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| Is This the Essence of "The Audiophile Dilemma? @denverfred 😂 | |
| How does cable construction affect sonic character? It's an interesting topic to me. It's almost like discussing religion with someone you don't share beliefs with. Our experiences inform our opinion. If a cable produces a different perceived sound effect than another cable, and both cables measure... | |
| How Electricity Actually Works @deludedaudiophile The wind does not spin the propeller, it moves the car whose wheels are connected to the propeller causing it to spin. I think that’s the key concept that allows the effect to happen. It still remains difficult for me to... | |
| I am so happy..... @mahgister But i never wanted to listen my favorite music WITHOUT an acoustical relative perfection learning stoically to deal with a low level quality sound ... i wanted audiophile relative top level experience...That was my goal...At the lo... | |
| I am so happy..... @mceljo I suspect that playing with different brands is similar to rolling tubes were the result can be "different" as much as "better" or "worse" in a lot of cases. I agree. Different but not necessarily better is something I’ve found freque... | |
| Better sound on rainy days? I've been thinking about this too! I can't say for sure if the sound is better or not when it's raining, but it does seem a little different. In my house I can hear the rain so it adds a sort of white noise to the background. I find I have the vol... | |
| Does Anyone Else Member the Golden Age of Audio Insults and Product Degradation? One that I heard was Junky But Loud (JBL). My JBL compression drivers have been performing admirably for years now, but I do recall when I first bought them they were plagued with metal shavings stuck in the gap, causing some bad response. I took ... | |
| Near field subs I think near field is the correct term. While it is common that far field will be multiple wavelengths away in the treble frequencies, this isn’t a defining rule. The primary requirement is that direct sound be highly dominant over the reflected a... | |
| How Electricity Actually Works I think it’s great he made that video and got people like me thinking, even though it was a little misleading. In his follow up video he makes it clear that the bulb will by no means come on full strength right away, and that the early effect will... | |
| The sound quality from DACs - is it all the same? @ghdprentice Companies that produce really high end equipment are not unaware or stumbling around. They don’t play with blind tests any more than the top birders in the world need to refer to google to make sure of the correct identification of... | |
| The sound quality from DACs - is it all the same? @ghdprentice Sounds great according to them. You would wonder how they assess what sounds great. If it’s done by swapping components and then blind testing that would be most interesting. Then of course I’d re-test to see exactly what changed be... | |
| The sound quality from DACs - is it all the same? So it seems this thread is coming to the conclusion that better sounding DACs don't meet any objective engineering requirements better than cheaper dacs. It's not that they produce the signal more precisely, but that they add some special sauce th... | |
| The sound quality from DACs - is it all the same? I really wish all SQ elements are measurable such that, like I mentioned in other topics, a matrix can be established as a basis to more objectively assess the performance of speakers and other gears. But, so far, other than decay, SPL and relate... | |
| The Law of Accelerating Returns The notion that the potential of a $10,000 integrated is wasted if fed with a $400 DAC suggests that the $10k integrated is doing something correctly that the $400 DAC is not doing as correctly, but perhaps a $10K DAC could do as correctly. It’s t... | |
| The magic of outdoor listening The outside setups look dreamy! My neighbors have a big yard and once in a while they will put on a concert out there with their sound equipment. They are musicians, and pretty good ones. Some of what they play is pre-recorded popular music too. I... |