Recent content by Jim the Oldbie

Yes, it'll be interesting to see some tests on these. The projector I'm looking to replace is an Optoma HD73, which actually did a nice job at 720p. I hope these new ones are quiet, ideally with no-white-segment color wheels? Man, I wonder if the weave of my 84" dropout-cloth screen is even...

Yikes! That'll teach me to keep up with the latest version! Thanks for this John. I'll edit my writeup above to reflect this. Regards, -- Jim

Thanks for the report, Todd. I'm in the market for a new projector, so this is really good news. One minor point - I think it's "Optoma," with 2 O's, right? :) -- Jim

It turns out my motherboard audio is having problems with the 48K sample rate selection in the latest version of REW. But everything seems OK at 44.1K. I'll try a different (better) USB soundcard when I have a bit more time. Meanwhile, here's the procedure I came up with for measuring a...

Hmm... Okay, so before typing this up, I thought I'd better upgrade to the latest REW version on this machine (I was still at 5.01), and unfortunately now my little trick has stopped working. I'll get back to you as soon as I figure out what's changed. :o/ -- Jim

Hi Wayne, sorry for not explaining better. Here's what got me started on this: I have a Sansa Clip Zip mp3 player, running the excellent Rockbox alternative firmware. One of Rockbox's cool features is a multi-band parametric EQ. I've been curious about the accuracy of the EQ filters in this...

Howdy Folks, First of all, a huge thank-you to everyone involved for some of the most useful audio software available. Second: I've done a fair amount of searching on this, so I hope I didn't miss the answer somewhere. I've discovered that REW works great not only for microphone-based...