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| Audio Science Review = Rebuttal and Further Thoughts Isn't it funny that there's no Food Science Review, filled with devotees who claim that coffee and wine notes are imaginary, that herbs must be measured by % points of acidity, and using your own feelings to create and taste dishes is foolish? Bu... | |
| Audio Science Review = Rebuttal and Further Thoughts ASR fits a religion to the T. Doesn’t matter if its science or astrology, the religious aspects have nothing to do with the topic but the social aspect - like someone said, you just need a self proclaimed guru and authority figure and many highly ... | |
| Powered speakers show audiophiles are confused "If you like to tinker, great. Tinker with the front end. But why tinker matching amps, drivers, and speaker cables when the engineer who DESIGNED the speaker can do it for you at a much lower cost?" Because it will sound way, way better than ... | |
| Powered speakers show audiophiles are confused Arguably the highest quality audio systems in the world right now are Level 5 Audionote, and they design every speaker, external xover, transformers, and dampening feet to match. And its true that audiophiles like to tinker with matching gear - ... | |
| Powered speakers show audiophiles are confused What you said is not wrong, but it is also not the whole story. "this concept is much more important to sound quality than the vibration systems we often buy." This is true when the transparency of a system is very low, like powered Gelenecs wi... | |
| Question About Capacitor Upgrade in Tube Amp "On SET amps the key here is not just Caps, resistors and etc but the trannies are the keys elements which will make the amps sound best. " Not on SET amps - on all music reproducing or generating equipment. Thats like saying "The key on binocula... | |
| Audio Science Review = Rebuttal and Further Thoughts This is a non sequitur, but I listened to the top measured products on ASR compared to some which measured worse, and I was shocked at how bad the top ones sounded by comparison. Because of course, they are not measuring everything you can hear. L... | |
| Disappearing Jazz? Jazz, as most people think of it, flourished in particular during the 1960s-1980s which was a period of radical individual self expression and spiritual enlightenment. (An era in history known as "The Consciousness Revolution"). It was a period of... | |
| Simplest Linear PSU? @itsjustme "This means he wants his transistors to have three long legs rather than three short tabs. Period. End" That’s quite some black and white thinking. What I said implies a lot of things so let me clarify : 1. I don’t like the sound of ... | |
| Simplest Linear PSU? Yes, and there are no serious audio-grade SMD components, so as people miniaturize or design complex circuits, audio quality will suffer with these and there is no way out. Thats my only point I was making. | |
| Simplest Linear PSU? @charles1dad Eventually as a consumer it becomes subjective, like shopping for tubes or negative feedback. Many LPS that are designed for audio by well meaning people still use filtration or regulation, and to some, that can feel like the life get... | |
| Simplest Linear PSU? @charles1dad The best thing you can do is upgrade as many components as you can on your SMPS to audio-grade, and you will be blown away with the results of even just a few. Which really means, how bad they are to begin with. | |
| Simplest Linear PSU? @mijostyn Its for a recording studio not audiophile den, so its unavoidable with certain creative tools. | |
| Simplest Linear PSU? @itsjustme That is right - complex things like R2R require SMD and because of that, they can sound pretty bad even if they improve some aspects things. I compared the Mola Mola Tambaqui ($13k) over a $2k AKM-based DAC I modded with as many high en... | |
| Simplest Linear PSU? @pwayland yeah, I'm checking out Andy's PSU kit! |