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Title: Weiss AFI1 interface Post by: manisandher on April 28, 2009, 01:48:27 am Peter, does this look right to you?
I'm connecting the Weiss AFI1 to my Esoteric D70 via single and dual AES/EBU cables. Mani. Title: Re: Weiss AFI1 interface Post by: PeterSt on April 28, 2009, 06:59:04 am Hi Mani, the only thing I like less is the "speakers".
Is it not working properly ? Title: Re: Weiss AFI1 interface Post by: manisandher on April 28, 2009, 10:02:39 am Peter, I think you have an older version of Vista, right? SP1 seems to assign 'Speakers' to the main channels of your soundcard/interface, whether you like it or not. This is true for all my 3 SP1 Vista PCs. But I'm sure that SP0 didn't do this.
The AFI1 seems to be working properly. I was just surprised, as I've never seen '24 bits supported' before. I'm taking this as a good sign, no? On the down side, I can't get my DAC to recognize a 16/44.1 HDCD-encoded file. Weirdly, my DAC readily recognizes that the Boston Symphony AIFF 24/88.2 files are 'HDCD-encoded' (they're technically not HDCD-encoded, but an HDCD DAC should think they are... if that makes sense). Mani. Title: Sorry off topic... BSO Post by: SeVeReD on April 29, 2009, 05:14:19 am On the down side, I can't get my DAC to recognize a 16/44.1 HDCD-encoded file. Weirdly, my DAC readily recognizes that the Boston Symphony AIFF 24/88.2 files are 'HDCD-encoded' (they're technically not HDCD-encoded, but an HDCD DAC should think they are... if that makes sense). Mani. I love how the BSO is giving us hirez recordings for dl. I paid 50 bucks and for a year I can dl their whole catelog and whatever else they put out this year. Very nice. I sure hope other symphony orchestras take up this model of distribution. http://www.bso.org/bso/shop/productCategories.jsp;jsessionid=4P32ZG0CAPI3UCTFQMGCFEQ?id=bcat13360032 Title: Digressing... for just a little longer Post by: manisandher on April 29, 2009, 08:57:38 am I agree, it's a great deal.
One thing that you realise with 'well recorded' files like these is that we've been missing so much all these years listening to red book. Notice that I'm not criticizing 16/44.1 here - just the medium that its been distributed through. Back on-topic - this weekend, I'm hoping to do a 'detailed' comparison between the three interfaces that I have (FF800, MOTU896HD and Weiss AFI1). Mani. |