ahofer
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| Amir and Blind Testing I once wasted my time watching a video “review” of some audiophile switches. It was half an hour of blah blah blah about how his measurements demonstrated without a shadow of a doubt that there was absolutely no measurable... | |
| Let me end the Premp/Amplifier sound debate ... Re. Julian Hirsch Amplifier Test: That was January 1987. The amp test is on page 80, but there’s also a letter about ABX on page 8: https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Audio/Archive-HiFI-Stereo/80s/HiFi-Stereo-Review-1987-01.pdf You can... | |
| Introspective of this forum: "Does the Audiophile Community Have a Promlem?" I Say yes!!! Most forums have the problem of “inward apologetics”, in which we forgive the nasty behavior of our ideological allies while “nutpicking” the worst from other spaces. Typically moderators will start to enforce a POV rather than do the hard work o... | |
| IFI iDSD Pro Yeah, I have an RME as well. It’s much better-engineered, and the dynamic loudness is a killer feature. I wish it had Roon streaming built-in. I’ve got Pi streamers all over the place here, since I moved to Roon. They work great, but extra box/c... | |
| What is the Silliest Accessory You Have Ever Seen. “If his products don’t work for you then look to your system, or maybe your hearing is not capable, but his products work well”No, not even close, loathsome reply. It could just as easily be true, in fact much more plausible from a Bayesian point... | |
| High end Class D amps? I’m in the amps sound similar camp, especially after doing my own blind testing (which was a revelation). I think the Ncores and Purifis have essentially solved any deficiencies. But one thing I will certainly concede: an underpowered class D am... | |
| Are cable recommendations worth anything? “Their system sucks, and everyone knows it- except for them! Because they haven’t learned to listen. “It always comes back to this. “My ears are better than yours/better than thousands of others”. It’s pure nonsense, incredibly juvenile, and conta... | |
| Are cable recommendations worth anything? Seems that the moderator has taken sides here and spuriously deleted multiple posts that contained no abuse, no profanity, and no personal attacks, unlike some of the responses. They are facilitating the epistemic closure evident among some on th... | |
| Are cable recommendations worth anything? 2020-11-06 20:35:17 UTCyou don’t provide any examples except one from a very suspect website where no such reward is offered....The description of differences is purely s...Content may be removed for one or more of these reasons:It looked like spa... | |
| Are cable recommendations worth anything? Please tell us who is conducting these blind tests, especially those offering prize money. Please also tell us the details of the blind tests you have conducted yourself.You'd have to be hiding under a rock or willfully avoiding them not to have s... | |
| Are cable recommendations worth anything? Well, I listen with my ears not scientific instruments. Not too hard to hear differences between cables IME. I don't find that argument at all compelling, as the scientific evidence covers audibility as well, with thousands of blind tests. And ... | |
| Are cable recommendations worth anything? I think the short answer is they are only worth something if the recommendations are a) to make sure the connectors are well-made b)wider gage for longer runs, and c) the cable you already have is probably fine. Those are the only things scientif... | |
| Which one? Paradigm persona 3f, Revel Studio2, Audiosolution Figaro L, Goldenear reference I've auditioned those paradigms. The both sound and measure far too harsh in the treble. IMO, you could give them a pass. You should definitely try the Revels, though. It's a pain, but you can buy them mail order (at least the 228Be) and return ... | |
| Cool running amplifier Hypex nc252mp-based designs are incredibly good value, with lots of clean power, and cool, low power consumption. Like these:https://www.marchaudio.net.au/product-page/p252-stereo-250-watt-power-amplifierhttps://www.nordacoustics.co.uk/product-pa... | |
| How Science Got Sound Wrong ahofer,To be clear, you mean the assertions in the linked article are not remotely accurate? I only ask that because people will read only the few words you wrote and hear what they want to think ;-) That's correct. Lots of highly credible, n... |