Respectfully, you are all missing the point.
No matter how sound is produced, it is consumed acoustically, and this
is best done in a room with a low noise floor, dynamically high
ceiling, decor that is clean and clear yet has punch and sparkle, and
of course the room must be oxygen-free -- which is the origin of the
expression "no windows".
On 9 March 2013 13:40, Folderol <folderol@email-addr-hidden> wrote:
> On Sat, 09 Mar 2013 01:00:51 +0100
> Hartmut Noack <zettberlin@email-addr-hidden> wrote:
>
>> Am 08.03.2013 11:02, schrieb Ben Bell:
>> > On Thu, Mar 07, 2013 at 07:28:46PM +0100, Jeremy Jongepier wrote:
>> >> On 03/07/2013 06:45 AM, david wrote:
>> >>> Yah, but which one sounds better - Windows or Linux? ;-)
>> >> Linux of course if you have to believe the audiophile forums.
>> >
>> > Well obviously. Anyone with ears can tell you that.
>> >
>> > More importantly, does a vintage kernel sound better than a more recent one?
>> > I've been doing some testing and the results are pretty clear, not that
>> > they should surprise anyone who knows anything about recording:
>> >
>> > 1) Older kernels sound much warmer than newer ones.
>> >
>> > 2) Kernels compiled by hand on the machine they run on sound less sterile
>> > than upstream distro provided ones which also tend to have flabby low
>> > end response and bad stereo imaging.
>> >
>> > 3) As if it needed saying, gcc4 is a disaster for sound quality. I mean,
>> > seriously if you want decent audio and you use gcc4 you may as well be
>> > recording with a tin can microphone.
>>
>> The compiler alone can improve any audio-software a lot.
>> But remember, that the chain is only as strong as its weakest segment.
>> Try to make sure, that the source code for your apps and drivers is
>> written in vi, if possible with code-highlighting switched off.
>>
>> Highlighted code will inevitable cause artifacts in your audio
>> (everybody knows pink noise OK?). Code written in Emacs may or may not
>> make the driver sound sterile. To be sure you could print the code
>> (vintage needle printers are your best choice) and retype it without
>> highlighting in vi (vim and other compromised derivatives of vi cannot
>> be trusted either).
>>
>> > 4) Kernels sound better after they've been worn in a bit. Don't expect your
>> > newly built 2.4 kernel to have that warm sound until you've run with it
>> > for a few weeks, but for a really classy sound here's a trick: compile the
>> > kernel and then put it somewhere safe (ext2 partition, obviously) to mellow
>> > for a month and then boot into it at the last minute before you start
>> > recording an important session. Your clients will thank you.
>> >
>> > Ben
>
> Without wishing to be critical, you're all rather failing to see the elephant
> in the room. The biggest corrupter of sonic purity is worn and dirty
> electricity. Think of it. The electricity you're using today was quite likely
> being squirted through a heavy industrial processing plant yesterday. It may
> even have passed through a sewage works. Yes I know that's pretty disgusting
> but we have to face the facts.
>
> Now, I know that you can apply mains filters and proper on-line UPS units and
> that will clean the electricity up a lot, but don't you think all that scrubbing
> only makes it even more worn and takes some of the 'sharpness' out of the sound
> you make with it?
>
> No, the only answer is to use a rotary converter. By its mechanical action, this
> will actually use the stale electricity to create brand new electricity. You
> will be amazed at the improvement. The clarity will be so stunning you will
> even be able to tell the point number of the kernel your OS is using, and it
> has been said that under these conditions some people are able to detect the
> nuances of the different formulations of the hard disk surface.
>
> --
> Will J Godfrey
> http://www.musically.me.uk
> Say you have a poem and I have a tune.
> Exchange them and we can both have a poem, a tune, and a song.
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