audio

I did some Googling to see which bit rate to rip CDs at--the sweet spot between aural quality and file size. Here's an interesting article about a test where folks listened to a familiar track at different bit rates as well as uncompressed and tried to tell which was which. So 192kbps VBR...

Does the deviation of an FM audio signal determine the frequency response? I've have several books on the LaserDisc videodisc format and the specs for LD's analog audio channels list a deviation of +-100 kHz. The final, decoded, audio has a bandwidth of 20 Hz to 20 kHz, but I have seen...

I'm saving up for a portable active PA system, my budget is around 1000 euros (1300 USD). This is mainly for personal DJ use in small club / lounge type surroundings, 50-300 people capacity. Music comes almost 100% from vinyl. Music styles range from ambient to black metal and everything in...

Unearthed by a truther no less. http://www.911blogger.com/node/17780 Here's the audio (duration 3:08): http://aal77.com/arlington_county/911_police_dispatch_tape.mp3

The latest commentary featured an email exchange between Matt Schaffner and Geoff Kait, where Kait proudly says the research would take more than two years to understand and points Gentle Reader to research on his website by "Dr. Marja Vanderloo & Dr. Henk Boot." Well, in THIS case, Gentle...

I'm looking for a utility to let me capture the audio track from a DVD, preferably freeware or shareware. I just want to rip off sections of the audio for other uses. I've been doing it the "hard" way by digitizing the audio from the Line Out jacks on my computer's amplifier through a Microtrak...

Does anyone know if the older recordings (2001?) are still available for download somewhere? http://www.randi.org/radio/index.html only has 2002, and none of the links on http://www.randi.org/radio/archive.html seem to work! Thanks.

A second life for your first PlayStation Ancient game machine doubles as amazing-sounding hi-fi component http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15484873/ The claim that an old playstation might be a good CD player initially doesn't draw much skepticism from me. The following quote is where I went...

Me on radio talking about Skeptics and Skeptics in the Pub http://www.mysteryinvestigators.com/audio/2ue_5_nov.mp3

Can anyone recommend a free audio editing app? I don't need anything fancy. Just the ability to splice tracks together, remove blank space, chop, fade in/out, that kind of stuff. For example, I want to reduce Pink Floyd the Wall to one disc of selected songs, ditto for Sandinista, and the...

Any fans of "This Week In Science"? I love that show.:D

This radio interview with one of the Popular Mechanics shills is priceless. http://www.apfn.net/pogo/A003I060823-am-c3.MP3 He says that we know who the hijackers were on 9/11 because DNA testing was done. The caller wanted to know how DNA samples were gathered from rubble of moltel metal and...

Hi, I have a PC (bought in 2002, works perfectly otherwise) with XP pro and an Audigy 1 sound card. It has the following DVD and CD burner drives: Samsung DVD-ROM SD-616T Plextor CD-R PX-W4012A These drives are the originals and exhibit no problems other than the following: Whenever I...

I just made the mistake of purchasing an audio magazine. Inside, there is a review of different audio power cords. These just take mains electricity from the socket on the wall the three feet or so to the connector on the back of the amplifier. The prices range from $120 to $220, with the...

There was some mention in the Vinyl vs. Digital Audio thread about debunking some of the more fanciful beliefs that are common among audiophiles, so I thought I'd start another thread for this subject. To outsiders, audiophiles seem to believe in every exotic idea that comes along, but there...

Subject: audio from Vince Daniels Show Organization: School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon From: dst@cs.cmu.edu (Dave Touretzky) Message-ID: <4319a7ce$1@news2.lightlink.com> Date: 3 Sep 2005 09:40:30 -0400 On August 27th, Vince Daniels, host of "The Many Moods of Vince Daniels" on KPMD in...

I wasn't sure if this belonged here or in the General Skepticism forum. I have been writing an article about the JREF in general, and my experience corresponding with Mike Anda about the GSIC in specific. It is posted in my blog in several parts, starting...

I couldn't help myself. I sent the following email to Golden Audio, makers of such fine products as the GSIC chip, and the Magic Ring. I'll post any response I get here.

So I'm assuming their magic ring is eligible for the JREF prize too. From this site What a load of crapola. Certainly is "magic" I guess. So what if I were to set up a test on speaker cables measuring the load on the line before and after the ring and showed it didn't change anything? If...

Dear friends in the skeptic community Presenting the “intelligent chip”, James Randi, asked: “Just how abysmally stupid can audio crazies get?” One of them responded – a blind test was about to be agreed to, but the whole discussions led to a “fiasco”. Now that all this raving...

Some people believe (and use all kind of physics to "demonstrate it") that it is impossible to reproduce very low frecuencies in a room of our house. Here is a sample of what they think. I would like to know the opinion of fellow skeptics. My reasoning is that the cycle completes in the ear...

Hi there, first time on the JREF Fora. I would like to introduce my website: www.skepsonix.be which some of you might find interesting. It's a collection of links to audio and videofiles, all on skeptical topics. I hope you enjoy it. SKEPSONIX If you know of any good links, please let me...

I have some audio cassettes of "Kaz" speaking. I would like to make audio clips (.wav files, or whatever is most appropriate) of some of the statements she makes. My PC is an elderly Pentium Pro, and has a Sound Blaster card, which does have a Line In jack. What is the cheapest reliable...

Background: * I bought my son an electric guitar and amp for Christmas * I also bought a computer-based tutorial for him because I've forgotten most of what I never really knew in the first place I wanted to connect the guitar to the computer sound card so that my son could more easily follow...

Audio on my computer is running at 1/2 speed I just updated Win XP, rebooted the system and now my audio is slow and distorted. Anyone have any recommendations for fixing this? I tried searching on the net and Win help, but it was of little use. Thanks.

Straight from the horse's mouth: http://showandtellmusic.com/pages/galleries/gallery_u/BF.html

In the high end audio industry, there are a variety of products that are touted to have particularly extraordinary effects, as well as prices. While I won't name any particular one product, it does seem likely that some of these products, err, transcend the boundary between invention and...

Hi all I was on the radio here in Australia, a coast to coast show on at 4am Saturday. YAWN. The things I do for skepticism. Not easy to sound bright at that time of the morning. The topic was Crop Circles and UFOs. Anyway, you can hear it for yourself: (windows media Audio)...

Can you give me a connect? jmgmdp TIA.

I've gots a question! What is it with this "5.1" audio form factor? Reason I ask is that I'm considering buying a DVD player, and I want to set up a nice home theatre system, but can't see myself buying another sound system just to implement 5 channels. I've got a pretty decent system for my...