Comments on: Clari-Fi Headphone Adapter ‘Cleans’ Your MP3s http://www.ohgizmo.com/2008/04/09/clari-fi-adapter-cleans-your-mp3s/ Deliciously Geeky... Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:10:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Stuart Halliday http://www.ohgizmo.com/2008/04/09/clari-fi-adapter-cleans-your-mp3s/comment-page-1/#comment-381850 Stuart Halliday Sun, 20 Apr 2008 21:36:44 +0000 http://www.ohgizmo.com/?p=10434#comment-381850 I'd love to know how they get the DC power required to feed their device when 3.5" jack sockets do not provide any level of DC and the power output is usually less than 100mW. One suspects that it's not electronic but just a passive low pass filter. That's a 99p capacitor and resistor mate. I’d love to know how they get the DC power required to feed their device when 3.5″ jack sockets do not provide any level of DC and the power output is usually less than 100mW.

One suspects that it’s not electronic but just a passive low pass filter. That’s a 99p capacitor and resistor mate.

]]> By: Elusiven http://www.ohgizmo.com/2008/04/09/clari-fi-adapter-cleans-your-mp3s/comment-page-1/#comment-381797 Elusiven Fri, 18 Apr 2008 21:48:57 +0000 http://www.ohgizmo.com/?p=10434#comment-381797 Qender you are right about what a compressor is, but this works in a way that is more sophisticated than what you described. It allows 'good' high frequencies to be heard, but compresses highs that are peaking. The overall sound quality isn't degraded, it's actually improved. There is an independent early review today on slashgear, which speaks to this: http://www.slashgear.com/clari-fi-music-in-for-review-its-really-small-1811241.php Qender you are right about what a compressor is, but this works in a way that is more sophisticated than what you described. It allows ‘good’ high frequencies to be heard, but compresses highs that are peaking. The overall sound quality isn’t degraded, it’s actually improved.

There is an independent early review today on slashgear, which speaks to this: http://www.slashgear.com/clari-fi-music-in-for-review-its-really-small-1811241.php

]]> By: qender http://www.ohgizmo.com/2008/04/09/clari-fi-adapter-cleans-your-mp3s/comment-page-1/#comment-381331 qender Thu, 10 Apr 2008 02:28:35 +0000 http://www.ohgizmo.com/?p=10434#comment-381331 Apparently this is just an audio compressor, not compression as in a zip file, but as in the audio term. A simple way of explaining this is that if the sound were a picture, it would lower the contrast. I suppose their logic is that loud noises will hurt you, so the loud noises should be brought down to the same volume and the quiet ones. not really much point in that as it totally degrades the sound quality! I suppose it could be useful for a podcast or talk radio if the recording was done especially badly and the volumes are too different. Apparently this is just an audio compressor, not compression as in a zip file, but as in the audio term. A simple way of explaining this is that if the sound were a picture, it would lower the contrast. I suppose their logic is that loud noises will hurt you, so the loud noises should be brought down to the same volume and the quiet ones. not really much point in that as it totally degrades the sound quality! I suppose it could be useful for a podcast or talk radio if the recording was done especially badly and the volumes are too different.

]]> By: mark http://www.ohgizmo.com/2008/04/09/clari-fi-adapter-cleans-your-mp3s/comment-page-1/#comment-381320 mark Wed, 09 Apr 2008 21:49:45 +0000 http://www.ohgizmo.com/?p=10434#comment-381320 You do realize that what comes out of the earphone port is analog, right? You do realize that what comes out of the earphone port is analog, right?

]]> By: Al http://www.ohgizmo.com/2008/04/09/clari-fi-adapter-cleans-your-mp3s/comment-page-1/#comment-381318 Al Wed, 09 Apr 2008 21:30:48 +0000 http://www.ohgizmo.com/?p=10434#comment-381318 Oooh! Custom silicone. I hate that fake non-designer silicone. Oooh! Custom silicone. I hate that fake non-designer silicone.

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