPlayer.

Dru2 · Jun 9, 2022

@Rahulji, I'm not clear what your question or statement is?

Edwin · Jun 9, 2022

A little Jon and Vangelis

Vangelis - 1943 ~ 2022 - RIP

Edwin · Jun 9, 2022

Perhaps later..., some flute practice!
(haven't played this in it's entirety for ages!!!)

Zardoc · Jun 9, 2022

Edwin said:
Perhaps later..., some flute practice!
(haven't played this in it's entirety for ages!!!)

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Wow man, this brings back memories.

Do you know this one??

Zardoc · Jun 9, 2022

Also, love this album.

Alan Parsons was the sound engineer for Dark side of the moon

Dru2 · Jun 9, 2022

Zardoc said:
Alan Parsons was the sound engineer for Dark side of the moon

That's a bit of trivia I didn't know (not that I know a lot of trivia) :)

And yes, I do have Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon :)

Dru2 · Jun 9, 2022

If you're into discussing music, there's a good forum over at the Steve Hoffman forums called Music Corner. I post there as well :)

Zardoc · Jun 9, 2022

Thanks. I will take a look.

xXxLEONIDASxXx · Jun 9, 2022

Edwin said:
A little Jon and Vangelis

Vangelis - 1943 ~ 2022 - RIP

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Friends of Mr. Cairo is an excellent listen. Vangelis passed away a few weeks ago unfortunately.

Dru2 · Jun 10, 2022

xXxLEONIDASxXx said:
Friends of Mr. Cairo is an excellent listen. Vangelis passed away a few weeks ago unfortunately.

Didn't know Vangelis passed away till I read your post (I missed Edwin's). Anyway, I never got into his music but knew of him through his theme song for Chariots of Fire.

RIP

Edwin · Jun 10, 2022

Edwin · Jun 11, 2022

xXxLEONIDASxXx said:
Friends of Mr. Cairo is an excellent listen.

Dru2 · Jun 14, 2022

So today while doing my quarterly PC dusting maintenance, I decide to install my old SoundBlaster ZxR card, and daughterboard. Since I run my DAC though USB, and everything runs through it I don't need a soundcard. However, the MB soundcard has always be active.

Anyway, curious to see how the old card performs, and whether the "Sound Blaster Command software" would install / run under Windows 11 (someone posted it wouldn't, but I can't find the post.) BTW, when you visit Creative's forums for the software download, though there is a Windows 11 option for the card's driver, you'll need to choose "Windows 10" to get the command software.

After installing the cards, I was able to install the "Windows 10" version of the Command software without issue, and all appears to be in working worder :)

Listening to music through my headphones directly plugged into the soundcard sounds great without any distortion or harshness. And, since my DAC also supports optical digital input, I'm able to connect from DAC to the daughterboard, and no issues there. When running though the DAC from card I use "Direct Mode to get the cleanest sound possible. Happy to say no issues there :)

Also has support for DTS, though I can't test it as I don't have the hardware to do so.