@cjmarkle - I agree 100%. These are tools designed to foster addictive behaviors. And addictive behaviors leads to tiered pricing. And tiered pricing leads to big income streams for these companies. I've worked in emerging technology on the west coast all my career. Although they like to paint their mission as virtuous, it's all about the money.
@maholl50 - My bet it suggested keeping the Audio Research I-50 and Devore's paired together. Based on your mentioned equipment, that is pairing I'd keep myself based on what I know about them. What did it suggest?
use of ChatGPT for HIFI
I have been using this really cool AI tool to evaluate System issues and gear comparisons and I’m blown away by its ability to do this. And it’s freaking free for my needs at this point
I provided details of all the components in my system and it remembers it in its memory and refers to the strengths and weaknesses of my system when choosing new gear to be integrated. It creates a history of all that’s been discussed and is able to integrate it better than anyone can. I can easily update it for gear that I’ve left out.
The ability to retrieve really good details about components is astounding. It suggests and provides tailored charts comparing component strengths and weaknesses. Additionally it offers ideas on additional things to consider.
The depth of what it’s able to do is simply astounding.
What are your experiences in using this groundbreaking tool?
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I've been using Google Gemini, standard issue on my Pixel 8. It can be very helpful but requires good prompts and follow up questions. I start by assigning an "expert" role related to my question. I'll tell it to be a "professor of electrical engineering", an "expert speaker designer", or similar. I also instruct it to seek out authoritative sources or specific sites. Then I follow up with requests and questions to resolve inconsistencies or hallucinations. This also prompts the AI to request more info from me to narrow down the information. I don't use it for subjective evaluations of gear. That's my role. But I'll ask it to find reviews that mention a particular quality for suggestions. |
As a casual user of AI. I have found its recommendations generally very good on sonic characteristics of equipment and general questions. But very bad at specific recommendations. It will often recommend the wrong piece of equipment... like I want a streamer and it recommends preamps or a mixture of different components. Now if you are loading full sets of your own data and carefully crafting queries... then that is a different thing. |
Hey, @emergingsoul - Thanks. I have a typo in my comment. It's a 12AT7, not AT12. As a follow-up, I previously went down the path of MELZ metal plate 6N8S tubes in both stages (before the adapters and tube changes to Telefunken and Sylvania) and the sound signature was a bit warmer, though not really improved. I also suspect with the mismatched output of the Freya+ and the inputs for the Tyrs (Why Schiit, why are they so far apart?), I might be able drive the Tyrs and downstream Magnepan 3.7is at higher volumes and lower distortion levels. My only concern is I'd be stripping what is happening with the Telefunken tubes and listening to my Tyrs alone. Anyone done this combo? At least Benchmark has a 30 day return policy if I buy it and it sounds awful. |
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