[quote user="soundproof"] These days, horn speakers are becoming very popular, and people listening to them will state that they are absolutely pure in their reproduction of sound - and they'll get angry at you when you tell them that even some leading manufacturers state that there is no other element in the sound reproduction chain that

Uhh! That Ebay auction is tempting! Isn't it impressive? But I have to disagree with Tim (of course). Most recorders used for broadcast are capable of recording in bwf (wav), and many is capable of 24bit (even the Olympus LS11) and some all the way up to 192kHz.

Thanks Doc Yes, I do argue from a standpoint of getting the most accurate reproduction. But it's not that I think it's awful to use a turntable or passive speakers per se. One just has to realise that it is not the most accurate reproduction. That particular combination (turntable and passive speakers) is awful for me to listen to. I really

[quote user="Søren Mexico"] We have a nice forum and its interesting, and for me relxing to read all the discutions going on. But please consider: Not all af us use the same terms, as a lot of do not speak English as our mother langauge and with that you get some misunderstandings, forthermore a lot of us are "Happy amateurs"

[quote user="Jon"]That being said, this is an A/V forum, and I came here to talk about audio, so I'm here to tell you that the quality of execution has more to do with a successful, high-fidelity speaker, than does it simply being an active design. If you believe the accuracy of a speaker is determined by it being active with lots of power

I don't know whether the BS5's mots does or does not work with wav-files, but why not make all your wav-files into lossless files? That way you will be able to tag them much better, and you will have an album collection taking up approximately 60 percent of your wav-collection. Edit : And lossless is, of course, lossless

[quote user="Doctor"]I can and do see the advantages of active speakers. You are quite correct that using a cross over before the power amplification has a host of benefits. I will also agree that passive speakers have compromises built in by their very design. However I disagree that passive speakers can be simply written off as an anachronism

[quote user="Cleviebaby"]one approach is no better than the other[/quote] Nonsense. That argument only works if you're not aiming to have the least distortion and most accurate reproduction. If you take that out of it, yes, no approach is better than the other, then it is all subjective. But if high fidelity (litterally), least distortion

Thanks Menahem, On the other side of things, I am sorry for the tone of things. With that said, though, DSP is not simply turning it into 0s and 1s. There is nothing wrong with digital, we have used it for decades, and it's much better than analogue in the distortion, imaging,dynamic range, and noise floor departments. But DSP is "tweaking"

[quote user="Jon"] Your posts highlight your ignorance.[/quote] Rather, it seems you guys take it as a personal offense the moment someone doesn't agree with you. [quote]I almost commented on what you said earlier, but deleted my reply thinking that I didn't want to start an argument.[/quote] Yet you start your post the way you do