All:

Apologies if this has been posted before. But has anyone taken the
blind dither shootout located at the following URL? Very interesting...

http://www.24-96.net/dither/

You can compare the output of 21 different dither algorithms online and
then view your top pick versus the posted results. Product names are
also supplied in the results section.

Don't cheat yourself. Take the test before viewing the results.

Tim

Tim Ferrell wrote in message ...
Apologies if this has been posted before. But has anyone taken the
blind dither shootout located at the following URL? Very interesting...

http://www.24-96.net/dither/

This test method has the potential to be highly misleading. By
boosting the gain 54dB you are effectively testing wordlength
reduction to 7-bits - not 16-bits. You can't assume that the best
7-bit reduction is also the best 16-bit reduction. For one thing,
noise is a big problem at 7-bits, but not at 16-bits.

If you can't tell the difference at 16-bits, why not use "simple" flat
dither, which is KNOWN (analytically) to not have any problems.

Sam

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(Samuel Barber) wrote:


If you can't tell the difference at 16-bits, why not use "simple" flat
dither, which is KNOWN (analytically) to not have any problems.

Because who wants to hear about flat dither? It has absoultely zero
marketing juice. Flat, dreary, boring, old. No way.

Someday, of course, we'll have an infinite order noise-shaper that will
fix the quantization before it even occurs! Just you wait.

DC

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David Collins wrote:
In article ,
(Samuel Barber) wrote:

If you can't tell the difference at 16-bits, why not use "simple" flat
dither, which is KNOWN (analytically) to not have any problems.

Because who wants to hear about flat dither? It has absoultely zero
marketing juice. Flat, dreary, boring, old. No way.

To be honest, when I first got the AD-124, I played around with all the
various dither settings on a live source. And they all sounded a little
different, which surprised me. I figure it should only affect the tonality
of the noise floor, not the perceived tonality of the music. But it did
seem to affect the music tone, so I just left it on gaussian and it hasn't
bothered me since.

Someday, of course, we'll have an infinite order noise-shaper that will
fix the quantization before it even occurs! Just you wait.

Can you do something about the noise floor in the hall too? Also, I
would like an oboe player who can go through an entire take without
changing reeds in the middle.

DC

Welcome back. Haven't seen you around here in a while and it's good to
see you around.
--scott

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"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

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(Scott Dorsey) wrote:


Welcome back. Haven't seen you around here in a while and it's good to
see you around.
--scott


Thanks, I read this group, but never know which US$100 LD capacitor mic
to recommend...


DC

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Dave Collins Entropy just isn't what it used to be!


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"David Collins" wrote in message
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Thanks, I read this group, but never know which US$100 LD capacitor mic
to recommend...

No ****! g

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Roger W. Norman
SirMusic Studio

Roger W. Norman wrote:

"David Collins" wrote...

Thanks, I read this group, but never know which US$100 LD capacitor mic
to recommend...

No ****! g

What a lame excuse! Just recommend 'em all; hell, they don't cost much
and somebody or other seems to like each and every one of 'em.

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"hank alrich" wrote in message
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What a lame excuse! Just recommend 'em all; hell, they don't cost much
and somebody or other seems to like each and every one of 'em.

Oh, but if I had to pick a favorite...! g

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Roger W. Norman
SirMusic Studio


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