@nic007:-
nic007 wrote:Looks like you have some quality sound equipment there. What you need to do is, is to play your music on a windows machine running the same software (eg. VLC) and you will hear what I'm talking about; better sound production/quality/fidelity overall using windows.
Oh, it's nowt special, really; just a middle of the road Goodmans system. It's actually been designed as a 'booster' system for playback of any personal music-player (CD, mp3, radio, iPlayer, etc.), because its sole input is a built-in 3-foot lead with a 3.5 mm jack plug on the end.....same as any set of headphones/earbuds.
But it's got a 30w RMS amp built-in to the 4 1/2 " sub, along with with a fairly good quality set of 4" 'satellite' speakers (with separate tweeters). PCM is usually on around 90-95% in my Pups. I can turn this thing up loud enough to hurt my eardrums.....and that's without detectable distortion, sharp, clear treble
and pretty 'punchy' bass. Makes for way better enjoyment of NetFlix, that's for sure!
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I agree with you about Windows sound reproduction (I think). Back when I was running XP on this same machine, I used to use the genuine RealTek AC'97 drivers with the built in sound 'tweaker' package. Volume
would go a hell of a lot higher in Windows, it's true.....and, although I'm no audiophile, sound quality was just indefinably 'better', somehow.
Overall, though, I just like crisp, clear treble, and smooth, rich bass. Which this Goodmans system delivers in spades. I never really get anywhere near its limits....it's getting painful by just over the half-way mark on the amp's volume control!
JFB wrote:Well, Puppy may not be the "greatest", but it is pretty darn awesome... I'm running Tahrpup 6.0.5 on two 32 bit boxes that are 10+ years old, that I pulled out of my pile of defunct laptops... And both are running great... So, my bubble has not burst... If anything, I'm becoming quite a Puppy enthusiast... (though I am a bit intoxicated)... Hurrah Puppy!...
Good for you, old son. Puppies are downright addictive, y'know...!!
Mike.