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Shivam
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Unfortunately HDtracks can't be used from India.
Radioshack dB meter is a must have for setting up a good room. This combined with the correction chart (also available from Radioshack) and a pure tone generator (or media with pure tones) is an absolute must for getting the best out of any system.
HDTracks can be used from India with Paypal but not with a credit card.
sarith
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I tried the trial version. It was good, but I opted for foobar.
Shivam
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Smart phones' mics are not as good as on the RadioShack meter. Their frequency range and response is different and varies from phone model to model.
How do you actually expect the developer to know on which device his sound level app will be used ?
I tried a couple of such apps on ipad and a few on my android based phone but their results varied a lot in comparison to dedicated sound meter. I suggest using these apps only for fun and not for any serious calibration.
Rockfella
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What's so great about JRiver? Just wondering as it takes much more space that foobar, is not free and comes with a ton of bloatware. Difference in quality is not really that noticeable.
IndianEars
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To me JRiver provides Far Greater Visual stimulation ( check out their Theatre View) and the way it arganises the music collection is awesome.
Incidentally, after being a die hard Foobar fan for long, ( yes, it can be skinned to almost anything, but elaborate skins are difficult to implement) I have shifted to JRiver.
For US $ 50 after a lenghty trial period, and a very easy transfer policy to other computers.... IMHO JRiver is well worth it .
Oh I forgot ;-) it also does Video
Incidentally, after being a die hard Foobar fan for long, ( yes, it can be skinned to almost anything, but elaborate skins are difficult to implement) I have shifted to JRiver.
For US $ 50 after a lenghty trial period, and a very easy transfer policy to other computers.... IMHO JRiver is well worth it .
Oh I forgot ;-) it also does Video
JRiver is a very mature product and well implemented. By that I mean that it's a full suite of products - not just a media renderer.
As the name says now it's a very capable Media Center.
I use it as on my 2 PC setup where it works as Media Center (server) on my Control PC. On my Audio PC it runs purely as a player (client) which feeds the DAC and takes care of all network transfer protocols over wifi/LAN etc. In addition it can handle pretty much any file format, do file conversions on the fly etc. And it sounds good on my setup. Well worth the $50 for me. May not be the same for everyone of course.
As the name says now it's a very capable Media Center.
I use it as on my 2 PC setup where it works as Media Center (server) on my Control PC. On my Audio PC it runs purely as a player (client) which feeds the DAC and takes care of all network transfer protocols over wifi/LAN etc. In addition it can handle pretty much any file format, do file conversions on the fly etc. And it sounds good on my setup. Well worth the $50 for me. May not be the same for everyone of course.
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I've used the Monoprice set mentioned in that article. Once you calculate shipping, it ends up being closer to 12-13K in India, but I've got myself a the set without the sub. These speakers are quite good considering their average cost of 2K per piece. These do not produce bass worth a penny but if you pair them with an average sub, they do make up a superb entry level set for the beginner. The Mumbai HFV guys reviewed them during one of their HT meet around 16 months back.
sarith
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+1 to that. It sounds good enough. Burning audio cd is a breeze. Almost all lossless file formats are automatically converted and burned to a cd-r as audio cd (.cda). 20 flac files might take 3-4 minutes to be converted and burned to a cd-r
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